**WPT Final Table Sweat: shaniac, BeL0WaB0Ve, Matusow etc.**

[J.C. Gloves]

The WPT TV Final Table is set for tomorrow. Start time 4pm PT.

Blinds Ended @ 12K/24K (3K)

Chip Counts
Kevin Saul 4,210,000 (Seat 1)
Mike Matusow 1,872,000 (Seat 4)
Shane Schleger 1,838,000 (Seat 6)
Average 1,784,333
Danny Wong 1,022,000 (Seat 5)
Konstantin Puchkov 1,005,000 (Seat 3)
Eric Panayiotou 759,000 (Seat 2)

Payouts:

1 $1,342,320
2 $671,320
3 $361,480
4 $232,490
5 $154,920
6 $103,280

Gogogogogogogogogo Shane!!!!! /images/graemlins/cool.gif /images/graemlins/cool.gif /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Alex Jacob]

go shane... kevin, danny, mike. snub the other 2 that's how i roll!

[entertainme]

J.C. for mod!

[J.C. Gloves]

[ QUOTE ]
J.C. for mod!

[/ QUOTE ]
Aww thats sweet /images/graemlins/smile.gif Thx 4 the compliment.

I just love following this stuff. Now I've found a place to talk about it /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[stephenNUTS]

Good Luck Shane

~stephen

[BenTurpen]

Good luck Shane and Danny.

Should be a great final table with plenty of play. Nice saying that when referring to a WPT final.

[ace_in_the_hole]

Near the end of the night the song "pass the doche to the left hand side" was playing. I took that as a sign Shane was taking this tourney down.

Good luck Shane you have put in major work over the last few years, this is your time.

[ut2010]

Should be entertaining with Mike at the table.

[W brad]

Good luck Shane

But dude, work on the interview skills (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yulukjt8_1E)

[pokulator]

take it down shane!

[Bidz]

gogogo Shane!

[samsdmf]

[ QUOTE ]
Good luck Shane

But dude, work on the interview skills (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yulukjt8_1E)

[/ QUOTE ]

Didnt think that was bad at all, just looked a bit tired...and slightly nervy that he is in the presence of an OOT 7

[Rushmore]

[ QUOTE ]
Good luck Shane

But dude, work on the interview skills (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yulukjt8_1E)

[/ QUOTE ]

Holy crap that broad is hawt.

Take it down Shane.

[Melchiades]

Update your blog shaniac. Stop being lazy.

[zerocarb]

[ QUOTE ]
take it down shane!

[/ QUOTE ]

[daryn]

gl shane

does he remind anyone else of phil gordon? i dunno.. i got that vibe in the interview

[Chump Change]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Good luck Shane

But dude, work on the interview skills (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yulukjt8_1E)

[/ QUOTE ]

Didnt think that was bad at all, just looked a bit tired...and slightly nervy that he is in the presence of an OOT 7

[/ QUOTE ]

She was like 'you can go all night' and shaniac was like 'you gotdammed right girl'

[Al Capwne]

http://www.gallery19.us/images/100-31175.jpg


...and say: Mikey To Win It All!

[BigSoonerFan]

[ QUOTE ]
gl shane

does he remind anyone else of phil gordon? i dunno.. i got that vibe in the interview

[/ QUOTE ]

Looks a little like him, but that's it.....but I wasn't looking at Shane too much.

[WiiiiiiMan]

Great Top 3. Gonna give edge to Matasow.......

[snagglepuss]

gl shane

[DesertCat]

Shane should work on his jewfro, his hair is getting pwnd by Alex J.

[woodguy]

Wow, actual playable stacks at a WPT Final Table.

GO SHANE!!!!!!!!

[Shorty35]

[ QUOTE ]
Wow, actual playable stacks at a WPT Final Table.

GO SHANE!!!!!!!!

[/ QUOTE ]


Shane = Overdue for mainstream pokersuperstardom.

GLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGL.

