2025 World Series of Poker May 27th - July 16th
Looks like some decent tables on the stream after dinner - and that Brian Hastings is shaping up to be my major anti rail, would love for Blom to bust him on the FT bubble.
I wonder if there’s somewhere else this fascinating (and latest) rumination on the death of NLH, the explosion in popularity of PLO, and the allure of fix-limit games can unfold.
Where were you when the Hot Fun In The Summertime thread started in The Lounge and we really could’ve used you?
Notables:
Brian Hastings (6x bracelets)
Michael Mizrachi ((legend)
Will Kassouf
Greg *Merson (main event champ)
Chipleader came back from dinner and was eliminated in back to back hands versus same opponent
also Seungmook Jung who was on Netflix's Devils Plan
and Rene Charles Angelil, Celine Dion's son
Chipleader came back from dinner and was eliminated in back to back hands versus same opponent
It was brutal. Michael Hawker lost a big pot to Sebastian Schulze in first hand after dinner break. On board of 44A95 with four spades, Hawker went all in with 99 and Schulze called with AA. Then the very next hand, Schulze flopped a flush and Hawker made a straight on the turn. The money went in and Hawker was eliminated.
Schulze is now the dominant chip leader with like 230 BB.
3 of the 4 you mentioned were 1 hit wonder fish who ran super hot.
The current structure makes that a lot harder to happen and creates less fairytale stories though there should be some, but repeated fairytale runs by lesser skilled players are just so unlikely
With the significant increase in skill level and GTO, it's extremely difficult for true fairy tale amateurs to make the main event final table. At last year's final table, Jordan Griff was the only true amateur. We're not going to see another Gold or Yang.
It was brutal. Michael Hawker lost a big pot to Sebastian Schulze in first hand after dinner break. On board of 44A95 with four spades, Hawker went all in with 99 and Schulze called with AA. Then the very next hand, Schulze flopped a flush and Hawker made a straight on the turn. The money went in and Hawker was eliminated. Schulze is now the dominant chip leader with like 230 B
Stack depth wasn't obvious on the Poker News reporting for the 2nd hand, but it seemed a bit punty. The board was something like 8c7c5c9x and Schulze had Jc9c and Hawker just had a 6 with no club redraw, and he 3-bet shoved the turn.
Lol Afriat goes on a rampage
lol that guy on feature table just did the teddy kgb i stick it in you at the grinder. keeps talking about sticking his dick places as well.
I thought the coverage yesterday was pretty poor overall, except for when the Haxton/Locquet and Kassouf/Merson tables were on.Yeah the thread will hate but idc, dropping Norman Chad from the broadcasts is a mistake and has made it go downhill. His jokes made me laugh and brought colour to the broadcast, he also loves the game and approaches it from a different angle than gto
He's awful.
Stack depth wasn't obvious on the Poker News reporting for the 2nd hand, but it seemed a bit punty. The board was something like 8c7c5c9x and Schulze had Jc9c and Hawker just had a 6 with no club redraw, and he 3-bet shoved the turn.
Hawker’s chips must’ve really pissed him off during the break.
Merson
Grinder
Esther
Haxton
Is Patrick McKelvey Carl’s son?
Some wiseguy named Frank Flowers
Kassouf almost almost got him to put it in there, ridiculous speech play. Maybe if he had just jammed instead of 4bet to 3m.
