** WSOP ME, $10,000 NLHE, Day 6, Sun., July 15**

[Howard Treesong]

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Has anyone else noticed that with 3 tables left we still have 3 Vietnamese players.

On average, Viets are the greatest poker players in the world.

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Excellent sample size. What do you have to say about other ethnic/racial groups?

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How long and how closely do you follow poker ? I don't claim to have performed a rigorous statistical study, but it's clear to me that expressed as a ratio of great players to world population of the race/ethnicity, Viets are by far the best. It's not even close.

All my Vietnamese friends who follow poker agree with me. Yes, they might be biased a bit, but they follow poker closely (precisely because of all the great Viet players) and in general they know their stuff.

What race/ethnicity do you think rivals Viets for producing great poker players. I'm interested to hear your opinion.

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The problem is you know jackshit about how statistics work

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Of the top 25 poker players in lifetime earnings, 4 are Vietnamese. Of the top 50 players, 6 are Vietnamese. 7 if 'Tony' Ma is Vietnamese. That's 12 or 14%. All South Vietnamese also. Less than 1% of the world population is Vietnamese. So what are the chances? These players all were just lucky.

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I'm pretty sure that Hieu Ngoc ("Tony") Ma is also Vietnamese.

[dilligaf817]

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Put a bounty on Kalmar's head, please.

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He's immune for busting Humberto.

I sent him a dollar for that one too.

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Send him another dollar to bust.

[Number27]

He was getting the right odds for it on and the turn.

[pineapple888]

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Oh noes not the dreaded check-call every street, shove with rivered nuts.

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Yeah it's a very sophisticated move when done well. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[BJLTNYK]

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Put a bounty on Kalmar's head, please.

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He's immune for busting Humberto.

I sent him a dollar for that one too.

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RainKhan busted Humberto.

[riverdance]

gg bob. 429k

[PokeReader]

Featured Table: Bob Slezak Eliminated in 15th Place ($429,114)
Featured Table Hand #36 - Lee Childs has the button in seat 9, Bob Slezak moves all in from early position for 2,125,000, and Raymond Rahme calls from late position. Rahme shows {7c}{7s}, and Bob Slezak shows {4d}{4h}. Slezak needs to improve to stay alive. The flop comes {Kd}{Qc}{10s}, and Rahme retains the lead with the higher pocket pair. The turn card is the {6d}, and Slezak needs a four on the river to survive. The river card is the {Qs}, and Rahme wins the pot with two pair, queens and sevens. Bob Slezak is eliminated in 15th place, earning $429,114.

[sweetjazz]

I don't know much about tournament poker, but is pushing 44 in early position (at a table with 7 or 8 players) with an M of 7 a marginally good play, a marginally bad play, or a pretty bad play?

[Duke]

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Of the top 25 poker players in lifetime earnings, 4 are Vietnamese. Of the top 50 players, 6 are Vietnamese. 7 if 'Tony' Ma is Vietnamese. That's 12 or 14%. All South Vietnamese also. Less than 1% of the world population is Vietnamese. So what are the chances? These players all were just lucky.

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Yes, absolutely. You gotta remember, to get out of Vietnam you have to win your share of Russian Roulette tourneys (I saw Deer Hunter). That implies that they're all lucky as hell.

[J.C. Gloves]

No more Aces for Slezak [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] gg tho