The finale of my trip report from the 2008 WSOP is now appearing in the October issue of 2+2 Internet Magazine. I must say, getting down to the final tables of this huge tournament is a pretty thrilling experience, at once exciting and surreal:
“On Day 6 of the main event, the Amazon Room was empty. Nine tables were collected in one corner of the immense room, 80% of which was utterly vacant. A single cocktail waiter patrolled between tables. Floor staff and press chatted idly as they waited for something to happen. Tensile cord stretched an oval around the 79 remaining players, so that every table was on the perimeter and observers could easily watch any of them.”
If you haven’t read them already, you should probably start with Part 1 and Part 2.
Hi Andrew,
As always a terrific read. I was actually holding my breath for a little while there!
The hand where the guy laid down his KK face up is fascinating. Had he folded face down you’d never have known (which in itself is a lesson to not show ones cards) but wow, what a shock that must have been when they landed. I guess he correctly assumed you were trapping the Russian, but lost a bit of clarity along the way. Pressure.
I dont like your line on the A10 hand but then you’re a much much better player than me and so is Scott, so my level of thinking here is pretty irrelevant! I know you have to push the marginal hands to win these things but given the whole situation, I reckon you might have found better spots.
Anyhow, amazing read and well done again. Appreciate the class you showed too given the way poker is headed. Honourary English gent ;-D
I look forward to the fourpeat next year!
Thanks, Nick. You’re probably right about the AT, and it may well go down as one of the biggest mistakes of my life. Then again, if I never have cause to regret anything more than how I played a hand of cards, well I’ll be a lucky guy.
I look forward to a fourpeat as well ;-).