Assani's Poker Thread (3 Viewers)

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

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I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

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i can only imagine what a 14- or 15-hour day feels like. i've played a few live tournaments and they're easier to play than an online tournament. but 15 hours is crazy.

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

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I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

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I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

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I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

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I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

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If you aren't willing to put all your money in the middle preflop with AA then you shouldn't be playing poker.

i missed the updates and don't feel like reading through right now. can someone tell me if he used the icy pots shtick at all?

ps. congrats on surviving day one man.

i missed the updates and don't feel like reading through right now. can someone tell me if he used the icy pots shtick at all?

ps. congrats on surviving day one man.

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No reference in the thread to ICY POTS at the WSOP. Yet....

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

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I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

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I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

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No, that's not the key.With the exception of the late stages of tournament qualifiers, any chance you have to get all-in PF with AA you should take. You're a 4:1 favorite against any other hand, and nobody is good enough to be able to pass up those kind of odds.

you figured out how to survive day 1, now figure out how to get on tv

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ICY POTS #####ES!!!!

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

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My friend got in late the night before from New York, so I didn't get to bed until 5AM and had to be up at 10AM to get there in time. So that part sucked. However, if I wasn't tired, I don't think it'd be that huge of a deal. I'm used to playing long sessions, and the 20 minute breaks give you a nice little time to relax imo. I think that my youth gives me a definite advantage over many of the other players regarding this issue. I'd actually rather they just skip the dinner break altogether to be honest.

i missed the updates and don't feel like reading through right now. can someone tell me if he used the icy pots shtick at all?

ps. congrats on surviving day one man.

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LOL....nah, I'm actually a very quiet person at the table, so I probably won't get known or on TV unless I make it far. I just listen to my IPOD and concentrate on the cards.

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

Click to expand...

I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

Click to expand...

I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

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No, that's not the key.With the exception of the late stages of tournament qualifiers, any chance you have to get all-in PF with AA you should take. You're a 4:1 favorite against any other hand, and nobody is good enough to be able to pass up those kind of odds.

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While absolute nut hands like AA preflop are obvious exceptions, LarryBoy is very correct in that its a decent strategy to simply play smallball if you think that you're one of the better players. No reason to risk anything. Certain pros most definitely play like this while others employee a riskier strategy of trying to attain big chip leads early and then bullying.

All of those that made it from Days 1A and 1B:

