Or the hit piece was effective simply because of what a douche Torelli is. I hope someone slow-rolls his ass out of the tournament.
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WSOP Main Event ? (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter BigSlick4523
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ngmcs8203
Flush
Characters are good for the game, good guys or heels. I’m loving the unfiltered commentary.
doctorchips
Pair
There's a difference between being a heel and being a genuine asshole lol
Is there? I’m trying to wrap my head around this. It’s not like wrestling, where people are paid to play a role to entertain the fans. Poker is real life. At least it is for the 9 guys at the table. I feel like if you’re a jerk at the table, it doesn’t matter if you go home and hug the wife and kid, you’re still a jerk.
doctorchips
Pair
Yea, I'd say there's a difference at ramping up the douchebaggery (is that a word?) at the table to get a reaction or tells off of other players, or put them on tilt. Contrast that with someone who is just a douche and it transfers into every area of their life. I'd say there's a difference there.
ngmcs8203
Flush
True. Some of these dudes are jerks. The laughing at someone when you knock them out. Over the line. Glad Norman Chad is calling them out live on air.
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Frogzilla
Straight Flush
Payne requesting round of straddles let’s go
Mandos
3 of a Kind
Payne is certainly easy to root for despite being a huge stack.
Frogzilla
Straight Flush
He’s giving out yoga lessons today, great read by you, he’s gotta go!
Frogzilla
Straight Flush
Hot mic around 3:25 in (4 min ago) picked up Norman Chad absolutely ripping into someone on the production crew.
Edit: timestamp is 3:26:40 day 8 part 1
Edit: timestamp is 3:26:40 day 8 part 1
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I haven’t gotten there yet. But that isn’t shocking because from what I’ve read, Norman Chad sucks and he’s miserable.
And I stopped finding him amusing at least a half decade ago.
Frogzilla
Straight Flush
Turn it up when you get close. I wouldn’t be surprised if this becomes a thing.
Reddit link for those without a subscription
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doctorchips
Pair
Just dropping in to say that I think it's insanely stupid to keep the final table paywalled behind a streaming service 9/10 people will not subscribe for solely for this event. They had 65,000 people watching the free stream that apparently dropped to less than half that. Just put advertisements in it... I miss ESPN coverage so bad right now.
doctorchips
Pair
Also, Josh Payne has 28k lifetime winnings in live poker, and his last years WSOP result is below:
He's second place right now with 23 players remaining.
Which mean's he's guaranteed at least 400k from this alone. I seriously hope he takes it for first place.
| 1,743 | $1,062 |
He's second place right now with 23 players remaining.
Which mean's he's guaranteed at least 400k from this alone. I seriously hope he takes it for first place.
I hear you. There are a lot of valid complaints about pokergo. They’ve been at it for a few years and trying different things, but it seems like they’ve decided their revenue needs to come from subscribers, not advertisers.
I don’t like paying for anything. But this was worth it to me. And it’s worth mentioning that they delivered a whole bunch of free coverage over the past six weeks. They’ve just drawn the line in the sand on the final stages of the main event.
Maybe they’ll do it differently next year.
doctorchips
Pair
Which is honestly such a strange thing to do. They could have this as one of the premiere events online right now and advertise the shit out of it.
Seems like such a short sighted business move to me. The awesome part about the WSOP previously was that having it on ESPN next to, say, hockey or football was that it legitimized it in a way that this doesn't.
I'm also not what I would consider cheap either - it's kind of the principle of this bullshit that we're now nickle and dimed every step of the way now for literally everything... anyway. I'm just a bitter Canadian because we have two months of decent weather all year.
Jonesey07
4 of a Kind
I need someone to harvest me one of those 500k chips.
NotRealNameNoSir
4 of a Kind
ICM has gotta be pretty high on those right about now lol
Frogzilla
Straight Flush
$25k on avg (will depend on stack size)
Plus risk of ban. And very nonzero chance to get caught given they are exactly tracking stack size and have so many cameras on you
(Only) $4600 once it’s heads up tho!
Frogzilla
Straight Flush
This is the extra day they added from last years structure and good that they did, the record field extends the expected end of the tournament by roughly another level. Last year they had to go to final table with 10 instead of 9 after playing a monster 7+ level session on day 7 instead of the usual 5
My guess is they play around 3 levels today, which explains the later start.
Rooting for Payne again, and again hoping to see Torelli stacked. Payne was quite impressive in a couple hands yesterday…3 bet chip leader relentlessly and had a very nice adjustment checking down 77 as the 3 better when the board ran out JxxAx. Can’t remember the exact cards but just dusty stuff not too relevant. He was up against AJ and it looked like he picked up a live read.
My guess is they play around 3 levels today, which explains the later start.
Rooting for Payne again, and again hoping to see Torelli stacked. Payne was quite impressive in a couple hands yesterday…3 bet chip leader relentlessly and had a very nice adjustment checking down 77 as the 3 better when the board ran out JxxAx. Can’t remember the exact cards but just dusty stuff not too relevant. He was up against AJ and it looked like he picked up a live read.
doctorchips
Pair
Maceiras just bullying these guys lol
chicubs1988
Flush
I miss the mid-to-late 2000s main event coverage on ESPN and all of the player personalities from back in the day.....Gimme that Jack Links sponsorship plug and the WSOP guitar twang during transitions.
Frogzilla
Straight Flush
Near the end of 1st level and it’s weird they are not letting them hand-for-hand. They are basically begging for hand-for-hand and threatening to tank every decision.
There are 3 sub 10 bb stacks and a like $100k pay jump so massive incentives for stalling
There are 3 sub 10 bb stacks and a like $100k pay jump so massive incentives for stalling
Frogzilla
Straight Flush
Alex Torelli jumping over to the rail and pacing all ins that he is not involved in is so annoying
megarises
Flush
a lot about him is annoying, but fortunately we don’t have to worry about that anymore lol.
doctorchips
Pair
Juan Maceiras ripping through these guys lol
Frogzilla
Straight Flush
He just bet-call river against UTG10 with A8 on 775K9. UTG10 floated turn which is strange line for something like JT or QJ and I think those are the only bluffs he beat. So strange.
Much, much worse than open jamming 66 for 30 bigs.
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