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Running World Series of Poker Thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Joel_Goodsen, May 31, 2007.

  1. spinning27

    spinning27 New Member

    How could he show you a full house? He could, however, have shown you a straight flush with the 10-J of clubs.
     
  2. Ghost Rider

    Ghost Rider Member

    Anybody have a link to live chip counts from the main event? I have a friend who made it to day 2 and I wanted to check in on him ...
     
  3. Matt1735

    Matt1735 Well-Known Member

    Try www.worldseriesofpoker.com on that there thing they call the Interweb.
     
  4. zagoshe

    zagoshe Well-Known Member

    Or you can try...

    http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/event_list/842
     
  5. Ghost Rider

    Ghost Rider Member

    Thanks Zag. I checked the WSOP site and it didn't have any updated chip counts. Cardplayer is the one I remember from last year.
     
  6. Chef

    Chef Active Member

    How about the 9-10 of clubs?
     
  7. Joel_Goodsen

    Joel_Goodsen Member

    I was out at the WSOP for a week and just got back a few days ago.

    I played in three events, cashed in one (finished 250th or so and basically doubled my $1500 buy-in and that enabled to play one extra event -- I had saved $3000 for the buy-ins so by cashing I got to play an extra one) but that wasn't because I did anything special.

    It was mostly because I got two big hands in the first hour or two -- doubled up with K-K vs. J-J then doubled up again with A-A (hit my set) against A-K -- and basically blinded my way into the money. It was a weak strategy but I couldn't get any momentum going and once I got close to the money I decided playing to cash was the best way to go so I put it on lock down and survived long enough to get into the money. I finally pushed in with JS-10S on the button and got one caller -- the big blind, who of course had A-J.....Good night!!

    I had fun, though don't ask about the other two tournaments I entered (I got crushed and rather quickly both times once I got outplayed the other time I got outdrawn by a reckless donkey but I'll spare you the bad beat details). I lost probably another $1200 at the side games but I came out all right because I was pissing around at a three-card poker table and hit a straight flush that paid me 40-to-1 with $100 in the pair plus bonus spot.

    So that hand paid me close to $5000, which if you take all of my expenses plus the $4500 I lost in the two buy-ins and side games, I came out roughly $500 behind, which is really not bad considering I had a great week in Las Vegas.

    However, I'll never do it again.

    It was something to do one time, just to say I did it and all, but my goodness, those tournaments are expensive and they are all such a crapshoot because there are so many players and loose cannons playing in them. It felt almost like playing the lottery because even if you try and play good cards, you are still at the mercy of a lot of really bad players making bad calls.

    Did anyone else watch the two events on ESPN last night? I think that Alex Jacob is the next superstar.
     
  8. Tommy_Dreamer

    Tommy_Dreamer Well-Known Member

    Yeah, I understand that. I got too emotional after flopping the nuts and I did apologize to him about that. He is one of the loudest players in the room too though.

    It's all mostly a blur now. And no, he couldn't have shown me a full house, but I was just caught up in the moment. Let me enjoy it instead of criticizing me will ya! :D
     
  9. spinning27

    spinning27 New Member

    No, I know what you mean about getting excited and emotional. One tournament I played in recently, I picked up queens under the gun and made a nice size raise. Being that it was a re-buy tournament, I got five callers.

    Obviously, I'm thrilled when the flop comes 7-Q-7, giving me top full house. I check and the big stack at the table, who was in the seat to my left, immediately pushes all-in. Knowing that I'm golden unless he has pocket 7's, I'm like literally itching to call and take a huge stack of chips (I had a pretty nice stack myself by that point). But the other three people in the hand literally took forever to fold. They were thinking, counting their chips, etc. I'm sitting there telling myself, "Just be cool, just be cool, you've got the hand won." But it was very hard to do because you rarely get such a great setup. Finally, it folded around, and I called. The dude turned over his 8-7 like he was gonna knock me out. He nearly fell to the floor when he saw the queens. It was sweet.
     
  10. Ghost Rider

    Ghost Rider Member

    Oh well. My friend went card dead, said he didn't play a hand for more than an hour, then got short-stacked and had to go all in with QQ. SB was way down too and called with AJ and won the race. Still, making it to the second day isn't too bad.
     
  11. Tommy_Dreamer

    Tommy_Dreamer Well-Known Member

    Was he mentioned on the running WSOP ME blog on worldseriesofpoker.com? Was he taken out by a pro?
     
  12. Ghost Rider

    Ghost Rider Member

    I don't think so. I think he would have mentioned it in the e-mail he sent out.
     
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