WPT $25,000 Final: Day 5 - Interactive

[dino1980]

Anyone know of any analysis of late position small stack, large stack pushes in tournaments like this?

At a guess i'd say Bill Chen and Jarrad Ankerman's Mathmatics of Poker may well contain what you're after, I know they've got a jam and fold table in there for heads up (a bit like Lee Jones' Sage System article by all accounts)
I do own the book but am yet to get past the first chapter as it's heavy going.

Anyone own it and know for sure? I know The Camel was singing its praises a while back on THM

[Djinn]

We're back in the Fontana room, which is completely empty apart from the Final Table....




...of the Media Tournament which we slept through this morning.  Oops.


Two of my Day One picks are still in: Thien 'Tim' Phan and Roland de Wolfe.
I will pick Scott Fischman as well.  Good luck them lot and the rest of the final 27.

[ariston]

I will go for the tricast of roland, wasicka and kirk.

[snoopy1239]

Hi peeps, we're not too far from kick-off here, I'd go for 10 minutes.

A tired Beagle sits before you today, fresh off doing his bollox in the Orleans' cash game last night.

If I had one tip for Vegas, it would be to work out whether or not you're playing for fun or to earn some money...

[Djinn]

Here is the seat draw for Day Five (Thanks Benjo):

Table 61

Thomas Wahlroos 1,847,000
Carlos Mortensen 2,429,000
Paul Lee 3,601,000
Richard Anthony 775,000
Robert Wazelle 284,000
Sorel Mizzi 2,256,000
Adeeb Harb 735,000
David Baker 983,000
James Worth 556,000

Table 62

Phil Hellmuth 738,000
Benjamin Johnson 1,280,000
Grant Lang 1,201,000
Mike Wattel 1,060,000
Can Hua 760,000
David Levi 1,258,000
Paul Wasicka 581,000
Tommy Vu 830,000
Kirk Morrison 2,980,000

Table 59

Roland DeWolfe 460,000
Guy Laliberte 1,232,000
Thien Phan 1,273,000
Tom Pniak 270,000
Scott Fischman 1,268,000
Loi Phan 1,007,000
Jimmy Tran 458,000
Jake Minter 1,568,000
Raymond Davis 274,000

[snoopy1239]

Bang. And they're off!!!

[Djinn]

Blinds 12k/24k ante 3k

Robert Wazelle had to make a move pretty quickly, and I think it was the first hand he found , but unfortunately also a caller in chip leader Paul Lee, who held ... The board came Nine-free and we have our 27th place finisher (money:  $92,820) in the mountain-dwelling tie-dye afficionado, who would have been the most unconventional finalist in history had he made the end of day... 

[Djinn]

Pic - Roland de Wolfe:  Short but not short like Wazelle... he's found a hat with a 'TW' logo on it, and got Thomas Wahlroos to sign it.  "To my favourite Wolfe..." 
Snoopy, "How many does he know?"
Roland, "Just one, obviously."

[snoopy1239]

And the action continues, Phil Hellmuth locking horns with Grant Lang, a pre-flop raise and a flat call from Hellmuth leading to both players seeing a Flop of

Hellmuth checked, Lang bet 100k, Hellmuth made it 200k and Lang called.

Turn =

Check, check.

River =

Hellmuth bets 250k and Lang calls.

Hellmuth =

Lang =

Nicely done from Phil (although imagine what could have happened if he'd bet that Turn), who chuckles as he receives a few "wooooooos" from railbird John Bonetti: "That's my kid. Sorry folks, don't mean to be rude, but I gotta support my boy."

Honestly, it's like an episode of the Sopranos with this guy on the sidelines.

[snoopy1239]

Roland de Wolfe is OUT.

Jimmy Tran made a standard pre-flop raise (blinds 12k/24k) and Roland moved all-in from the big blind for 340k.

Jimmy took a surprisingly long time before calling with , well ahead of Roland's .

Board =

Roland went out smiling.

[Dewi_cool]

David Baker   

 

[snoopy1239]

From what I've witnessed of Paul Lee this week, he sure is getting his fair share of good fortune, the latest example of this being in his elimination of the highly rated Adeeb Harb.

All-in with on a Flop, Adeeb looked to be in tip top shape against Paul Lee's , but when the Turn brought the there were a few pain expressions from the rail, which then turned to looks of sympathy as the unfortunate Hadb missed his flush draw on the River.

Oooooooooooh, that's gotta hurt.

[snoopy1239]

David Baker   

 

Incredibly, booder is STILL in. 

[Djinn]

Big hand for T.W.  -

Fourway flop of .  Sorel Mizzi, first to act, bets out 200k.  Action to Thomas Wahlroos, with Mortensen and Anthony still behind him.  He thinks for a long while, then says, "Raise - 600k," pushing in three stacks of blue 10k chips.  Carlos thinks for a good few minutes, everything freezes (including him) and he eventually lets it go.  Anthony's decision is easier, and so, apparently, is Sorel's - "All in." 
Thomas is covered, but decides to go for the gamble - he knows his isn't currently the best hand...and indeed Sorel has played another sneaky set, this time holding .

Turn:
River: 

"Sick," predictably comments Wahlroos, as he scoops the biggest pot of the tournament, propelling him into second place chipwise.

[Djinn]

Raymond Davis (one of the objectors to playing on last night, incidentally, and breaking at 6pm when they reached 27) just doubled his short stack through with against Jimmy Tran's .
Flop:  and he must have started to relax..the K-9 turn and river did absolutely nothing and he's back in it.