** WSOP ME, $10,000 NLHE, Day 6, Sun., July 15**

[imjoshsizemore]

If Scotty runs KK to AA, dont worry baby, that king gonna fall and its gon be awww ovaa

[Jasper109]

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I don't want to jinx this [censored], but if Scotty runs KK into AA BvB or some [censored], I'm going to stab someone/thing.

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QFT

[PokeReader]

Khan won a big pot, gogogo Khan!

[SuperUberBob]

Kalmar's chip count fixed.

It'd be freaking sick to see him blow up like that.

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I want to charge Pokernews with "crimes against poker" for this chip count coverage. This is egregious.

[Noflopshomer]

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What are you talking about?


Not if Kenny is smart enough to not pay him off.

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There's a dead button. Kenny Tran in the cutoff raises to 350,000; Jon Kalmar is in the small blind and calls. Lee Watkinson is in the big blind and folds.

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800,000 in preflop.

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The flop is {10-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} and Kalmar checks. Tran bets 500,000 and Kalmar calls.

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1.3m in and 500k to call. He's getting the right price with the nut flush draw.

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The turn is the {9-Spades}. Kalmar checks. Tran bets 1,300,000 and Kalmar calls.

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3.1m in and 1.3m to call. Kalmar now has a gutshot to go along with his flush draw. He's around a 3 to 1 underdog here against top set and he's getting 2.5 to 1 to call. If Tran calls anything on the river the call is correct, much less AI.

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Sigh.

Your Ace is not a clean out, in case that matters.

The real point is that you can't just look at odds on the flop and assume you are going to get two cards because you will very often face another bet on the turn when the board bricks out.

I will defer any other beginner questions to others.

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OK, look, I was kind of a dick here, I apologize. You have valid points, and this isn't the worst play evar.

But really after seeing this 1234123476 times it's almost always;

ZOMG Suited Ace I call OOP
ZOMG nut flush draw I check/call
ZOMG still nut flush draw I check/call again
ZOMG I hit I shove!!!!!

If this dude is more sophisticated than that, thinking about implied odds and reads that he will get paid off and such, maybe his play is reasonable. I must admit I have no way of knowing. But it sure looks shaky.

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I guess Skalie read him as being very strong post-flop, betting 500k into 1.3 million looks deliberately weak.

[jogsxyz]

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DID ANYONE NOTICE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CHIP COUNTS



THEY SEEM ODD

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All the chips are shades of orange. Players don't know the value of their own chips. They all look alike thru shades.

[bigslick7878]

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I want to charge Pokernews with "crimes against poker" for this chip count coverage. This is egregious.

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Scotty STILL at 5.2 million.Argggg

[SuperUberBob]

Sorry, but this Khan guy is acting like a total douche.

[PokeReader]

2 minutes ago | Posted by DrPauly

Outer Table: Rain Khan Wins a Monster
Jerry Yang limped and Hevad Khan raised 500,000. Yang called. The flop was . Yang checked. Khan counted out his chips and gently pushed out a 650,000 bet. Khan had been unusually quiet and he sat in dead silence. Jerry Yang counted down his chips then announced a raise to 1,650,000. Khan looked at Yang then looked at the board before he moved all in for 1,825,000 more. Yang stood up as Khan sat in silence looking down at his cards. Yang went into the tank for a few minutes and stared at Khan.

"Get a read yet?" shouted someone from the rail.

Yang sat down and said that he'd call.

"I got two pair," said Khan as he flipped over .

Yang shook his head as he sheepishly turned over .

"Hold. Hold. Hold!" said Khan as the dealer burned and then dealt the . The river was the and Khan jumped up and ran over to the rail. He looked as though he was ready to dive into the spectators and start crowd surfing like Kurt Cobain at a Nirvana concert circa 1992. Khan jumped up and down several times before he returned to the table.

"Thank God!" he screamed as he looked into ESPN's camera. "I play this game to win, not to lose!"

Yang slipped to 3.5 million, while Khan increased his stack to over 7 million.