Tuan Lee - luckiest mofo in WPT history after Eric Brenes?

[Trainwreck]

Tuan is officially the luckiest MOFO after today's win.

I was pretty shocked how few of hands it took to switch from big chip dog to OVER, even though the blinds were out of this world high.

>TW<

[emil3000]

You could be the next mohammed.

EDIT: or maybe rather this john fellow (don't know his english name) who foretold jesus, and baptised people. (john the baptist?)

[gumpzilla]

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Tuan raises 2 million and Maxfield called with 56o. Uhh. Board comes with all unders and gives Tuan a gutshot. He shoots, he scores, he wins. Suckout maybe. He did have outs and the best hand going in.

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You'll notice that unless he's on an absolute monster draw, your last sentence doesn't make much sense. When the money went in, which is what most people are concerned about, he was pretty close to a 4-1 dog.

Of course, he'd gotten rivered earlier, otherwise he would have won probably one or two dozen hands before. But he did get lucky on this one. This does not mean that he is anything less than a badass poker player; it means he got lucky on one hand.

[yoadrians]

The guy wins two WPT events in a short period of time, including the annual season championship, and we're still debating his merits?

He might be a total LAG, or he might just come off as a creep at the table. Whatever he's doing, it certainly has worked for him lately.

Who knows if this will translate into long-term success. What I do know, though, is that I'll bet a lot of us would like to be in his shoes today.

Have a nice day everyone.

[gumpzilla]

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The guy wins two WPT events in a short period of time, including the annual season championship, and we're still debating his merits?

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Did you read the post you responded to? Where am I debating his merits? In fact, it seems to me that I'm saying that he's probably a good player who got lucky on one particular hand. Also, short-term results blah blah blah blah blah.

[yoadrians]

Sir, I don't think I was responding to your post specifically. Rather, just the tone of 'some' of the posts in the thread since last night.

Again, have a nice day, and sorry for the confusion.

[Bill Murphy]

Just providin'....:

Tuan has ~6.2KK, Paul has ~16.4KK, blinds 300-600K, ante 75K. "Hand 187: Tuan Le raises it to $2 million, and Maxfield calls. The flop comes 6-5-3 with two hearts. Maxfield checks, Tuan Le pushes all in, and Maxfield calls. Maxfield shows 6-5 suited for two pair, and Tuan Le has 9-8 for a gut-shot straight draw. Tuan Le needs a seven, but he sees a 2 fall on the turn. He now needs a 7 or a 4 to stay alive, and the river card is a ... 7."

BTW, I can't begin to tell ya'll how unwild I am about Paul checking that flop. Tom Jacobs did the same thing at the '92 WSOP, Hamid checks behind and hits a gutshot on the turn, and that's just one example. Even headup, raggy top two ain't all that great, esp w/~20% of the chips already in the pot and the blinds ludicrously high and deal making for the 1.16KK prize differential forbidden under pain of death.

DGMW, Paul did get it all in as a 4-1 fave, but I just hate giving 'em any room to breathe in that situation. As always, tho, my first big NL final table will be my first one, so WTFDIK.

[Murf]

Haven't been able to actually watch the WPT Championship yet, but from what I've seen of Tuan's play, he seems to remind me a little bit of Stu Ungar.
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At the table, he was a fearless, relentless warrior, and his sense of timing and feel were uncanny. Ungar was a maestro on the green felt, especially if he got a hold of some chips. (He always controlled the table and it seemed like he raised every pot.) -Mike Sexton

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[Shanemex]

So will we be hearing about Tuan Le killing (or getting killed) in the 4k-8k game now?

[ed8383]

TUAN LEE FEARS TEMP HUTTER!