[Dunkman]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Good luck Shane

But dude, work on the interview skills (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yulukjt8_1E)

[/ QUOTE ]

Didnt think that was bad at all, just looked a bit tired...and slightly nervy that he is in the presence of an OOT 7

[/ QUOTE ]

She was like 'you can go all night' and shaniac was like 'you gotdammed right girl'

[/ QUOTE ]

I know he's thinking about the tournament and all, but when she sets him up like that he's gotta bring more than "uhh, yeah, definitely."

[ReptileHouse]

Good luck, guys. Go take it down!

[Hurrrr]

[ QUOTE ]
Wow, actual playable stacks at a WPT Final Table.

GO SHANE!!!!!!!!

[/ QUOTE ]

Don't they generally up the blinds pretty significantly for the FT on the WPT. Just cuz the blinds ended at 12k/24k, I don't think they will necessarily stay there.

GL Shane.

[Mondogarage]

Shaniac, don't forget to remind Mikey to SHIP THE MONIES. lol

Take it doowwwwwn!

[Sponger.]

[ QUOTE ]
Payouts:

1 $1,342,320
2 $671,320
3 $361,480
4 $232,490
5 $154,920
6 $103,280

[/ QUOTE ]

Shane please win this ridiculously top heavy pay structured tourney.

[TehVader]

Who's the interviewer?

[Howard Treesong]

Shane:

gogogogogogogogogogogogo.

[PITTM]

[ QUOTE ]
gl shane

does he remind anyone else of phil gordon? i dunno.. i got that vibe in the interview

[/ QUOTE ]

oh snap!

[s33w33d]

gl_Shane

[J.C. Gloves]

A Few more facts about this tournament:

-There were 535 entrants @ 10K a pop. BeL0WaB0Ve has been either overall chip boss or @ the top 5 in chips throughout the ENTIRE tournament.

-This will be Danny Wong's 2nd WPT Final Table IN A ROW and 3rd for the year!!! He finished 6th @ both the World Poker Challenge in Reno and @ Mandalay Bay in early June for $113,913 and $76,515 respectively.

I certainly would not be upset if he were to win this, I'm a sucker for consistancy /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

-The WPT is trying out a new blind structure for this final table. If it goes over well it may be instituted from here on out. If it takes wayyyy too long to complete this final it may get tossed out, but here are the specifics:

Previously @ WPT final tables the blinds would roll back a level and be 60mins a level until Heads-Up when it got shortened to 30mins a level. This was made to speed up the tapings to get it done in a particular amount of time.

Now for this final table the structure will remain UNCHANGED and play str8 thru with 90-minute levels until Heads-Up when it shrinks to 60-minute levels. IMO this is a vast improvement and will give the players the amount of play they are looking for when playing for so much $$$ @ the end of these major tournaments.


I wish everyone the best of luck and I'll be sweating! /images/graemlins/smile.gif /images/graemlins/smile.gif /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[stephenNUTS]

I must say I dont ever remember a Final WPT Event,where the chipleader had 175 BB's,and even the SS has 32 BB's

I would expect plenty of good play!

~stephen

[Hurrrr]

[ QUOTE ]


-The WPT is trying out a new blind structure for this final table. If it goes over well it may be instituted from here on out. If it takes wayyyy too long to complete this final it may get tossed out, but here are the specifics:

Previously @ WPT final tables the blinds would roll back a level and be 60mins a level until Heads-Up when it got shortened to 30mins a level. This was made to speed up the tapings to get it done in a particular amount of time.

Now for this final table the structure will remain UNCHANGED and play str8 thru with 90-minute levels until Heads-Up when it shrinks to 60-minute levels. IMO this is a vast improvement and will give the players the amount of play they are looking for when playing for so much $$$ @ the end of these major tournaments.


I wish everyone the best of luck and I'll be sweating! /images/graemlins/smile.gif /images/graemlins/smile.gif /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Wow, this would be awesome if it sticks. WPT would be a lot more interesting with a better structure.

[Degenerasian]

Hahaha I love how Shane ends the interview, not the reporter.

[kemystery]

[ QUOTE ]
Update your blog shaniac. Stop being lazy.

