re: WSOP 2009

Here is the blog from the WSOP ME when I played with Raymer. It's long as hell so I won't be offended if no one reads it but I figured it went with the thread.

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Monday, July 09, 2007
2007 WSOP Main Event
It is wierd how you feel before you play the main event, the biggest poker tournament in the world. I have played in a 10K buy in before but it didn't feel like this. With all of the long odds and the things you have to over come to win this thing you can't help but think and dream about how cool it would be to run well and make a push at it. I was living that dream before the dinner break of day 1. I was playing really well, my reads were right on, and the cards were running well. The only player at the table to start was Greg Raymer but he dumped away all of his chips in a hand that he played terribly IMO. He went all in for 16 thousand with the blinds at 100-200 on a straight draw when he raised a kid who only bet 1200. He went 1200 to 16 thousand and was called by the kids set. He played really bad before that also by limping with KK and QQ and getting run down then he complained about how unlucky he was but he let 5-6 people in the hand. Anyway, just before the dinner break i won a 20K pot with AK against JJ where I hit an Ace on the river and really thought that I was going to hava good day one. When I came back from dinner break I had 51 thousand with the blinds at 200-400 with a 25 anti. In this level I was able to chip up to 72 thousand and was looking great. There was no one at my table who looked like they had played above .25 - .50 cent holdem on their computer. It was by far the easiest table I had played at the Rio, possibly ever. Things were going to have to go really bad for me to not finish the day well and they did. The start of my downfall went like this. It was the start of level 5, 300-600 with a 50 chip anti. I had a little over 72 thousand when it folded around to me on the button. I look down at AK of clubs and raise to 1800. The man in the BB was a good ole boy from Alabama who had never played a tournament and was a complete calling station. He had about 45 thousand to start the hand and called my raise. The flop came 2,4,A with the 2 and 4 both hearts. He leads out and bets 3K. I had a read on him before this hand that when he bet close to the size of the pot he was usually trying to take it down there. I had seen him a few times get called and then check down the next two cards calling down whatever his opponent bet and for the most part it had worked for him. I was 100% sure my AK was good and with the fact that there were two hearts on board and he was a calling station there was no need to slow play. I raised him to 10 thousand and of course he calls. I am not at all scared of him possibly being on a flush draw and am 99% sure that he has a bad ace at this point. The turn in the 6 of clubs and he checks. I bet 20 thousand which was the biggest bet the table had seen yet. He says I "cawl" and I know I have him. He has about 12K left when the river brings the 7 of spades and he checks. I am deciding whether to take his last 12 thousand and be greedy or just take the pot as is. There is 64 thousand in the middle and 106K for me is looking good enough so I check the river and he shakes his head. "I thought for sure you were gonna put me in on that last card" he says as he turns over A7. A three outer on the river which leaves me with the sickest feeling in the world. I was 100% I had the best hand the whole way, there was no doubt, and got kicked in the nuts by the poker gods. I was left after the hand with around 40K which was average but man. 40K compared to 106 really hurt. I lost 13 k on 6 hands raising pre flop with AK AK AK JJ JJ 99. No doubt the amount I had been getting called and the AK hand affected the outcome in these hands because a guy with 100 thousand looks a lot scarier than a guy with 40. Notonly that but I would have had a lot more room to make these moves if I had the 106. The three pocket pairs got checked down to the river after a flop of two over cards and whoever called my pre flop raise all three times flopped the second pair and won ( flops of KQ brick guy would have a dry Q, AK brick guy would have dry K, 2 of the 3 the guy who called was in the BB the 3rd who called was in the small) and the three with AK got checked to the river and whoever called all three times had a small poclet pair that won every time. I could have made a bluff at these but I had been getting called by everything that I was really waiting on certain situations againts certain players.

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TBC...

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Which WSOP player can play a real sport, and which sports could they play?

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Some guy who was a big time tennis player over seas???? forget his name

Cant remember his first name but his last name is brown I believe. He is engaged or married to another player who is good looking.

No not him. He plays in a bunch of cash games. I have seen him a couple of times on poker after dark and high stakes poker.

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he only player at the table to start was Greg Raymer but he dumped away all of his chips in a hand that he played terribly IMO. He went all in for 16 thousand with the blinds at 100-200 on a straight draw when he raised a kid who only bet 1200. He went 1200 to 16 thousand and was called by the kids set. He played really bad before that also by limping with KK and QQ and getting run down then he complained about how unlucky he was but he let 5-6 people in the hand.

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another example of why I dont think Greg Raymer is that good. He overbets marginal hands & draws all the time.


Ex-1
Greg Raymer raised to 150,000 from the button and Justin Bonomo reraised all in for 1,440,000 from the small blind. Raymer made the call and they flipped up their cards:

Raymer: A8
Bonomo: AJ

Board: K652A

Bonomo doubled up on the hand to 2,985,000 and Raymer took a hit down to 1,785,000.

There is no reason to call off half your stack against a good player with a shite hand like A8

Ex-2
Greg Raymer raised to 400,000 and Isaac Haxton reraised to 1.25 million. Raymer then shoved for his entire stack of 8 million and Haxton called, having him very slightly covered.

Raymer showed pocket fives and Haxton revealed the superior pocket nines. The board rolled out KQ1033 and Haxton’s nines took the pot, sending the Fossilman out in third place to a standing ovation. Haxton now has a 2-1 chip lead on Vitaly Lunkin.

Another ignorant play. How can you justify going all in with 5s there other than you think the guy is on a complete bluff, but from what I have seen from Raymer he doesn't read people all that well and overbets these marginal low pairs and weak aces.

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a good ole boy from Alabama who had never played a tournament and was a complete calling station

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hello there

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hello there

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If you're in your mid to late 50's and god awful at poker, I would like to apologize for including you in my myspace blog

bump...

Phil Ivey makes his 19th final table at the $2,500 2-7 Draw Lowball tourney LINK

no idea how to play that game.

that sounds like a confusing game.

Ive played the game a couple of times on pokerstars. I know the rules of the game, but not sure if there is a particular strategy besides getting lo.