Hossein Tagh Avi $229,125 130 2

Wesley Wilburn $122,200 131 2

Alex Minilsow $94,350 124 10

Cory Butler $90,250 138 7

Edward Brogdon $90,200 145 9

Laro Bonding $88,600 123 7

Adam Sweet $86,250 92 6

Theo Tran $82,950 121 1

Magnus Petersson $82,575 94 10

David Chiu $78,225 108 8

Daniel Clark $77,750 132 7

Allen Cunningham $77,625 119 3

Jose Verela $76,900 116 1

Al Barbieri $76,050 126 5

Todd Huynh $75,800 88 7

Sean Johnson $73,925 131 10

James Crowshaw $73,500 124 5

Christopher Budak $70,125 147 10

Ashay Kumar $70,125 155 8

Nick Montouri $69,745 1 6

Rob Lederer $69,475 134 2

Benjamin Logan $66,625 128 10

Vinny Curry $65,650 143 9

Jim Coea $64,025 162 10

Hal Kizzie $63,750 99 2

Peder Behr $63,475 81 6

Joed Durkstra $63,225 94 6

Russell Davies $61,300 85 3

Mike Hwang $61,275 20 2

James Mellor $59,900 137 3

Lee Kort $59,750 147 8

Frankig Gavigan $59,400 108 10

Donald MacLean $59,150 114 4

Reid Walker $59,125 80 4

Ayaz Mahmood $59,000 113 3

Patrick Poels $58,850 87 4

Mark Gilbert $58,400 99 3

Marc Machuga $58,250 81 7

Laurens Vellman $57,975 117 3

Mark Lawlor $57,800 157 4

Jeffrey Abramovitz $57,700 144 1

Ted Martin $57,575 84 6

Robert Betts $57,100 80 10

Yu Cheng $56,525 120 3

Tom Jalobs $56,325 155 6

Mike "Stohey" Stohehiu $56,275 136 3

Martin Virgen $56,000 106 2

Whitney Bourton $55,675 98 1

Jeffrey Cohan $55,650 105 8

Matt Woodward $55,250 23 1

Fred Avent $54,950 157 8

Billy Roberts $54,925 152 8

Mark Guargilia $54,825 86 5

Suzan Cohen $54,750 96 9

Andres Korn $54,700 94 9

David Tessler $54,650 140 1

Patrick Bueno $54,300 125 9

Mark Wellen $54,050 143 7

Steve Hohn $54,025 107 7

Eric DeGuzman $53,875 127 4

Steve Day $53,550 115 4

Andrew Tracey $53,425 119 9

Mario Rodriguez $53,400 123 8

Randall McCallum $53,000 155 2

Kitai Davidi $52,950 49 7

Blake Whitson $52,850 141 5

Galen Kester $52,300 98 8

Robert Operan $51,975 97 4

Christopher Viox $51,675 115 10

Brian Mozzoni $51,575 149 10

Brandon Lawler $51,525 90 2

Robert Sanchez $51,525 110 8

Chris Ellison $51,150 156 1

Kermit Lewis $50,750 144 7

Radall Witt $50,600 130 1

Ernie Scherer $50,525 117 1

Jared Handy $50,475 147 1

Will Wetzel $50,400 93 6

Gavin Writer $50,275 65 1

William Aubuchon $50,100 112 9

Mark Weitzman $50,100 135 1

Robert Willis $50,050 120 6

Daniel Krentzman $49,725 103 9

Quan Tran $49,575 42 7

Cyrille Chabot $49,450 90 6

Brian Maguire $49,100 86 6

Brenton Goulding $48,925 106 10

Eric Uhl $48,825 146 7

Theodore Park $48,800 113 6

Ryan Daube $48,800 142 4

Terry Menezes $48,650 33 7

John Hanos $48,650 158 3

Doug Schneider $48,600 62 9

David Cai $48,575 1 1

Billy Ngo $48,500 116 5

Tony Vaccariello $48,425 94 5

Jesse McGinty $48,375 147 3

Eric Weinen $48,225 124 7

Jon Lane $48,100 82 10

Patrik Selin $48,075 143 3

Nelson Dismukes $48,050 124 9

Ivar Borthen $48,000 144 10

Scott Clements $47,825 97 6

Austin Quinn $47,700 112 1

Chris Forcone $47,600 154 6

Paul Parker $47,350 142 3

Patrick Christoff $47,275 80 7

Kevin Brown $47,000 132 5

Rolgues Rodriguez $46,425 132 9

Dallas Thompson $46,350 85 5

Christopher Szucay $46,325 101 5

Stephen Garabedian $46,300 140 6

Shirley Williams $46,225 105 7

Sam Khoueis $45,275 141 2

Kenny Robbins $45,100 92 2

Sebastian Landgvis $44,600 104 9

David John $44,575 113 7

Paul White $44,450 88 10

Ale Boem Taram $44,000 82 3

Victor Iemolo $43,850 130 10

Paul Greim $43,300 122 1

Martin Larsson $43,250 150 1

Dean McIver $43,200 119 6

David Rogers $43,175 98 10

Scott Sweesy $43,075 145 3

Leonard Loder $42,800 141 8

James Calderaro $42,725 108 6

Eric Sonstegard $42,600 142 6

Mark Stubbs $42,575 109 3

Simon Hennessey $42,575 109 9

Erick Sadler $42,525 154 8

David Zeitlin $42,500 106 3

David Murray $42,325 151 2

Bartholomew Tantillo $42,200 84 8

Darryl Ronconi $42,175 156 2

Dan Brien $42,100 160 3

James Cox $42,075 164 2

Garrett Smith $42,025 157 3

Brook Matzell $41,675 116 7

Timothy McBride $41,625 161 4

Alan Resh $41,500 157 9

Mark Donahey $41,475 101 3

Farhang Ebadipour $41,350 145 6

Ernesto Panno $41,200 130 6

David Grey $40,850 123 3

Johnny Kampis $40,825 143 2

Tyler Claik $40,800 82 7

Jason Stier $40,775 150 8

Thomas Ellsworth $40,650 142 9

Innaki Luque Pinana $40,425 82 5

Frank Watkins $40,400 98 9

Ryan Kallberg $40,350 163 5

Mark Bassham $40,300 107 6

David Rosenbloom $40,150 158 8

Jordan Richland $39,850 59 2

Raymond Ticsay $39,850 147 2

Andy Goetsch $39,775 55 10

Jim Osmani $39,750 134 5

Atildu Bitondo $39,675 37 4

Michael Bower $39,475 111 6

Jasper Stolpe $39,375 127 6

Fong Yu $39,373 56 6

Walt Dietz $39,275 147 9

Mickey Applemann $39,250 82 2

Daryll Futch $39,100 154 1

Virgil Beldingfield $39,075 96 2

Ian Baker $39,050 5 6

Roberto Romanello $39,050 152 9

Joseph M. Cappello $39,000 2 9

Lane Roush $39,000 17 1

Sammy Arzoin $39,000 112 4

Victor Hammar $38,925 43 4

Matthew Rundell $38,875 52 6

Daniel Hot $38,825 146 8

Derek Schwerzler $38,800 17 8

Albert Pat Hamner $38,750 70 5

Berry Didinslay $38,750 113 8

Troy Pitts $38,675 137 2

Bruno Jais $38,525 140 4

Mack Lee $38,475 81 8

Jay Lewman $38,450 37 2

Robert Isakson $38,450 67 1

Ken Goldin $38,300 154 7

Adrian Pitt $38,250 102 9

Yan Chen $38,250 135 9

Paul Wasicka $38,200 165 3

Tony Bloom $38,175 76 6

Danny Walker $38,150 61 9

Nicholas Stowell $38,125 52 3

Brett Morash $38,125 121 3

Steven Graham $37,975 34 1

Darryl Dare $37,975 40 7

Robert Cauna $37,975 110 5

Richard Barstow $37,950 128 4

Prahlad Friedman $37,950 146 5

Robert Moore $37,850 36 9

Jes Bende $37,850 47 3

Thomas Wahlroos $37,800 27 3

Bryan Sandrock $37,750 117 10

Adam Symons $37,725 33 4

Paul Lui $37,625 41 8

Gordon Cross $37,625 79 1

Dowl Bokesch $37,525 96 6

James Sileo $37,500 136 10

Sean Garey $37,425 88 1

Thanhdat Tran $37,400 6 7

Joe DuBois $37,400 68 10

Alan Fidelo $37,350 30 6

Seth Cohen $37,350 64 8

Mark Beton $37,275 29 10

Joe versaci $37,175 144 3

Alex Brigante $37,075 9 9

David clayton $37,050 42 2

William Hill $36,975 121 4

Daniel Gray $36,950 15 8

Kyung Han $36,875 68 5

Saso Perduloski $36,875 137 8

Joe Colaianni $36,825 140 7

Alan Steffen $36,800 130 7

Steve Greenberg $36,775 113 4

Jim Bechtel $36,700 11 10

Marvin Raphael $36,700 132 3

Martino Bakri $36,700 160 10

Mark Owens $36,675 39 6

Bill Gustafik $36,675 40 6

Katie LeBeau $36,575 141 10

Nicolai Vivet $36,500 135 8

Katya Svendsen $36,400 117 8

Joseph Lam $36,375 23 5

Roy thung $36,350 103 8

David VanOverreem $36,325 3 5

David Williams $36,275 89 7

Ashiq Ardullah $36,250 22 9

Men Ngugen $36,100 95 4

Christopher Barash $35,975 14 4

Francisco Fragoso $35,950 76 1

Tim Vance $35,925 74 2

Vassilios Manitis $35,825 4 1

Viet Tran $35,700 6 10

Jeff Burns $35,700 101 7

Kyle Cox $35,525 69 5

Danny DeJesus $35,325 154 3

Sadat Muhammad $35,275 9 4

Matt Bierman $35,175 93 3

Chris George $35,125 9 10

Andreas Hagen $35,100 19 3

Kido Phan $35,100 42 10

Moe Parvan $35,050 28 8

Thomas Premeaux $35,025 88 5

Michael Greco $35,025 124 4

Eric Froelich $35,025 129 3

Jon Oda $34,850 111 3

Hertzel Zalewski $34,800 38 2

Kevin Daly $34,775 159 10

Dan Pederson $34,700 94 1

Neil Butterfield $34,600 102 4

Daniel Orr $34,525 8 8

William Stringer $34,500 53 3

Brian Garelick $34,500 87 7

Tom Quinnan $34,475 28 3

Carl Sartor $34,425 2 3

Ed Betlow $34,400 20 8

Cesar Villagran $34,400 90 4

Gary Lent $34,375 109 5

Scott Kitei $34,300 109 7

Bruce S. Copeland $34,225 23 10

Mike Sexton $34,225 28 10

Rhett Butler $34,175 118 10

Aleksander Cooper $34,100 56 1

David Kanesky $34,050 13 10

Erin Hatcher $34,025 39 8

Jim Wheatley $34,000 19 9

Fred Lavassani $34,000 145 4

Abrollah Abavi $33,950 91 8

Lowell Kim $33,875 139 10

Dennis Kobbera Plejdrop $33,850 87 1

Doug Briggs $33,825 14 7

Todd Bourgault $33,825 46 5

Kit Phaphon $33,825 46 6

Deric William $33,800 69 10

Jacob Kennauss $33,800 160 1

Paul Smith $33,775 4 2

Kenneth Farrell $33,725 71 4

Lance Ailred $33,675 16 3

Kyriacos Dionysiou $33,650 120 10

Satuan Bratty $33,600 148 8

Danny Bootn $33,575 125 2

Christopher Wilson $33,425 110 10

Steven Boyle $33,400 58 10

Jim Obon $33,350 101 8

Chad Layne $33,300 51 3

Tam Pham $33,300 92 5

Jeff Madsen $33,300 107 2

Christupher Truong $33,300 140 10

Chad Griffith $33,250 89 2

Nicolae Sincelescu $33,200 120 7

Michael Berres $33,200 146 3

Griffin Ludwig $33,200 165 2

Lisa Hawkes $33,150 38 5

Joseph Lovelady $33,125 45 9

Salim Valtmaa $33,125 99 6

Wes Hardin $33,100 48 7

Doug Saab $33,100 147 7

Victoria Wagner $33,000 77 8

Cuong Le $33,000 164 8

Michael Key $32,950 103 7

Donald Lawrence $32,850 27 9

Douglas Kim $32,800 53 2

Eric Berman $32,800 95 9

Arthur Flangas $32,775 42 8

