*Official WSOP* Event #3: $1,500 PLHE

[Rizen]

I'm getting ready to head over to the Rio in a few minutes on the shuttle from Harrah's. If anyone else heads over I'll probably be stopping by the PokerStars booth and in that general area for a while. I'll be wearing a maroon t-shirt that says 'Biltmore Estate' and generally in clothes that look very similar to the picture in this online interview:

http://www.pokertips.org/weekly.shuffle/archives/2006-06-25

-Rizen

[pfkaok]

I'm in for this one. table 2... I'll try to see you at the pokerstars booth. should be in a grey Singha beer shirt.

[whipsaw]

[ QUOTE ]
Day 1 Final Table Already?
Day 1 of the Pot-Limit Hold'em event has barely kicked off and there is already a first round table worthy of a television feature. Table 65 is stacked with pros including the likes of Joe Awada, Tony Ma, Minh Ly, Humberto Brenes, Men "The Master", and "Minneapolis" Jim Meehan. This could get very interesting, really fast.

[/ QUOTE ]

Jesus. Hope pfkaok didn't get this table.

[burningyen]

Bad beat.

[Punker]

They announced 1100 starters, which means I probably finished about 1100th, as I went busto on the 6th hand with AA vs Gavin Smith's 76s on a flop of J63 rainbow. /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[Austiger]

[ QUOTE ]
They announced 1100 starters, which means I probably finished about 1100th, as I went busto on the 6th hand with AA vs Gavin Smith's 76s on a flop of J63 rainbow. /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[/ QUOTE ] what was the action?

[BlackAces]

I just shook my head at this update...

[ QUOTE ]
Wed Jun 28 17:55:00 PDT 2006
Here's an Understatement...Juanda was in a Big Pot
The flop reads AAK and John Juanda checks to his opponent. The player bets the pot and Juanda casually calls. On the turn is the 5. Juanda checks again and his opponent fires out $4000. Juanda comes over the top all-in for another $1850. After a few moments, the opponent checks his cards again and throws them into the muck. Juanda takes down the pot which totals $21000 and that's where he stands right now atop the leaderboard.

[/ QUOTE ]

[CardSharpCook]

[ QUOTE ]
They announced 1100 starters, which means I probably finished about 1100th, as I went busto on the 6th hand with AA vs Gavin Smith's 76s on a flop of J63 rainbow. /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

On the very first hand, I had KQ in the BB. Folded to SB who checks. I pot. He calls the 75. KQx flop. check, 150, call. x turn. check, 250, call. x river. Check, bet 600, call. He called off more than 2/3rds of his chips with KT. I could not believe my luck. Looks like Gavin had even better luck.

[Punker]

[ QUOTE ]
what was the action?

[/ QUOTE ]

I start the hand with 1450, him slightly more. He raises to 75 UTG and I reraise to 225 in the cutoff, and he calls. Flop is the aforementioned J63 rainbow. He checks, I bet 275, he calls. At this point, I am pretty sure my hand is good so I want to get all the chips in the middle.

Turn is a three, putting two diamonds on board, he checks, I Check, trying to make my hand look like a missed AK/AQ, and to induce him to bluff (or to call a bet from me) on the river with what I expect isn't a very strong hand (I expected he had something like 77).

River is a 9, completing the flush. He bets 600 I raise for the rest of what Ive got, and he calls with the flush.

[AllinDan]

I take it the fact that your posting means your luck didn't continue?

How many events are you planning on playing this year?

[CardSharpCook]

yeah... busto very early. Playing all the limit events, and a few others. Will play the main thanks to party VIP.

[Jason Strasser (strassa2)]

I lost, Freddy deeb busted me, I made a move, he had pocket deuces. I had Jack high no draw.

[cameronw01]

[ QUOTE ]
I lost, Freddy deeb busted me, I made a move, he had pocket deuces. I had Jack high no draw.

[/ QUOTE ]

A pair draw is too a draw!

[Stylite]

Congrats on cashing, Rizen!
Looking forward to checking the standings in the morning.

~Stylite

[0evg0]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
what was the action?

[/ QUOTE ]

I start the hand with 1450, him slightly more. He raises to 75 UTG and I reraise to 225 in the cutoff, and he calls. Flop is the aforementioned J63 rainbow. He checks, I bet 275, he calls. At this point, I am pretty sure my hand is good so I want to get all the chips in the middle.

Turn is a three, putting two diamonds on board, he checks, I Check, trying to make my hand look like a missed AK/AQ, and to induce him to bluff (or to call a bet from me) on the river with what I expect isn't a very strong hand (I expected he had something like 77).

River is a 9, completing the flush. He bets 600 I raise for the rest of what Ive got, and he calls with the flush.

[/ QUOTE ]

You lost 60xbb all-in on the river with 1-pair and a 3-flush on the board?

This is bad, and that's all I'll say.

[TIEdup14]

These internet kids get married to aces

[scottc25]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
what was the action?

