WPT Championship

nicnicnic

they doubled the starting stack to 100 k this year, first hand yesterday day 1a


Action folds around to the button who raises to 550. Chino Rheem folds his small blind, and the big blind inexplicably moves all in for 100,000.

He says "That's right. I'm all in."

The button folds and the big blind shows one card -- the 3c.

prop bet ??

helmutt lasted five hands

numbers way down 06/07 had over 600 runners circa 550 last year 333 this year


first hand today 1b

Sammy Farha may have just a little too much gamble in him...

Farha is in the nine seat at table 57 in the small blind. He tells everyone that he wants it to be folded around so he can move all in blind against Chau Giang. Giang seems more than ready to gamble with him and moves his chips past the bet line in front of him.

With 100,000 stacks you might think that they're joking, but from the look of things, they're dead serious.

Most players at the table agree that they will fold their hands if Sammy and Chau really want to do this. It actually looks like it might happen until a player under the gun (who had remained silent during this conversation at the table) limps into the pot. All bets are off after he enters the action and Nick Binger makes a raise to 750. Sammy decides not to move all in and instead calls the raise. Chau, no longer interested in the pot now that Sammy's not all in, folds his hand. The player under the gun reraises and Binger and Farha both call. The UTG player makes a large continuation bet after the flop and takes the hand.

Ollieboy

sounds like any normal night in the Fitz to be honest.

LuckyLloyd

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El Stuntman

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

This tournament had 343 entrants in 2004. GG live poker?

Matt Matros was 3rd, didn't he write a book of some sort too?

LuckyLloyd

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cuterob

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

GG live poker?

EPT SanRemo has just under 1200 people, 1st prize 1.5 mirrion yoyos,

GG WPT imo

El Stuntman

cuterob wrote: »

EPT SanRemo has just under 1200 people, 1st prize 1.5 mirrion yoyos,

GG WPT imo

any update on doke in this?

ionapaul

Does the WPT have any of the bigger poker rooms driving online qualifiers for their events? Probably not if they are US-based.

pgodkin

ionapaul wrote: »

Does the WPT have any of the bigger poker rooms driving online qualifiers for their events? Probably not if they are US-based.

I seen an add somewhere prob bluff mag that they are running satts for a european leg of the WPT on bwin.com. also i think u can get satts on fulltilt but not to sure on this one though.

nicnicnic

El Stuntman wrote: »

any update on doke in this?

pokernews has him busted on day 1b


Liam Flood and John O'Shea both have +30k stacks on day two with both starting the day around the 13k mark, following pokernews and there dropping fast 469 started day two, down to 267 just over two levels into play for the day.

nicnicnic

another beaut from yesterday
From WPT.com

David Peat has spent most of today in Bobby's Room playing high-stakes cash games, but he just returned to spend some time (not a lot) in the WPT World Championship.

Peat's first hand back, he is in the big blind, and gets a walk. (No more stealing his blind uncontested, guys!)

In his second hand, Jonathan Aguiar raises from the button to 2,400, and Peat moves all in from the small blind to 75,000. Aguiar snap-calls with A-8 offsuit, and Peat shows 6-5 offsuit.

The board bricks out, and Jonathan Aguiar wins the pot. David Peat is eliminated from the tournament, and can now return to his cash game.

Ollieboy

I was reading on 2+2 that the action in Boobys Room this week as been massive. Meant to be some crasy **** going on and massive pots. They can make more in that room in a couple of hours than playing the WPT event for 5 days and been knock out on the bubble etc

nicnicnic

Ollieboy wrote: »

I was reading on 2+2 that the action in Boobys Room this week as been massive. Meant to be some crasy **** going on and massive pots. They can make more in that room in a couple of hours than playing the WPT event for 5 days and been knock out on the bubble etc

well if they bubble the tournament they could of made more working in MacDonald's, but why stump up the 25k entry if not interested in playing.

BigCityBanker

nicnicnic wrote: »

well if they bubble the tournament they could of made more working in MacDonald's, but why stump up the 25k entry if not interested in playing.

its hardly his fault that he viffed the flop

Ollieboy

nicnicnic wrote: »

well if they bubble the tournament they could of made more working in MacDonald's, but why stump up the 25k entry if not interested in playing.

I don't know, a lot of these guys think nothing of 25k. Check the tread in 2+2. Its seems like crasy action.

I'm guessing they will play a couple of hands in the event, if they get a big stack they'll sit down and have a go at it. If not, they want the cash action. Remember this is how the WSOP was for years.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/bobbys-room-running-2-tables-saw-every-pro-playing-crazy-action-462828/

Whyno

Anyone else following this..Lots of big names still involved..Elky still sitting comfy wit over a million.

cuterob

quality final table, elky, scotty baby, shannon shorr, yevgeniy timoshenko(sick player) christian harder and some israeli business guy

Ollieboy

cuterob wrote: »

quality final table, elky, scotty baby, shannon shorr, yevgeniy timoshenko(sick player) christian harder and some israeli business guy

Scotty as had some 2 years. I hear the players were complaining about the structure when the got deep. Post up on 2+2 about Andy Beals comments.

cuterob

Ollieboy wrote: »

Scotty as had some 2 years. I hear the players were complaining about the structure when the got deep. Post up on 2+2 about Andy Beals comments.

andy bloch you mean, a lot of people were saying the first few levels were a waste of time

shano_88

is there a stream for this final table or do wpt stream there final tables at all?

Jesus Wept

Ollieboy wrote: »

Boobys Room

Boobys room

BigCityBanker

so Timoshenko won this, his first live result was winning the 1k side event at the 2007 Irish Open, Peter Eastgate finished 9th in the main event in the same year.

Whyno

He gave jennifer harman some sick beat wit 11 or so left...
4bet her all in wit 10 2 hearts and busted her aces...