Doug Hartman $32,750 35 7

Robert Osborne $32,750 146 9

Casey Kastle $32,700 74 6

Steven Sharp $32,625 130 3

John Sanchez $32,575 43 3

Aaron Bartley $32,525 134 1

Brian Lyttie $32,450 20 6

James Routles $32,450 90 9

James Mcleod $32,400 23 3

Reuben Hoang $32,400 156 3

Jim Boyd $32,375 40 5

Scott Deppe $32,300 32 3

Brian Thomas $32,250 61 3

Peter Sun $32,200 95 8

Mathieu Weissmann $32,150 127 7

John Procopion $32,100 155 3

Mark Schroff $32,050 149 3

Raymond Purdy Jr. $31,900 149 5

Chad Comdre $31,875 138 8

Arraham Korotki $31,700 30 10

John Armstrong $31,700 57 5

Steven Allen $31,650 128 7

Mohammad Saukeshile $31,550 29 1

Peter Nordin $31,525 72 8

Joseph Canouse $31,525 96 5

James Altounian II $31,525 144 9

James Butt $31,500 139 2

Jay Zetz $31,475 51 9

Jeff Freedman $31,450 26 1

Kevin Brewer $31,450 84 5

Randall Skaggs $31,450 141 4

Matt Baltz $31,350 32 7

Howard Canowitz $31,350 165 1

Supot Chaimungkla $31,325 59 10

James Kerr $31,325 64 6

Gregg Turk $31,325 164 9

Jackie Lott $31,300 158 6

Tom Brown $31,250 48 1

Lawrence Frye $31,250 129 2

Osman Kibar $31,225 20 4

M Mitchener $31,125 9 3

Brandon Vecchio $31,025 91 9

Rocco Bucci $30,850 18 3

Elio Reyes $30,825 131 7

Brian Doyle $30,825 142 10

Mark Simmons $30,800 42 4

Jerry Gobbell $30,775 89 3

Tam Ho $30,750 26 3

Roberto Wenot $30,750 84 9

Ramesh Bavireddy $30,750 99 10

Diane Flynn $30,700 122 2

Neal Harding $30,675 149 1

Marc Truong $30,575 114 6

Glenn Matheson $30,575 128 5

Tom Murphy $30,550 86 9

Christopher Howe $30,525 92 10

J.J. Tran $30,450 44 5

Dan Hendrickson $30,400 159 8

Jonas Bergstrom $30,375 52 1

Neal Bostick $30,325 100 8

Richard Gooding $30,300 56 8

Anna Benson $30,300 60 4

Dawna Wilson $30,225 36 2

Kyle Burnside $30,225 66 10

Randy Kaas $30,200 44 9

Mike Sess $30,200 63 2

Michael Frandcen $30,175 104 5

Ronald Matsaara $30,150 111 4

David Dickelman $30,150 157 2

Noah Siegel $30,125 78 7

Josh Egan $30,125 95 2

William Everly $30,100 63 6

Fredrick Boberg $30,050 134 9

Brian Baris $30,050 164 1

Paul Neimela $30,025 75 10

Scott Mighton $30,000 28 9

Efrain Lopez $30,000 53 9

Spike Gallas $29,975 51 2

Johnny Sanchez $29,975 53 4

Gaetano Logrande $29,950 163 3

Chris Dow $29,900 21 10

Jeff Frerichs $29,900 45 1

Tim Dawson $29,825 7 9

Can Hua $29,800 114 10

Hoyt Corkins $29,725 40 8

Andrew Bryant $29,725 70 3

James Rife $29,725 80 6

Bo Jehlotedt $29,725 97 8

Eric Firestone $29,625 151 7

Brett Richeg $29,600 73 10

Joe Mobley $29,475 48 10

Greg Byard $29,475 54 5

David Smyth $29,475 151 10

Johnny Crawford $29,450 15 9

Keith Alter $29,450 134 6

Baud Dommis $29,400 45 8

Larry Etherington $29,350 63 7

Brian Gass $29,300 15 2

Greger Aktele $29,300 91 10

Arthur Rhea $29,300 101 10

Andrew St Jean $29,300 163 2

Jens Oberg $29,250 39 3

David Slikes $29,225 99 1

Marc Seguen $29,200 156 6

Chi Bui $29,175 42 3

Sameer Fayad $29,175 56 3

Huberto Brenes $29,175 158 10

Tom Lowle $29,125 4 10

Fredrik Haavind $29,100 36 1

Yarom Limor $29,075 2 1

Thomas Tope $29,075 132 1

Fzdwin Spencer $29,050 40 3

Robert Sanders $29,025 38 8

Vincent Iannuzzi $29,025 68 3

Flaminio Malaguti $29,000 1 2

Gabriel Andersen $29,000 103 10

Louis Werman $28,975 55 2

Larry Wright $28,925 11 7

Scott Mayfield $28,925 29 5

Madeleine Ravan $28,925 93 4

Darren Brandes $28,850 72 1

Ken Powell $28,850 86 4

Sidney Schipper $28,850 151 6

Kelvin Somerville $28,800 105 5

Steven Berryman $28,750 110 3

Steve Wong $28,675 121 2

Wendell Hardy $28,575 67 3

Shane Schleger $28,500 73 6

Yaqou Karanjulian $28,500 131 1

Larry Wells $28,475 80 3

Barry Greenstein $28,450 52 2

Justin Saclauskos $28,350 116 8

Alan A. Meadows $28,300 50 7

Bill Karmarek $28,275 97 10

Jose Rosenkrantz $28,275 103 5

Dave Word $28,250 6 3

Will Fry $28,250 105 6

Chris Vinall $28,225 64 1

John Shul $28,225 100 5

Sergey Feklisov $28,225 156 4

Athanasios Kandris $28,125 78 3

Alan Ponseigo $28,075 108 2

Ronnie Kincaid $28,055 136 6

Dee Archer $28,050 55 9

Miff Fagerlie $27,975 12 3

Igor Irafane $27,975 60 6

Charles Mitchell $27,975 108 7

Stan Jablonski $27,950 111 2

Wilhel Hardenberg $27,900 118 9

Michael Kozisek $27,875 49 5

Cody Slaubaugh $27,875 116 4

Aaron Scott $27,800 25 6

David Hong $27,800 57 4

Nick Egide $27,800 62 3

Jason Morgan $27,800 122 8

George Huber $27,775 110 1

Stephen Ladowsky $27,700 130 8

Kirk Ray $27,675 133 9

Steve Pearlman $27,650 86 10

Robert Newton $27,600 93 10

Keith Brown $27,600 130 4

Ara Milikian $27,550 118 8

Fouad El-Adli $27,528 19 6

Chris Barncastle $27,475 65 7

Terry Rossi $27,450 40 9

Bruce Belleare $27,400 32 5

Stephan Kobbs $27,400 108 1

Rene Barrera $27,400 148 4

Shaz Mossanen $27,375 20 7

Jason Viriyayuthakorn $27,350 60 7

John Exley $27,325 106 8

Morten Sivertsen $27,200 122 10

Ron Toledo $27,150 54 3

Tommy Mei $27,100 30 9

Paul Seus $27,100 137 5

Pam Logsdon Phillips $27,075 83 5

Kevin Ross $27,000 51 5

Hutson Richarde $27,000 57 1

Domenico Dorante $26,975 110 9

Allen Kessler $26,950 56 7

Vipul Kothari $26,925 156 10

Joe Miyamoto $26,875 47 4

Kelly Contreras $26,875 75 7

Jarrod Tavares $26,875 102 6

Joel Fuji $26,850 80 8

Thomas Gates $26,800 123 5

Andy Donovan $26,800 133 10

Andrew Black $26,775 78 10

Patrick Griffin $26,750 16 1

Andrew Leonard $26,725 47 10

Annie Duke $26,725 138 6

Keith Chauvin $26,625 19 4

William Montag $26,600 129 8

Keir Fitz-Gibbon $26,475 12 4

Colby White $26,425 142 7

Steven Chao $26,400 47 5

Dennis Dodson $26,400 105 4

Bobby Law $26,400 121 10

Scott Veitzes $26,375 165 10

Jeremy Renz $26,350 134 7

Dennis Richardson $26,325 128 3

James Ray $26,300 21 6

Frankie Odell $26,300 31 10

Victor Fimani $26,300 109 6

Kyle Finn $26,275 85 8

Louis Sneyers $26,250 19 10

Mark Yamamoto $26,250 74 5

Vitaly Yunkin $26,250 108 5

Frank Kohanim $26,250 138 1

Ian Kalman $26,200 28 1

Robby Robertson $26,200 44 7

Chris birchby $26,200 137 6

Bayne Steele $26,200 155 10

Dylan Dupuls $26,125 111 10

Bryan McCartney $26,100 58 6

Bernard Tung $26,075 16 4

Gorovko Aleksanders $26,050 99 5

Ed Boehler $26,050 131 9

Micah Stanford $26,025 38 1

Niklas Engsner $26,025 49 10

Mike Hamparsomian $26,000 71 6

Ronald Sax $26,000 107 3

Chad Freid $26,000 139 7

Tony Apostopulos $25,850 95 7

Steve Numoto $25,800 150 5

Perry Shenkman $25,775 25 3

Gabriel Benhamson $25,750 7 8

Salvatore Erna $25,750 34 8

Ramesh Hulugalle $25,675 9 6

John Coito $25,650 50 6

Roberto Santos $25,600 102 7

Frank Alpandinar $25,575 116 9

Daniel Masterson $25,550 22 3

Johnny Price $25,525 17 2

Jerome Evans $25,475 94 7

Daniel Ostroff $25,425 55 7

Matt Reed $25,400 139 5

Mark Ader $25,350 80 2

Rafael Comas $25,350 105 1

William McMahan $25,325 2 5

Matt Graham $25,325 21 1

Richie Crocker $25,325 135 10

Michael Edens $25,300 27 1

Art Tanimoto $25,300 39 1

Greg Judkins $25,300 83 3

Padraig Parkinson $25,300 100 3

Chuck Thompson $25,275 58 1

Mario Donojo $25,275 82 9

Gregory T. Spence $25,250 67 10

Byron goff $25,250 93 1

Dan Nassif $25,250 100 2

Arode Ji Jejelowo $25,250 100 4

John Derloshon $25,200 157 10

Brett McPonk $25,150 157 1

Richard DiGiorgio $25,100 79 4

Jasoo Yamashiro $25,078 1 4

Martin Cortinas $25,075 116 2

Todd Nichols $25,075 126 9

Dean Johnson $25,050 50 2

Viktor Wessman $25,025 103 6

Davin Scar $25,000 37 1

Craig Hillier $25,000 88 8

Peter Jetten $25,000 106 1

Ernesto Ibrahim $25,000 140 2

David Horburt $25,000 150 9

Hieu "Tony" Ma $24,925 9 2

Jeff Lewis $24,900 72 4

Morris Klevansky $24,875 54 1

Russell Harris $24,875 93 8

Ivan Saul $24,875 139 9

Kirk Fellows $24,850 14 8

Kevin Manley $24,850 41 4

Dan Alexander $24,800 70 8

Ngoc Tran $24,775 83 2

Mark Shoichet $24,775 98 5

Aarom Delbomo $24,750 82 6

John Waddell $24,750 103 1

Fred David $24,725 156 8

Phillip Lwong $24,700 7 7

Stan Smolak $24,700 92 7

Jakey Winters $24,675 45 2

Jim Granat $24,675 120 2

Adam Thompson $24,675 161 1

Scott Hames $24,575 10 10

Hamid Michael Hakami $24,550 1 10

Katja Thater $24,550 19 2

Andres Alvarez $24,550 155 9

Gary Jones $24,525 66 2

Andre Boyer $24,475 18 10

Matt Sterling $24,350 78 6

Tara Mahoney $24,300 73 4

Brian Lamanna $24,300 136 1

Kevin Romer $24,275 81 10

Vlad Artamonov $24,250 159 7

Jon Eink Einarsueen $24,175 54 9

Michael Andersen $24,175 118 4

George Rose $24,125 60 2

Henric Olander $24,100 39 5

David McBride $24,100 153 8

Jesse McEuen $24,075 60 9

Dastin Bailey $24,075 76 3

Ray Swinton $24,050 37 8

Ronnie Yarbrough $24,000 108 4

Ted Lawson $24,000 114 5

William Card $24,000 133 6

Gerald Kane $23,950 35 5

Samuel Korman $23,875 81 4

Ira Gibbs $23,875 106 9

Greg Wohletz $23,800 23 2

Lonny Pennell $23,800 92 8