[/ QUOTE ]

I start the hand with 1450, him slightly more. He raises to 75 UTG and I reraise to 225 in the cutoff, and he calls. Flop is the aforementioned J63 rainbow. He checks, I bet 275, he calls. At this point, I am pretty sure my hand is good so I want to get all the chips in the middle.

Turn is a three, putting two diamonds on board, he checks, I Check, trying to make my hand look like a missed AK/AQ, and to induce him to bluff (or to call a bet from me) on the river with what I expect isn't a very strong hand (I expected he had something like 77).

River is a 9, completing the flush. He bets 600 I raise for the rest of what Ive got, and he calls with the flush.

[/ QUOTE ]

If you want to hear Gavin Smith's account check out the Card Player podcast a couple minutes in.

[Tyler Durden]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
what was the action?

[/ QUOTE ]

I start the hand with 1450, him slightly more. He raises to 75 UTG and I reraise to 225 in the cutoff, and he calls. Flop is the aforementioned J63 rainbow. He checks, I bet 275, he calls. At this point, I am pretty sure my hand is good so I want to get all the chips in the middle.

Turn is a three, putting two diamonds on board, he checks, I Check, trying to make my hand look like a missed AK/AQ, and to induce him to bluff (or to call a bet from me) on the river with what I expect isn't a very strong hand (I expected he had something like 77).

River is a 9, completing the flush. He bets 600 I raise for the rest of what Ive got, and he calls with the flush.

[/ QUOTE ]

I really don't like the way this was played. Preflop I think you have to raise more, you're giving great immediate odds to virtually any hand, and Gavin loves to play suited connectors for a raise (either making the raise or calling one).

This statement:
[ QUOTE ]
At this point, I am pretty sure my hand is good so I want to get all the chips in the middle.

[/ QUOTE ]

is contradictory to this one:

[ QUOTE ]
I Check, trying to make my hand look like a missed AK/AQ,

[/ QUOTE ]

And on the river I see very little value in raising.

[dcviperboy]

Rizen, you are a man among boys.....and i want to have your babies....lol.....good luck

[Punker]

[ QUOTE ]
Preflop I think you have to raise more

[/ QUOTE ]

Well let's see. There is 50 in blinds, and Gavin's 75 raise. So, I suppose my max raise would have been to 275 instead instead of 225. I don't see any difference.

I don't see how the two statements are contradictory - I thought my hand was good and was trying to take the line most likely to result in the two of us going to an all in showdown. Betting all in is unlikely to get a call from a weak hand - checking is more likely to get him to make a pot committing bet.

Raising on the river is debatable, sure. But given what I felt he had, I figured he couldn't fold for just 300 more with the pot at 2500 or whatever.

[Rizen]

17/70 going into day 2. The blinds are going to be 1k/2k though with avg stack being about 20k, so I think day 2 is going to move pretty darn quick until we get down to around 4 tables. We'll see though, people may play tight to try and move up too. I'll have to judge once I get to my table.

I had John Juanda 2 to my left most of the day until we hit the money, then I got moved to a new table with Victor Ramden directly to my left. Both had TONS of chips all day long and we pretty aggressive so I was somewhat limited on what I could do.

We'll see how my draw is. I always like my chances when I have chips deep, but stacks are pretty shallow so anything can happen.

-Rizen

[zoobird]

Good luck! I was figuring the over/under on events you final table was around 1...maybe I'll have to revise that upwards.

[Punker]

[ QUOTE ]
If you want to hear Gavin Smith's account check out the Card Player podcast a couple minutes in.

[/ QUOTE ]

Can you give me a link and explain to me how to watch this?

[HossTheBoss]

[ QUOTE ]
They announced 1100 starters, which means I probably finished about 1100th, as I went busto on the 6th hand with AA vs Gavin Smith's 76s on a flop of J63 rainbow. /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

....just heard gavin rag on you on the circuit.... keep sticking all your money in with 1 pair in wsop events plz

[CardSharpCook]

Punker, you butchered the hand.

[mlagoo]

GL Rizen! It's been AGES since you've made an FT, you're due /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[ZBTHorton]

[ QUOTE ]
Punker, you butchered the hand.

[/ QUOTE ]

[DemonDeac]

[ QUOTE ]
17/70 going into day 2. The blinds are going to be 1k/2k though with avg stack being about 20k, so I think day 2 is going to move pretty darn quick until we get down to around 4 tables. We'll see though, people may play tight to try and move up too. I'll have to judge once I get to my table.

I had John Juanda 2 to my left most of the day until we hit the money, then I got moved to a new table with Victor Ramden directly to my left. Both had TONS of chips all day long and we pretty aggressive so I was somewhat limited on what I could do.

We'll see how my draw is. I always like my chances when I have chips deep, but stacks are pretty shallow so anything can happen.

