"official" WPT Championship IV Thread

[Stumpy]

I think Van Alstyne is actually known as a really tight player (typically.) I watched him play the final table live in Tahoe last year, and he was the short stack forever with 9 left and made it to 3rd(and went in with the best hand). Which was about 6 hours of play if I remember right. I think he seriously did mess himself up because he had the huge chiplead... Felt like he had to push people around and it isn't his style. Two of his huge bluffs would have worked if he'd been willing to bet one more time at the end...


Matthew's inverview at the end was pure class.

[tewall]

The strategy seemed totally wrong to me. The winner looked like he had the right strategy; much more patient. He could have picked his spots, played small ball, wait for big hands. By being patient, baring being cold-decked, he would have been virtually assured of third, which was over a million dollars.

I recall Scotty doing the same thing with the chip lead. Bluffing off a lot of chips, and winding up busting out early.

The fellow who one the first one had the right strategy for playing a big stack. But it's easier said than done. But I think Van Alstyne had the talent to implement it, but didn't set upon the right strategy.