Mr. Peterson,


First of all, congratulations on your 2nd place finish. It was a great performance. I was quite surprised to find out you are only 25 years old. From corresponding with you (mostly on the NL/PL forum, I find your understanding, not only of poker, but people is most impressive for a man your age. Hell, when I was your age I had been playing poker for 11 years. My people skill were keen but had really no idea of how to play to win.


You made a very difficult laydown I would like to ask you about. The hand was when 2-10's flopped and another 10 came on the turn. If I can remember right, Gooch re-raised your re-raise. You deliberated for some time then called time (the 60 second clock started at PS); and you mucked after about 30 seconds. I put you on a small pair or paired whatever was the other flop card. Please (if you don't mind); share with us your thought process on that laydown (and what you had also if you don't mind).


I think the hand when Gooch made 2-pair on the end (K's and dueces) was the turning point in the match. I know you had a king also with a bigger kicker than the lowest card on the board to that point. He then became so relentless you were unable to recover.


Congrats of course also to Gooch as champion.


Again, congrats to you Mr. P!


Mr. Peterson...your comments please.


KC50