YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GET IN!!!

Can't stand that lass - sounds like a cat being killed slowly. "Different" say the judges - "Shit" say I.

On a side note to the tax talk, just seen the final two episodes of this year's ESPN coverage on pokertube - after waiting all this time to hold the final table, to then not show it live, or at least on delay was bad enough, but on top of that only 2 hands of HU play were shown! 2 hands from what was apparently over 4 hours of play.

[ ] gg ESPN

depends if you are playing for eight or the win

True, but with $400k difference between 9th and 8th I know what I'd be doing. If there was ever a tourney to be laddering the FT of, this has to be it

Pushing with 77 when Kim is essentially all in the BB next hand? Good play?

Sick outdraw once he's hit the set tho, I agree

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Hoping this will work.

I wonder if Jesse May was born without the ability to control the volume of his voice?

Honestly, you're sitting downstairs watching this with the volume on 15, wife and kids upstairs in bed, then up pops Jesse 100 decibels louder when the flop is delivered and vaguely connects with one of the players...

To be honest, it would be nice just to watch it with the table talk rather than Jesse and Roy delivering the same tired old cliches, a la Poker After Dark

Vijay Singh    PS qualifier    UK    8,500

Guess he's got to do something while the Ryder Cup is on?!

Congrats to Paul - unfortunate that he lost so many chips with AQ v AT - those situations are always annoying, but moreso at crucial stages of big comps like this.

Anyway, tell him well done from all his mates up north - great updating as usual btw guys!  

If you are looking for a dvd player that can handle DivX, XviD and all other manners of video format, then the Philips DVP630 is a little cracker - cheap as chips and plays absolutely anything you throw at it.

Couple of things:

1 - presumably you were happy to play this hand for such a large pot when you re-raised a player you have already pinned as "a bit lively"?

2 - how can you fold once you have already pushed nearly half your stack in? You only have $70.26 left and the pot is offering you just shy of 3 to 1 against a player you feel you may have dominated if he is indeed playing any old ace as your read indicates.

3 - had you been able to keep the pot manageable pre-flop, he cannot call your bet on the flop, so you would have taken it down there and then - although we do not know what other players who passed for the massive over-raise may have connected with on the flop.

Basically, I think the biggest mistake that people make in Omaha is not keeping the pot under control - I see it time and time again in the live cash games I play.

Clearly you are unlucky to lose here to a hand you have dominated, particularly after hitting trips on the flop - but like I say, keeping the pot under control and giving your opponant an opportunity to fold to a bet with a few cards in the middle is crucial in Omaha.

Poker is a game in which luck has a huge effect in the short term. Over the course of the few dozen hands which the final few players would battle over, it is entirely possible for the best player, who makes all the correct decisions, to lose. Now, if you were a really good player, and were playing in the final 3 of a ranking event, with hundreds of thousands of prize money, every single weekend, you'd be happy to let your greater skill win out in the end - the better player doing a deal (assuming an even cash split when chip counts are even) is -EV long term.

However, most players do not make major finals every week. By dealing they are reducing their variance, which is better for them in the short term (particularly if it is a large amount of money relative to the player's bankroll).

Ronnie O'Sullivan doesn't have this problem, because over the course of 19 frames of snooker, the good will out. The better player on the night will win the trophy and top prize - luck is highly unlikely to be able to affect the outcome enough to deny the better player's victory. So snooker players would never deal (ignoring any betting dodginess), as the better player would be giving up too much.

Essentially, poker players dealing is like taking insurance, they are insuring against any misfortune which may befall them due to events outside of their control.

Having said all this, I think that in televised events, there should always be a sizable chunk of the prize money left on the table for players to battle for. They can quite happily flatten the payout between themselves, but I feel strongly that competitive poker should be played through to the conclusion. Otherwise we won't get any more televised live poker, which means the sport is less visible, which means fewer new players, therefore less money coming into our games.

  This is always an interesting debate, rarely does anyone add anything new to the argument, but I thought your post summed it up perfectly Andrew.

Just in from a night of poker action myself Tank - of the live variety though. Showed a decent profit after chopping the £10 rebuy and then "investing" my winnings wisely in the cash game - how easy this game can seem when you have nights like this! ROI: 215%!!!!!

I haven't passed any comment on this wonder of a thread yet, but thought it about time to add my praise to your quest, how well it is going and how enjoyable it is to get an insight into your thinking and mood as your progress.

All the best for your long weekend of action ahead.

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Cheryl Tweedy or Charlotte Church?

Sparticus.

Dominos or Pizza Hut?