Tobin Lim $23,800 101 4

Cary Katz $23,650 153 7

Kelly Storm $23,600 16 2

Logan Trindade $23,600 87 5

Bill Gardner $23,600 165 5

George Magdas $23,550 89 9

Gary McCabe $23,475 163 4

Barry Dubose $23,375 45 7

Jim Morris $23,375 71 3

Serey heng $23,350 148 2

Michael Fick $23,325 9 7

Jerry Matlock $23,300 12 5

John Kindley $23,300 122 4

Ali Sarkeshik $23,275 71 7

Al Stephenson $23,175 119 5

John binder $23,125 14 3

Ron Modlin $23,125 83 10

Jarred Loomis $23,100 59 4

Steve Davis $23,100 63 3

Michael Toohig $23,100 100 1

Jonathan Dempsey $23,075 153 3

Joe Everett $23,050 68 1

Jens Ogsater $23,050 78 9

Chris Reslock $23,000 5 5

Manuel Labandeira $22,950 13 1

Tommy Hufnagly $22,950 29 7

Marius Sorensen $22,950 75 9

Mike Caro $22,925 159 1

Cesar Giralt-rivera $22,900 112 2

Stephen Whiddell $22,900 148 6

Eric Lynch $22,875 139 8

Paul Zibits $22,850 104 1

Ken Justin $22,775 154 9

Johan Ahlgren $22,750 75 5

Oystein Sether $22,750 112 7

Qasim Tiwana $22,725 8 2

Devilfish Ulliott $22,700 128 6

Mike Alexander $22,700 156 7

Nazila Razi $22,675 38 3

Mats Nilsson $22,675 90 1

Tobin Dreher $22,675 95 5

Andrew Johnson $22,650 129 5

Mitchell Bicknell $22,550 13 5

David Rusow $22,525 86 2

Frederick Conforti $22,500 56 2

Paul Shoquist $22,500 90 5

Kenneth Dacioles $22,500 99 7

John McGlaughlin $22,500 162 6

Rong qu $22,450 18 2

Steven Roberts $22,450 65 9

Assani Fisher $22,450 74 7

Larry Powell $22,450 84 7

Sakura Sugawera $22,450 89 8

Kenneth Bell $22,450 148 3

Tom Pniak $22,400 22 5

Joshua Blanchfield $22,400 57 2

Jeffrey Mermelstein $22,350 114 7

Rick Ribble Jr. $22,325 47 8

Robert Leis $22,325 72 9

Michael Hasday $22,325 131 8

Jonathan Levy $22,300 69 6

Ronnie Sewell $22,300 73 9

Rick Mombourquette $22,250 51 8

Bill Biddulph $22,225 105 9

Timmy Lahey $22,150 5 1

Susan Ear $22,075 66 1

Bill Corrigan $22,050 41 7

Stan Wassenkrug $22,050 48 9

Joe Casias, Jr. $22,050 77 4

Brent Baldanza $22,050 164 10

Greg Giannokostas $22,025 31 6

Paul Ratchford $21,975 29 9

Keith Sitzobs $21,975 125 5

David Bearden $21,950 48 8

Samir Zoudo $21,875 139 3

Bill Baxter $21,875 161 6

Jonathan Gao $21,850 129 9

Paul Mannoni $21,800 47 7

Nisim Cohen $21,775 83 7

Mike McClnn $21,775 152 6

Dana Karlson $21,750 102 5

Richard Sweard $21,700 15 4

Sam Hiatt $21,700 35 6

Alfred Meier $21,650 148 9

Jeff Mervis $21,625 13 7

Cecil Slater $21,600 30 3

Jesper Petersen $21,575 109 8

Ray Uy $21,550 2 8

Brendan Obrien $21,550 129 4

Derek Gibb $21,525 34 2

Chris Pietrarosso $21,500 54 6

Mike Manish Parekh $21,450 125 8

Ryan Johnson $21,400 81 1

Richard Byrd $21,350 32 6

Eugene Tanaka $21,350 49 2

Michael Showalter $21,300 69 4

Matthew Hyman $21,300 107 8

Bill Newman $21,250 25 1

Paul Murrell $21,250 104 7

Ted Weinstock $21,200 95 1

Jonathan Rego $21,150 62 2

Shane Fumerton $21,150 161 9

James Cartee $21,100 103 2

Rob Williams $21,075 26 4

Paul Coles $21,075 77 1

Robert Enfield $21,050 68 4

Fredrick Wall $21,025 162 8

Anders Berg $21,000 102 8

Brian Curry $20,875 36 8

Andy Witek $20,800 94 2

Brady Shepard $20,800 123 1

Tyler Pendleton $20,750 115 6

Patrick Joyce $20,725 158 7

Arkadity Tsinis $20,700 3 7

Richard Harroch $20,675 78 8

Robin E Reed $20,650 13 9

John Eilermann $20,650 16 7

John Sheasby $20,650 62 6

C. W. Souther $20,625 46 10

Courtland Twyman $20,625 116 10

Mark Morgan $20,575 33 1

Lee Markholt $20,575 35 1

Jason "The Stare" Steinhorn $20,550 54 4

Hoank Nguyen $20,550 66 9

Mike Moffitt $20,550 71 9

David Skiansky $20,500 57 6

Joshua Bird $20,500 76 7

Gareth Deroyshire $20,450 2 2

Wilfred Chan $20,450 6 5

Thomas Egerod $20,400 95 10

Daniel Sindelar $20,375 144 8

Harry Fitzpatrick $20,350 129 7

Chris Convery $20,325 104 3

Kevin Hubley $20,300 7 2

Darcy Biekkema $20,300 67 2

Terry Cook $20,275 34 4

Michaelsen $20,250 25 5

Daron Estrada $20,225 3 3

Josh Brenner $20,225 61 7

Rune Thorsen $20,225 134 4

Joe Goott $20,200 20 10

Mike McNeil $20,200 98 4

Chris Ferguson $20,200 115 9

David Icke $20,100 76 9

Edward Hill $20,075 12 7

Dang Trinh $20,050 137 9

John Ronald $20,000 89 4

Carl Bailey $19,950 4 8

Derek Payne $19,950 22 1

Leonardo Bitondo $19,950 24 9

C. Shawn Stewart $19,925 34 6

David Hunt $19,875 20 9

Mark Burford $19,850 85 4

John Waldon $19,850 87 2

Kyle Wilson $19,850 114 2

Joe Edwards $19,825 105 3

Darin Berryhill $19,800 59 5

Michael Sullivan $19,800 62 10

Aki Ruuskanen $19,775 156 9

Steve Levinson $19,675 97 7

Paul Radcliffe $19,650 72 10

Patrick Finnigan $19,650 79 8

Marius Markevicius $19,625 21 5

Tom Parker Bowles $19,600 83 4

Joe Shield $19,600 126 2

Thomas Fishwick $19,550 22 8

Antonio Fugazzotto $19,500 118 2

James Goodman $19,450 5 7

Cichrel Didter $19,450 30 7

Ronald Nixon $19,450 43 7

Marlus Hogton $19,450 105 2

Eirik Bjorlelund $19,450 140 8

Nima Foucheki $19,450 144 6

James Chiy $19,450 159 9

Ker Giok Chuan $19,450 163 9

Ronald Giglio $19,425 56 9

George Ramsey $19,400 32 8

Ray Allen $19,400 118 1

Leo Wolpert $19,400 148 7

David Toneman $19,300 54 10

Tom Keber $19,300 72 5

Blake Buffington $19,275 16 5

Tex Barch $19,275 51 7

Randy Holland $19,275 65 2

Chris Zurka $19,275 71 8

Mike Hylden $19,200 58 4

Timothy Rausenberger $19,200 87 6

Ernie Shepherd $19,175 32 9

Mike Minetti $19,175 153 9

Steve Whitman $19,150 151 5

Matt Russell $19,125 4 7

Ray Ryder $19,100 6 9

Dave Brooker $19,100 77 3

Gary Farkhoury $19,100 109 10

Johnathan Stanton $19,050 70 6

J.W. Young $19,000 25 2

Christian Foster $19,000 66 3

Denis Dieterick $19,000 104 2

Billy Pilossoph $19,000 118 3

John Pires $18,975 5 8

Erik Loeff $18,950 107 9

Harry Binck $18,900 51 6

Michael Martin $18,900 96 8

Denis Begeron $18,900 117 7

Tim "Chief Analace" Seidensticken $18,875 48 4

Antonio Pane $18,850 109 2

Brandon Schaefer $18,800 119 1

Fran Rusnak $18,800 158 2

Jason Elliott $18,750 10 7

Kenneth J. Ralston $18,725 16 8

Ron Falttnsky $18,725 30 2

William Kahoe $18,625 142 1

Darwin Scher $18,600 72 7

Jim Petzing $18,600 125 10

Tracey Stewart $18,575 72 3

Clint Holmes $18,550 61 8

Brian Comey $18,550 152 5

Norman Tanct $18,525 69 8

Mitchell Garshofsky $18,500 133 1

Matt Repinski $18,450 31 2

Donny Allen Hart $18,450 44 10

Nenad Medic $18,450 63 5

Dan Maddalenn $18,450 97 1

Gary Ringhofer $18,425 14 1

John Kapon $18,425 50 9

Mar Rasmussen $18,425 58 9

Nicholas Dileo $18,425 69 3

George Layert $18,425 92 4

Norman Bryan $18,400 74 4

Cathleen Tran $18,400 94 8

Tom Ladd $18,375 161 8

Don Fryer $18,350 32 10

Paul Nobles $18,350 88 3

Qunn Tove Vist $18,350 115 8

Stephanie Harney $18,350 142 2

Arthur Liew $18,300 87 8

Derek Blenman $18,300 96 1

Patrick Gelinas $18,300 112 6

Jamie Halegoua $18,250 117 9

Justin LeBlanc $18,225 114 3

Zachary Slobin $18,125 136 7

Brian Jacobs $18,125 146 1

Ernesto Medina $18,100 15 10

Dawn Cullinane $18,100 47 9

Joe Pharo $18,100 63 10

Al Stonum $18,100 81 9

Roger Linnemann $18,100 161 3

Stephen Coax $18,075 122 5

Jason "Big Bird" Sagle $18,025 47 1

Da Winston $18,025 123 2

Michael Slate $17,975 115 7

Richard Bassing $17,950 61 4

Thomas Fuller $17,925 91 2

Tom Bleem $17,925 107 10

Preston Koike $17,900 6 2

David Solomon $17,900 65 10

Michael Beardon $17,900 109 1

Sol Bergren $17,875 2 10

Yiiriy Kozinskiy $17,825 151 3

Jeff Petch $17,775 53 8

Oystein Halland $17,775 65 4

Jonathan Greenhalgh $17,750 73 7

Jesse Movo $17,750 78 2

Daniel Alaei $17,725 21 4

Steven Stocks $17,700 8 1

John W. Miller $17,625 3 1

John Kim $17,625 78 1

Kevin Hefferan $17,600 25 7

"Seat Open" Sam Simon $17,600 31 9

Melandru Alina $17,600 153 1

Henry MacCaslin $17,550 27 4

Richard Lewis $17,550 110 6

Derek Fujimoto $17,550 135 2

Charles Keenan $17,525 15 1

Robert Hohl Jr $17,500 82 8

Bruce Frank $17,450 126 3

Mark Garner $17,450 135 6

Steve Choi $17,450 141 6

Peter Pratts $17,450 141 7

Martin Feijo $17,400 16 6

Frank Allen $17,400 55 1

David Wilkerson $17,400 93 9

Michael Gwyn $17,400 136 4

Per Q. Dahl $17,400 146 10

Barry Donovan $17,375 158 5

Jeff Kanow $17,350 152 7

Owen MMcKinney $17,300 83 1

Jon Brooks $17,300 127 8

Kirk Stewart $17,250 65 3

Stephen Fredu $17,225 10 3

Sipi Stockinger $17,225 26 9

Andrew Bishop $17,225 88 2

Greg Spinder $17,150 36 4

Joseph Marshall $17,150 96 10

Mike Landrau $17,150 148 10

Billy Mank $17,075 131 3

Scott Hart $17,000 125 3

Jamus Jacobs $17,000 159 2

Shanne Carvalho $16,950 12 6

Mark Schaffer $16,950 91 4

Tremayne Jernigan $16,925 28 2

Pamela Brunson $16,925 140 3

Kerry Sweeney $16,900 20 1

William Price $16,900 48 6

Joe O'Neill $16,900 66 6

John Dalessandri $16,900 74 1

Peter Loprimo $16,875 63 9

Noah Boeken $16,850 40 10

Scott Augustine $16,850 83 9