[/ QUOTE ]

lol it provides a link on his blog to the writing he has done during WSOP

[Ckrad]

Get it done shane. Time for the big score!

[entertainme]

GO, GO Shaniac!
Take down Mike the maniac!

[Injection]

Play well man. Plz get HU with Mikey, he needs it bad.

[Berky]

goodluck shane.

[iMsoLucky0]

zomg

go shane!

[Jurollo]

Shane is definitely having sex (or had sex with) that reporter. You can cut the sexual tension with a knife! A knife I say!

[J.C. Gloves]

Final Table in progress...

[J.C. Gloves]

Kevin Saul opens again for 77,000 and Danny Wong calls from the small blind after carefull consideration.

The flop comes 874. Wong bets 135,000 and Saul makes the call. The turn brings the 10 and Wong takes his time again before betting 225,000. Kevin Saul moves all-in and this time Danny calls quickly. Saul shows KJ while Danny shows AA.

The river is a 6, missing Saul's gutshot straight draw, and allowing Danny to double up to 1.685 million.

After the hand Mike Matusow tells the self proclaimed online legend, "This Ain't the internet son!"

[MJBuddy]

[ QUOTE ]
Kevin Saul opens again for 77,000 and Danny Wong calls from the small blind after carefull consideration.

The flop comes 874. Wong bets 135,000 and Saul makes the call. The turn brings the 10 and Wong takes his time again before betting 225,000. Kevin Saul moves all-in and this time Danny calls quickly. Saul shows KJ while Danny shows AA.

The river is a 6, missing Saul's gutshot straight draw, and allowing Danny to double up to 1.685 million.

After the hand Mike Matusow tells the self proclaimed online legend, "This Ain't the internet son!"

[/ QUOTE ]

Of course it's not the internet..


No one has a vacuum strapped to Mike's bank account while he plays.

[gobbomom]

This is Kevin's first tv table. I'd bet his nerves are getting to him. C'mon Below!!!!!!!

[Injection]

Saul has a gutshot?

nvm, I'm blind.

[J.C. Gloves]

Mike Matusow raises from middle position and Kevin Saul makes the call for 75,000 from the small blind

The flop comes 10 9 5 and Mike bets 225,000. Kevin calls.

The turn is the 2. Saul checks again and Mike makes another strong bet of 300,000. Kevin calls.

The river brings the 8 and Kevin checks for a third time. Mike bets 300,000 and Kevin calls him down. Matusow shows a set of nines, and all Saul can do is muck. This is the third pot in a row he has lost

[J.C. Gloves]

Then 10mins later this hand:

Shane Schleger opens the pot for a 74,000 raise and is called by Kevin Saul. The flop comes QJ2 and Shaniac checks it over to Saul who bets 121,000. Schleger makes the call.

The turn is the 8 and Schleger checks for a second time. Saul leads out again and bets a quarter of a million chips. Schleger check-raises to 700,000. Kevin asks how much more he has left and Schleger says "Just over a million." He then goes into the tank for several minutes before making the call.

The river brings the A and they check it down. Shane shows 10-9 for the straight and 'BeLOWaBOVe' countinues his downward spiral.

[J.C. Gloves]

BeL0WaB0Ve down to 1.2million. Down 3million chips *gags*

[gobbomom]

[ QUOTE ]
BeL0WaB0Ve down to 1.2million. Down 3million chips *gags*

[/ QUOTE ]


I know!!! He's flaming out bigtime. It's heartbreaking to watch.

GOOGOGOGOGOGOGo

MIKEY & SHANE HU ftw win

[samsdmf]

Glad some of those chips went to Shane, take this one down kid

[harper983]

[ QUOTE ]
Shane = Overdue for mainstream pokersuperstardom.

GLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGL.

[/ QUOTE ]

[daryn]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
gl shane

does he remind anyone else of phil gordon? i dunno.. i got that vibe in the interview

[/ QUOTE ]

oh snap!

