WildBobAA, michael1123, scgolfer - Super Thursday

[WildBobAA]

We're all still alive with 40 left, party hand for hand blows. Come cheer us on.

[Greedo017]

your table is crazy. what's michael's name?

[WildBobAA]

luckbox360, he's on my table

[WildBobAA]

Golfer out 28th, AK runs into AA

[Greedo017]

wildbob doubles up, while michael gets a good pot, both with aa, at the exact same time

[WildBobAA]

***** Hand History for Game 4189467553 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:23087590 Level:16 Blinds-Antes(6000/12000-200) - Friday, May 05, 02:38:56 ET 2006
Table Super Thursday(685327) Table #2 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: BIGAL1620 ( $152890 )
Seat 2: WildBobAK ( $239046 )
Seat 3: DBCooper420 ( $292344 )
Seat 4: noseeds99 ( $91943 )
Seat 6: MTGPOKERdtcm ( $238032 )
Seat 8: TheAsgard ( $375321 )
Seat 9: Bigdaddy328 ( $256923 )
Seat 10: yurmom44 ( $357726 )
Trny:23087590 Level:16
Blinds-Antes(6000/12000-200)
BIGAL1620 posts ante [200].
WildBobAK posts ante [200].
DBCooper420 posts ante [200].
noseeds99 posts ante [200].
MTGPOKERdtcm posts ante [200].
TheAsgard posts ante [200].
Bigdaddy328 posts ante [200].
yurmom44 posts ante [200].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to WildBobAK [ 9s 8d ]
MTGPOKERdtcm folds.
TheAsgard raises [30150].
Bigdaddy328 folds.
yurmom44 folds.
BIGAL1620 folds.
WildBobAK folds.
DBCooper420 raises [72000].
noseeds99 folds.
TheAsgard will be using his time bank for this hand.
TheAsgard raises [143850].
DBCooper420 is all-In [214144]
TheAsgard calls [118144].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, Qs, Ks ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9d ]
** Dealing River ** [ Kd ]
TheAsgard shows [ Kc, Kh ] four of a kind, kings.
DBCooper420 shows [ As, Ah ] two pairs, aces and kings.
TheAsgard wins 597888 chips from the main pot with four of a kind, kings.
Player DBCooper420 finished in 21 place and received $864.90

[Greedo017]

that's probably my new favorite hand.

[DaNutsInYoEye]

Root for Bob or you're going to have to read him pissing and moaning about it in his blog!!!

[Greedo017]

gg wildbob

[WildBobAA]

Out 15th, gl to michael

[Greedo017]

your and michael's stack sizes fluctuated almost exactly the same, you both went from 150 to 250 back to 150 on the same hands. big hand for him here. edit: lucky him with the split pot, was outkicked. he needs a double up quick.

[Greedo017]

and he got it, he's a force now, >than average with 14 left.

[WildBobAA]

going to sleep, michael at FT w/ 9 left currently

[Greedo017]

michael is huge chip leader and still bwning with 7 left

[PO$$E$$ED]

he's still breathing with 4 left
he doubled with KTs against someone's KQ, he's about even with the rest of the table for now

[Greedo017]

asgard is a tool for not wanting a chop, michael is shoving his ass around, he's gonna find himself -10K at the end of this.

[Greedo017]

BWNED! asgard pushes his crap pair at michael and is taken down by a full house. making a deal now, michael has 3/5 the total chips with 3 total people.


Michael FTW

Player luckbox360 finished in 1 place and received $28337.51

and i called it exactly right about asgard, a chop would've landed him ~20K but instead he leaves with 8.

[PO$$E$$ED]

what a fish
I would've done better

[grnydrowave2]

Congratulations Michael.

[Xianti]

It was inspiring to watch. Congrats to michael1123 for the win.

And nice job to all three.

[mcatdog]

asgard is a tool for not wanting a chop

Why? He was easily the second best player of the final four, in my opinion, although I'd be interested to hear what michael1123 thought. Except for his bust-out hand, he played very well from what I saw. The two guys who chopped with michael1123 both sucked, especially UnPrediktble. I wouldn't have made a deal either, if I were TheAsgard.

Well actually, I might have, because the other two players gave up a ton of equity in the chop. I can't believe they let michael1123 walk away with 28K. If they were willing to agree to such a bad deal then TheAsgard probably could've gotten more than his fair shar of the prize pool. But failing that, I think he made the right decision.

[Greedo017]

he was the second best imo also. the reason why he should've chopped is because there is a 10k difference between 4th and a chop with 4 people. all it takes is a little bit of bad luck, like happened to him when michael flopped the boat, and 10k is out the window. to most people i think the prize scale is so steep in the last 4 people that you really need to chop just because its not worth risking that much money on what could be one unlucky hand or one suckout.

and, it was a great idea to let michael walk away with 28k. thats 3k less than 1st place pays out straight. 1st was 31, 2nd was i think 17, and 3rd was 11. so that's 59k total, michael got 28k, the other two each ~15-6k. so basically, the other two people, rather than fighting it out and risking finishing with 11k, both guaranteed themselves 16k. and michael, rather than risk getting 3rd place and only 11k, sacrificed 3k to get 28k instead, which is clearly worth it also.

[mcatdog]

I think you have the attitude of a person who doesn't have the bankroll to be playing in these games. I have to admit that I might have the same attitude if I was actually put in that situation, simply because 10K is almost my entire bankroll and I'd not want to deal with the variance.

However, if I had a bigger bankroll of say 50K, and I got to a final table where there are two players left who I think I'm clearly better than them, I'd easily risk the 10K and go for the win. It simply doesn't happen very often that you get the opportunity to play for that kind of money when you have an edge. You might get a bad beat, oh well, if you're good, you're more likely to get your money in ahead and take some of that 10K from the other players. That's the situation you dream about when you register for the tournament.

BTW I don't think it's even debatable that the chop was terrible for the two short stacks. They didn't even get second place money and totally sacrificed their chances for first place money. Michael only had 60% of the chips in play it's not like he was a lock to win the tournament by any means. If one of the short stacks finished in these places with these percentages of the time

20% 1st place = 31K
40% 2nd place = 17K
40% 3rd place = 11K

which I think are reasonable guesses given the stack sizes, then the short stack's overall expectation is 17.5K. In the actual chop they both got about 15.5K. I'd be willing to give up a small amount of equity to reduce variance (especially against a very good opponent like michael) but not even close to that much. These guys each threw 2000 dollars into the trash can by taking that chop.

[WildBobAA]

they made a horrible deal. it was great for michael but like mcat said, they took less than 2nd place money which is a joke

[PO$$E$$ED]

they made a horrible deal. it was great for michael but like mcat said, they took less than 2nd place money which is a joke

[Muxy]

they made a horrible deal. it was great for michael but like mcat said, they took less than 2nd place money which is a joke

Good job michael