No Love for Watkinson?

[Jurollo]

I sincerely hope this thread isn't a kiss of death. But as of this moment Lee (a super nice guy and hell of a player) has 5.5m with 18 left in the WSOP ME. Scotty may be the biggest pro left but Lee can't be too far behind. Here's hoping he can get deep and win it (if Rainkhan doesnt of course). In summary, give some f-ing love to Lee!
~J

Pass this on to LEE for me Jurollo

<---------------------------- I FUC*ING <3 THIS MUCH ------------------->

NB: This is a plutonic man love.

[Phanekim]

is he aiming for 2nd place?

[Alex Jacob]

i wouldn't say you jinxed him. 14mil.

[sketchy1]

chipleader

[Squareview]

JEWFRO!

[Clayton]

http://www.icecreamireland.com/images/Ice%20Cream/Vanillabowl-sm.jpg

[Tom B]

I would say Lee is the man to beat with a huge rush the past few hands.

[Chimera]

If Lee gets to the final table, maybe he'll finally start to get more respect among the public, like Cunningham did last year.

(Not saying that Lee is as good as AC, just that both are often underrated, probably due to their laidback personalities.)

GO LEE!!!

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If Lee gets to the final table, maybe he'll finally start to get more respect among the public, like Cunningham did last year.

(Not saying that Lee is as good as AC, just that both are often underrated, probably due to their lack of personalities.)

GO LEE!!!

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FYP,

[Alex Jacob]

not to start drama, but this is too weird..

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/leewatkinson.php

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In 2004, Lee was named Card Player "Player of the Year," after a series of incredible final table finishes.

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where's the o rly owl when you need him

[greggg230]

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Lee Watkinson Takes Over the Chiplead

Lee Watkinson bet 400,000 and Will Spadea raised to 800,000. Watkinson moved all in for 6.5 million and Spadea quickly called.

Watkinson: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Spadea: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}

The flop was {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{7-Spades}. The turn was the {J-Spades}. Watkinson was on the brink of elimination and down to six outs. The river was the {K-Hearts} and Watkinson hit one of his outs. He doubled through Spadea and took over the lead. Watkinson increased his stack to over 14 million.

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What the hell is this? Why are players pushing AKo AIPF with 87BB, and why are players calling 87BB pushes with 99?

[Floker]

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Lee Watkinson Takes Over the Chiplead

Lee Watkinson bet 400,000 and Will Spadea raised to 800,000. Watkinson moved all in for 6.5 million and Spadea quickly called.

Watkinson: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Spadea: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}

The flop was {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{7-Spades}. The turn was the {J-Spades}. Watkinson was on the brink of elimination and down to six outs. The river was the {K-Hearts} and Watkinson hit one of his outs. He doubled through Spadea and took over the lead. Watkinson increased his stack to over 14 million.

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What the hell is this? Why are players pushing AKo AIPF with 87BB, and why are players calling 87BB pushes with 99?

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At least the AK had fold equity...

[samsdmf]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Watkinson
Wikipedia people are nuts, WSOP live updates on Lees progress

[Reko Savinen]

Lee might be the most likable player on the circuit. I met him a couple of years ago as he used to be a regular in a game that my friend played in in some Washington casino (forget the name of it, maybe someone on here knows) and my buddy introduced me to him. I'm definitely pulling for him, I've taken him as my horse to cash in a Fantasy pool the last three main events and I'm glad to see him running well again this year.

[zerocarb]

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chipleader

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Lee's not monkeying around anymore.

[Chimera]

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not to start drama, but this is too weird..

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/leewatkinson.php

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In 2004, Lee was named Card Player "Player of the Year," after a series of incredible final table finishes.

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where's the o rly owl when you need him

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Lee's peers are certainly aware of his accomplishments, but I think if you asked the average recreational player/casual TV poker viewer who Lee Watkinson was, they wouldn't have a clue. If anything, they might remember him as the guy who blew the chip lead on the WPT 2 weeks in a row.

Of course, that's probably fine with Lee. He doesn't seem like the type of guy who really craves celebrity status.

[JackWhite]

I wonder if Ted Lawson is on the rail yelling like last year's PLO FT.

[Quicksilvre]

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Wikipedia people are nuts

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fyp

[SuperUberBob]

I like Lee. He's a humble, nice guy who doesn't get too influenced by the spotlight. He just gets the job done.

[J.C. Gloves]

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I wonder if Ted Lawson is on the rail yelling like last year's PLO FT.

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Ted Lawson IS on the rail

[s33w33d]

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chipleader

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Lee's not monkeying around anymore.

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Oh, I see what you did there...

[Tom B]

Poker Pages says Lee would get a 10 million FullTilt Bonus if he wins. 18 freaking million on the line.

[Marc Desjardins]

Maybe this is old news, but from pokernews.com:

"Lee qualified for the Main Event on Full Tilt Poker and stands to rake in a $10 million bonus should he win it all. What a story that would be!"

