Gavin Griffin takes down EPT Monte Carlo
 

K-5 versus 7-4 on 2-3-4 flop, blank on turn, river king.

1.8 million euros for 1st, about 1 million euros for 2nd.

Second place finisher is Mark Karam (aka Myst, online poker MTT-er I believe).

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crooked

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Flop was 234, not 237.

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Flop was 234, not 237.

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Correct, edited post.

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on flop i think action was
Mark bets, griffin raises to 2mil(?), then Mark goes allin. Griffin calls

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on flop i think action was
Mark bets, griffin raises to 2mil(?), then Mark goes allin. Griffin calls

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Yeah I also believe he raised to 2 million, about 10 million chips total in play in this tournament.

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Commentators said Gavin had about 2/1 on his call

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what is 1.8 million euros?

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~2.4 million USD.

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EPT seems a lot better than the WPT

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EPT seems a lot better than the WPT

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not sure if you're referring to prizepool or structure, IIRC the Monte Carlo Event is the EPTs version of the WPTs Championship 25K event at Bellegio - i.e. larger buy in than typical EPT stops and larger starting stacks

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Live pokers rigged..

WTG Gavin..

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EPT seems a lot better than the WPT

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EPT in 2007 is similar to what WPT and WSOP Circuit was in 2005: at the peak of popularity as TV products.

TV poker, like entertainment TV products, do reach maturity, and do so rather quickly.

What that said, I am very impressed with that the EPT has done in Monte Carlo. The "spaceship" look of the the convention hall where the EPT 3 Grand Final took place was surreal.

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K-5 versus 7-4 on 2-3-4 flop, blank on turn, river king.

1.8 million euros for 1st, about 1 million euros for 2nd.

Second place finisher is Mark Karam (aka Myst, online poker MTT-er I believe).

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I thought Karam was more of a cash player.

Here is an interview highstakesdb.com did with him

High Stakes DB - Myst

It says he plays 50/100 on Prima. On his blog he talks about not playing 100/200 or 200/400 again until he is bankrolled properly (i.e. $2 million) - this should help him out.

Pretty sick run in >$5,000 US tourneys. Played 6, final tabled in 4 (EPT Monte Carlo 2 years in a row, Aussie Millions 2007, WPT Niagara 2006)and cashed in 1 other (2006 PCA - 37th). Only event he didn't cash in was 2006 main event at WSOP

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1.8 million euros for 1st

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or ~1.5 million Big Macs

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why is there not more discussion on his warped member?

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why is there not more discussion on his warped member?

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I wondered this too...I bit my tongue several times in fact....

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nsfw obv

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Gavin's demeanor has always impressed me more than just about any young pros who I have observed on tv or in broadcasts. He never loses his composure, doesn't celebrate when he wins a pot, and doesn't bemoan his fate when he loses a big pot. I try to emulate this calm, results-distanced perspective when I play in the big cash games in NYC and elsewhere. I really admire him and it's a shame that players who have calm, even-keeled temperments do not get the recognition they deserve.

That said, wasn't there a thread on neverwinpoker about him showing his family jewels to a "chick" and getting scammed out of pokerstars $?

dlpnyc21

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is this peen pics?

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Gavin's demeanor has always impressed me more than just about any young pros who I have observed on tv or in broadcasts. He never loses his composure, doesn't celebrate when he wins a pot, and doesn't bemoan his fate when he loses a big pot. I try to emulate this calm, results-distanced perspective when I play in the big cash games in NYC and elsewhere. I really admire him and it's a shame that players who have calm, even-keeled temperments do not get the recognition they deserve.

That said, wasn't there a thread on neverwinpoker about him showing his family jewels to a "chick" and getting scammed out of pokerstars $?

dlpnyc21

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How many times have you seen him to say stuff like "always".

I mean, yeah, he gets credit for being the one guy under 25 who wasn't a foaming at the mouth jackhole that year, but has he been on TV since?

Nice score for him though. Will curtail my mockery of his backers for the time being [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

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1.8 million euros for 1st

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or ~1.5 million Big Macs

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edit: I was thinking Gavin Smith.

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nsfw obv

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LOL You're a mod?

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What that said, I am very impressed with that the EPT has done in Monte Carlo. The "spaceship" look of the the convention hall where the EPT 3 Grand Final took place was surreal.


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Yes, the place looked amazing.

And wasn't it nice to see a final table where the players can actually play poker (no turbo blinds). I don't know if they'd even be interested but I sure wish whatever entity is running the EPT could take over the WPT's duties when WPTE finally fizzles out.

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Congrats, Gavin!

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The rumors on neverwin poker were at least partly false. It said in the story that Gavin was hanging out with me in Vegas. I had actually never met Gavin tho, so the scammer was making at least that part up and very likely other parts of the story

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Warped member? I don't remember hearing about this, what's the story? Actually scratch that, I don't want to know.

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Myst is a sick tourney player. Check his finishes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Karam

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Congrats on winning

i wonder what % of himself he actually had in this thing

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Congrats, Gavin!

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Gavin - congrats on the win.

Gavin - sympathies on the schween.

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congrats

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Gavin - congrats on the win.

Gavin - sympathies on the schween.

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sympathies?

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hes hung like a man of africa, no sympathy needed.

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kevj - I just assumed it was a non-flattering pic, since I do not click on pics of dudes' penises because I'm not gay. But thanks for setting me straight.

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I was going through my 'brain files' at work and I think Myst has very entertaining blog but Im not sure. Does he have a blog?

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mystpoker.blogspot.com is his blog

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Thanks bud was just looking for it my self, isnt jackseven.ca his forum or he is affiliated with it or something like that.

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Did he show anyone his Dong in the process???