WPT World Poker Challenge thread

Kevmath · #1 07-25-2007, 08:12 PM

Tonight's show helps bring WPT Season 5 closer to its conclusion with the World Poker Challenge held in Reno. Tonight's final table only lasts 65 hands, so there will be plenty of tournament action covered. This final table featured:

Seat 1: JC Tran - T904,000
Seat 2: David Pham - T1,655,000
Seat 3: JC Alvarado - T1,107,000
Seat 4: Danny Wong - T623,000
Seat 5: John Hom - T119,000
Seat 6: Mark Seif - T325,000

McCutter · #2 07-25-2007, 09:37 PM

"He's digging the hole, putting the twigs and branches over it. This is great poker, Mike..."

BarryLyndon · #3 07-25-2007, 09:39 PM

lol Mark Seif. "Hey, I have an A and a low kicker, just so you know you're getting odds with a nice range of hands, let's ask the audience, ok, let's go."

RobBizzle · #4 07-25-2007, 09:51 PM

I hate VVP.

Slim Pickens · #5 07-26-2007, 12:27 AM

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lol Mark Seif. "Hey, I have an A and a low kicker, just so you know you're getting odds with a nice range of hands, let's ask the audience, ok, let's go."

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Wow @ Danny Wong stacking off ~40BBs with AQo to a 4-bet shove.

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Do you really need an elaborate trap made from twigs and sticks to beat these players? Just wait until the fish jumps in the boat and then whack it with the oar.

Also, yeah, I have to ask what would be considered good about Juan Carlos' game. He acts like he's played too many $11 SNGs.

THAY3R · #6 07-26-2007, 12:58 AM

Alvarado and Wong are both good.

Kimbell175113 · #7 07-26-2007, 01:06 AM

T5 vs 97 hand was entertaining

Turn Prophet · #8 07-26-2007, 01:18 AM

Good (very good, even) players sometimes make non-good moves. Shocking!

Slim Pickens · #9 07-26-2007, 02:21 AM

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Alvarado and Wong are both good.

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Well, Wong wasn't in very long. I don't know exactly how someone would think AQo was any good facing a 4-bet all-in from JC Tran when his opening raise came over two big stacks, but it's hard to stay neutral when we see the cards before the action.

Alvarado overbetting draw-free flops against good players with middle pair no kicker doesn't strike me as very enlightened. The hand has some showdown value and doesn't really benefit from any folding equity if JC is calling him with TPnK. I liked his play with the 45 though.

tpir · #10 07-25-2007, 10:35 PM

This self-proclaimed "best player from Mexico" is terrible, he doesn't win this does he?