2010 World Series of Poker Main Event final table thread

[pleno1]

Gutted Cheong isn't gonna win.

I must have missed something as to why everyone is hating on Racener (agreed he's played a few off hands lol) but Duhammel has made some of the worst calls and plays ever and like Cada doesn't deserve to win, IMHO.

Like what? The jj?

[Skgv]

Interesting 188m chip hand there.

The chip counts at the start were roughly Racener 20m, Cheong 105m, Duhamel 95m.

Racener folds the button. Cheong (   ) bets 2.9m from SB, Duhamel ( ) 3bets to 6.75m, Cheong 4bets to 14.25m, Duhamel 5bets to 22.75m then Cheong does the old hexabet shove all-in and Duhamel calls.

Now, reading the tweets and reports, they're all calling this a massive blow-up by Cheong but surely that is a massive, massive call he's forcing Duhamel to make, given the stack sizes. Duhamel can fold there and still be about 50m chips ahead of the shortstack. Cheong has a blocker to AA and surely if there's ever a spot where someone who'd never fold KK pre can fold it, it's here.

I think it's a great bet.

Play full of courage ! TOby an Jake would of hit the ACE though!

[geordieneil]

anyone know what time the heads up starts?


TIA

[titaniumbean]

Interesting 188m chip hand there.

The chip counts at the start were roughly Racener 20m, Cheong 105m, Duhamel 95m.

Racener folds the button. Cheong (   ) bets 2.9m from SB, Duhamel ( ) 3bets to 6.75m, Cheong 4bets to 14.25m, Duhamel 5bets to 22.75m then Cheong does the old hexabet shove all-in and Duhamel calls.

Now, reading the tweets and reports, they're all calling this a massive blow-up by Cheong but surely that is a massive, massive call he's forcing Duhamel to make, given the stack sizes. Duhamel can fold there and still be about 50m chips ahead of the shortstack. Cheong has a blocker to AA and surely if there's ever a spot where someone who'd never fold KK pre can fold it, it's here.

I think it's a great bet.

Play full of courage ! Toby an Jake would of hit the ACE though!

lol big charra knows it's all skill!

[gatso]

anyone know what time the heads up starts?


TIA

8pm so I make that 4am in the uk

[geordieneil]

anyone know what time the heads up starts?


TIA

8pm so I make that 4am in the uk

yeah i found out it was 8pm EST but i thought EST was only 5 hours difference?    cheers anyway

[gatso]

oh, I thought it was 8 vegas time. est is only 5 hours so 1.00, that's better

why wouldn't they use local time? americans are odd

[WarBwastard]

oh, I thought it was 8 vegas time. est is only 5 hours so 1.00, that's better

why wouldn't they use local time? americans are odd

It is 8.30pm PST (11.30EST)....4.30am proper time.  

Actually I think it's an 8pm kick-off PST, but the streams on ESPN3 begin 30 minutes later.  Either way, early doors starting time here.

[geordieneil]

oh, I thought it was 8 vegas time. est is only 5 hours so 1.00, that's better

why wouldn't they use local time? americans are odd

you were right m8, a rival forum was wrong. it started at 4am

[TightEnd]

The WSOP Official report

Jonathan Duhamel is the winner of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Championship.

Duhamel, from Boucherville, Quebec became the first Canadian citizen in history to win poker’s world championship.  Two Canadians had previously finished in the runner-up spot in the 41-year-history of poker's undisputed world championship.  Tuan Lam took second place in 2007, to Jerry Yang.  Fellow Canadian Howard Goldfarb did the same in 1995, losing to Dan Harrington.
 
Duhamel, a 23-year-old poker pro, collected a whopping $8,944,310 in prize money.  He was also presented with the widely-cherished and universally-revered gold and diamond-encrusted gold bracelet, representing the game’s sterling achievement.

The triumph was not easy.  Duhamel overcame a huge field of 7,319 entrants who entered what was the second-largest WSOP Main Event in history.  The tournament began on July 5th, and took more than four months to complete, including the customary recess prior to the November Nine.

Duhamel's route to victory was a determined one, albeit peppered with a few unwanted detours.  He arrived at the final table -- which began on Saturday, November 6th -- with the chip lead.  He held about one-third of the total chips in play.  Duhamel lost some of his momentum during stage one of the finale, which included the elimination of seven players playing down to the final two.  Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi seized the chip lead at one point during play, but ultimately finished fifth.  Joseph Cheong also proved to be a formidable foe during the long battle, but ended up as the third-place finisher.
 
Stage two of the November Nine's grand finale was played on the main stage inside the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio in Las Vegas.  The final duel was played to a packed house of nearly 2,000 spectators and a worldwide audience following the action over the Internet.  Millions more will watch the final crescendo of the WSOP Main Event on Tuesday night, when the championship premiers on ESPN television.  The two-hour program will debut at 7:00 pm PST.
 
The runner up was John Racener, from Port Richie, FL.  Despite the disappointment of defeat, he could take great pride in a noble effort that resulted in overcoming all but one of the more than 7,000 players who began the pursuit of ever poker player's greatest dream.  Racener collected poker's supreme consolation prize -- $5,545,955 in prize money.
 
As the Canadian champion, Duhamel was only the sixth non-American to ever win the WSOP Main Event.  He followed in the hallowed footsteps of Mansour Matloubi (UK -- 1990), Noel Furlong (Ireland -- 1999), Carlos Mortensen (Spain -- 2001), Joe Hachem (Australia (2005), and Peter Eastgate (Denmark -- 2008).

Picutre from Poker listings, reports at http://www.pokerlistings.com/live-tournaments/wsop

[TightEnd]

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/wsop/2010/wsop-november-nine-jonathan-duhamel-capt-075407.html

[JaffaCake]

is this available to watch online yet anywhere? Have checked pokertube, anywhere else? Think it was on TV last night in the US?

[GreekStein]

is this available to watch online yet anywhere? Have checked pokertube, anywhere else? Think it was on TV last night in the US?

Not yet Jefferson.

Hopefully on pokertube tonight/2moro.

[JaffaCake]

grrrr, writing a piece for Bluff about the Cheong/Duhamel hand n would like to see it first....what did u make of it, Cheong close to being everybody's new fave player if it comes off?

[GreekStein]

grrrr, writing a piece for Bluff about the Cheong/Duhamel hand n would like to see it first....what did u make of it, Cheong close to being everybody's new fave player if it comes off?

Fanboys on 2+2 all saying Cheong played sick good.

Dunno bout that hand though.