[JackWhite]

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Maybe this is old news, but from pokernews.com:

"Lee qualified for the Main Event on Full Tilt Poker and stands to rake in a $10 million bonus should he win it all. What a story that would be!"


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Considering he could win 18M, he should call over Phil Ivey for insurance bets on all-ins like Hellmuth did. I would

[jalexand42]

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Poker Pages says Lee would get a 10 million FullTilt Bonus if he wins. 18 freaking million on the line.

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lol, yeah for a 10 year endorsement deal.

[Relvin]

from pokernews.com:

Lee Watkinson & Destiny
Lee Watkinson is on a mission. He just took A-K against pocket nines and sprung from his chair as he caught a king on the river to win a key pot and become the new chip leader at 14,000,000 before the dinner break.

Lee's fiance Timmi DeRosa is his loudest supporter as she shouted for joy at Lee's good fortune. Lee and Timmi met through an organization that rescues chimpanzees that have been neglected. They hope that the money Lee might win at the WSOP will go to this wonderful cause.

Lee is quite a guy and has several different business interests outside of poker that he hopes to roll into the Courtland Brandon Foundation to save and protect animals. One is a clothing and jewelry line (he has a multitude of prison inmates involved in creating the artwork and designs, which is constructive and positive on its own). Another is a record distribution company. Lee just signed his first band, Pico vs. the Island Trees. The band's producer is Grammy Award-winner David Kershenbaum, who signed Janet Jackson and numerous other stars, selling over 100 million records over the course of his career.

If there are any animal lovers out there who are interested in saving chimpanzees, donations can be sent to:

The Courtland Brandon Foundation
2934 Beverly Glen Circle #763
Los Angeles, CA 90077

One last bit of information -- both Full Tilt Poker and Watkinson's friend and fellow poker pro Ted Lawson and his wife Michelle have been extremely generous to this cause so dear to Lee and Timmi's hearts.

Lee qualified for the Main Event on Full Tilt Poker and stands to rake in a $10 million bonus should he win it all. What a story that would be!

Is destiny lurking near? Good luck, Lee.

[Valhalla1]

bout a year ago i was playing 2/5 at bellagio, there was a cute brunette at the table but she had an extremely irritating voice, simliar to fran drescher (sp?) the "Nanny"

then Lee came over and planted one on her lips and I was like OIC

is this the same girl reported here on pokernews:
"Lee's fiance Timmi DeRosa is his loudest supporter as she shouted for joy at Lee's good fortune. Lee and Timmi met through an organization that rescues chimpanzees that have been neglected"

[Humble Pie]

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bout a year ago i was playing 2/5 at bellagio, there was a cute brunette at the table but she had an extremely irritating voice, simliar to fran drescher (sp?) the "Nanny"

then Lee came over and planted one on her lips and I was like OIC



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Nope those three words rule out his fiance.

[buckslayer80]

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bout a year ago i was playing 2/5 at bellagio, there was a cute brunette at the table but she had an extremely irritating voice, simliar to fran drescher (sp?) the "Nanny"

then Lee came over and planted one on her lips and I was like OIC



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Nope those three words rule out his fiance.

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QFMT

[yingyang0]

I see were I send money to help save the chimps, but where do I send the money to encourage the use of chimps in medical experiments?

[dagrinder15]

I always remember Lee as the guy that got severely outplayed and outclassed by Doyle Brunson heads-up @ the WPT when he had a big chip-lead

[Bill Murphy]

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I wonder if Ted Lawson is on the rail yelling like last year's PLO FT.

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Ted Lawson IS on the rail

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You can never have too many math guys on your side.

[jsmith5]

You guys know Lee's chimp Buddy punched Sklansky in the gut last week right? Officially the best moment of the WSOP. http://www.maniacworld.com/karate-chimp.jpg

[Army Eye]

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not to start drama, but this is too weird..

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/leewatkinson.php

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In 2004, Lee was named Card Player "Player of the Year," after a series of incredible final table finishes.

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where's the o rly owl when you need him

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Lee's peers are certainly aware of his accomplishments, but I think if you asked the average recreational player/casual TV poker viewer who Lee Watkinson was, they wouldn't have a clue. If anything, they might remember him as the guy who blew the chip lead on the WPT 2 weeks in a row.

Of course, that's probably fine with Lee. He doesn't seem like the type of guy who really craves celebrity status.

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Agreed 100%, but the problem is Lee didn't win POTY in 2004 (or ever). Negreanu did.

[Chimera]

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not to start drama, but this is too weird..

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/leewatkinson.php

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In 2004, Lee was named Card Player "Player of the Year," after a series of incredible final table finishes.

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where's the o rly owl when you need him

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Lee's peers are certainly aware of his accomplishments, but I think if you asked the average recreational player/casual TV poker viewer who Lee Watkinson was, they wouldn't have a clue. If anything, they might remember him as the guy who blew the chip lead on the WPT 2 weeks in a row.

