Max "Numbr2intheWorld" Steinberg WSOP Sweat Thread (Edit: November Nine!!)

[OngBonga]

I'm assuming he just lost some chips seeing as his odds on betfair just expanded. I wanna take a bet on him but where can I find live updates?

[OngBonga]

nvm I got this, it'll do.

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/upda...1136&tid=14268

[OngBonga]

Does this attach method of posting images even work?



aha

Suck those odds spoon and gmml.

This £8.82 that I have on betfair was £0.11 earlier on today.

[MadMojoMonkey]

Max opened AT, got 3-bet w/ QQ and folded.

Dude that 3-bet was 3rd 3-bet in a row, but he had it all 3 times.

EDIT: Oh yeah.. first time was Q8s... kind of mad.

[OngBonga]

I think something good has happened, his odds shortened from 5.5 to 4

Mash f5

[OngBonga]

Is ESPN the only place with time delayed live coverage?

[baudib]

I love how Max takes unconventional lines.

[MadMojoMonkey]

That bet OTR w/ KQ was odd.

IDK what calls him, though.

[spoonitnow]

Our live updates are coming from MMM and OngBonga lol

[MadMojoMonkey]

OH, I found a link through charter cable. You need to sign in with charter account to view, though.

I'm loving it so far. Unfortunately, I have to go to bed in ~1 hour. I'm gonna miss most of the show.

Max's posture says he's zoned in.

[OngBonga]

Our live updates are coming from MMM and OngBonga lol

I'm not sure what to make of betfair odds movements. I mean 2nd chip stack, as far as I can tell, is running at over 10/1. I'd load some more funds up and take that bet except I'm suspicious that I'm getting fucked by time delayed updates.

[surviva316]

Who's this EuroDouche trying to cramp Max's style by wearing a suit with a sponsor patch?

[supa]

Had to come out of FTR retirement to say good luck Max. Dude was a huge influence on my game even though he'd never know it. Go get em man.

[MadMojoMonkey]

Who's this EuroDouche trying to cramp Max's style by wearing a suit with a sponsor patch?

Love that max totally read that shit in advance and wore a stunning red, white and blue combo.

Looking sharp, Max.

Oh.. and Bluemanfield... is a maniac. 4-betting AXo, like that.

[GatorJH]

I hate it when people like Stern take forever on every freakin decision. What the hell could he be processing for that long?

[Warpe]

The blue suit brings out his eyes.

[surviva316]

Max's position with the stack leader hurts him in the 88 r/f hand. Can't be making marginal 4b shoves for your tourney life against someone that you have no ICM pressure against, and can't be flatting 88 OOP 37bbs deep.

[surviva316]

Beckley's river call in the KJo vs KK hand on A93tt (chk, chk), 2 double-suited (chk), A hand against McKeehan seemed like a waste of chips. Can't imagine McKeehan's PFR from MP, check to river range on A93tt includes a whole lot of air, and there are a TON of middling pairs he's vbetting there. I figured Beckley was deciding between fold and raise.

[baudib]

Agree, McKeehen can hand read and is even a competent cash player. I am guessing K-high is good there less than 2% of the time.

[OngBonga]

[baudib]

OMG so dreamy

[kiwiMark]

Anyone know how I watch this with my eyes from outside of the US?

How're you managing it Ong?

edit: I have found it with some description of foreign commentary at stream 2 watch dot co (no banerino pls)

[OngBonga]

Yeah I was watching some Polish commentary on twitch. I'm keeping up live thanks to the official WSOP live text, linked above in one of my posts.

[kiwiMark]

Okay I have proxied into France and paid ESPN the princely sum of 1.99€ - however the "live" button doesn't work - can someone tell me what Hand # we're up to? Is 36 up to date?

[OngBonga]

36 is what I've got on twitch, 42 on the text feed.

[OngBonga]

For anyone who doesn't care about some random Polish twats talking over it...

http://www.twitch.tv/pokerbreak

[kiwiMark]

Okay cool, thanks, I guess that makes sense if the video is 30 minutes delayed.

[OngBonga]

Okay cool, thanks, I guess that makes sense if the video is 30 minutes delayed.

I think that time delay is the best it gets if you want to watch it instead of read.

[kiwiMark]

Yeah sweet, I'mma go for it. They'll be worried about me texting Max hi mum or morse coughing the hole cards from New Zealand I guess.

[surviva316]

I'm glad I got to watch that 30-minute long hand to see the most standard spot ever unfold and then watch the dealer chop the chips.

[kiwiMark]

Now for a commercial break!

[baudib]

wat, every hand is 30 mins.

on the positive side, I should have an edge in the shot-clock era of poker, so bravo, guys.

[surviva316]

I wonder if there exists a spot where Blumenfield folds an A blocker preflop.

Facing an open from the shortest stack who'd been playing snug, and he's in the SB w A3o and resteals for an amount where he's either calling a shove or folding for 12bbs to win 40bbs+. Seems pretty undesirable, but I'm a tourney fish.

[kiwiMark]

nothing to stop people taking 10 years per decision as the blinds creep up?

