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[TightEnd]

Against my expectations Baguley has turned this on its head he's 14.5m-9.5m up with blinds about to go 100-200k

Appears to be running well/winning showdowns

Iqbal is is as unflappable as a penguin without arms

[youthnkzR]

Poker isn't about the glory - or how you stand up to pee - it's about the MONEY - and if you refuse the chance to take second place money with 6 left and pretty even stacks you're a fool who doesn't know how to play the odds - ask Nick if he'd rather have £55k more

i like to win.

[youthnkzR]

Poker isn't about the glory - or how you stand up to pee - it's about the MONEY - and if you refuse the chance to take second place money with 6 left and pretty even stacks you're a fool who doesn't know how to play the odds - ask Nick if he'd rather have £55k more

i like to win.

+ if i win i also win the MONEY

[cambridgealex]

Say first dude is shoving 22+,A2s+,KTs+,QTs+,JTs,A7o+,KTo+

second dude calling (bizarrely) 55+,A7s+,K9s+,QTs+,JTs,A8o+,KJo+

Q7o is about 23% vs those ranges.

So he needs just over 3:1 pot odds to call to make it +cEV

[BangBang]

Poker isn't about the glory - or how you stand up to pee - it's about the MONEY - and if you refuse the chance to take second place money with 6 left and pretty even stacks you're a fool who doesn't know how to play the odds - ask Nick if he'd rather have £55k more

you're completely wrong.

The other day someone told me Warwickshire was in the maldives and he was only very marginally more wrong than you are.

Cut and paste from page 17....
I'm obviously not on the final table but if I were I may think different.  But if we all thought about the odds when playing and didn't take a chance, you wouldn't have as many amateurs winning.

Plus poker isn't a team sport it's a game played the individual so glory does come into it.. I've read many interviews where players have said it's not just about the money it's proving they are the best.  Why wouldn't you want to be considered the best at a game that you play and take seriously.  

Also an overall winner will win more then the £210k they will more then like get some sort of sponsorship deal allowing them to either freeroll or gain some sort of benefit in other tournaments, it'll also open you up to a wider community of your peers by you garnering respect from them for your win..

I'm a gambling man, if you consider this foolish that is your opinion not mine..  

P.S.  Love the way Competitive mentioned standing up to pee..  

[BorntoBubble]

Poker isn't about the glory - or how you stand up to pee - it's about the MONEY - and if you refuse the chance to take second place money with 6 left and pretty even stacks you're a fool who doesn't know how to play the odds - ask Nick if he'd rather have £55k more

i like to win.

+ if i win i also win the MONEY

Money + wins = good times!

[smashedagain]

Mickey k May official stars photographer (close friend and wife of legend Jesse May) posted without permission  but pretty sure it will be alright  

Click to see full-size image.

Another unsung hero of these things

[TopTen]

"Old School" ftw

[TightEnd]

Baguley 455,000 on the button at 100-200k

Ahmed 1.25m in the big blind

Baguley calls

 

Ahmed leads for 1.3m

Baguley fold


The pendulum begins to swing again

[BorntoBubble]

"Old School" ftw

Thought you were down with the kids kenneth? All the time you spend with aaron i thought he was teaching you a thing or two!

[julian]

maths smaths,

it the business end of a biggie, he's got the momentum going & can afford to gamble with a portion of his stack...sends out a strong message that he ain't afeared bout bein the next man out,

superb updates as always tighty

wp all

[smashedagain]

Poker isn't about the glory - or how you stand up to pee - it's about the MONEY - and if you refuse the chance to take second place money with 6 left and pretty even stacks you're a fool who doesn't know how to play the odds - ask Nick if he'd rather have £55k more

you're completely wrong.

The other day someone told me Warwickshire was in the maldives and he was only very marginally more wrong than you are.

If I ever start firing blanks lildave I would like you to jump in as a donor. You are right up there with beer and sweets on my scale of good things



And obv anyone else looking for a donor with a decent track record.... Julian Thew everyone

[MintTrav]

Say first dude is shoving 22+,A2s+,KTs+,QTs+,JTs,A7o+,KTo+

second dude calling (bizarrely) 55+,A7s+,K9s+,QTs+,JTs,A8o+,KJo+

Q7o is about 23% vs those ranges.

So he needs just over 3:1 pot odds to call to make it +cEV

There's more to it than pot odds. It's not a cash game where win or lose it is just one of a continuous stream of hands against these players. He has a possibility of killing off two players on the FT. Apart from the chips, he can lock up a bunch more cash and move two places closer to the big prize, at little risk to his stack.

[pleno1]

oh and yeh K9 is worse than Q7 here. Esp with the ICM for the shorties.

[TopTen]

"Old School" ftw

Thought you were down with the kids kenneth? All the time you spend with aaron i thought he was teaching you a thing or two!

Yeah he is, but not anything related to poker