WPT Championship, my day THREE table. Help w/same!
 

Here's the lineup, same deal as before. I really like my draw, kinda like I liked yesterdays draw, but I have no previous info other than TV on any of these players.

48 1 Eric Deregt 154,800
48 2 James Patton 83,200
48 3 Bryan Devonshire 217,800
48 4 Martin De Knijff 160,500
48 5 Melissa Hayden 66,400
48 6 Paul Snead 40,000
48 7 Carlos Mortensen 220,900
48 8 Allen Kessler 52,400
48 9 Jani Sointula 91,500

Thanks!

Bryan "Devo" Devonshire

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james patton plays the nuts. ulllllllllllllltra tight.

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James was on my day 2 table. Weak-tight.

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Mortenesen is a maniac!

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PAUL SNEAD is a local N.Y tourney guy that is extremely aggressive,and with his short stack EXPECT him to move in EARLY to double up.With you being OOP keep an eye on him,as he will not be afraid to stuff his S/S with any two!!
MDK and CM as you said need no further introduction
ALLEN KESSLER is a super tight-nit and will not be in desparation mode with regard to chip his count "in his mind"(LOL)yet.He will be patient early IMO.

Good Luck Bryan,
~stephen

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Got that Bryan Devonshire donk again, huh? He won't last long. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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Martin De Knijff is a good swedish player that won the wpt finals 3 or 4 years ago. He is known for getting extremly aggressive around the bubble when people get tight. He is pretty fearless.
Jari Sointula won in Monte Carlo some years ago. He is hellraiser on ladbrokes and an aggressive player.

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At a prelim event in Aruba a couple years back, Melissa Hayden nearly attacked some guy at her table after he made a comment about women and kitchens. I'll leave it up to you to figure out how to use that one to your advantage.

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Be sure and ask Kessler if his name is Robert Varkonyi. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Allen Kessler might be the tightest player on the circuit. I suggest you bully him relentlessly.

Paul Snead is a good buddy of mine and a pretty good player.

Melissa Hayden sucks at life.

My only advice is: attack Kessler's blinds.

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Be sure and ask Kessler if his name is Robert Varkonyi. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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You must do this and report back Kessler's response.

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Good luck Devo!
Take it down!

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glad u won't be making the Canterbury Derby Days <<grin>>

GL Devo

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de Kniff busto by Devo - WTG

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Nice Job Devo on this one [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Brian Devonshire takes out Martin DeKniff
No Limit Hold 'em
Apr 24, 2007 / 16:01:52 EDT
Martin DeKniff moved all in pre-flop for his last 51k, Carlos Mortensen called, and Brian Devonshire pushed all in for around 150k. Mortensen folded and the players turned up:

Martin DeKniff 1010
Brian Devonshire K [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

The board came 5 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]4 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]2 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]4 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] for Devonshire to increase his stack to 356k and eliminate DeKniff.

- JA

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WTG Bryan with KK knock-out

Paul Snead turned QUAD 2's vs. Carlos M.,and is approaching 200k so.....

...assuming you are still at the same table with him,they are just some more chips for you to take to reach your 600k goal today Bryan!!

Awesome!!

~stephen

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Tue Apr 24 14:12:00 PDT 2007
Allen Kessler Eliminated
Allen Kessler has been eliminated from the touranment when his pocket kings failed to hold up against the A-10 of Bryan Devonshire when an ace hit the flop.

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Tue Apr 24 14:12:00 PDT 2007
Allen Kessler Eliminated
Allen Kessler has been eliminated from the touranment when his pocket kings failed to hold up against the A-10 of Bryan Devonshire when an ace hit the flop.

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Kessler waits all day for KK,,,and Busto to Devo!!!
What a nit he is ,as I posted morning

~stephen

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Allen Kessler might be the tightest player on the circuit. I suggest you bully him relentlessly.

My only advice is: attack Kessler's blinds.

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I know Bryan Devonshire, he's a solid cash game player but his tournament play is somewhat lacking, but in this tournament I think he's going to be pretty solid and attacking the blinds very effectively. He's definitely capable of reraising light and making moves.

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i like your chip bridge

http://media.cardplayer.com/image/b/...vonshire-4.jpg

were you an engineering student?

well done so far, btw. hope to see you in the final 6

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That chip bridge just blew my mind.

