\"What A Player!\"
 

Hand 21 - Andrew Black has the button in seat 2, Matusow raises to $220,000, Lazar calls, Hachem calls, Black calls, Barch calls, and Alsancak calls. There's no respect for Mike Matusow's raise, as six players see the flop on the ever-tightening TV bubble of the Championship Event at the World Series of Poker.


The flop comes Kh-Qd-9h, everyone checks to Black on the button, who bets $1,000,000. One by one, the other players fold, forfeiting the pot to Andrew Black. Andrew Black shows 10-8 offsuit as he collects the pot. The crowd hoots and hollers, and Tournament Director Johnny Grooms says, "There's a little bit of poker going on here, folks."

Re: Chip counts
 

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i liked her interview as well. i'm positive her game improved, we did not see every single hand played. as mentioned before, for lack of experience she made up by playing all in or fold em...you only get better by playing against the best. is she the next ivey? doubtful...is she the next brunson? no way...but i'm sure her game improved, she only started in october 2004?

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Very true, we did not read all the hands, but every hand involving her was her all-in preflop. I'm sure that is no coincidence. But she seemed to handle herself well there in the interview and did not come off as a bitch or anything like some others suggested. I'd still like to know more about her stalling tactics from more people who were there and saw it first hand.

Re: 40 minutes into 10 handed
 

So this is what the WSOP final table has come to: resembling a $20 SNG [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img].

Re: Chip counts
 

Place Poker Player Chip Count
1 Andrew Black $ 13,900,000
2 Aaron Kanter $ 7,700,000
3 Joseph Hachem $ 6,900,000
4 Mike Matusow $ 6,800,000
5 Steve Dannenmann $ 6,200,000
6 Tex Barch $ 5,210,000
7 Scott Lazar $ 3,700,000
8 Daniel Bergsdorf $ 3,600,000
9 Ayhan Alsancak $ 1,200,000
10 Brad Kondracki $ 880,000

Re: Chip counts, five minutes ago, 10 handed
 

Andrew Black $13,900,000 0 2
Aaron Kanter $7,700,000 0 7
Joseph Hachem $6,900,000 0 1
Mike Matusow $6,800,000 0 6
Steve Dannenmann $6,200,000 0 9
Tex Barch $5,210,000 0 3
Scott Lazar $3,700,000 0 10
Daniel Bergsdorf $3,600,000 0 5
Ayhan Alsancak $1,200,000 0 4
Brad Kondracki $880,000 0 8

Re: Chip counts, five minutes ago, 10 handed
 

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Andrew Black $13,900,000 0 2
Aaron Kanter $7,700,000 0 7
Joseph Hachem $6,900,000 0 1
Mike Matusow $6,800,000 0 6
Steve Dannenmann $6,200,000 0 9
Tex Barch $5,210,000 0 3
Scott Lazar $3,700,000 0 10
Daniel Bergsdorf $3,600,000 0 5
Ayhan Alsancak $1,200,000 0 4
Brad Kondracki $880,000 0 8

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Harrington\'s 10:1 rule
 

Kondracki is the short stack at the table, around 1M and Black has 12M +. Shouldn't he have called according to Harrington?

Date / Time: 2005-07-15 01:27:00
Log: Hand 27 - Brad Kondracki has the button in seat 8, Black raises to $260,000, Kondracki reraises all in, and Black folds.

Re: Harrington\'s 10:1 rule
 

I think he should fold and continue to abuse this bubble situation. He wants that short stack there so he can keep stealing pots.

Re: Harrington\'s 10:1 rule
 

not just the 10 to 1 rule but also according to the last chip count kondracki only had $880,000. he wouldn't have had to be calling much more. this fold puzzles me, but it's a nice pot for kondracki to pick up.

unless he had a total trash hand like 38o and didn't want to show the table the kind of trash he was raising with.

also i thought of another factor. he's probably running this table right now because everyone wants to make the final. he doesn't want to bust kondracki just yet. he wants to take more chips off other players while they are still playing a little gun shy. just a thought.

Re: Harrington\'s 10:1 rule
 

I might be wrong but I think he should've called there getting 2:1. 220,000 before his raise + 260,000 = 480,000. The raise was to 1 million, so 1.4 million in the pot. He would have to call about 700,000 more. 2:1 right? What hands would you fold there getting 2:1 with a huge stack?