Vincent Rietdyll $16,850 140 5

Jaques Ludman $16,800 54 2

Sam Sweet $16,775 36 5

Dan Desmond $16,775 100 6

Dan Finkleman $16,750 26 5

Merri Teagle $16,675 127 10

Phil Ivey $16,675 165 8

Noah Kelleg $16,650 97 5

Richard Tatalovich $16,625 66 8

Jonathan Lessin $16,600 55 6

Bruce Storgeon $16,600 84 3

Shannon Westbrook $16,575 52 5

Jannick Wrang $16,575 139 6

Chris Bryan $16,550 122 9

Matthew Swanson $16,525 153 4

Ron Ely $16,450 154 10

Mike Kouacs $16,425 57 8

Sunil Padiyar $16,425 72 2

Jan Johannessen $16,400 116 6

Brian White $16,400 137 4

Joey Chang $16,375 89 1

Rob Ireland $16,350 45 3

Thomas J. Adams $16,350 50 1

Jerry Sanders $16,350 79 10

Stephen Gin $16,275 24 6

Ron Rosenberg $16,275 158 9

Jim McCrink $16,250 14 9

Bob Kirkeby $16,200 67 5

Tom Cuce $16,175 91 7

Omar Khayat $16,075 59 9

Matthew Kalish $16,050 160 9

Paul Antal $15,875 51 1

Harry Elliott $15,875 55 4

Marcus Bower $15,875 93 5

Seth Bordenstein $15,875 100 9

Nick Fluge $15,850 99 8

Ryan Eber $15,725 160 6

Larry Rao $15,725 165 9

Gary Broaddus $15,700 61 10

Ken Weiner $15,700 68 2

Thomas Tikkanen $15,700 164 4

Henrik Bodholdt $15,675 138 2

Wade Graham $15,625 64 7

Lynne Mitchnick $15,600 85 10

Mark Hanna $15,575 34 7

Garry Bust $15,575 59 8

Dauilo Petrouvich $15,575 96 7

Quinn Waterbly $15,550 26 7

Toby Atroshenko $15,550 92 9

Baxter Morgan $15,550 122 3

Jeff Flannen $15,525 64 5

Voitto Rintala $15,525 105 10

Brian Clark $15,500 80 5

Roberto Durante $15,500 148 1

Patrick Sullivan $15,475 118 7

Ralph Caparotti $15,475 143 1

David Farber $15,425 79 2

Jeremy Bates $15,400 22 6

Matthew Westhoff $15,400 102 1

Kristian Ambrosius $15,375 115 5

Andrew Lindsay $15,350 26 10

Steven Rappuchi $15,325 133 5

Johnny L Wood $15,300 6 4

Eduardo Santi $15,300 146 4

Thomas Ran $15,275 113 1

Michael Misich $15,275 118 6

Mike Puskarich $15,250 1 5

Shawn Glines $15,225 8 6

Drew Trantow $15,200 150 3

Vincent Lin $15,175 98 2

Steven Younes $15,175 157 7

Sumit kumar $15,150 44 1

Mike Pino $15,150 52 4

David Lewis $15,125 67 4

Eugene Todd $15,100 3 2

Thur Hansen $15,100 131 6

Mason Malmath $15,075 8 5

Seam Martin $15,075 46 3

Tony Barrett $15,075 106 6

Brian Cook $15,075 138 3

Jeffrey Simon $15,050 124 8

Maritza Rwira-Melendez $15,025 70 10

Mike O'Malley $14,975 58 8

Jeff Diane $14,975 86 1

Andrei Morozov $14,975 121 9

Thomas Kendrigan $14,950 14 5

Keith Danielsen $14,950 149 6

Matt Tailby $14,925 29 3

Tom Evans $14,925 128 2

Sage Brocklebank $14,875 161 7

Mario Quijano $14,850 75 8

Quirt Davis $14,825 58 2

James Mouch $14,825 159 3

Mick Werwick $14,750 45 10

Phillip Miltos $14,750 88 9

Ang Pang Leng $14,750 144 5

Edward Darballo $14,725 138 10

Amanda Baker $14,700 104 8

Jack Wooden $14,675 10 6

John Duthie $14,675 26 2

Joseph Cordi $14,675 29 4

Arnim Temmler $14,675 134 8

Jeff Payne $14,650 86 7

Gus Pseekos $14,650 121 6

Desmond Chan $14,650 142 5

Earl Coggin $14,600 41 3

David Creeley $14,600 113 2

Mark Giardina $14,600 154 2

Jon Hernandez $14,575 4 9

Michael Day $14,575 53 10

Aleksander Strandh $14,450 107 1

Jame Noggle $14,425 106 7

Peter Lidekraus $14,425 143 5

Dan Assor $14,400 90 3

Joe Greenagel $14,400 120 9

Quinton Cornelissen $14,400 131 4

Derek Larley $14,375 119 10

Robert Boop $14,350 35 2

Scotty Nguyen $14,350 43 8

Greg Pretko $14,350 155 4

Paul Garnham $14,325 140 9

Bill Maloney $14,275 91 5

Adebamo Odetoyinbo $14,250 15 7

David Gallello $14,250 17 5

Magnus Carien $14,250 25 10

Greg Gossard $14,250 68 6

Testud Paul $14,250 68 9

Mike Kumbell $14,250 119 4

Robert Brown $14,200 21 9

Bob Rahimi $14,200 62 5

Mike Thorepe $14,150 71 5

Leland Wulff $14,150 109 4

James W. Donchess $14,125 75 6

Doug Ednie $14,100 135 3

Rodney Jennings $14,075 36 10

Zui Cuong $14,050 91 6

James Marrone $14,025 101 9

Shane Douglas $14,000 31 7

Gregg Jones $14,000 110 4

Adees Harb $14,000 134 10

Ken Tran $13,975 121 7

David Ginhorn $13,950 112 10

David Wells $13,900 102 3

Tammy Rocco $13,875 45 4

Mattern Arnaud $13,850 141 1

John Matson $13,825 127 1

Howard Kahan $13,800 61 6

Jeff Sealey $13,775 147 5

Richard Brodie $13,750 9 8

Chris Loveland $13,725 67 7

Ken McMillan $13,650 138 9

Michael Nytes $13,625 10 8

Eric Peters $13,625 99 4

Raomuald Pycior $13,600 3 4

Robt Bo Toft $13,600 11 2

Kristy Gazes $13,575 3 6

Brian Montag $13,575 58 3

Derek Kromm $13,550 46 2

Corlan Chinn $13,450 70 7

Mark Milam $13,450 141 9

Nancy Nguyen $13,425 64 3

Duane Weam $13,400 35 3

Steinan Karlsen $13,400 104 10

Rosendo Perez $13,400 120 4

Michael Meidell $13,350 129 10

Daniel Varro $13,300 90 8

Jeff New $13,300 153 4

Lewis Pilkington $13,225 7 3

Craig Bunger $13,225 82 4

Roy Cook $13,200 17 9

Derek Feldman $13,200 136 8

Jeff Vehett $13,150 155 7

Timothy Baichie $13,100 95 3

George Grady $13,100 113 9

Frederic Hebert $13,100 158 4

Randy Delauna $13,075 165 6

Ingemar Backman $13,025 114 9

Mike Moorby $13,025 124 1

Kevin Standford $13,000 113 5

Allan Siberstang $12,975 3 8

Phil Hawkins $12,950 23 8

Johan Koops $12,950 66 7

Jaha Keinonen $12,950 133 8

Roderick Kainz $12,950 151 4

Jay Perkins $12,925 150 7

Max Ruess $12,900 90 10

John Adamczak $12,875 19 7

Jimmy Scott $12,825 92 3

Doug "Rico" Carli $12,800 18 5

Tony Petruzzi $12,775 3 10

George Astlebemy $12,775 96 4

Levente Sandor $12,750 123 9

Brad Moss $12,750 161 2

Jon Turner $12,725 41 10

Michael Hofeld $12,675 17 6

Almantas Kavaliauskas $12,675 132 2

David Linville $12,675 139 4

John Juanda $12,675 144 4

Ed Latif $12,625 14 10

Ra Moore $12,525 11 8

Christian Mclander $12,525 45 6

Kay Shick $12,500 133 2

Ron Stanley $12,475 145 2

Ron Stritzinger $12,450 125 4

Alan Hana $12,450 127 9

Khanh Vu $12,375 92 1

Michael Correia $12,375 147 4

Ron Jeandron $12,350 79 3

Nate Kelley $12,300 44 2

Akos Kwaysser $12,250 69 7

Gunnar Ostebrod $12,250 151 9

Chris Erba $12,225 31 4

Doug Booth $12,225 46 8

Love Sjoholm $12,225 55 3

Benton Blakeman $12,200 62 4

Bill Gazes $12,200 163 6

Jared Lissauer $12,175 31 3

Harry Sleighel $12,175 91 3

Joshua Oeitler $12,175 123 4

Dave Spankenbora $12,100 18 8

Ken Anderson $12,100 76 5

Arthur Cole $12,075 79 5

Nikhil Patel $12,000 41 1

Cheryl Einhorn $11,975 137 7

Edward Yerzak $11,975 160 7

Carlos Bermudez $11,950 13 2

Andrew Berner $11,950 143 10

Dat Le $11,900 25 4

Cheryl O'Blenes $11,900 27 10

Ara Nazarjta $11,900 79 7

Jeff Campbell $11,875 132 6

Mark Forrester $11,825 98 6

Reuben Peters $11,800 10 1

Brian Ouellette $11,800 115 3

Charlie Chang $11,775 11 9

Jermiah Fritzpatrick $11,775 71 10

Miguel Prorilx $11,750 144 2

Jason Perkins $11,700 38 9

Christer Soderquist $11,700 149 8

Andrew Baunes $11,675 23 7

Thomas Bohmer $11,625 29 8

Jeff Orem $11,625 124 3

Vincenzo Moro $11,575 117 5

Endre Elkeseth $11,550 8 10

Steven Boardman $11,525 85 1

Rob Zimmer $11,525 89 10

Johnny Shariff $11,525 119 8

Sam Ahmad $11,500 22 4

Won Goag $11,500 165 7

Brian Bigham $11,475 74 10

Hary Plati $11,475 84 10

Rocky Paradise $11,450 32 2

Michael Simonsen $11,450 137 10

Junhyung Kim $11,450 162 4

Dennis Parker $11,400 36 6

Steve Simmons $11,400 110 2

Einav David Limor $11,350 64 9

Lori Obsnivic $11,325 31 8

John Curcuru $11,325 101 2

Scott Macodri $11,325 116 3

Anders Henriksson $11,300 14 2

Brian Chike $11,300 93 2

Matthew Berk $11,300 112 8

Gino Jacovini $11,275 33 5

Robert Benedict $11,275 37 5

Chritoffer Stahle $11,250 120 1

Dan Goldman $11,225 12 9

Mark Shanta $11,225 79 6

Dan Piccioli $11,225 96 3

George Siewerd $11,175 98 7

Michael Sare $11,150 110 7

Tenno Tsai $11,150 136 9

Ray Padgettt $11,125 60 8

Jeromy Pearson $11,125 71 1

Rune Anderen $11,125 106 4

Scott Friedman $11,125 160 8

Aaron Gard $11,100 94 3

Paul Labor $11,075 164 6

Robert K. Schnelle $11,050 17 4

Ronnie Giuargis $11,025 68 8

Michael Hurley $11,025 77 9

Paul Fury $11,025 123 10

Sabah Aris $10,975 145 7

Maxim Dolinsky $10,950 24 3

Ollie Reese $10,950 37 10

Richard Berridge $10,950 53 1

Vincent Roctih $10,925 22 2

Linh Nguyen $10,925 31 5

Rick Barbino $10,925 53 6

Robert Blaeser $10,850 162 5

Jethro Horowitz $10,700 73 2

Anthony Rafter $10,700 100 7

Salomon Cohen $10,675 24 5

Niall O'Callaghan $10,650 162 1

Jennifer L Hopkins $10,600 6 6

Todd Bleak $10,600 15 3

John Paintel $10,600 64 10

Eric Robinson $10,600 133 4

Michael Johnson $10,575 85 6

Michael Levy $10,575 154 5

Christian Peretira $10,550 60 10

Jeff Slayton $10,550 113 10

Dan Abromson $10,525 27 5

Arthur Van Der Meeren $10,500 135 5

David Penly $10,450 76 2

Gregory Adams $10,425 70 9

Toby Mohler $10,400 24 1

Darrell Puger $10,400 135 4

Matthew Glassman $10,400 142 8

Phil Mader $10,375 111 7