-Rizen

[/ QUOTE ]

Just look into Ramdin's eyes and say, "So...how many FT sweat threads have you made?" Then follow up when he stares at you blankly, "That's what I thought."

[LearnedfromTV]

Go Rizen.

[Punker]

Thanks, how do you play it different?

[Punker]

Wow, I just heard it. Gavin completely misrepresents the hand. As I described, he did not limp in with 76s -> he raised to 3x the BB. I did not raise "a moderate amount" -> I raised nearly the maximum. On the flop, it's debatable whether you consider my bet to be "small" -> it represented about 25% of each of our stacks and about 55% of the pot.

That I'm somehow supposed to assign him a range that beats aces after he raises UTG and the board it J62-3-9 is beyond me. If you can do it, more power to you.

(I'd also like to note that immediately before his explanation of my hand, Sebok describes getting all in with one pair, and then immediately after, Smith describes getting all in with TPTK).

Finally, I don't think I exactly slammed over my hand in the manner he describes. I think I just flipped it up and tossed it face up in the middle of the table. Yeesh. We counted the chips, I said he's got me, and I left.

[scottc25]

[ QUOTE ]
Wow, I just heard it. Gavin completely misrepresents the hand. As I described, he did not limp in with 76s -> he raised to 3x the BB. I did not raise "a moderate amount" -> I raised nearly the maximum. On the flop, it's debatable whether you consider my bet to be "small" -> it represented about 25% of each of our stacks and about 55% of the pot.

That I'm somehow supposed to assign him a range that beats aces after he raises UTG and the board it J62-3-9 is beyond me. If you can do it, more power to you.

(I'd also like to note that immediately before his explanation of my hand, Sebok describes getting all in with one pair, and then immediately after, Smith describes getting all in with TPTK).

Finally, I don't think I exactly slammed over my hand in the manner he describes. I think I just flipped it up and tossed it face up in the middle of the table. Yeesh. We counted the chips, I said he's got me, and I left.

[/ QUOTE ]

Call in and leave him a message tonight. The # is 1-877-675-1306.

[NapHead]

Down to final 4 tables and Rizen has an average stack size.

[professormike]

Rizen is due for a WSOP FT sweat thread.

[gobboboy]

[ QUOTE ]
That I'm somehow supposed to assign him a range that beats aces after he raises UTG and the board it J62-3-9 is beyond me. If you can do it, more power to you.

[/ QUOTE ]

There's a huge difference between him betting a hand on the river for value that you still beat and him calling your push on the river with a hand that you beat. There is literally no hand that he calls a river push with that you beat. You misplayed the hand terribly. If you check the turn you're taking a cheap showdown.

[professormike]

Rizen currently 11/32.

[silencee]

[ QUOTE ]
Rizen currently 11/32.

[/ QUOTE ]

GL!

[Jurollo]

1 Annand Ramdin 166,000
2 Richard Chase 113,000
3 Tim Phan 83,500
4 Rafe Furst 75,500
5 George Bronstein 69,500
6 Burt Boutin 65,500
7 Alan Gilbert 64,500
8 Can Kim Hua 64,000
9 John Juanda 57,000
10 Brian Appelbaum 55,000
<font color="red">11 Eric Lynch 48,000</font>
12 Tri Tran 47,500
13 Rocky Enciso 45,000
13 Eric Vogelstein 45,000
14 Matthew Hilger 44,500
15 Anselmo Villarreal 44,000
16 Webber Kang 41,500
17 Grant Lang 41,000
18 Glenn Hughes 37,000
18 Amnon Filippi 37,000
19 Ben Lamb 35,500
20 Scotty Brown 35,000
21 Shae Drobushevich 34,000
21 Chang Huang 34,000
22 Randy Jensen 32,000
23 Isaac Galazan 30,500
24 Dewey Tomko 24,000
25 Michael Davis 23,000
26 Jeffrey Lowenhav 21,000
27 Jason Dickerson 19,500
28 Luis Velador 19,000
29 Dan Alspach 18,000

[Yuv]

Shae Drobushevich is -db- on stars, right?

[Kevmath]

[ QUOTE ]
Shae Drobushevich is -db- on stars, right?

[/ QUOTE ]

Yes.

[cameronw01]

Victor Ramdin is a friend of Full Tilt I believe. I should let Cardplayer know, they're missing out on some quality advertising potential there.

14/27 I believe.

[whipsaw]

[ QUOTE ]

25 Michael Davis 23,000


[/ QUOTE ]

Is that this guy? http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showpr...part=2&amp;vc=1 (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showprofile.php?Cat=0&amp;User=115&amp;Number=6360981&amp;Boar d=exchange&amp;what=showflat&amp;page=0&amp;fpart=2&amp;vc=1)

[cameronw01]

Rizen now short stack.

[stevepa]

Victor Ramdin = scary to play against and is the newest member of Team Pokerstars. He owned me repeatedly at the WPT Championship /images/graemlins/frown.gif

Steve

[StaticShock]

[ QUOTE ]
Rizen now short stack.

