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The guy might as well deliver pizza to poker players. Thats his racket?
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Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
I'm at the bubble in a $10 rebuy right now. lol donkaments.
pantherclub
Footballguy
Could someone explain this a little better. I am not good at reading poker stuff like that
Furious Styles
Footballguy
C=clubs and S=spadesAssani lost to a flush despite having the best hand pre and post flop once the Queen of Spades landed because the other guy had two spades for his hole cards and two more spades showed up on the flop
pantherclub
Footballguy
so where did he go all in at?
Parmcat
Canada: Beer, Bacon and Beavers
I believe all the money went in after the flop
pantherclub
Footballguy
oof, pretty risky bet for seasoned pro. He had to know someone was chasing a flush.
Furious Styles
Footballguy
Giving his stack size and the size of the blinds I'm not sure he has much of a choice but to shove.
Jojo the circus boy
Footballguy
Yeah he was getting pretty well below average stack. 2-to-1 favorite is a pretty damn good edge to have in his position.
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Insoxicated
Depends on position (haven't seen full HH) but Assani was rapidly approaching Shove territory preflop. There is a good chance it was raised preflop and he pushed w TPTK postflop since that's about as good a board as you can hope for (short of the two spades). Or the guy bet into Assani who then shoved (could have interpreted it as a continuation bet or was just trying to get good odds on his cash while he had the best of it). I'll drop him a line and ask him if he would swing by here
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BobbyLayne
Footballguy
I hear poker pros say over and over again the worst day of the year is the day you bust out of the ME - whether you fail to cash or not, you second guess and wonder what you could have done differently. Assani had a great month with two cashes, and outlasted 6,200 players in the biggest tournament in the world.
He has a phenominal attitude and I'm certain with time will come the perspective. Dude should be very proud of what he accomplished the last few weeks.
He has a phenominal attitude and I'm certain with time will come the perspective. Dude should be very proud of what he accomplished the last few weeks.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Sportsbook.ag has a poker site on the Merge network.
Update, bro?
trogg78
Footballguy
I was reading this thread and got the urge to play too. I downloaded the Carbon Poker software. It is on the Merge network. I just tried it out with some play money and the software was pretty good. Ill probably deposit a little cash and see how things go.
Assani Fisher
Footballguy
just read through last few pages of the thread, thanks for the support everyone. Final hand was completely standard in every way:
I have ~205k at 10k/20k/1k, villain is in BB and covers. I open AKos w/1 spade to 20K, folds to BB who calls. Flop is Kx6s2s, he checks, I bet 26k, he makes it 76k, I shove, he calls with AsTs. Turn offsuit 2, river Qs.
Overall had close to a breakeven summer grinding $5/10/25 Big O and playing ~15 of the tournaments(cashing in 2). Very very frustrating overall though....put in a ton of hours, and had some brutal beats in some of the tournaments. After bubbling the $10K WPT Florida and losing ~$25k in SCOOP tournaments, I was hoping for better, but oh well.
I'll probably continue to sit at $10/20 HU PLO8 on Bovada(U.S. customers can still play there) and maybe start playing some live cash at Aria on weekends. Then in September WCOOP should be happening on PokerStars, so I'll probably go back to Toronto for that.
With FBGs, 2p2, LeggoPoker, and facebook friends all trying to follow me, its tough for me to post across all of the sites. When I do post long blogs on leggopoker I will cross post them here, but the easiest way to follow me is @AssaniFisher on twitter. Thanks again for support, really cool reading through all of the positive feedback.
I have ~205k at 10k/20k/1k, villain is in BB and covers. I open AKos w/1 spade to 20K, folds to BB who calls. Flop is Kx6s2s, he checks, I bet 26k, he makes it 76k, I shove, he calls with AsTs. Turn offsuit 2, river Qs.
Overall had close to a breakeven summer grinding $5/10/25 Big O and playing ~15 of the tournaments(cashing in 2). Very very frustrating overall though....put in a ton of hours, and had some brutal beats in some of the tournaments. After bubbling the $10K WPT Florida and losing ~$25k in SCOOP tournaments, I was hoping for better, but oh well.
I'll probably continue to sit at $10/20 HU PLO8 on Bovada(U.S. customers can still play there) and maybe start playing some live cash at Aria on weekends. Then in September WCOOP should be happening on PokerStars, so I'll probably go back to Toronto for that.
