"official" WPT Championship IV Thread

[Phntm]

one of the worst blow ups since J Daggs at the 2004 US poker Open....

[Mr. Orange]

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one of the worst blow ups since J Daggs at the 2004 US poker Open....

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Don't forget Hasan Habib at this same event last year. He came with an enormous chip lead and lost.

[Phntm]

It seemed as if Hasan Habib took it better, maybe because he had a piece of the winner...
Poor JVA seemed awfully distraught, I felt bad for him.

[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.

[tewall]

Good comments.

Even though the heads-up isn't usually too interesting, they make up for it with a lot of good play in the beginning part of the show. At least it's not all just pushing all in, like some others.

David Matthews did make one of the worst plays I've ever seen on any WPT show, however, which was when he bet on the river when checked to with bottom pair. That was a huge blunder. It surprised me that Sexton didn't mention it.

I wonder what he was thinking when he made the bet? Did he think he was behind or ahead?

There were a couple of all-in raises that were pretty bad too. But you're right, he had the best plan to compete with better players: make them pick up a hand, and force them to play big pots. He had a 45% chance to win the last hand, so not only was his strategy good for that one hand, but Bartholdi must have thought taking a small advantage was worth it, meaning he respected David's game. (that is, he could have chosen to wait for a bigger advantage, like Farha tried to do with Moneymaker when he laid down his hand; but instead he decided to take what he must have known would most likely be at a small edge.

[MCS]

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did u hear men say f#@K when the guy showed pocket Q's

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No.

I rewatched it and I still don't even know what might be interpreted as his saying it. "Pocket" maybe?