[/ QUOTE ]

yeah i didn't mean it as an insult, i meant visually. his face is similar and they do that same kind of mouth thing. come on someone has to agree..

[iMsoLucky0]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
gl shane

does he remind anyone else of phil gordon? i dunno.. i got that vibe in the interview

[/ QUOTE ]

oh snap!

[/ QUOTE ]

yeah i didn't mean it as an insult, i meant visually. his face is similar and they do that same kind of mouth thing. come on someone has to agree..

[/ QUOTE ]

no.

and you suck at this game.

[gobbomom]

[ QUOTE ]
Glad some of those chips went to Shane, take this one down kid

[/ QUOTE ]

Kevin benefited from the break apparently & took a million chips back. These guys aren't messin' around.

Cardplayer shows mikey at 3,000,000 and Shane down to 2,300,000 no details yet.

[gobbomom]

1Mike Matusow3,050,000 $50,000

2Kevin Saul2,750,000 $200,000

3Shane Schleger1,700,000 $-500,000

4Danny Wong1,400,000 $-900,000

5Eracles Panayiyou690,000 $-210,000

6Konstantin Puchkov660,000 $-90,000

[yimyammer]

[ QUOTE ]
Good luck Shane

But dude, work on the interview skills (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yulukjt8_1E)

[/ QUOTE ]

30 seconds into the interview

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/3962/wptnutswj0.jpg

[ridonkulous]

Updates at worldpokertour >>> cardplayer updates.

[J.C. Gloves]

Down to 5

Action folds to Konstantin Puchkov who calls in the small blind. Mike Matusow checks his option. The flop comes Q-6-4 with two hearts. Puchkov checks and Matusow bets 35,000. Puchkov calls. The turn is the 3 and Puchkov checks again. Matusow bets 250,000 and Puchkov moves all-in for 198,000. Matusow makes the call and shows Q9 and has the best hand against Puchkov's Q5.

The river is the 8 eliminating Puchkov in 6th place. He will collect $103,280.

Matusow is now up to 3,600,000.

[J.C. Gloves]

Then about 5-10mins later:

Shaniac Doubles Through BeL0WaB0Ve

Kevin Saul opens for 85,000 from under the gun. Shane Schleger moves all-in from the big blind for 1,307,000 more. Kevin asks for time, counts out the call, and then asks Danny Wong, who isn't even in the hand how much he has behind. To which Matusow says "We all know you're a weird guy, that's why I like you."

Kevin calls.

Shane shows AK
Kevin AQ

The flop comes J75. The turn is the 6. Shane needs to dodge a quuen to stay alive and he does as the river is the 7. Shane doubles up to 2.8 million.

[3 VCOs]

Shane Schleger: definitely Phil Gordon-esque in mannerisms and general mouth positioning, and I'm sure Shane himself has even heard this comparison made in the past. Anyone saying otherwise is either a friend who construes this as an insult, or has never actually seen Phil Gordon before.

[Injection]

[ QUOTE ]
Then about 5-10mins later:

Shaniac Doubles Through BeL0WaB0Ve

Kevin Saul opens for 85,000 from under the gun. Shane Schleger moves all-in from the big blind for 1,307,000 more. Kevin asks for time, counts out the call, and then asks Danny Wong, who isn't even in the hand how much he has behind. To which Matusow says "We all know you're a weird guy, that's why I like you."

Kevin calls.

Shane shows AK
Kevin AQ

The flop comes J75. The turn is the 6. Shane needs to dodge a quuen to stay alive and he does as the river is the 7. Shane doubles up to 2.8 million.

[/ QUOTE ]

Lol been watching the ME huh? /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[J.C. Gloves]

I'm all over the place, hehehe

[J.C. Gloves]

Down to the final 4 we would wanna see:

Eric Panayiotou moves all-in from under the gun in the first hand of the new level. Kevin Saul Makes the call.

Saul shows AK
Eric shows J10

The board comes 10945A and Panyiotou is eliminated in 5th place collecting $154,920.

Kevin is riding high on his roller coster day and is now at 4.6 million.