[/ QUOTE ]

Not anymore.

[Yuv]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Rizen now short stack.

[/ QUOTE ]

Not anymore.

[/ QUOTE ]

?

Didn't see any updates on him at the moment

[Stickmn24]

http://cardplayer.com/tournaments/chip_counts/3192 has him at $94,000 at the moment.

[mlagoo]

check chip counts his chip stack has RIZEN

/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[NapHead]

1 Richard Chase $185,000
2 Ben Lamb $120,000
3 Chang Huang $110,000
3 Can Kim Hua $110,000
5 Tim Phan $102,000
6 Dewey Tomko $100,000
7 Eric Lynch $ 94,000


20 left.

[Annulus]

Rizen can make wsop history by being the first person to start a *official wsop thread* and winning said event. /images/graemlins/blush.gif

[tedtodd]

[ QUOTE ]
check chip counts his chip stack has RIZEN

/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

He must have taken the chips from someone....going from shortstack to top 10- how is that not worthy of mentioning the hand details. come on cardplayer...

[thirddan]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]

25 Michael Davis 23,000


[/ QUOTE ]

Is that this guy? http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showpr...part=2&amp;vc=1 (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showprofile.php?Cat=0&amp;User=115&amp;Number=6360981&amp;Boar d=exchange&amp;what=showflat&amp;page=0&amp;fpart=2&amp;vc=1)

[/ QUOTE ]

no...

[professormike]

Keep it up Rizen.

[whipsaw]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]

25 Michael Davis 23,000


[/ QUOTE ]

Is that this guy? http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showpr...part=2&amp;vc=1 (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showprofile.php?Cat=0&amp;User=115&amp;Number=6360981&amp;Boar d=exchange&amp;what=showflat&amp;page=0&amp;fpart=2&amp;vc=1)

[/ QUOTE ]

no...

[/ QUOTE ]

I didn't imagine so.

[mlagoo]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
check chip counts his chip stack has RIZEN

/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

He must have taken the chips from someone....going from shortstack to top 10- how is that not worthy of mentioning the hand details. come on cardplayer...

[/ QUOTE ]

not to mention that the people at cardplayer are always all over bax's and neverwin's jock -- rizen has shown this year that he's one of the top MTT players, dude should be in the updates (especially when we're down to 20 handed!)

[Andykay]

Someone should bring to cardplayer's attention that if there's anyone to watch in any of these events it's gonna be rizen. Him doubling must have been a pretty solid hand, no idea why they wouldn't bother to cover it.

Ahh, living vicariously is great...almost as great as being able to afford to be in vegas myself.

-Andrew

[Punker]

[ QUOTE ]
There's a huge difference between him betting a hand on the river for value that you still beat and him calling your push on the river with a hand that you beat. There is literally no hand that he calls a river push with that you beat.

[/ QUOTE ]

So you don't think hands like AJ are in his range here (hell, considering he raised UTG, I half considered he might have an overpair to the board as well and was trying to trap me). And you realize my river push was about about 300 into a pot of 2200, and you think he wouldn't call with basically any piece of the board?

Im glad to admit I took a risk on this hand. I played it in a risky manner to try to get the maximum amount of chips out of him when I figured I had him in bad shape on the flop. Bad shape doesn't mean drawing dead, and he drew out; fine. If the river blanks off, I think I'll get a few hundred out of him by making a small river bet with what screams of an airballed AK, and we'll all be wondering how he managed to put in 800 of his 1500 chips with a pair of sixes out of position.

If he misses, I look great, if he draws out, I look like a moron. That's about it. I think the play was ok, but risky, that's all.

After a day of doubting myself over this hand, I've made peace with it and am ok with it. GL to Rizen.

[bgoalie35]

No time to report on Rizen, we have to keep up with Randy Jensen's "two outer" with a flush draw.

God is getting ready to resurrect a kitten, Rizen is closing in on FT.

[FGators]

I have never seen Randy Jensen make an above average poker play in the 3 years I have followed poker closely.

[Vuron00]

Does Cardplayer have a beef with 2+2 or do they just love their named pros and forget about everybody else.

Go Go Rizen.

[mlagoo]

"Jensen is euphoric. He slaps his hands real loud and it's a little too close to John Juanda's ear for his liking. Juanda says, "That hand won't pay for my surgery." After some laughter Jensen states, "Two chips and a chair!" Juanda turns and says, "See, if you play really patient and don't give up, you can wait and put all your chips in the middle with J-3." Jensen, who started the hand with close to $20,000, now has $40,000. "


haha i love juanda.

[bambam16]

Chip counts updated


1. Richard Chase $278,000
2. Ben Lamb $185,000
3. John Juanda $156,000
4. Anselmo Villarreal $125,000
5. Eric Lynch $110,000
5. Can Kim Hua $110,000

GOOO Rizen!

