2009 WSOP commentary
Ok, I still love poker, even though I never play anymore and never update this blog. It's been a good week for the math geeks, as co-author of "The Mathematics of Poker" Jerrod Ankenman has taken down his first bracelet in the Event 42: $2500 8-game mix. Congrats to him, book sales should increase by at least one, but I have to get them to re-design the front cover, featuring walmart dice chips and cheap cards. As a chip/card aficionado, this doesn't do it for me:
The math guys all stay in a house together for wsop, they said they were doing poorly up until now, and hoss_tbf and Math of poker other-co-author Bill Chen are doing well on day 3 of the $50k horse. Gus hansen leads currently in the horse, but my man Doyle has busted out.
How about Phil Ivey lighting it up for 2 bracelets, winning a ton of cash on his sidebet bracelet props, and then Jeff Lisandro topping Ivey with 3 bracelets! Year of the pro?
I'm sad I had a conference this weekend and was unable to do a dead-money repeat in the $1500 Limit holdem shootout. I may try to do this event next year. The event lost a little this year b/c it was on the same day as the $50k horse, but still managed to draw over 600 entrants. In the past, this event was held two days before the main event, and drew all the big name pros who were shooting for that last bracelet opportunity before the main event. The guy who won this event last year was at my table, Matt Graham, has won another bracelet this year, in the PLO $10k event. I would say "congratulations," but he was pretty much a dick to me in my first ever wsop event.
The math guys all stay in a house together for wsop, they said they were doing poorly up until now, and hoss_tbf and Math of poker other-co-author Bill Chen are doing well on day 3 of the $50k horse. Gus hansen leads currently in the horse, but my man Doyle has busted out.
How about Phil Ivey lighting it up for 2 bracelets, winning a ton of cash on his sidebet bracelet props, and then Jeff Lisandro topping Ivey with 3 bracelets! Year of the pro?
I'm sad I had a conference this weekend and was unable to do a dead-money repeat in the $1500 Limit holdem shootout. I may try to do this event next year. The event lost a little this year b/c it was on the same day as the $50k horse, but still managed to draw over 600 entrants. In the past, this event was held two days before the main event, and drew all the big name pros who were shooting for that last bracelet opportunity before the main event. The guy who won this event last year was at my table, Matt Graham, has won another bracelet this year, in the PLO $10k event. I would say "congratulations," but he was pretty much a dick to me in my first ever wsop event.