Updated chip counts:
Blinds 20K/40K (5K)

Kevin Saul - 4,659,000
Mike Matusow - 3,186,000
Shane Schleger - 1,668,000
Danny Wong - 1,154,000

[J.C. Gloves]

Danny Wong Doubles thru hitting Quads in the Process:

Kevin Saul raises to 125,000 from the button and Danny Wong makes the call from the big blind. The board comes K88. Danny checks and Kevin bets 200,000. Wong thinks and raises to 500,000 and Kevin moves all-in. The usually cautious Wong INSTA-calls and stands up as he shows 98. Saul shows KQ.

The turn is the 3 and the river is the 8 and Danny makes quad eights.

Danny finally takes down a big hand and doubles up to 2.916 million. Danny has been checking a lot of flops to Kevin only to fold most hands after a bet. Danny's passive play in the past finally pays off as he was waiting to hit a hand against Kevin.

[Injection]

Damn I was hoping it was a 'Danny Wong Busts' post.. Gonna take a little longer to get our three.

[kutuz_off]

GL Shane. Please win.

[J.C. Gloves]

Its a war!!! Just look @ how close they are in chips.

Updated chip counts:

Kevin Saul 3,189,000
Danny Wong 3,141,000
Mike Matusow 2,405,000
Shane Schleger 2,062,000

Hang in there Shane /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[NickMPK]

Do anyone know if Layla Kayleigh is at this tournament, or is it that other girl? I never figured out what was going on there.

[Injection]

Countdown til Mikey blow-up?

[THAY3R]

[ QUOTE ]

Do anyone know if Layla Kayleigh is at this tournament, or is it that other girl? I never figured out what was going on there.

[/ QUOTE ]


I keep hearing about Layla Kayleigh, but at the 2 most recent WPT's it's been Kimberly(Video blog girl) doing all the girl stuff.

[Zinzan]

go shaniac!

for a WPT final table, it seems there is decent play left (re: blinds/stacks), no?

-Z

[BenTurpen]

[ QUOTE ]
Countdown til Mikey blow-up?

[/ QUOTE ]

Mikey does not blow up anymore, heh.

Zinzan, they're actually playing out the final table tonight. 90-minute levels until heads-up which will be 60. It's a "test", but hopefully we will be seeing it for all the future tournamnents.

[cbloom]

[ QUOTE ]
Then 10mins later this hand:

Shane Schleger opens the pot for a 74,000 raise and is called by Kevin Saul. The flop comes QJ2 and Shaniac checks it over to Saul who bets 121,000. Schleger makes the call.

The turn is the 8 and Schleger checks for a second time. Saul leads out again and bets a quarter of a million chips. Schleger check-raises to 700,000. Kevin asks how much more he has left and Schleger says "Just over a million." He then goes into the tank for several minutes before making the call.

The river brings the A and they check it down. Shane shows 10-9 for the straight and 'BeLOWaBOVe' countinues his downward spiral.

[/ QUOTE ]

WTF is up with the river check Shane !?

[BenTurpen]

Injection, you should never hope to see a "Danny Wong Eliminated" post. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[integrate]

Kimberly did host the Mandalay Bay show but Layla is hosting this one and Kimberly is doing the webcam videos.

[Bill Murphy]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Then 10mins later this hand:

Shane Schleger opens the pot for a 74,000 raise and is called by Kevin Saul. The flop comes QJ2 and Shaniac checks it over to Saul who bets 121,000. Schleger makes the call.

The turn is the 8 and Schleger checks for a second time. Saul leads out again and bets a quarter of a million chips. Schleger check-raises to 700,000. Kevin asks how much more he has left and Schleger says "Just over a million." He then goes into the tank for several minutes before making the call.

The river brings the A and they check it down. Shane shows 10-9 for the straight and 'BeLOWaBOVe' countinues his downward spiral.

[/ QUOTE ]

WTF is up with the river check Shane !?

[/ QUOTE ]

Mis-report, has to be? Go, Shane!

[Jurollo]

He probably thought Kevin would fire again and he would c/r, also KT got there.