[XXsooted]

Someone tell him to play a big pot against Richard Chase, Junada, or Jensen so we can read about it

[BadgerPro]

[ QUOTE ]
Someone tell him to play a big pot against Richard Chase, Junada, or Jensen so we can read about it

[/ QUOTE ]

If he eliminates someone that should do the trick too.

[AllinDan]

any way to get cardplayer to call him Eric "human sweat thread" Lynch? much sicker than Eric "Rizen" Lynch in my opinion.

Take it down Rizen!

Now come on. How many of us did not see this coming?

Keep it up Rizen. I think we'll all be shocked if you don't make the FT.

[Brandonjp13]

I wonder if he's thought at all about the sweat thread we got going here and what we're saying..

[La Brujita]

gl rizen

is there a link to entrants and payout structure i missed?


edit i found it

i put the over under on him at fourth

[Jurollo]

[ QUOTE ]
gl rizen

is there a link to entrants and payout structure i missed?


edit i found it

i put the over under on him at fourth

[/ QUOTE ]


PLACE
PRIZE

1
$345,984

2
$180,508

3
$104,544

4
$75,212

5
$60,169

6
$52,648

7
$45,127

8
$37,606

9
$33,845

10
$30,085

11
$27,828

12
$25,572

13
$23,316

14
$21,059

15
$18,803

16
$16,547

17
$14,290

18
$12,034

27 - 19
$9,777

36 - 28
$7,521

45 - 37
$6,017

54 - 46
$4,513

63 - 55
$3,761

81 - 64
$3,008

99 - 82
$2,256

[Performify]

[ QUOTE ]
i put the over under on him at first

[/ QUOTE ]

FYP /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Spoke with him today. He's calm, cool, collected and confident.

In short, he's taking this home.

[mlagoo]

any idea what the chances are this gets televised?

i would imagine pretty slim.

[Jurollo]

Isuck123 over @ P5's talked to eric before break..

[ QUOTE ]
HE had 120k, about 25k more then avg stack.
He seems very comfortable and is playing well. He seems to be playing less pots then he normally does, which i think is a good thing at this point. What i found interesting is the fact he seems extremely calm at the table, and is constantly watching every player. A lot of the other players are leaving table for conversations, or to see the other table. He seems like the most intense player at the table. No way anyone would know he is an internet player unless they knew.
GL Eric!

[/ QUOTE ]

So he is a little higher that what CP says.
~Justin

[ QUOTE ]
any idea what the chances are this gets televised

[/ QUOTE ]

Thought this was already decided.

edit: Seems as though it will. (http://members.cox.net/larosa8/misc/tv_sched.jpg)

[StlCardsBlues]

It is currently
on ESPNs schedule for Oct. 3 at 9:00pm

[Brandonjp13]

[ QUOTE ]
any idea what the chances are this gets televised?

i would imagine pretty slim.

[/ QUOTE ]

The TV schedule is posted someplace.. I remember seeing pot-limit someplace, maybe thats not this one though.

[Kevmath]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/poker/news/story?id=2203310

[BadgerPro]

[ QUOTE ]
With the first hand dealt out after break, Rafe Furst, on the button, raised to $15,000 and is re-raised by Tim Phan who moves all in for $32,000 total. Furst folds and Phan collects a nice pot.

[/ QUOTE ]

Seriously? 3k/6k blinds, getting close to 3:1 fold?

[Stylite]

Yeah...thought that was a bit odd. Dunno. Maybe the Friends of Full Tilt operate at a higher level or something.

[blockafor]

From Cardplayer:

Thu Jun 29 20:35:00 PDT 2006
Quick All-In
With the first hand dealt out after break, Rafe Furst, on the button, raised to $15,000 and is re-raised by Tim Phan who moves all in for $32,000 total. Furst folds and Phan collects a nice pot.

----------------------------------------

Weak.

[Performify]

Finally a sighting...

Eric Lynch Doesn't Like the Flop
Eric Lynch, who has $130,000 in chips, raised from the button to $18,000 and is called by Burt Boutin in the big blind. The board comes A/images/graemlins/club.gif 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif 4/images/graemlins/club.gif . Boutin, who is first to act from the big blind, bets $20,000 and Lynch quickly folds. Boutin now has $115,000.

[Brandonjp13]

Maybe he had a read?

[BadgerPro]

[ QUOTE ]
Maybe he had a read?

[/ QUOTE ]

What, other player exposes an over pair? That's a sick read to fold getting 3:1.

[Andykay]

Haha despite that, cardplayer has his chips having gone UP to 140k.

They have him in 3rd right now.

-Andrew

[Jurollo]

I used to think Eric was just on a huge heater (like Gavin went on a year ago with the $100r's) but now I just think he cheats.
~Justin

[ QUOTE ]
I used to think Eric was just on a huge heater (like Gavin went on a year ago with the $100r's) but now I know for sure that he is

[/ QUOTE ]

[BadgerPro]

[ QUOTE ]
I used to think Eric was just on a huge heater (like Gavin went on a year ago with the $100r's) but now I just think he cheats.
~Justin

[/ QUOTE ]

How did he get his pattern mapper to work for live games?

