27 remain in WSOP Main Event

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Vig free odds on final table based on stack size.

Griffin Benger 12/1
Vojtech Ruzicka 11/1
Fernando Pons 54/1
Qui Nguyen 4/1
Cliff Josephy 7/2
Michael Ruane 19/2
Gordon Vayo 6/1
Kenny Hallaert 7/1
Jerry Wong 32/1

BOL odds

1501 Cliff Josephy +240
1502 Qui Nguyen +350
1503 Gordon Vayo +450
1504 Kenny Hallaert +500
1505 Michael Ruane +850
1506 Vojtech Ruzicka +1000
1507 Griffin Benger +1000
1508 Jerry Wong +2500
1509 Fernando Pons +4000

[Triple_D_Bet]

No doubt someone will pick it up. CBSS runs Poker Night in America, which is just one giant turd of a show.

Yup...poker ain't what it used to be, but it's still worthy of being aired. They should have bumped it back to mid November though...after November 8th, there will be a huge entertainment void to fill. Slap a bad wig on the players and start having them rave like lunatics and they should be able to pull most of the audience who's been watching the election shit show

[ChuckyTheGoat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f9mTBXjxWk&spfreload=1

This guy Kassouff affirming his dick-status.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Some of the videos from WSOP 2016 Main Event now surfacing. Huge hand where Kassouf bluffs 96(o), bets huge and gets woman (Matuson) to lay down QQ. I see 3 errors in this hand:

Look at the board texture. It WASN'T a sopping-wet board. The hands that beat QQ are (strange) 2pair, set, or very unusual straight. I think u just have to pay off on those hands.

1) I don't know how the woman (Matuson) lays down Queens there. Tournament life or not, u have to call. Kassouff's huge overbet should set off alarm-bells. He's betting to get u to lay down. (Fwiw, did land a huge Straight-Flush w/ 96(hearts) a little earlier. That could have been on the woman's mind).

2) See note above, Kassouff is a dick. He wins the prize.

3) What's w/ grandpa calling the clock when she is deciding on her tournament life? Relax, give her a minute. U have to wait...b4 even thinking about calling the clock.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Here's the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXua5AnQDqw

Key hand starts around 1:10.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Let's get beyond Kassouff being a dick. That's a given:

* Is Kassouff giving anything away? Betting 490 into 630 is a big bet. If u have a huge made hand, u want to get paid off.
* His hands signals, after being given warning. Begging for a fold...isn't that a sign of WEAKNESS?

NChad makes a great comment. Calling for clock after Kassouff has been goading her? Relax and let the hand play out.

Look again at the board. No flush got there:
* He bets a set/straight huge there.
* 2pair (especially if they're small)? Not sure he bets so big there.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

A few more thoughts on the Kassouff hand(s):

* A little earlier, Matuson laid down AQ on an Ace-hi board. If u watch that video, it was a totally reasonable lay-down. Board was super-wet, w/ 3 hearts and a made straight. A LOT of hands beat her, and she didn't hold a Heart in her hand. So, no blocker and and no flush re-draw.

So much different than the QQ hand (posted above), which was a very dry board (Ten-hi). There are a few things, re: Kassouff. This guy is undoubtedly a dick. But there's a difference btw:
1) Being a dick, and
2) Impacted the play.

On the QQ hand, I really think he impacted the play by never shutting (the fuq) up. The time Matuson had to ponder was consumed by Kassouff's dick-fest. BTW, Kassouff is on video tanking frequently at EPT events. Selbst commented that her table w/ Kassouff barely got in any hands (per hour), b/c he was always being a dick.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

On the QQ hand, think about the hands that could beat her and why they might be unlikely:

1) A set. Disguised hand, so much so that u pretty much have to pay-off if someone catches.
2) 2 pair. Could be (like 32 or 35), but you'll normally find out about it early. Small 2-pair hands are vulnerable to the board pairing and thereby counterfeiting your hand and turning it into rubble.
3) So, what straights got there?
* A4. He would have had to hit it clean on the flop.
* 46. Would have gotten there on the turn.

That's it! No other straight got there. There just aren't that many hands that got home.

I 100% believe Matuson that she just didn't have enuf time to contemplate and act appropriately. The dagger is Grandpa (a total bystander) sticking his nose in and calling clock.