Wayne Cooper $10,350 90 7

Daniel Obrien $10,325 37 3

Brad Rampelburg $10,325 122 6

Loi Tran $10,300 42 1

Craig Robbins $10,300 94 4

Jim Mcclintic $10,275 69 2

Brett Abramovitz $10,275 115 2

Randall Lung $10,250 127 5

Asher Derei $10,250 152 4

Rex McCullough $10,250 153 2

Voldim Trindier $10,225 63 4

Bret Murphy $10,225 160 4

John Sundell $10,100 13 8

Wendeen Eolis $10,100 101 1

Robert Conrad $10,100 125 7

Bjorn Christiansson $10,050 157 6

James Chiara $10,025 101 6

John Droutsen $10,000 84 4

Rafi Amit $10,000 100 10

David Killion $9,975 95 6

Brian Hetzel $9,950 52 10

William Robertie $9,950 129 6

Shiela Chandler $9,900 135 7

David Tovmasyan $9,900 145 5

Bill Nye $9,900 152 1

Brian Folland $9,850 8 3

Mike O'Grady $9,850 102 10

Kris Field $9,825 153 10

Jern Thomas $9,800 162 3

Fredrik Martensson $9,775 34 3

Chris Cornellia $9,775 80 1

Robert Johnson $9,775 131 5

Eric Miller $9,750 7 5

R. Rahime $9,700 10 9

Bob Davenport $9,700 146 2

Michael Palmer $9,700 153 5

Justin Kaufman $9,675 18 4

Eiji Matsumura $9,650 145 8

Amato Galasso $9,625 149 4

Cuonge Nguyen $9,625 164 3

Jack Oxler $9,575 61 1

Travis Thorpe $9,525 112 5

Dustin Mele $9,500 99 9

James Cunningham $9,500 121 5

Richard Sparks $9,450 75 3

Barry Goldstein $9,400 82 1

Adam Green $9,350 111 8

Charles Sullivan $9,350 122 7

Nick Gonzalez $9,325 145 10

Matthew Moen $9,325 159 5

Oscar Fred $9,300 149 2

Roman Abinsay $9,275 83 6

Michael Shelton $9,250 151 1

Mikael Frisk $9,225 163 8

Stephanie Klempnov $9,175 120 8

Richard Rashid $9,175 152 2

Joel Casper $9,125 77 2

Steve Williams $9,050 44 3

Ari Goott $9,050 74 3

Kent Goulding $9,050 88 6

Gabriel Thaler $9,025 12 2

Phil Priestman $9,025 126 8

Stuart Hogan $9,025 164 7

Louis Russo $8,950 85 2

Leo Whitt $8,950 150 6

Paul Skerrett $8,925 159 4

Brian Meysn $8,875 139 1

Steven Fairgrieve $8,850 128 8

Genci Shehn $8,850 160 2

Jim Rich $8,800 66 5

A.J. Bevicacqva $8,750 84 2

Craig Studivet $8,750 133 7

Alexander Anselini $8,700 89 6

David Demanski $8,700 112 3

John Wooton $8,675 49 3

John Harper $8,650 30 4

Mark DeFuso $8,650 49 9

Bilger Raphael $8,625 15 5

Michael Dickey $8,625 161 10

Chris Madrid $8,600 10 5

Richard Boutwell $8,550 12 8

Rodney Robinson $8,550 127 2

Brinn Ernst $8,525 124 6

Jim Kelly $8,500 11 4

Tony Nasr $8,500 52 9

Gary Smolinski $8,475 18 7

Dave Fox $8,475 80 9

Robert Feduniak $8,450 4 5

Ethan Scharpira $8,450 30 8

Jonas Uekel $8,450 149 9

Warren Sunu $8,425 129 1

Arul Thillainadesan $8,400 4 4

Byron Doyle $8,275 108 3

Adrienne Rowsome $8,250 1 7

Nathan Hayden $8,250 21 8

Alex Kravchenko $8,250 38 10

Brent Carter $8,250 97 2

Geoff Sanford $8,250 145 1

John Kenny $8,150 118 5

David St. Peter $8,150 146 6

Stephen Sass $8,100 120 5

Peter Haslon $8,100 141 3

Peter Blow $8,100 143 4

David Lane $8,075 81 5

Vincent Devita $8,000 20 5

Brian Haveson $8,000 38 7

Marc Whithoel $8,000 74 8

Beat Zanitti $8,000 157 5

Karin Lundgren $7,925 29 2

Johnny Orth $7,900 30 5

Frederick O'Connell $7,900 84 1

Michael radcliffe $7,900 111 9

Nicholas Bruas $7,900 128 1

David Lumbey $7,875 149 7

Karl Robinson $7,850 125 6

Terence Doeherty $7,850 162 9

Jesse A. Kirchner $7,775 33 3

Michael A Kingsbury $7,750 13 6

Steve Rosen $7,750 75 1

Johan Lendenius $7,725 68 7

Michael Brody $7,700 126 4

Hoa Ngo $7,700 163 10

Helena Gannon $7,650 1 8

Brain Kent $7,650 74 9

Rob Hounsell $7,650 83 8

Michael Naidrion $7,650 107 5

Jeff Sluzinski $7,650 115 1

Stewart Dobbin $7,650 158 1

Bud Hollenbeck $7,575 162 7

Ryan Klima $7,550 150 4

Richard Levine $7,525 59 1

Daniel Muncan $7,525 130 5

Carl Sciandri $7,525 138 5

Ian McDonald $7,500 65 8

Brian Cospolich $7,475 18 1

Michael Thornton $7,475 36 3

Dennis Longonia $7,475 86 8

Thomas Sanders $7,450 104 6

Joe Marcal $7,450 147 6

Tom Welch $7,450 165 4

Derek Arnold $7,350 117 2

Mans Ullerstam $7,350 119 2

Jack Knight $7,325 133 3

Frank Zordecki $7,300 87 3

Roger Dee $7,275 103 4

Joey To $7,275 152 3

Jeff Sandman $7,250 35 10

Patrick Casey $7,175 62 8

Roger Hart $7,175 151 8

Mario Zeledon $7,125 93 7

Jim Crocker $7,050 126 7

Dan Fleyshman $7,025 28 6

Stephen Slater $7,025 56 4

Tony Cousineau $7,000 1 9

Joe Ebanks $6,950 5 10

Zaz Dalton $6,925 111 5

Sebastian Laurent $6,900 63 8

Amit Sander $6,900 148 5

Derek Tomk $6,875 97 9

Joe Matyas $6,875 104 4

Raymond Chan $6,850 163 7

Michael Kilgore $6,775 88 4

Charles Resewehr $6,775 117 4

Clay Sikes $6,750 159 6

John Michael $6,650 21 2

Johnny Phillips $6,650 78 5

Leah Albritton $6,650 163 1

Jay Zimmer $6,600 143 8

Harinam Khalsa $6,525 49 8

Michael Vukovic $6,525 81 2

Rodelay Medina Gonzalez $6,500 25 9

Huw Reaging $6,500 37 6

Rich Lister $6,500 70 2

Perolav Lovbak $6,500 155 1

Jamaal Ford $6,450 69 1

Mikko Jaatinen $6,425 17 10

John Bellingham $6,425 67 8

David Kelsey $6,375 11 6

Matthew Zimmerman $6,375 56 5

Greg Garbols $6,375 126 10

Jeff Schreibman $6,300 10 2

Berry Johnston $6,300 52 8

Billy Miller $6,300 136 2

Ben Branden $6,275 127 3

David Sanbonmatsu $6,225 75 2

Rick T Marthens $6,225 76 4

David Simon $6,225 126 6

Juan Carlos Mortensen $6,100 13 3

Alan Milesy $6,100 152 10

Robert Green $6,000 138 4

Brian Nadell $5,950 137 1

Bob Wenal $5,775 24 10

Andy Karon $5,750 50 3

Cameron Warren $5,700 19 5

Age Spets $5,675 54 8

Ron Lesseraux $5,650 22 10

Janne Juutilainen $5,625 42 5

Gary Hord $5,525 41 5

Andres Lantto $5,475 71 2

Cara Tuzeo $5,475 114 1

Jimmie Fox $5,450 24 4

Newmann $5,400 134 3

Jordan Kozakiewicz $5,250 8 4

Ryan Aguilar $5,250 73 5

Robert McInturf $5,250 130 9

T. Mihore $5,200 51 10

Charles Price $5,175 55 8

Jason Lee $5,175 86 3

Dodt Daniel $5,050 150 10

Roger Riggs $4,875 81 3

Robert Paryear $4,850 164 5

Robert Dodge $4,825 126 1

Jaan Shu $4,800 5 2

David Jones $4,750 106 5

John Dillon $4,650 48 5

Steve Mays $4,500 119 7

Chanes William Rowlads $4,450 8 7

Michael Shichtmos $4,450 44 4

Jonathan Depa $4,450 117 6

Domonic Pizzo $4,425 124 2

Jonathan Tare $4,375 156 5

Josh Evans $4,350 132 4

James Estada $4,275 45 5

Jogi Uarhmashi $4,250 125 1

William E. Davis $4,200 21 7

Angelo Vassis $4,100 58 7

Teresa White $4,050 107 4

Steve Wise $4,050 121 8

William Mastawdrea $4,025 69 9

James Olson $3,990 7 6

Lin Lee $3,825 123 6

Jon Favalord $3,675 98 3

Hector Garza $3,650 39 10

Colum Higgins $3,650 87 10

Jerrimie Pacheco $3,650 103 3

Frank Walker $3,425 62 1

Larry Rosen $3,400 102 2

Paul Vogel $3,200 162 2

Bob Craig $3,125 91 1

Ben Chou $2,925 97 3

Anthony Orr $2,825 161 5

Travis Derrick $1,750 108 9

Dee Luong $1,475 128 9

Aaron Loew 150 2

only one name out of that list matters AF. Make it happen - I think you've got what it takes.

GL

only one name out of that list matters AF. Make it happen - I think you've got what it takes.

GL

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Why do you hate Bostonfred?

what did Dodds get knocked out with?

what did Dodds get knocked out with?

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after raising PF with 66, he hit his set, goes all-in on the turn with an AK on the board, and villain flips AK and hits his 4 outer on the river

what did Dodds get knocked out with?

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The FATAL hand.....I had just over 11K in chips. Mostly from playing like a maniac and raising everything. You check, I bet. You bet, I raised. I would then back off if that first bullet didn't work, but it worked well enough to get me back to a little over even.

Blinds are 100/200. 2 minutes before dinner break. Antes will kick in after the break.

THE HAND:

UTG limps for $200

mid position call of $200

Mad-Russian calls for $200

I have 66 on the button. Now before people go psycho on me, let me state that I love to raise with a hand like this here. I have position which is worth something. I am also on the button and will act last so if I hit the six, this can be a monster. The raise also disguises my hand immensely (who the hell would raise with 6s here?). I also like raising here because I need to know if UTG has a big hand. He is the unknown. He could have limped with aces, etc and is looking exactly for this opportunity to fire back at the pot. A raise may also isolate this pot between me and another player. A raise also gives me a slight chance to win the pot right here. I raise to $800.

Well the bet does exactly what I had hoped it would do. UTG folds. Mid-position folds. The Mad Russian (third original limper calls). Remember how I had been bullying him. It is important here.

Flop is Ad 4h 6c

Mad Russian leads into me for $1,500. Outstanding. He has an ace. Don't want to lose the action so I call.