[HSB]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I used to think Eric was just on a huge heater (like Gavin went on a year ago with the $100r's) but now I just think he cheats.
~Justin

[/ QUOTE ]

How did he get his pattern mapper to work for live games?

[/ QUOTE ]

Minor tweak to the flux capacitor.

[Kevmath]

[ QUOTE ]
How did he get his pattern mapper to work for live games?

[/ QUOTE ]

With the help of this guy:

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/images/2006WSOP/3rizen-tv.jpg

[Brandonjp13]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Maybe he had a read?

[/ QUOTE ]

What, other player exposes an over pair? That's a sick read to fold getting 3:1.

[/ QUOTE ]

maybe he was just high or something and forgot to calculate the pot odds... or maybe his highness resulted in a skewed vision of the pot odds?

[Bakes]

How up-to-date are the chip counts on CP supposed to be? Within 15 minutes? 30? Random guesses?

[Jurollo]

[ QUOTE ]

Thu Jun 29 21:20:00 PDT 2006
Eric Lynch Kicked Out of $1500 PLHE

Eric Lynch, who had $140,000 in chips, was just called out by two other players at his table for marking the cards in the deck. The tournament director was rushed to the seen, having to leave the $1500 NLHE Final Table proceedings and found that indeed Lynch was marking the Aces in the deck with a special tool located underneath his left thumbnail. He has been forced to forfeit and all players KO'd will move up the pay ladder 1 spot. More on this when information becomes available.


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WTF?!?!?

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Thu Jun 29 21:20:00 PDT 2006
Eric Lynch Kicked Out of $1500 PLHE

Eric Lynch, who had $140,000 in chips, was just called out by two other players at his table for marking the cards in the deck. The tournament director was rushed to the seen, having to leave the $1500 NLHE Final Table proceedings and found that indeed Lynch was marking the Aces in the deck with a special tool located underneath his left thumbnail. He has been forced to forfeit and all players KO'd will move up the pay ladder 1 spot. More on this when information becomes available.


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WTF?!?!?

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This is obv a joke.

Right????

[La Brujita]

its a funny joke i think

or maybe not that funny really

[Brandonjp13]

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Thu Jun 29 21:20:00 PDT 2006
Eric Lynch Kicked Out of $1500 PLHE

Eric Lynch, who had $140,000 in chips, was just called out by two other players at his table for marking the cards in the deck. The tournament director was rushed to the seen, having to leave the $1500 NLHE Final Table proceedings and found that indeed Lynch was marking the Aces in the deck with a special tool located underneath his left thumbnail. He has been forced to forfeit and all players KO'd will move up the pay ladder 1 spot. More on this when information becomes available.


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WTF?!?!?

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This is obv a joke.

Right????

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Seen=scene??....all=joke.

[mpitts]

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Thu Jun 29 21:20:00 PDT 2006
Eric Lynch Kicked Out of $1500 PLHE

Eric Lynch, who had $140,000 in chips, was just called out by two other players at his table for marking the cards in the deck. The tournament director was rushed to the seen, having to leave the $1500 NLHE Final Table proceedings and found that indeed Lynch was marking the Aces in the deck with a special tool located underneath his left thumbnail. He has been forced to forfeit and all players KO'd will move up the pay ladder 1 spot. More on this when information becomes available.


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WTF?!?!?

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nh

[KingMedicine]

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Thu Jun 29 21:20:00 PDT 2006
Eric Lynch Kicked Out of $1500 PLHE

Eric Lynch, who had $140,000 in chips, was just called out by two other players at his table for marking the cards in the deck. The tournament director was rushed to the seen, having to leave the $1500 NLHE Final Table proceedings and found that indeed Lynch was marking the Aces in the deck with a special tool located underneath his left thumbnail. He has been forced to forfeit and all players KO'd will move up the pay ladder 1 spot. More on this when information becomes available.


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WTF?!?!?

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OMG, i thought this was a joke, but its not. man o man does he have some explaining to do.

[Andykay]

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He actually is in the PLHE tournament if you look closely...

-Andrew

[peacemaker]

And he makes a move

1Richard Chase$245,000 $-40,000

2Eric Lynch$215,000 $75,000

3Burt Boutin$155,000 $40,000

3Webber Kang$155,000 $25,000

5

[professormike]

So in about 15 minutes CardPlayer will let us know how he got there.

[RedWave]

According to a thread at ITH he(Rizen) just doubled to $350K with set over set.
Flop A96- he held 99, opponent 66.

[bigballz]

is the FT tonight too?

[Andykay]

ITH?

