wpt foxwoods

[DCJ311]

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These are the kind of 1.5M chip hands that are why Nick will win 276k to 2M, while Alex went home w/ 27k:


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To understand this hand, you'd have to know how Nick has been playing up to this point. He's been making big moves, and been fortunate enough not to run into huge hands. In this situation, he ran into a big hand and was basically pot committed albeit a very tough call. He took a ton of beats earlier on, and was fortunate to suck out in this situation.

It's kind of unfair to pick on him for this hand because he's been playing very aggressively and when you play like that sometimes you have to play a big pot with the worst of it, but that's compensated by the large # of pots you've won without seeing a showdown.

IMO I think Nick is roughly 3 to 2 dog to win the whole thing.

[daryn]

[virgolette]
It's kind of unfair to pick on him for this hand because he's been playing very aggressively and when you play like that sometimes you have to play a big pot with the worst of it, but that's compensated by the large # of pots you've won without seeing a showdown.
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nobody is picking on him, diablo was just showing how you gotta run g00t. also see:


1) the 1.6M coinflip, TT vs AQ, TT holds

2) 33 vs QJ, 33 holds (albeit a smallish pot)

3) guy moves in for 14 bb utg, lyle berman cold calls, and
takeover wakes up w/ AA to bust original guys 88


when people say, wow, that guy is running good, they generally aren't making a statement about that person's skills. why does everyone take offense when you say they got in a few lucky situations?

[DCJ311]

you're right buddy , I misinterpreted it. He has been running v well at the final table, hope that continues today.

what got him really rolling was when he had KK vs AQ on a board with Queen high agaist a big stack...that is nice.

He played pretty tight as far as I could tell...i he never went after me when i played back at him...in fact i may be the only person to have taken chips from him lol...

He is in great shape against a tough FT and he is gonna do fine.



sheets

Nick Schulman eliminates Lyle Berman

Nick Schulman sends Allen Cunningham home

Updated Chip Counts

Place Poker Player Chip Count
1 Nick Schulman $ 6,200,000
2 Tony Licastro $ 1,050,000
3 Bill Gazes $ 650,000


I think Nick is gonna do ok in this one.

[Ulysses]

This one could turn out to be a really key hand.

Date / Time: 2005-11-18 14:14:00

Hand #25 - Nick Schulman has the button in seat 2, and Berman moves all in for $575,000, and Schulman quickly calls. Now Licastro goes into the tank in the big blind, and he studies the situation for several minutes before folding. Berman shows Ah-Jc, but he's dominated by Schulman's Ac-Kd. Berman needs to improve here to stay alive.

The flop comes Qc-6s-2s, and Berman is in trouble, needing to catch a jack or a runner-runner straight to survive. The turn card is a blank (they didn't show it or announce it), and the river card is a 9. Lyle Berman is eliminated in fifth place, earning $345,000.

1. Nick Schulman - $4,200,000 (seat 2)
2. Tony Licastro - $1,300,000 (seat 3)
3. Allen Cunningham - $1,200,000 (seat 5)
4. Bill Gazes - $850,000 (seat 6)

If Licastro was just showboating, nevermind. But, if he was really thinking, I figure there's a decent chance he had a pair, or maybe AQ. If he decides to go all-in with either of those hands, he wins this hand and has something like a 3.2M to 2.3M chip advantage over Nick w/ a couple of guys within striking range at around 1M. Instead, he folds, and Nick takes a commanding lead, far ahead of the other three.

Will be interesting to find out what Licastro had.

[shaniac]

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If he decides to go all-in with either of those hands, he wins this hand and has something like a 3.2M to 2.3M chip advantage over Nick w/ a couple of guys within striking range at around 1M. Instead, he folds, and Nick takes a commanding lead, far ahead of the other three.


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And if my grandmother had wheels, she would be a bus.

Why are these what-would-have-been musings so intriguing to you?

Oh, yeah, and CONGRATS NICK!

[Ghazban]

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This one could turn out to be a really key hand.

Date / Time: 2005-11-18 14:14:00

Hand #25 - Nick Schulman has the button in seat 2, and Berman moves all in for $575,000, and Schulman quickly calls. Now Licastro goes into the tank in the big blind, and he studies the situation for several minutes before folding. Berman shows Ah-Jc, but he's dominated by Schulman's Ac-Kd. Berman needs to improve here to stay alive.

The flop comes Qc-6s-2s, and Berman is in trouble, needing to catch a jack or a runner-runner straight to survive. The turn card is a blank (they didn't show it or announce it), and the river card is a 9. Lyle Berman is eliminated in fifth place, earning $345,000.

1. Nick Schulman - $4,200,000 (seat 2)
2. Tony Licastro - $1,300,000 (seat 3)
3. Allen Cunningham - $1,200,000 (seat 5)
4. Bill Gazes - $850,000 (seat 6)

If Licastro was just showboating, nevermind. But, if he was really thinking, I figure there's a decent chance he had a pair, or maybe AQ. If he decides to go all-in with either of those hands, he wins this hand and has something like a 3.2M to 2.3M chip advantage over Nick w/ a couple of guys within striking range at around 1M. Instead, he folds, and Nick takes a commanding lead, far ahead of the other three.

Will be interesting to find out what Licastro had.

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I was in the audience for this final table right behing the Licastro contingent. After he folded, he came to the rail and told his buddies there he folded TT. That isn't necessarily true, but if it is, what do people think of the fold?

I didn't like Tony's play at all; he seemed to just move in or fold all the time, even when he was not short stacked.

The most baffling hand to me was the KT hand (Gazes opens for 115K, Shulman makes it 400K in the SB, Licastro pushes ~470K with KTo, Gazes pauses a while, then pushes with AA and Shulman instamucks-- flop comes QJ9 and Licastro about triples up). Is this a good play? It seems like he's basically saying "I think you're both full of it and I certainly have the best hand". Neither Gazes nor Shulman were particularly aggressive preflop up until that point (at least at the TV table) so I don't think he had reason to believe they both happened to pick that hand to get out of line.

I suck at tournaments so if this is SOP, just say so.