Turn is the Kd. Mad Russian isn't going away and he bets $3,000. I start playing this through my head. Can he had Aces or Kings for better trips? Not a chance as he never raised I think. He would have raised after two limpers preflop and again after I raised with one of these hands right? But damn $3,000 is serious......I keep thinking. Finally someone else at the table asks for a clock. It gets to 20 seconds and I announce I am all-in (the only time I had ever went all-in). I know he has AK. Nothing else makes sense.

He insta-calls and spikes the As Kc (why he never raised with that hand preflop is beyond me). He was certain he was best and was dumb-founded when he saw my set of sixes. The river is one of the FOUR CARDS THAT WILL KILL ME. Unreal. I ask him what he thought I had and he said AQ or QQ. I have to admit though the raise to $800 with 66 did disguise this very well. He couldn't possibly know that I hit a set as only a moron would raise with 44 or 66 (yes I am called that a lot at the cash tables when I pull off the same type of thing). and then when the King hit on the turn, I am certain he felt he was best. So good poker, but a bad result.

I would have had $24K by dinner and had the tabled pegged. I was ready to do some damage just when the antes started up. Ouch. It really hurt to lose like this.

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only one name out of that list matters AF.  Make it happen - I think you've got what it takes. 

GL 

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Why do you hate Bostonfred?

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I don't get it either.

without counting, where does the $22500 rank you out of day 1 qualifiers? and how will that affect your strategy for day 2?

I was wondering if any FBG'ers are planning to play in any of the other WSOP events 40-45? I am probably going to play in Event 44. I hope Assani is still alive in the Main Event at that time, so I can stop over to watch him play. GL Assani and Boston Fred too.

Wish I could be there.

I was wondering if any FBG'ers are planning to play in any of the other WSOP events 40-45? I am probably going to play in Event 44. I hope Assani is still alive in the Main Event at that time, so I can stop over to watch him play. GL Assani and Boston Fred too.

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I'm going to try for event 45.

without counting, where does the $22500 rank you out of day 1 qualifiers? and how will that affect your strategy for day 2?

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He's slightly below average stack (average is roughly 27000) but probably about half the players have more and half have less, since the chipstacks are a little topheavy.

without counting, where does the $22500 rank you out of day 1 qualifiers? and how will that affect your strategy for day 2?

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671 out of 1484

what did Dodds get knocked out with?

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The FATAL hand.....I had just over 11K in chips.  Mostly from playing like a maniac and raising everything.  You check, I bet.  You bet, I raised.  I would then back off if that first bullet didn't work, but it worked well enough to get me back to a little over even.

Blinds are 100/200.  2 minutes before dinner break.  Antes will kick in after the break.

THE HAND:

UTG limps for $200

mid position call of $200

Mad-Russian calls for $200

I have 66 on the button.  Now before people go psycho on me, let me state that I love to raise with a hand like this here. I have position which is worth something.  I am also on the button and will act last so if I hit the six, this can be a monster.  The raise also disguises my hand immensely (who the hell would raise with 6s here?).  I also like raising here because I need to know if UTG has a big hand.  He is the unknown.  He could have limped with aces, etc and is looking exactly for this opportunity to fire back at the pot.  A raise may also isolate this pot between me and another player.  A raise also gives me a slight chance to win the pot right here.  I raise to $800.

Well the bet does exactly what I had hoped it would do.  UTG folds. Mid-position folds.  The Mad Russian (third original limper calls).  Remember how I had been bullying him.  It is important here.

Flop is Ad 4h 6c

Mad Russian leads into me for $1,500.  Outstanding.  He has an ace.  Don't want to lose the action so I call.

Turn is the Kd.  Mad Russian isn't going away and he bets $3,000.  I start playing this through my head.  Can he had Aces or Kings for better trips?  Not a chance as he never raised I think.  He would have raised after two limpers preflop and again after I raised with one of these hands right?  But damn $3,000 is serious......I keep thinking.  Finally someone else at the table asks for a clock.  It gets to 20 seconds and I announce I am all-in (the only time I had ever went all-in).  I know he has AK.  Nothing else makes sense.

He insta-calls and spikes the As Kc (why he never raised with that hand preflop is beyond me).  He was certain he was best and was dumb-founded when he saw my set of sixes.  The river is one of the FOUR CARDS THAT WILL KILL ME.  Unreal.  I ask him what he thought I had and he said AQ or QQ.  I have to admit though the raise to $800 with 66 did disguise this very well.  He couldn't possibly know that I hit a set as only a moron would raise with 44 or 66 (yes I am called that a lot at the cash tables when I pull off the same type of thing).  and then when the King hit on the turn, I am certain he felt he was best.  So good poker, but a bad result.

I would have had $24K by dinner and had the tabled pegged.  I was ready to do some damage just when the antes started up.  Ouch.  It really hurt to lose like this.

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Do you think that, somewhere, the Russian is blogging that he "took some donkey's entire stack"? By that I mean, do you think he understood your strategy with the 6s?

what did Dodds get knocked out with?

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The FATAL hand.....I had just over 11K in chips.  Mostly from playing like a maniac and raising everything.  You check, I bet.  You bet, I raised.  I would then back off if that first bullet didn't work, but it worked well enough to get me back to a little over even.

Blinds are 100/200.  2 minutes before dinner break.  Antes will kick in after the break.

THE HAND:

UTG limps for $200

mid position call of $200

Mad-Russian calls for $200

I have 66 on the button.  Now before people go psycho on me, let me state that I love to raise with a hand like this here. I have position which is worth something.  I am also on the button and will act last so if I hit the six, this can be a monster.  The raise also disguises my hand immensely (who the hell would raise with 6s here?).  I also like raising here because I need to know if UTG has a big hand.  He is the unknown.  He could have limped with aces, etc and is looking exactly for this opportunity to fire back at the pot.  A raise may also isolate this pot between me and another player.  A raise also gives me a slight chance to win the pot right here.  I raise to $800.

Well the bet does exactly what I had hoped it would do.  UTG folds. Mid-position folds.  The Mad Russian (third original limper calls).  Remember how I had been bullying him.  It is important here.

Flop is Ad 4h 6c

Mad Russian leads into me for $1,500.  Outstanding.  He has an ace.  Don't want to lose the action so I call.

Turn is the Kd.  Mad Russian isn't going away and he bets $3,000.  I start playing this through my head.  Can he had Aces or Kings for better trips?  Not a chance as he never raised I think.  He would have raised after two limpers preflop and again after I raised with one of these hands right?  But damn $3,000 is serious......I keep thinking.  Finally someone else at the table asks for a clock.  It gets to 20 seconds and I announce I am all-in (the only time I had ever went all-in).  I know he has AK.  Nothing else makes sense.

He insta-calls and spikes the As Kc (why he never raised with that hand preflop is beyond me).  He was certain he was best and was dumb-founded when he saw my set of sixes.  The river is one of the FOUR CARDS THAT WILL KILL ME.  Unreal.  I ask him what he thought I had and he said AQ or QQ.  I have to admit though the raise to $800 with 66 did disguise this very well.  He couldn't possibly know that I hit a set as only a moron would raise with 44 or 66 (yes I am called that a lot at the cash tables when I pull off the same type of thing).  and then when the King hit on the turn, I am certain he felt he was best.  So good poker, but a bad result.

I would have had $24K by dinner and had the tabled pegged.  I was ready to do some damage just when the antes started up.  Ouch.  It really hurt to lose like this.

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Do you think that, somewhere, the Russian is blogging that he "took some donkey's entire stack"? By that I mean, do you think he understood your strategy with the 6s?

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You're saying he knew Dodds had 66 AND knew that the river would bring him one of the 4 cards in the deck that would beat that?

All of those that made it from Days 1A and 1B:

Travis Derrick $1,750 108 9

Dee Luong $1,475 128 9

Aaron Loew 150 2

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How bad would it suck to be these guys? Sit arund for several days to wait to go all-in within the first few hands.C'mon Aaron Loew!!! I'm rooting for ya!

I realize I'm not a poker pro...

but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

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Hellmuth subscribes to this policy - and he is el busto...

I sorted the sheet in excel

John Dalessandri 16,900 74 1Tim Vance 35,925 74 2Ari Goott 9,050 74 3Norman Bryan 18,400 74 4Mark Yamamoto 26,250 74 5Casey Kastle 32,700 74 6Assani Fisher 22,450 74 7Marc Whithoel 8,000 74 8Brain Kent 7,650 74 9Brian Bigham 11,475 74 10

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This is AF's table

I realize I'm not a poker pro...

but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

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Hellmuth subscribes to this policy - and he is el busto...

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He's also won millions of dollars playing and another bracelet last week.

I sorted the sheet in excel

John Dalessandri  16,900 74 1

Tim Vance  35,925 74 2

Ari Goott  9,050 74 3

Norman Bryan  18,400 74 4

Mark Yamamoto  26,250 74 5

Casey Kastle  32,700 74 6

Assani Fisher  22,450 74 7

Marc Whithoel  8,000 74 8

Brain Kent  7,650 74 9

Brian Bigham  11,475 74 10

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This is AF's table

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Looks like he's in good shape to me. No ridiculous stacks there.

only one name out of that list matters AF. Make it happen - I think you've got what it takes.

GL

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Why do you hate Bostonfred?

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no hate - this is the assani cheerleading thread - I'd love to see Fred win this thing."only one name matters" was a terrible way of saying: focus on yourself, don't worry about others with far more chips. When I play in large innernert tournies, i sometimes get rattled when I follow the chip leaders and i think it often leads me to unnecessary risks.

All of those that made it from Days 1A and 1B:

Travis Derrick $1,750 108 9

Dee Luong $1,475 128 9

Aaron Loew 150 2

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How bad would it suck to be these guys? Sit arund for several days to wait to go all-in within the first few hands.C'mon Aaron Loew!!! I'm rooting for ya!

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I guess it depends on if they won their seats and are having their stay in Vegas paid for by a pokerroom. 4-5 more days of a comped room would be totally worth it.

I sorted the sheet in excel

John Dalessandri  16,900 74 1

Tim Vance  35,925 74 2

Ari Goott  9,050 74 3

Norman Bryan  18,400 74 4

Mark Yamamoto  26,250 74 5

Casey Kastle  32,700 74 6

Assani Fisher  22,450 74 7

Marc Whithoel  8,000 74 8

Brain Kent  7,650 74 9

Brian Bigham  11,475 74 10

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This is AF's table

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Looks like he's in good shape to me. No ridiculous stacks there.

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Agreed, this look really good. Only 3 players with larger stacks and none of them large enough to want to risk all-in without a very good hand.GL

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

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I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

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I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

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If you aren't willing to put all your money in the middle preflop with AA then you shouldn't be playing poker.