-Andrew

[peacemaker]

from poker stars

9:26pm--One word: Weeeeeee! (Sorry about that). With 17 player remaining and the blinds looking a bit punitive, Rizen's face gave nothing away. He was in the big blind against Matthew Hilger and another player. On a flop of A96, Rizen fired out. Hilger folded, but the other opponent came over the top. Rizen put in the rest of his chips. It was brutal. Rizen held pocket nines to his opponent's...pocket sixes. Rizen now has an impressive stack. I'm not counting any chickens here, but the final table isn't far away.

[Brandonjp13]

this is fn' up my playing tonight, i'm busy paying attention here and nto my table :P

[BadgerPro]

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this is fn' up my playing tonight, i'm busy paying attention here and nto my table :P

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I just busted from the 55k when I pushed 72o.

[professormike]

Rizen in 1st!

[StlCardsBlues]

There's a new chipleader --- RIZEN

[jgunnip]

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Thu Jun 29 21:20:00 PDT 2006
Eric Lynch Kicked Out of $1500 PLHE

Eric Lynch, who had $140,000 in chips, was just called out by two other players at his table for marking the cards in the deck. The tournament director was rushed to the seen, having to leave the $1500 NLHE Final Table proceedings and found that indeed Lynch was marking the Aces in the deck with a special tool located underneath his left thumbnail. He has been forced to forfeit and all players KO'd will move up the pay ladder 1 spot. More on this when information becomes available.


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[peacemaker]

2 more bust outs only 14 left. With Rizen #1.

[Andykay]

The man is a machine. Wish I could watch.

The guy who invents a camera system that can play back B+M poker on a pokerstars table in real time will make a fortune!

-Andrew

[cameronw01]

Wowowowowowow. Rizen is an unstoppable.

[BadgerPro]

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Chang Huang is forced all-in by Eric Lynch and calls the raise. Huang flips over 6club7heart and is dominated by Lynch's pocket Queens. Huang does not improve and is eliminated in 15th.

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[professormike]

Apparently only 12 left according to CP's chip counts.

[BadgerPro]

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Apparently only 12 left according to CP's chip counts.

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13, two players are tied for 12th in chips.

[wiper]

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The man is a machine. Wish I could watch.

The guy who invents a camera system that can play back B+M poker on a pokerstars table in real time will make a fortune!

-Andrew

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indeed..

[Jurollo]

Please Norm and Lon if Eric KO's someone with a runner runner when he wins this thing can you token it a "Rizen Runner"? Thats all I ask. This man is a train heading downhill now, going to be hard to stop him considering he has the best endgame of anyone I have ever talked poker with.
~Justin

[professormike]

Rizen 270k!!!!!

[dwatts1350]

When is the FT? I'll probably be at work and won't be able to follow it =(

[professormike]

I believe in his blog Rizen said that they would play down to the FT tonight.

[Annulus]

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considering he has the best endgame of anyone I have ever talked poker with.
~Justin

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[NapHead]

12 left.


$380,000 RIZEN

[Brandonjp13]

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I believe in his blog Rizen said that they would play down to the FT tonight.

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That is correct

[professormike]

Rizen has 2x 2nd place.

[professormike]

Webber Kang calls from the button and Eric Lynch in the big blind checks. Flop comes 8club 7spade 3spade and Kang pushes all-in. Lynch calls instantly and flips over 7diamond 3club for two pair, while Kang shows 10diamond 8spade. Kang does not improve and the river brings a 3heart giving Lynch a full-boat. Kang is eliminated in 13th.

[birdytime]

Did Eric pay his own way or does he have some sort of backing arrangement for the series?

[Brandonjp13]

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Webber Kang calls from the button and Eric Lynch in the big blind checks. Flop comes 8club 7spade 3spade and Kang pushes all-in. Lynch calls instantly and flips over 7diamond 3club for two pair, while Kang shows 10diamond 8spade. Kang does not improve and the river brings a 3heart giving Lynch a full-boat. Kang is eliminated in 13th.

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Sweet.. more pwnage.

[professormike]

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Did Eric pay his own way or does he have some sort of backing arrangement for the series?

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I guess he bought into this event with his W$

[footnbaseball]

So apparently he's now not only marking aces, but also setting the deck. An impressive feat for a man who's not dealing...must be the way he throws his cards in the muck.

[Jurollo]

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Did Eric pay his own way or does he have some sort of backing arrangement for the series?

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I guess he bought into this event with his W$

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Correct, sorta. He bought W$ from Nat (well known for his lucky money) and he finds himself here now.
~Justin

[BettingBeagle]

He won his entry into the main event and bought into the others with his own money.

[cameronw01]

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Webber Kang calls from the button and Eric Lynch in the big blind checks. Flop comes 8club 7spade 3spade and Kang pushes all-in. Lynch calls instantly and flips over 7diamond 3club for two pair, while Kang shows 10diamond 8spade. Kang does not improve and the river brings a 3heart giving Lynch a full-boat. Kang is eliminated in 13th.

