Fossilman: Stealing on the bubble

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THIS IS REPLAYING IN 1 HOUR!!!!!!!!!! (6:00pm EASTERN/3:00pm PACIFIC on ESPN2)

Of course I am going to miss it because I'm at work, but they are replyaing it again on Sunday at 10pm Pacific time on ESPN2.

[jgunnip]

How does Fossilman's stack NOT fall down? sheesh!

[Degen]

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Give the guy credit

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Seriously, anybody who waded through that field deserves a lot of credit. Maybe he read TPFAP where it said that if you are outmatched its in your best interest to take any small edge thrown your way.

Andre

[valenzuela]

It makes me mad to see idiots making -ev plays because they want to be on "the real" final table. My classmates think Im lying when I say Im better than some ppl that have been aired playing on ESPN.

edit: Im not suggesting that Im better than any of the final-tablers. But I think I am a better snger than Dean or Anderson.

[jgunnip]

This is the best bit of poker ever aired...




..which is why I hope it's getting crappy ratings

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[gumpzilla]

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1) He was obviously light years behind the other players when it came to post-flop play and knew he needed to take a HUGE coin-flip to increase his payout substantially. I am impressed by his balls, however, not an easy call to make for a teacher making 40k a year.

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If this is true - I haven't watched that final table, and while it's really the only evidence we have it still isn't very good for determining such things - then there will be tons of situations where getting his stack in with a 57-43 edge if he thinks he has it is probably not such a bad plan.

[ClaytonN]

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And of course Matt Dean had a big stack because he decided to make that DONK coinflip call against John Murphy with 13 left for nearly all his chips.

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Bah!

Murphy's move was much, MUCH worse. Dean was 2nd in chips at the time, Murphy was 3rd. Dean makes a strong reraise and you push into him with a hands like AK? With that many chips? Sucks.

Dean knew he was one of the weaker players, (he's said as much on these forums) and he felt like Murphy was pushing with a hand like AK or QQ, but most likely AK. That's a 57% favorite, and he felt like gambling as a slight favorite. Nothing wrong with that, especially when you consider, again, that Dean was a weak postflop player.

[applejuicekid]

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But I think I am a better snger than Dean or Anderson.

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This is a joke right?

I agree with your classmates.

How can you even say that and truly believe it? Why do you think you are a better snger than Dean or Anderson? What plays did they make that were so bad?

Just because you see a NBA player miss an open jump shot doesn't mean you are better than them at HORSE.

[The Yugoslavian]

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Give the guy credit

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Seriously, anybody who waded through that field deserves a lot of credit. Maybe he read TPFAP where it said that if you are outmatched its in your best interest to take any small edge thrown your way.

Andre

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Maybe Raymer has been professing just this for years on the very forum we're having this discussion while exchanging high level poker thoughts with this forum's very own Irieguy directly related to risk/reward theory....

Unfortunately there is no way to search and tell...*sigh*

Oh..wait! Dude.....you *can* search the forums and find out exactly that!!!!!

Shibby!

Yugoslav

[valenzuela]

Everyone that has ever played a hand on ESPN is better than me???? bah u suck, Matias anderson is an horrible player who simply got lucky in the WSOP.
1) pro pushes 77
2) anderson calls with AK
3) 8JK82
4) daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!
Note that Im not saying Im better than him at poker, just that I think Im better than him SNGs.( i might be wrong since he could play sngs too) I have a friend who is an awesome poker player but Im better than him with really shallow stacks.
Ure really clueless if u think everyone who has played in ESPN is a poker biitch.