[Injection]

[ QUOTE ]
Injection, you should never hope to see a "Danny Wong Eliminated" post. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

He's just the guy I know the least about out of the 4 remaining, nothing personal /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[BenTurpen]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Injection, you should never hope to see a "Danny Wong Eliminated" post. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

He's just the guy I know the least about out of the 4 remaining, nothing personal /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

You will know soon enough.

[J.C. Gloves]

Sighs Shane=Busto /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif /images/graemlins/frown.gif

Kevin Saul raises to 175,000 and Shane Schleger moves all-in for about 1,700,000. Kevin goes into the tank for several minutes before making the call with AJ.

Schleger shows A6.

The door card is a 6 but it is followed by J10. The turn is a K and the river is the 4 eliminating Shaniac from the tournament in 4th place for $232,490.

Saul now has 4.5 million

gg Shane /images/graemlins/heart.gif

[J.C. Gloves]

New Blind Level: 30K/60K (5K)

Updated Chip Count:

Kevin Saul 4,549,000
Danny Wong 3,937,000
Average 2,675,000
Mike Matusow 2,225,000

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
MIKEY

[jogsxyz]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Injection, you should never hope to see a "Danny Wong Eliminated" post. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

He's just the guy I know the least about out of the 4 remaining, nothing personal /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

This is Wong's 3rd WPT FT this year. You should be seeing more of him soon.

[David LoPan]

shaniac always seems to come up short at these FTs

[Injection]

I'm not a big WPT fan so I'm yet to see Danny in action AFAIK, after this FT I'll probably be rooting for him in the future.

[J.C. Gloves]

Another quick fact about Danny Wong- Last year's Bellagio Cup Championship event was not televised but they still held a $10K buy-in. Danny Wong finished 2nd to Shannon Shorr...(but I believe they chopped so dunno the $$$ specifics, go figure)

[J.C. Gloves]

BeL0WaB0Ve FTW?

All three players limp and see a flop of 763. Kevin Saul leads out for 100,000 and Danny Wong raises to 350,000. Saul makes the call and they see a turn of the J. Kevin leads out again for 100,000. Wong re-raises to 700,000.

Saul re-raises all-in.

Wong stands up from his seat and makes the call.

Saul shows J3.
Wong shows 76.

The river is the 9 and Saul Doubles up HUGE with two pair to 8,400,000. Wong is left with just under one million chips.

[slystyle012]

J3s teh nutz!

[Injection]

Brutal.

Mikey looks poised to clear some debts pretty soon if the taxman is friendly.

The state is not mikey's friend /images/graemlins/frown.gif

MIkey comeback king if he wins his GOGOGOGOGOGO

[trauty]

Heads up, go Mikey

[J.C. Gloves]

Danny Wong Busto:

Mike Matusow opens the pot for 175,000 and Danny Wong re-raises all-in for 783,000 more. Mike calls.

Danny shows A3
Matusow shows KJ

The board comes 10 7 5 J 10 and Danny Wong is eliminated. This is his third final table in the past four months, with this 3rd place finish being his best yet. He will collect $361,480 for his work this week.

MIkey just knocked out Danny Wong

Mike: KJo
Danny: A3 soooooted

AIPF.


GOGOGOGOGOGOGO HU

[entertainme]

GG Shaniac!

GL BelowAbove!

[J.C. Gloves]

Saul has Matusow outchipped almost 4-1

8.2mill to 2.4mill

[slystyle012]

Go Mikey!

[stephenNUTS]

GG Shane,and a nice paycheck as well

~stephen

[J.C. Gloves]

Blinds up to 40K/80K (10K)

Chips still bout the same. Lotta buttons being folded both ways.

[entertainme]

Looks like Mr. Saul took it down!

Congrats!

[BenTurpen]

Bummer for Mikey, missed with an open-ended straight flush draw vs. overpair to pull even.

GG Shane and Danny.

Can't wait to watch this final on TV early next year.

