No Love for Watkinson?

[Alex Jacob]

not to start drama, but this is too weird..

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/leewatkinson.php

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In 2004, Lee was named Card Player "Player of the Year," after a series of incredible final table finishes.

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where's the o rly owl when you need him

[greggg230]

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Lee Watkinson Takes Over the Chiplead

Lee Watkinson bet 400,000 and Will Spadea raised to 800,000. Watkinson moved all in for 6.5 million and Spadea quickly called.

Watkinson: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Spadea: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}

The flop was {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{7-Spades}. The turn was the {J-Spades}. Watkinson was on the brink of elimination and down to six outs. The river was the {K-Hearts} and Watkinson hit one of his outs. He doubled through Spadea and took over the lead. Watkinson increased his stack to over 14 million.

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What the hell is this? Why are players pushing AKo AIPF with 87BB, and why are players calling 87BB pushes with 99?

[Floker]

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Lee Watkinson Takes Over the Chiplead

Lee Watkinson bet 400,000 and Will Spadea raised to 800,000. Watkinson moved all in for 6.5 million and Spadea quickly called.

Watkinson: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Spadea: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}

The flop was {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{7-Spades}. The turn was the {J-Spades}. Watkinson was on the brink of elimination and down to six outs. The river was the {K-Hearts} and Watkinson hit one of his outs. He doubled through Spadea and took over the lead. Watkinson increased his stack to over 14 million.

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What the hell is this? Why are players pushing AKo AIPF with 87BB, and why are players calling 87BB pushes with 99?

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At least the AK had fold equity...

[samsdmf]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Watkinson
Wikipedia people are nuts, WSOP live updates on Lees progress

[Reko Savinen]

Lee might be the most likable player on the circuit. I met him a couple of years ago as he used to be a regular in a game that my friend played in in some Washington casino (forget the name of it, maybe someone on here knows) and my buddy introduced me to him. I'm definitely pulling for him, I've taken him as my horse to cash in a Fantasy pool the last three main events and I'm glad to see him running well again this year.

[zerocarb]

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chipleader

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Lee's not monkeying around anymore.

[Chimera]

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not to start drama, but this is too weird..

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/leewatkinson.php

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In 2004, Lee was named Card Player "Player of the Year," after a series of incredible final table finishes.

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where's the o rly owl when you need him

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Lee's peers are certainly aware of his accomplishments, but I think if you asked the average recreational player/casual TV poker viewer who Lee Watkinson was, they wouldn't have a clue. If anything, they might remember him as the guy who blew the chip lead on the WPT 2 weeks in a row.

Of course, that's probably fine with Lee. He doesn't seem like the type of guy who really craves celebrity status.

[JackWhite]

I wonder if Ted Lawson is on the rail yelling like last year's PLO FT.

[Quicksilvre]

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Wikipedia people are nuts

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fyp

[SuperUberBob]

I like Lee. He's a humble, nice guy who doesn't get too influenced by the spotlight. He just gets the job done.