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but you can't get a bad beat if you don't go all-in...

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

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I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

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I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

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If you aren't willing to put all your money in the middle preflop with AA then you shouldn't be playing poker.

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but you can't get a bad beat if you don't go all-in...

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Oh, man....

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

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I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

Click to expand...

I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

Click to expand...

If you aren't willing to put all your money in the middle preflop with AA then you shouldn't be playing poker.

Click to expand...

but you can't get a bad beat if you don't go all-in...

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huh?

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

Click to expand...

I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

Click to expand...

I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

Click to expand...

If you aren't willing to put all your money in the middle preflop with AA then you shouldn't be playing poker.

Click to expand...

but you can't get a bad beat if you don't go all-in...

Click to expand...

huh?

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I said that a bit wrong...you can't get eliminated on a bad beat if you don't go all in on hands like that... It especially sucks when you have a decent stack... day one, Main Event, you have 15,000 chips and lose ALL OF THEM on a bad beat... that sucks, but it wouldn't have happened had you not gone all-in...

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

Click to expand...

I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

Click to expand...

I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

Click to expand...

If you aren't willing to put all your money in the middle preflop with AA then you shouldn't be playing poker.

Click to expand...

but you can't get a bad beat if you don't go all-in...

Click to expand...

huh?

Click to expand...

I said that a bit wrong...you can't get eliminated on a bad beat if you don't go all in on hands like that... It especially sucks when you have a decent stack... day one, Main Event, you have 15,000 chips and lose ALL OF THEM on a bad beat... that sucks, but it wouldn't have happened had you not gone all-in...

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Like somebody else said, AA is the best starting hand in poker. You cannot fold that hand to anything pre-flop*. You'll be laughed off the table, and then bullied around the rest of the day.*unless you're right on the money bubble and there's one or two more people to bust till you get there. even then it would be difficult. I'd have to really need the money to do that.

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

Click to expand...

I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

Click to expand...

I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

Click to expand...

If you aren't willing to put all your money in the middle preflop with AA then you shouldn't be playing poker.

Click to expand...

but you can't get a bad beat if you don't go all-in...

Click to expand...

huh?

Click to expand...

I said that a bit wrong...you can't get eliminated on a bad beat if you don't go all in on hands like that... It especially sucks when you have a decent stack... day one, Main Event, you have 15,000 chips and lose ALL OF THEM on a bad beat... that sucks, but it wouldn't have happened had you not gone all-in...

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Larry subscribes to the call down to the river, check-fold theory of poker, popularized by Earl "The Donkey" Hermdorf in the late '70s.

The Gambler, by LarryBoy:

You got to know when to fold em, know when to fold em,

Know when to run away, yeah know when to run.

You never bet any money when youre sittin at the table.

Therell be time enough for betting when the dealins done.

Isn't LB's religion against gambling, anyway?

The Gambler, by LarryBoy:

You got to know when to fold em, know when to fold em,

Know when to run away, yeah know when to run.

You never bet any money when youre sittin at the table.

Therell be time enough for betting when the dealins done.

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The Gambler, by LarryBoy:

You got to know when to fold em, know when to fold em,

Know when to run away, yeah know when to run.

You never bet any money when youre sittin at the table.

Therell be time enough for betting when the dealins done.

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great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

Click to expand...

I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

Click to expand...

I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

Click to expand...

If you aren't willing to put all your money in the middle preflop with AA then you shouldn't be playing poker.

Click to expand...

but you can't get a bad beat if you don't go all-in...

Click to expand...

huh?

Click to expand...

I said that a bit wrong...you can't get eliminated on a bad beat if you don't go all in on hands like that... It especially sucks when you have a decent stack... day one, Main Event, you have 15,000 chips and lose ALL OF THEM on a bad beat... that sucks, but it wouldn't have happened had you not gone all-in...

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Like somebody else said, AA is the best starting hand in poker. You cannot fold that hand to anything pre-flop*. You'll be laughed off the table, and then bullied around the rest of the day.*unless you're right on the money bubble and there's one or two more people to bust till you get there. even then it would be difficult. I'd have to really need the money to do that.

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I'm not saying not to bet on AA, I'm saying don't go all-in when you have $15,000 chips early in a tournament like the Main Event, its not worth it when bad beats happen...bet $10 K? Sure... I could see that...

but don't go all in unless you KNOW you are going to win...

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

Click to expand...

I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

Click to expand...

I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

Click to expand...

If you aren't willing to put all your money in the middle preflop with AA then you shouldn't be playing poker.

Click to expand...

but you can't get a bad beat if you don't go all-in...

Click to expand...

huh?

Click to expand...

I said that a bit wrong...you can't get eliminated on a bad beat if you don't go all in on hands like that... It especially sucks when you have a decent stack... day one, Main Event, you have 15,000 chips and lose ALL OF THEM on a bad beat... that sucks, but it wouldn't have happened had you not gone all-in...

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Like somebody else said, AA is the best starting hand in poker. You cannot fold that hand to anything pre-flop*. You'll be laughed off the table, and then bullied around the rest of the day.*unless you're right on the money bubble and there's one or two more people to bust till you get there. even then it would be difficult. I'd have to really need the money to do that.

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I'm not saying not to bet on AA, I'm saying don't go all-in when you have $15,000 chips early in a tournament like the Main Event, its not worth it when bad beats happen...bet $10 K? Sure... I could see that...

but don't go all in unless you KNOW you are going to win...

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Larry, if you are going to bet 2/3 of your stack with AA you are committed to betting the whole thing anyway...Why don't you leave the poker analysis to people who have some idea of what they are talking about?

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

Click to expand...

I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

Click to expand...

I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

Click to expand...

If you aren't willing to put all your money in the middle preflop with AA then you shouldn't be playing poker.

Click to expand...

but you can't get a bad beat if you don't go all-in...

Click to expand...

huh?

Click to expand...

I said that a bit wrong...you can't get eliminated on a bad beat if you don't go all in on hands like that... It especially sucks when you have a decent stack... day one, Main Event, you have 15,000 chips and lose ALL OF THEM on a bad beat... that sucks, but it wouldn't have happened had you not gone all-in...

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Larry subscribes to the call down to the river, check-fold theory of poker, popularized by Earl "The Donkey" Hermdorf in the late '70s.

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no, I think you should bet and raise, but why in the world would you go all-in with 15,000 chips early in a tournament?

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

Click to expand...

I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

Click to expand...

I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

Click to expand...

If you aren't willing to put all your money in the middle preflop with AA then you shouldn't be playing poker.

Click to expand...

but you can't get a bad beat if you don't go all-in...

Click to expand...

huh?

Click to expand...

I said that a bit wrong...you can't get eliminated on a bad beat if you don't go all in on hands like that... It especially sucks when you have a decent stack... day one, Main Event, you have 15,000 chips and lose ALL OF THEM on a bad beat... that sucks, but it wouldn't have happened had you not gone all-in...

Click to expand...

Like somebody else said, AA is the best starting hand in poker. You cannot fold that hand to anything pre-flop*. You'll be laughed off the table, and then bullied around the rest of the day.*unless you're right on the money bubble and there's one or two more people to bust till you get there. even then it would be difficult. I'd have to really need the money to do that.

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I'm not saying not to bet on AA, I'm saying don't go all-in when you have $15,000 chips early in a tournament like the Main Event, its not worth it when bad beats happen...bet $10 K? Sure... I could see that...

but don't go all in unless you KNOW you are going to win...

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Larry, if you are going to bet 2/3 of your stack with AA you are committed to betting the whole thing anyway...Why don't you leave the poker analysis to people who have some idea of what they are talking about?

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I meant betting something like that later, not pre-flop...if you have to, go all-in, but why push it yourself? there's too much of a probability for a bad beat (even if you are 4-to-1 favorite vs. all other hands)

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

Click to expand...

I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

Click to expand...

I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

Click to expand...

If you aren't willing to put all your money in the middle preflop with AA then you shouldn't be playing poker.

Click to expand...

but you can't get a bad beat if you don't go all-in...

Click to expand...

huh?

Click to expand...

I said that a bit wrong...you can't get eliminated on a bad beat if you don't go all in on hands like that... It especially sucks when you have a decent stack... day one, Main Event, you have 15,000 chips and lose ALL OF THEM on a bad beat... that sucks, but it wouldn't have happened had you not gone all-in...

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Larry subscribes to the call down to the river, check-fold theory of poker, popularized by Earl "The Donkey" Hermdorf in the late '70s.

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no, I think you should bet and raise, but why in the world would you go all-in with 15,000 chips early in a tournament?

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Because you are a heavy favorite to have the same decision with $30K.

great job.

just making it out of the first day is really an accomplishment. numerous pros are out, including hellmuth and gavin smith.

i can't imagine what it must have been like to sit there for 15 hours ... what was that aspect of it actually like?

Click to expand...

I played in the ME last year and went out at the end of day one after 14 hours and let me tell you, it is brutal. My brain was competely fried and my body was just exhausted. The weird part is that even though you are so tired, you can't fall asleep. I just kept replaying hands in my head.I decided to just play the side games this year as I just don't have the stamina for multiple 14+ hour days. Unless you get super lucky, like you have to multiple times in a field this large, the side games are more profitable anyway. getting it all in with AA vs. KK preflop and then having a K hit on the river to knock you out after 14 hours just sucks. You can be playing the best poker of your life, but in a field this large, you have to win nearly every race to make it.

people ask me how tiring could it be just sitting there playing cards, but man you have no idea how grueling it actually is until you do it yourself.

Click to expand...

I realize I'm not a poker pro...but maybe the key is not to go all in that much... don't bet most of your stack until very late, and even if you lose brutal hands like AA vs. KK, you'll still be in at the end...

Click to expand...

If you aren't willing to put all your money in the middle preflop with AA then you shouldn't be playing poker.

Click to expand...

but you can't get a bad beat if you don't go all-in...

Click to expand...

huh?

Click to expand...

I said that a bit wrong...you can't get eliminated on a bad beat if you don't go all in on hands like that... It especially sucks when you have a decent stack... day one, Main Event, you have 15,000 chips and lose ALL OF THEM on a bad beat... that sucks, but it wouldn't have happened had you not gone all-in...

Click to expand...

Larry subscribes to the call down to the river, check-fold theory of poker, popularized by Earl "The Donkey" Hermdorf in the late '70s.

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no, I think you should bet and raise, but why in the world would you go all-in with 15,000 chips early in a tournament?

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Because you are a heavy favorite to have the same decision with $30K.

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yes, you are a heavy favorite... but it isn't garunteed, bad beats happened, and if you want to win more often in tourneys than lose, going all-in is not a good plan of action...