Pokerwire reported the Kessler hand as "Allen Kessler's kings kracked...and we'll never hear the end of it" What's the deal with that?

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i like your chip bridge

http://media.cardplayer.com/image/b/...vonshire-4.jpg

were you an engineering student?

well done so far, btw. hope to see you in the final 6

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That's pretty cool. I've never seen that before.

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Kessler loves to come over to press row and tell us about his beats. Funny guy.

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His chip bridge looks like something out of TRON.

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Nice Job Devo on this one [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Brian Devonshire takes out Martin DeKniff
No Limit Hold 'em
Apr 24, 2007 / 16:01:52 EDT
Martin DeKniff moved all in pre-flop for his last 51k, Carlos Mortensen called, and Brian Devonshire pushed all in for around 150k. Mortensen folded and the players turned up:

Martin DeKniff 1010
Brian Devonshire K [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

The board came 5 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]4 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]2 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]4 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] for Devonshire to increase his stack to 356k and eliminate DeKniff.

- JA

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BTW, Carlos folded Q's face up on this one (See cardplayer report as well as Devo's interview with Tiffany Michelle).

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I don't understand the chip bridge. How do the chips in the middle not fall? Is this an optical illusion? Magic? Fairies? Jesus? Photoshop?

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I don't understand the chip bridge. How do the chips in the middle not fall? Is this an optical illusion? Magic? Fairies? Jesus? Photoshop?

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Variance.

wtg OP

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Mortenesen is a maniac!

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There's a news flash for ya. Now you should win the tourney [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Mortenesen is a maniac!

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There's a news flash for ya. Now you should win the tourney [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Devo busted in 74th place for nearly $47K. WTG! And awesome chip bridge.

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TY all for the support. Here is the link to my blog to see how the wheels fell off, and if any of y'all are in vegas anytime soon, i'll teach you the bridge. Piece of cake.

http://news.pokerpages.com/index.php...ew&id=2134

Devo

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Damn dude, sorry about that AQ v A9 hand. Great call tho.

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Damn dude, sorry about that AQ v A9 hand. Great call tho.

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Bummer indeed!
Congrats on getting as far as you did.

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TY all for the support. Here is the link to my blog to see how the wheels fell off, and if any of y'all are in vegas anytime soon, i'll teach you the bridge. Piece of cake.

http://news.pokerpages.com/index.php...ew&id=2134

Devo

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Rough ending, but good tourney. Love to see how to make the bridge, but doubt I'll ever accumulate enough bricks to build one.

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From your blog:

Six hands later I opened to 22k UTG with AQ and was called only by the button. 67k in the pot, flop is 3 3 5 . I continue for 42k, and he goes all-in for somewhere between 70-80k more. I think for a long time, <u>finally pick up a read, make the call</u> and turn up my ace high first.

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I would be really interested to hear more about this part of the hand.

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me too

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wow, nice call with AQ. hate it when good plays are punished, but hey, what can you do?

dude, you gotta post a chip bridge tutorial.

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Can't really explain the getting of the read. I had the read earlier but I had to go through the thought process of the reads throughout the hand to come to the final conclusion. My read pre-flop was a non-pair hand, JT range-ish. I felt like he was shoving with any-pair pre-flop. The flop play I kinda sensed something going through his head like, "[censored] it. He can't call unless he has a big pair, so I'm gonna push him off the hand." My read was weakness. He had a flush-draw + pair-draw at best, but I really just felt like he didn't have anything.

Chip bridge tutorial:

1) Two stacks of any height supported on a chip foundation EXACTLY two chip diamater apart from each other.
2) On each stack, put one chip half off the stack facing the opposite stack with a second chip on top of the one half hanging off in line with the original stack.
3) Using four chips, repeat this process to extend the bridge another half a chip distance in each direction. The key here is placing the weight on the outside on top of the original stack to keep the support. The weight must bet strong on the outside to maintain the original arms.
4) At this point your two steps have given 1/2 chip distance on each stack toward the middle, and these two chips should be touching or very close to it. Put a chip on the two touching ones to complete the gap, but keep a finger underneath to maintain support, and then build the weave back to the outsides to maintain support on the outside.

Enjoy!

Devo