Toronto Escorts

World Series of Poker 2018

K Douglas

Half Man Half Amazing
Jan 5, 2005
26,135
6,344
113
Room 112
http://www.wsop.com/2018/final-table/

Have been watching this on TSN the past few nights. 3 were eliminated from the final table yesterday.

9th place - Antoine Labat $1M payout
8th place - Artem Metalidi $1.25M payout
7th place - Alex Lynskey $1.5M payout

The short stack going into day 2 of the final table is Aram Zobrian with $16.7M in chips (approx 15 big blinds). Chip leader with a whopping $156.5M is Michael Dyer who reminds me a bit of Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The most recognizable name left is Joe Cada who won the 2009 Main Event. Incredible he is back there again!

I know poker isn't technically a sport but it is a mental challenge. Kudos to these guys for enduring through a field of 7800+ competitors. The 2nd biggest of all time.
 

K Douglas

Half Man Half Amazing
Jan 5, 2005
26,135
6,344
113
Room 112
Down to the final 3. Dyer bled chips yesterday and is now the shortest stack with $26.2M. That represents about 13 big blinds. John Cynn was all in at one point yesterday but made a nice late run and sits in second at $128.7M chips. The big chip stack is Tony Miles $238.9M. He's truly a feel good story having beaten addiction issues. I'm rooting for him.

3rd place gets $3.75M
2nd place gets $5M
1st place gets $8.8M

All are life changing prize amounts. Kudos to these players.
 

superstar_88

The Chiseler
Jan 4, 2008
5,277
964
113
More a game than a sport. Sport to me requires some physicality and coordination of some sort. To say that chess is a sport would be laughable.
 

Nad Smith

Well-known member
Nov 23, 2004
1,626
117
63
maybe if they wore jerseys...i used to like it when the "old" timers played mostly on tv. Danile Negranau, Phil Hellmuth, Gus Hansen, Doyle Brunson and a few others....now it looks like a lottery game with a whole bunch of people i never heard of...........of course, remember what Daniel Negranau once said "poker is like sex...everybody thinks they are great at it, but most people suck"
 

black booty lover

Well-known member
Oct 21, 2007
9,738
1,655
113
maybe if they wore jerseys...i used to like it when the "old" timers played mostly on tv. Danile Negranau, Phil Hellmuth, Gus Hansen, Doyle Brunson and a few others....now it looks like a lottery game with a whole bunch of people i never heard of...........of course, remember what Daniel Negranau once said "poker is like sex...everybody thinks they are great at it, but most people suck"
yeah but the problem is this, unlike sports or other games, no matter how good you are, poker still relies on a ton of luck. Even if your not as good as some of the greats like Negranau, you can go deep into a tourney and knock out some of the big boys. One of the reasons I stopped playing was because I got tired of playing tourneys not getting any playable hands, then playing another tourney only to get knocked by a bad beat. The grind gets to you after a while.
 

superstar_88

The Chiseler
Jan 4, 2008
5,277
964
113
yeah but the problem is this, unlike sports or other games, no matter how good you are, poker still relies on a ton of luck. Even if your not as good as some of the greats like Negranau, you can go deep into a tourney and knock out some of the big boys. One of the reasons I stopped playing was because I got tired of playing tourneys not getting any playable hands, then playing another tourney only to get knocked by a bad beat. The grind gets to you after a while.
What is your not?
 

whynot888

Well-known member
Nov 30, 2007
2,961
945
113
Planet Earth
yeah but the problem is this, unlike sports or other games, no matter how good you are, poker still relies on a ton of luck. Even if your not as good as some of the greats like Negranau, you can go deep into a tourney and knock out some of the big boys. One of the reasons I stopped playing was because I got tired of playing tourneys not getting any playable hands, then playing another tourney only to get knocked by a bad beat. The grind gets to you after a while.
Agree. Thats why i changed to 10/20 no limit cash games
 
Ashley Madison
Toronto Escorts