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Date / Time: 2005-12-15 22:45:00
Title: WPT Final Table Tomorrow at 7:00 pm PST
Log: The WPT Final Table will be held in Bellagio's Fontana Lounge on Friday at 7:00 pm. Return to CardPlayer.com for live hand-by-hand coverage of all the action. Here are the six players, along with their chip counts and seating positions:


1. Joanne "J.J." Liu - $3,630,000 (seat 4)
2. Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken - $3,510,000 (seat 1)
3. Rehne Pedersen - $3,225,000 (seat 3)
4. Phil "Unabomber" Laak - $2,505,000 (seat 5)
5. Doyle Brunson - $2,025,000 (seat 6)
6. Patrik Antonius - $1,755,000 (seat 2)



GOOD LUCK DARRELL

[Degen]

GO GIGA!

I'm reading all of this stuff abut Giga...what makes him special? Does he post on this site?

[flo]

Good luck!

[KneeCo]

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I'm reading all of this stuff abut Giga...what makes him special? Does he post on this site?

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Fantastic player, great mind for the game, used to post more than he currently does, though that was before my time.
Click on the 'Anthology' sticky and read all of his essays included there, also check out Play a Hand with the Masters II, which he was a big part of.


GL Giga.
Here's hoping for a Brunson v Gigabet HU match.

[b33nz]

bleh, as much as i respect giga, i'm rooting for brunson, then laak, then gig.

[Jurollo]

LAAK, LAAK, LAAK, LAAK, TILLY NAKED, LAAK, LAAK!


P.S. Someone knock out Laak first.
~Justin

[mlagoo]

wait how the hell did he make the FT second in chips after taking that huge blow with AQ? thought someone said he was crippled =/

either way, grats! good luck. this will be a lot of fun to see on tv.

[woodguy]

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wait how the hell did he make the FT second in chips after taking that huge blow with AQ? thought someone said he was crippled =/

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Cardplayer lists these hands:


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Date / Time: 2005-12-15 14:10:00
Title: Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken Doubles Through Patrik Antonius
Log: Darrell Dicken raises to $70,000 from the small blind for $188,000, Patrik Antonius reraises all in from the big blind, and Dicken calls for a total of $188,000. Dicken shows 7c-3d against Antonius's As-5c. The flop comes Jh-10d-6h, and Dicken needs to improve to stay alive. The turn card is the 3h, giving Dicken a pair of threes to take the lead. The river card is the 4d, and Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken doubles up to about $425,000 in chips.


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Date / Time: 2005-12-15 14:36:00
Title: Darrell Dicken Doubles Through Jeff Littlefield
Log: Jeff Littlefield raises to $75,000 from the button, Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken moves all in from the big blind for $331,000, and Littlefield calls with Ac-Js. Dicken is dominated with Ad-7s. But Dicken takes the lead on a flop of 7d-5c-2c, and goes on to make quads when the last two cards come 7h-7c. Darrell Dicken doubles up in chips.

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James Van Alstyne raises to $75,000, Michael Gracz moves all in, and Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken moves all in over the top. Then, Patrik Antonius moves in over the top of him. Van Alstyne quietly folds to get out of the way, and this probably wasn't what Gracz was hoping for when he flips over Kh-9h. Dicken shows pocket aces (Ad-As) -- you knew they were out there somewhere -- and Antonius shows Ah-Ks.

The flop comes Kd-9d-5d -- Gracz flops two pair to take the lead! Antonius has a pair of kings, but he is drawing dead for the main pot because the other players have him dominated in different ways. (He could win the side pot over Dicken if he catches another king.) Dicken has the ace of diamonds for the nut flush draw, so Gracz needs to avoid diamonds and the case ace to stay alive and triple up in chips.

The turn card is the Jh, and Gracz is one card away from rebounding up the leaderboard and pushing toward the final table with the Player of the Year award in his sight.

The river card is the 3d.

Dicken's pocket aces give him the nut flush to win the hand, and Michael Gracz is eliminated in 15th place, earning $80,500. (Darrell Dicken finishes the hand with about $1.5 million, and Patrik Antonius is down to about $1.7 million.)

Gracz had a great run at Player of the Year this year, but it effectively comes to an end when he needed to finish fifth or higher in a 555-player field -- and he finished fifteenth. Congratulations to Michael Gracz on a superb 2005!

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Date / Time: 2005-12-15 22:10:00
Title: Darrell Dicken Takes a Million-Dollar Pot
Log:
Darrell Dicken raises to $175,000 from middle position, and Phil Laak calls from the small blind. The flop comes Jc-9h-2h, Laak bets $275,000, Dicken raises to $725,000, and Laak folds. Dicken picks up a $1,000,000 pot.


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These were the only hands cardplayer had that Giga won (there were 2-3 where lost)

They certainly don't account for him getting up over 3M in chips though, so they are obvioulsy leaving out a lot of hands that do not go to showdown or don't result in someone getting busted.

Does any other site have more/different hands?

Regards,
Woodguy

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Date / Time: 2005-12-15 14:36:00
Title: Darrell Dicken Doubles Through Jeff Littlefield
Log: Jeff Littlefield raises to $75,000 from the button, Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken moves all in from the big blind for $331,000, and Littlefield calls with Ac-Js. Dicken is dominated with Ad-7s. But Dicken takes the lead on a flop of 7d-5c-2c, and goes on to make quads when the last two cards come 7h-7c. Darrell Dicken doubles up in chips.

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What a luck box... nice job Giga!

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James Van Alstyne raises to $75,000, Michael Gracz moves all in, and Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken moves all in over the top. Then, Patrik Antonius moves in over the top of him. Van Alstyne quietly folds to get out of the way, and this probably wasn't what Gracz was hoping for when he flips over Kh-9h. Dicken shows pocket aces (Ad-As) -- you knew they were out there somewhere -- and Antonius shows Ah-Ks.

The flop comes Kd-9d-5d -- Gracz flops two pair to take the lead! Antonius has a pair of kings, but he is drawing dead for the main pot because the other players have him dominated in different ways. (He could win the side pot over Dicken if he catches another king.) Dicken has the ace of diamonds for the nut flush draw, so Gracz needs to avoid diamonds and the case ace to stay alive and triple up in chips.

The turn card is the Jh, and Gracz is one card away from rebounding up the leaderboard and pushing toward the final table with the Player of the Year award in his sight.

The river card is the 3d.

Dicken's pocket aces give him the nut flush to win the hand, and Michael Gracz is eliminated in 15th place, earning $80,500. (Darrell Dicken finishes the hand with about $1.5 million, and Patrik Antonius is down to about $1.7 million.)

Gracz had a great run at Player of the Year this year, but it effectively comes to an end when he needed to finish fifth or higher in a 555-player field -- and he finished fifteenth. Congratulations to Michael Gracz on a superb 2005!

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And a 5 for a better two pair (and turn card J for another better two pair). Does it annoy anyone else when the site tries to list the outs and still misses some. Either list them all or just say, 'he needs to improve'. Ok, pet peeve ranting done.

GL GIGA... I'm looking for some combo of a Laak, Brunsen, Dickens final 3.

Will it be on the travel channel as always?

[reecelights]

Yes, but probably not until about April.

[Solitare]

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Yes, but probably not until about April.

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It always amazes me that a little editing and recording of laim comentary takes that long.

[reecelights]

Part of it is that they wait until the season of tournaments is almost over so they can so all the episodes in consecutive weeks, since it is a Television series rather than a bunch of special events.

I beleive the turnarnound on the Party Million last year was 4 weeks and the Bellagio WPT Championship was 3.