WSOP on ESPN thread (10/9 - ME Final Table)

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Shame Kravchenko didn't win it. He played 10 times better than anybody else at the final table.

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This is IMO again a wrong perception created by showing a limited number of hands. Just like Yang seemed to lose many big hands and yet never move down much on ESPN, Kravchenko was doubling up without moving up much on ESPN.

On the small hands that PPV viewers saw, Yang was scooping up the blinds, limps, and even raises PF like crazy. OTOH, Kravchenko was quickly bleeding the chips he won in his double-ups, by limp folding or raise-folding pre-flop. Kravchenko played well only when he was in push-fold mode.

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This is right. Kravchenko played a good small stack. As soon as he got deep, he played very weak. At one time, Kravchenko was the second biggest stack and not far behind Yang. He ended up blinding himself down to the smallest stack and then got busted by Yang.

We saw three double-ups of Kravchenko by Yang. Yet, Yang was usually way ahead in the chip lead. The reason is because Yang dominated picking up the small pots not aired on ESPN and Kravchenko let himself get pushed around.