[surviva316]

They're not supposed to show the cards when they fold! Now everyone knows Max doesn't defend with 52dd! The conspiracy is on!!!!

EDIT: Apparently they've always been showing the BB mucks. Cowboys/Eagles only recently ended, so I'm new to watching the preflop action that doesn't involve Max.

[surviva316]

Wooooo ISF sighting!

Swooooooon

[surviva316]

Who's that Aaron guy? Is he iopq or something?

[surviva316]

Ballllller check by Max and he binks the nut turn card!!

Preeeeeetty sure McKeehan can't get away here.

Ugh, that jackoff.

[boost]

Can't stay up to keep watching, but I tuned in for a second. This is super cool. Take it down Max!

[boost]

Who's that Aaron guy? Is he iopq or something?

He and Danny's older brother iirc. Don't remember if he ever posted here?

[boost]

When do they stop tonight and when do they restart?

[surviva316]

The Joe McKeehan slow motion jiggle as he sprays his chips everywhere needs to be my phone background.

baudib, where you play at? Is McKeehan a Sugarhouse reg?

[baudib]

McKeehen's home casino is Parx, I play at Borgata. I met him through a friend last year in Vegas very briefly.

[surviva316]

Who is this broadcaster?

When McKeehan opens UTG w KTs and folds when he gets 3b by a 30bb stack in MP, "I can't believe he folded such a playable hand!!"

When someone flats the button with KJs and gets squeezed by an aggressive SB player with 50bb effective stack, "He can't call here."

One is a snap fold and the other is a pretty standard flat, and he got them backwards.

[baudib]

im watching it without sound. Isn't it Hellmuth/Esfandiari/Negreanu/Kara Scott?

[surviva316]

Yeah, I think it's Esfishdari providing the regular color analysis.

[BankItDrew]

Link to english coverage?

[kiwiMark]

It's over for the day, starts up again in 18 hours. Only english video coverage I could find was www.espnplayer.com and I had to pay $3 or something to watch it.

[BooG690]

Excited to watch more tomorrow.

[BankItDrew]

What's the update? I can't find anything anywhere. Max still in?

[kiwiMark]

Yeah max still in 4/6. Something like 90, 30, 30, 15 (max), 10, 10

[spoonitnow]

God I love Kara Scott. She has such fucking bitchface and great hair.

[Luco]

oh man, sick

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/upda...place-1203293/

McKeehen has a deadly combo of skill and rungood that's going to make him tough to beat

[surviva316]

McKeehen's rungood is pretty insane. Been lasting since at least final 13 when he knocked out stealthmonk with set-over-set 50bbs deep.

Last night, McKeehen opens button into a shortstack who wakes up with AJo and shoves into him ... only problem is that McKeehan has AKs. McKeehan ends the night with a loose open UTG w J6s, gets shoved into by BB big stack with AJo and catches up to knock him out. Getting dealt KTs OTB and turning second nut flush. Etcetcetc.

He has really opened it up the last few orbits now that his stack can provide serious ICM pressure on every single player at the table, esp 3!ing 84o OTB to get Max off K9o and seemingly playing every suited hand with a face card from all positions, so yeah, deadly combo of someone having a rungood and knowing how to use it.

Interesting to see what adjustments players make now that they can go back and see how bad McKeehan was steamrolling toward the end of last night.

[spoonitnow]

Yeah it's ridic

[baudib]

I mean, McKeehen's rungood is exactly consistent with the rungood of people who win the WSOP ME. He's a great player who came into the FT with a huge stack and played it well.

There were also spots where people played poorly that he benefited from, for example, Negreanu should shove A4o pre all day and shut him out from his equity on a bingo flop with J3dd. The extreme short stacks being around has the better players at the table forced to tighten up and play for 2nd, so he's basically in a perfect spot.

[Luco]

this starts at 1.30am uk time, ffffff

[kiwiMark]

Let's get sweaty.

[OngBonga]

BOOM

[OngBonga]

Oh yeah time delay.

Sorry.

[spoonitnow]

Goddamn

[OngBonga]

I won't do that again, it was a genuine mistake.

Here, you might as well have the juice...

[BooG690]

TEN

[BooG690]

THERE IT IS

[BooG690]

BAM. I GAVE MAX MY RUN GOOD, GUYS. HE USED IT JUST THERE.

[MadMojoMonkey]

Woooo!

[OngBonga]

Well done to boog for not reading my post somehow.

[givememyleg]

so sick. gogogo!

[OngBonga]

Max's dress sense is impeccable.

[OngBonga]

[baudib]

Brutal for Cannuli but GOGOGOGOGOG MAx.

[Eric]

Yeah, that TT vs AA hand was crazy.

Go, Max!

[BennyLaRue]

Me too!! Then I threw up in a bush and he declined my FB friend request.

Congrats buddy! Rooting for you to ship second!

Well, it was his Mom's bush.

[MadMojoMonkey]

Oh damn... down to 4 and Max is still in this.

[GatorJH]

Beckley and Max are the two best players left IMO