[J.C. Gloves]

Button - Kevin Saul

Kevin Saul opens the pot for 220,000 and Mike Matusow calls.

The flop comes 10 6c 5c with two clubs. Matusow checks and Kevin bets 385,000. Mike moves all-in and Kevin calls.

Matusow shows 8c7c
Saul shows QQ

The turn is the 3 and the river is the K and Kevin 'BeL0WaB0Ve' Saul is the Bellagio Cup Champion. Kevin will take home $1,342,320 and a bracelet that they give out here at Bellagio Events.

Matusow finished runner up, missing his straight flush draw. He collects $671,320 for his performance.

[exec771]

Str8 Flush drw no good, well done Bel0w!!!

[slystyle012]

GG Bel0w! Well played by Matusow as well.

[ QUOTE ]
GG Bel0w! Well played by Matusow as well.

[/ QUOTE ]

Let's hope they keep this structure I bet they captured a few great hands from this FT. And it still ended pretty quick.

[PokeReader]

GG Bel0w, Shane.

[Floker]

[ QUOTE ]
Countdown til Mikey blow-up?

[/ QUOTE ]

There were blow-ups on this FT, they were just not Mikey's. what is this world coming to...

[Chump Change]

Congrats Shaniac, Mikey and Kevin!!

[Injection]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Countdown til Mikey blow-up?

[/ QUOTE ]

There were blow-ups on this FT, they were just not Mikey's. what is this world coming to...

[/ QUOTE ]

Bel0w looked like he was going to go down old-Mikey style, props to him for holding it together and getting HU with a massive lead after the horrid start.
Looks like Mikey played pretty flawlessly too, I was hoping he'd keep his cool and pick up at least 2nd.
Shaniac's due to take down a big one soon, stay focused and it'll be sick as when it comes man.

GG all.

[DesertCat]

[ QUOTE ]
Shane Schleger: definitely Phil Gordon-esque in mannerisms and general mouth positioning, and I'm sure Shane himself has even heard this comparison made in the past. Anyone saying otherwise is either a friend who construes this as an insult, or has never actually seen Phil Gordon before.

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I'm one of the few folks who actually like Phil, but he comes off as arrogant. Shane comes off as cool, mellow, & confident, or coolfident as I like to say. Seems like nothing bothers him, and he's not trying to show that he's better than you. He just can't help it that he is;)

Shane's winning his next big FT. I'm willing to put cash down on it.

Oh, and BTW, that reporter wanted him bad. I hope Shane didn't break her heart too bad...

[sethypooh21]

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Shane should work on his jewfro, his hair is getting pwnd by Alex J.

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QFT
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[LSOS]

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MIkey just knocked out Danny Wong

Mike: KJo
Danny: A3 soooooted

AIPF.


GOGOGOGOGOGOGO HU

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you called with king jack?!

cmon russian get out!

[shaniac]

Yo!

Thanks everybody, I didn't have a computer around me for the entirety of this tournament (perhaps being seperated from the internet worked to my benefit?), so I didn't have a chance to chime in or update any blogs. Feels so [censored] good to be back home and I'm gonna try to chill out and write for a little while.

Fwiw, I do try not to suck during interviews, but a few things to keep in mind: They grabbed me for this as I was on the way out the door, trying to get to my room for break, so it was completely impromptu. Also, I still haven't figured out how to make a poker hand sound interesting without getting bogged down in details, and I don't really have an opinion on "15 minute breaks" or other mundane details of the tournament. If, for instance, she had asked me about the dude who wanted to kill me and David Oppenheim with 3 or 4 tables left, it might have made for a better talk. Also, fwiw, I didn't detect anything more than generic friendliness from Kimberly, but she's definitely an attractive woman, and I'm flattered that you all thought she wanted me.

Also, congrats to Kevin. He played his heart out and earned the win. All in all, a decent experience.

[MrFizzbin]

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If, for instance, she had asked me about the dude who wanted to kill me and David Oppenheim with 3 or 4 tables left, it might have made for a better talk.

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I must have missed this story in the tread, any hope of a repost/link to ....