With FBGs, 2p2, LeggoPoker, and facebook friends all trying to follow me, its tough for me to post across all of the sites. When I do post long blogs on leggopoker I will cross post them here, but the easiest way to follow me is @AssaniFisher on twitter. Thanks again for support, really cool reading through all of the positive feedback.
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Assani Fisher
Footballguy
btw my Toronto roomate Andrew Lichtenberger is still alive. Super chill stoner kid who has a legit claim to being one of the best NLHE players in the world. Interview he did yesterday:
Jojo the circus boy
Footballguy
How many times was your stack at stake? How big was villain's stack and any criticism on the way he played it, i.e. how would you have played it had you been in his shoes?
Assani Fisher
Footballguy
Twice I was at risk of elimination. On day one I got all in with JJ against 55 on a 267 w/2 hearts flop, and then my elimination hand.I think villain had around 500k to start the hand. He played it fine. I can't overstate enough how standard of a hand it was for both of us to play. The only somewhat interesting aspect is his flop decision. I think calling isn't horrible, but its definitely worse than raising considering my stack size and his fold equity against the part of my range which is currently ahead yet would fold to a raise. The decision between raising smallish and shoving all-in is fairly trivial, and although I could discuss it(I slightly prefer shoving), its just not worthwhile.
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QuizGuy66
Footballguy
For the curious to chew on, the hands of the 4 people who all went on the bubble in the Main Event:(loser first): KK lost to AA, KK lost to 55, QQ lost to AA, AA lost to AK-QGIt's irrelevant really how you got in... the $10k is gone. It's in that prize pool. If you feel totally overmatched at the table and are at point where 20k is a life changing amount for you then POSSIBLY I can see it being an acceptable call. However most people who've made it this far don't feel totally overmatched... and for MOST 20k isn't a truly life changing amount (10k after taxes and such)... IMO you should never, EVER fold AA preflop.KK, possibly.... QQ, now we're talking.... but AA? never.
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
LOOK AT ME CASHING IN THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER MAIN EVENT(Couldn't help it)
Well done Assani 
you're an inspiration to all of us would-be grinders here on FBG CONGRATS. You've done us proud!-QG
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Wait...blinds were 10K/20K and you limped in for 20K?
Assani Fisher
Footballguy
sorry, meant to say that blinds were 5k/10k/1k
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Insoxicated
Ask Assani if he would lay down aces... Or even kings. I already know the answer. Hell, set up a pole (sic) on any legit site. The answer: lolFor the curious to chew on, the hands of the 4 people who all went on the bubble in the Main Event:(loser first): KK lost to AA, KK lost to 55, QQ lost to AA, AA lost to AK-QGIt's irrelevant really how you got in... the $10k is gone. It's in that prize pool. If you feel totally overmatched at the table and are at point where 20k is a life changing amount for you then POSSIBLY I can see it being an acceptable call. However most people who've made it this far don't feel totally overmatched... and for MOST 20k isn't a truly life changing amount (10k after taxes and such)... IMO you should never, EVER fold AA preflop.
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JFC
Furious Styles
Footballguy
That is just brutal
Ned
Footballguy
I thought this only happened online.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Quite a story brewing in the main event.
Elizabeth Hille, a 26 year old waitress from Norway, is sitting 5th in chips with only 27 players left. From what I can tell she is a complete amateur only having played in home games.
She is not the last woman standing though, I think there is at least one more, Galle Baumann from France sitting in 20th.
With no big names left, it would be great for ESPN and the poker world in general if a woman could make it to the final table.
Elizabeth Hille, a 26 year old waitress from Norway, is sitting 5th in chips with only 27 players left. From what I can tell she is a complete amateur only having played in home games.
She is not the last woman standing though, I think there is at least one more, Galle Baumann from France sitting in 20th.
With no big names left, it would be great for ESPN and the poker world in general if a woman could make it to the final table.
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Insoxicated
Funny how the euro chicks are both burners and the US chicks both look like men.