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I don't get this. You get to 13 left in the tourney then decide to open limp from the button with T8o. Why?

Edit: Oh, and 11 left. Second place just picked up a bunch of chips.

[BettingBeagle]

11 Left.
$380,000 Rizen.

[professormike]

I'm pretty sure Kang was top 3 or 4 in chips when it happened too, so why not raise from the button?

[DocMartin]

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Lynch On a Roll
With 12 players remaining, Eric Lynch almost has a 2-1 chip lead over Rocky Enciso who sits in second place.

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Get your own material Cardplayer.

[professormike]

430k for Rizen.

[DemonDeac]

i just got back from a long night and now have a huuuge erection from reading this thread

I /images/graemlins/heart.gif Rizen!!

[IWEARGOGGLES]

I am so jealous of this dude it makes me insane.

[peacemaker]

And then there were 10. Jensen bust out 11th.

[professormike]

Rizen should think about knocking out Rocky right now.

[Brandonjp13]

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i just got back from a long night and now have a huuuge erection from reading this thread

I /images/graemlins/heart.gif Rizen!!

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O rly

[professormike]

From middle position, Hua raises to $40,000 and is called by Eric Lynch from the big blind. The flop comes Aheart Qclub 5spade. Both players check and the turn brings the Aclub. Lynch fires out $60,000, causing Hua to fold. Eric Lynch stack now sits at $480,000.

[Brandonjp13]

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From middle position, Hua raises to $40,000 and is called by Eric Lynch from the big blind. The flop comes Aheart Qclub 5spade. Both players check and the turn brings the Aclub. Lynch fires out $60,000, causing Hua to fold. Eric Lynch stack now sits at $480,000.

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Standard.

[WebGuySteve]

GL man, I can't wait to see that bracelet in a few weeks!

[Pigslice]

wtf the live updates arent showing for me anymore, it just shows a different event

anyone else having this problem?

[DocMartin]

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Eric Lynch
$400,000
Down $-75,000

2
Rocky Enciso
$350,000
Up $20,000

3
Rafe Furst
$190,000
Up $90,000

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Looks like Rafe took a chunk off our boy

[DLizzle]

yes

[Pigslice]

k its working now and

From seat 2, Eric Lynch raises to $24,000 and from under-the-gun Rafe Furst pushes all-in for $50,000 more. Lynch calls and shows Aspade7spade, but is behind when he sees Furst's pocket Queens. The flop comes Qclub 3club 2diamond giving Furst his set. The 3heart hits on the turn, and Fursts full house can't be beat. Rafe Furst doubles up to $190,000.

=(

[mlagoo]

lol.

what a ridiculous human being.

[Brandonjp13]

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wtf the live updates arent showing for me anymore, it just shows a different event

anyone else having this problem?

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Likewise...

[Brandonjp13]

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k its working now and

From seat 2, Eric Lynch raises to $24,000 and from under-the-gun Rafe Furst pushes all-in for $50,000 more. Lynch calls and shows Aspade7spade, but is behind when he sees Furst's pocket Queens. The flop comes Qclub 3club 2diamond giving Furst his set. The 3heart hits on the turn, and Fursts full house can't be beat. Rafe Furst doubles up to $190,000.

=(

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He's just playing around with them, not letting them bust out yet so he can get better reads on everyone else /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Pigslice]

Blinds going up and 6 people have &lt;10 bb, someone better get knocked out soon damnit

[BadgerPro]

Tomko is listed at 4k = 1/4BB

[NHFunkii]

ansky - I will no longer accept the 2:1 that rizen will win.

just saying.

rizen - YOU ARE A GOD

[pdjplano]

Go Rizen!!!

Will be fun to watch him win this tomorrow /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[NapHead]

Good luck on final table Rizen /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[bambam16]

GL RIZEN!!! Take this thing down!

[BadgerPro]

A full day long final table sweat thread... sick. But then nothing's new I guess.

GL RIZEN!

[Soulman]

So obvious cheatz. Rizen has x-ray vision glasses right?

[cameronw01]

FT TIME! (Well, tomorrow it is).

Good luck Rizen!

[Pigslice]

He made it! congrats and take this one down

[Brandonjp13]

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A full day long final table sweat thread... sick. But then nothing's new I guess.

GL RIZEN!

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Someone should get him a shirt that reads "Human Sweat Thread"

[Yuv]

So, umm, is this Rizen guy any good?

Geez.

[Jurollo]

Guys I got an official thread and a sticky or two up. It will be crazy tomorrow so lets keep some order.
~Justin

[Smokey98]

GL Rizen. Bring it home!

[tedtodd]

Wow- what a great chip stack- how many times has he NOT taken 1st having come into a final table with a 2:1 chip lead.

Also- is it possible that anyone else has on that table has much recent FT experience....probably not.

RIZEN OWNS!!! GL!

[Setof8s]

Good luck at the final table Rizen!

[nastycanasty]

Best of luck to you!