Of course, that's probably fine with Lee. He doesn't seem like the type of guy who really craves celebrity status.

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Agreed 100%, but the problem is Lee didn't win POTY in 2004 (or ever). Negreanu did.

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Yeah, you're right. That was the year that DN won virtually every award on the planet. Looks like somebody at Full Tilt screwed up. False advertising FTW!!!

[BJ Nemeth]

I worked for Card Player in 2004, and they used to have multiple players of the year, in different categories. Daniel Negreanu won the overall award, but there were also awards for specific games like Omaha and Stud. I'm willing to bet that Lee Watkinson won POY in one of the other categories.

Not sure where you could find those rankings online though.

[NewTeaBag]

When Lee stops hanging around Ted Lawson, then I'll prob be more interested in throwing some love his way.

During WSOP 2006, I personally witnessed Ted acting like a complete [censored] numerous times in different tournaments to different opponents. Yea, it's guilt by association, but, whatever, If my most public ally comes off as a dbag, I wouldn't be surprised if people weren't keen to jump up and down in support of me.

[Jonezycat]

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When Lee stops hanging around Ted Lawson, then I'll prob be more interested in throwing some love his way.

During WSOP 2006, I personally witnessed Ted acting like a complete [censored] numerous times in different tournaments to different opponents. Yea, it's guilt by association, but, whatever, If my most public ally comes off as a dbag, I wouldn't be surprised if people weren't keen to jump up and down in support of me.

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Whats great (and what I like about him) as he comes off like he genuinely does not care if people root for him or not.

[flatline]

This $10 million bonus might make for some interesting "chop" situations. If Lee and someone else are heads-up, it would seem insane not to rig it such that Lee wins by promising to give 2nd place 6 million or whatever on top of the 2nd place prize. It may be against the rules- but for that amount of money- how could you not do this?

[RichGangi]

He seems like a really nice guy and good player as well, I just havent seen him be able to close any big tourneys out. IDK, maybe this will be his big championship breakthrough.

[tict0ctoe]

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I worked for Card Player in 2004, and they used to have multiple players of the year, in different categories. Daniel Negreanu won the overall award, but there were also awards for specific games like Omaha and Stud. I'm willing to bet that Lee Watkinson won POY in one of the other categories.

Not sure where you could find those rankings online though.

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http://www.cardplayer.com/magazine/article/14498

Half-way down, right hand side, lists the other POY winners and runner-ups.

[sirtimo]

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This $10 million bonus might make for some interesting "chop" situations. If Lee and someone else are heads-up, it would seem insane not to rig it such that Lee wins by promising to give 2nd place 6 million or whatever on top of the 2nd place prize. It may be against the rules- but for that amount of money- how could you not do this?

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Because that 10 mil is essentially an endorsement contract, paid out over an extended period of time.

[unbluffable]

Lee is the man. Best of luck!!!!!!

[kindling]

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I worked for Card Player in 2004, and they used to have multiple players of the year, in different categories. Daniel Negreanu won the overall award, but there were also awards for specific games like Omaha and Stud. I'm willing to bet that Lee Watkinson won POY in one of the other categories.

Not sure where you could find those rankings online though.

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http://www.cardplayer.com/magazine/article/14498

Half-way down, right hand side, lists the other POY winners and runner-ups.

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And Lee is not mentioned anywhere in the list. He only shows up as finishing 8th in the Overall list.

Limit hold'em
1. Daniel Negreanu, Las Vegas, NV
2. Chris Hinchcliffe, Olympia, WA

Omaha high-low-split
1. "Miami" John Cernuto, Las Vegas, NV
2. Curtis Bibb, Las Vegas,NV

Pot-limit hold'em
1. Phi Nguyen, Hawaiian Gardens, CA
2. Gabriel Thaler, Cupertino, CA

No-Limit hold'em
1. David Pham, Cerritos, CA
2. Daniel Negreanu, Las Vegas, NV

Lowball
1. Barry Greenstein, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
2. Norm Ketchum, Rockford, IL

Omaha high
1. Robert Williamson III, Dallas, TX
2. Howard Lederer, Las Vegas, NV

Seven-card stud
1. John Juanda, Marina Del Rey, CA
2. Chad Brown, Bronx, NY

Seven-card stud high-low split
1. Cyndy Violette, Absecon, NJ
2. Pete Kaufman, Las Vegas, NV

Mixed Games
1. Scott Fischman, Las Vegas, NV
2. John Cover, Indian Wells, CA

[Dima2000123]

What's interesting is that Lee was the guy that was defeated by Ted Lawson heads up in that Omaha tournament, the same one where Ted had a 4-card straight. Apparently they became close friends after that tournament. Lee must either have everyone covered when it comes to coping with a donkey that sucks out on you, or he must be a regular in Ted's $10K/$20K home game.