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
The link given by Otis says: "Made day 3 of 2011 WSOP main event" for Hille.Hoping they both make it to the final table
-QG
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
Wasn't really commenting on the decision, just happened to have seen how those last 4 went out from the WSOP site and figure it wouldAsk Assani if he would lay down aces... Or even kings. I already know the answer. Hell, set up a pole (sic) on any legit site. The answer: lolFor the curious to chew on, the hands of the 4 people who all went on the bubble in the Main Event:(loser first): KK lost to AA, KK lost to 55, QQ lost to AA, AA lost to AK-QGIt's irrelevant really how you got in... the $10k is gone. It's in that prize pool. If you feel totally overmatched at the table and are at point where 20k is a life changing amount for you then POSSIBLY I can see it being an acceptable call. However most people who've made it this far don't feel totally overmatched... and for MOST 20k isn't a truly life changing amount (10k after taxes and such)... IMO you should never, EVER fold AA preflop.
-QG
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Galle was the chip leader early on, correct (after Day 3 or something).Barbara Enright (5th in 1995) is still the only woman to make the final table at the Main Event.The link given by Otis says: "Made day 3 of 2011 WSOP main event" for Hille.Hoping they both make it to the final table
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Ah, makes sense.Is the min-raise de rigueur in tournament poker now? I've been noticing it a lot more lately.I think AT should've just called the flop. Not sure what a small-ish raise accomplishes, given how little fold equity it has.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Wow. Both women bubbled the final 9. Hille out in 11th and Baumann out in 10th. Ends a fantastic World Series for women across the board.
Both walked away with a healthy $590k from the Main Event.
Both walked away with a healthy $590k from the Main Event.
Assani Fisher
Footballguy
In general, the great majority of players these days have near optimal bet sizing. And since most players defending their blinds understand that its -EV to call a min raise with much of their holdings, its all thats necessary to steal the blinds late in a tournament.He had plenty of fold equity imo. I made a standard PF raise and c-bet. I'd be doing that and then folding with quite a bit of my range on K62 w/2 spades flop. Hands like 33-55, A7s-AQs, AJos, AQos all are prime examples. Again I can't overstate how basic this hand was on all aspects.
Assani Fisher
Footballguy
Jacob Balsiger(member of Final 9) is the guy who I lost most of my chips to after I was at my high point of ~450K. I 4 bet folded AK(after the day he said he had AA), I cold 4 bet AK from SB after he 3bet in EP and then I bet two streets on a 678T runout before he shoved and I folded(after the day he said he had 88), and after flatting OOP preflop with QQ I called 2 streets but folded river on a AJTxx runout in a 3 way pot(BB called also, after the day he said he was bluffing). He played well overall, but he obviously ran great. The AK vs AA hand is fairly standard, the other two spots left me second guessing myself a bit but theres just so much variance in one or two hands of poker, so I'm not going to be overly results oriented.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
But if the SPR is ~3, isn't he better off just shoving and maximizing his fold equity? Or is there no range of hands where you wouldn't call a shove, but would call a small raise? He knows he can't get away from it if you shove, right? I'm guessing you call anyway if he shoves, so the results are the same, but it seems peculiar.Thanks for having this discussion btw, I really appreciate you taking the time.
Assani Fisher
Footballguy
Yeah I talked about shoving vs raising small in an earlier post. I said that I preferred shoving but thought it was trivial enough to not warrant discussion.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Needs giant POTS OF ICE t-shirt to distinguish himself from the masses of young males with furrowed brows wearing Apple earbuds.
Assani Fisher
Footballguy
Selling action for SCOOP if anyone is interested: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/163/staking-selling-shares-online/assani-fisher-scoop-high-package-omaha-hi-lo-sunday-nlhes-1331542/
For non-poker players or US players who can't access their PokerStars accounts, I would be fine with taking Bank Of America transfers instead of PokerStars transfers.
I'm pretty sure even though US players can't play on PokerStars, you can still download the client and watch me play....1% for $183.60 makes for a fun sweat in 8 different tournaments if you're at home on the computer with not much else to do.
For non-poker players or US players who can't access their PokerStars accounts, I would be fine with taking Bank Of America transfers instead of PokerStars transfers.
I'm pretty sure even though US players can't play on PokerStars, you can still download the client and watch me play....1% for $183.60 makes for a fun sweat in 8 different tournaments if you're at home on the computer with not much else to do.