** WSOP ME, FT Sweat, RaiNKhAN, Tuesday, July 17 **

[casey_brick]

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I seriously wonder how will ESPN show the Yang situation.

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Its gonna be tough for them to get around it. Because he only goes into pastor mode when he's in as all in situation, and those are the ones that wind up on TV. I think there are just gonna have to live with it.

[W brad]

Being super aggressive is close to an optimal strategy if you are not the best player, so says God (David Sklansky)

Yang is making his own luck here.

[GTL]

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And now...introducing...the newest spokesman for Focus on the Family...

Heeeeeeeeere's JERRY!

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OK. Like I said I missed the first 2.5 hours of posts so can you let me know what is happening with him? Is he pushing his religion big time?

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During his A9 vs. A7 all-in against Watkinson, he starting praying. So, posters starting jumping on him for being religous. But, it's no big deal.

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Oh. OK then. Reading some of the posts I thought he had a giant cross as his card protector and was trying to baptize Watkinson. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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no, it is in fact really over the top. imo, he is being incredibly disrespectful to people who are religious and to God. (I'm an atheist, but if I did believe in a God I wouldn't be asking him to help me draw out and proclaiming that he was giving me the power to win a poker tournament) He stated that one of his suckouts was a miracle. he literally said, "Let the people see your miracles" after it happened.

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And now...introducing...the newest spokesman for Focus on the Family...

Heeeeeeeeere's JERRY!

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OK. Like I said I missed the first 2.5 hours of posts so can you let me know what is happening with him? Is he pushing his religion big time?

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Yang has been praising god during his all in hands. saying things such as, "You are the most powerful" "Give me purpose Lord"

After getting all in with J 8 vs K J in a sb vs bb confrontation Yang turned an 8 and said "Let the people see your miracles Lord"

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Sounds like a [censored] fruitcake to me...

[krille]

(interview with mrs yang)

"How nervous do you feel when your husband goes all in?"

lol?

[Rottersod]

As much as I want to see Kahn take this down he doesn't have enough chips to make moves with. He just needs to pick his spot and hope for a call and a winner.

[DrewDevil]

I used to be religious myself and don't mind it in others, but Yang is making a spectacle of himself in his praying (contrary to what Jesus said, which is to go into a back room by yourself and pray quietly), and praying for specific outcomes, like winning a hand or a specific card. Even when I was religious, I always got super-pissed when douchebags like Yang prayed to God to influence the outcome of some [censored] sporting event. Or a card game.

I really hope someone does bust him and ask him where his God is now. OMFG that would be so sweet.

[Tical]

my new loc is going to be "prayang with yang"

[Ontario_Tory]

"How nervous do you feel when your husband goes all-in?"

Up there with the best interview questions ever.

[2005]

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I actually think Yang will not win this. I don't know who will do it, but he will have a meltdown.

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A meltdown? What, you mean like reraising all-in with jack eight?

What a disgusting donkfest. Variance kicked my ass last night and this makes me want to vomit.

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I'm gonna have to go with the people who are saying that Jerry Yang is playing just fine. He hasn't had to show down in a lot of pots that he's won, he made a good(read: standard) call in a huge pot with AK, got QQ to lay down in another huge pot, made a good call with A9, and showed some good aggression with J8. I mean, yeah it's annoying that he's doing all this God stuff, but I thought he played well.