I find it incredible that no one is talking about the horrible play of Saout... He basically "checked" himself right out of the final table.

When anyone get's that deep in any tourney you need to defend your Top Pairs aggressively... I have no idea wtf he was thinking checking down top pr of Jacks to the chip leader who then turned a gutshot straight. smh

people should spend less time criticizing the FT players' play imo

So you just lead into pfr raiser when you have top pair and check when you have nothing? Yeah thats not exploitative lol

He shouldve jammed it pre with 16bbs

was the 500k controversy the final hand?

If you looked a poker Twitter last night, that's the only thing any pro was doing. Crucifying every player

yes.

Cash game players know what is about, sitting in casino waiting two weeks for hand

What the coach didn't realize is that you don't need that extra help if you are one of the chosen people.

Like Borovetz amirite?

No. It was a hand that Ott won so it couldn't have been the final hand.

It was the hand before the final hand.

ninja edit, yes you are right when I said yes I meant it caused a delay in the last hand to figure it out

Hi Everyone:

I'm just getting into stuff. But apparently in the world of psychoanalysis there is something called "transference" which has to do with patients falling in love with their psycho-therapist and is something the analyst doing the psychoanalysis has to guard against. I also know a similar problem occurs with Parkinson's patients who fall in love with their caretakers and begin to neglect family and friends. So could this idea of transference be happening to some of these very successful high stake players who seem to be totally enamored with their mental coaches?

Obviously Mr. Blumstein is a very good player who understands tournament strategy at a very high level and deserves much congratulations for his WSOP win. But having his first remark after drawing out on his last hand referring to his mental coach, especially in a way that would embarrass his mental coach, may be implying transference.

Also, for those interested in this topic we're going to be starting a series of articles in our September magazine by Robert Samuels, who has Ph.D. In psychology that will get into some of this stuff.

Best wishes,
Mason

Hmm as a another poster hinted at he Blum may have been leveling Daniel with that comment and not meant it seriously but who knows

Hi rubixxcube:

That may be. But I'm seeing so much love for these mental coaches from highly successful players who I believe would be highly successful if they didn't have a mental coach, and that now I know a little bit about transference I'm wondering if transference is taking place.

Best wishes,
Mason

+1

what a certified moron she is, funny to hear the announcers laughing at her though

I don't know. Kinda weird that after winning the main event one of your 1st thoughts is "I'm gonna troll and level in this interview"

This could explain the Bauman Selbst boat v quads hand. Both picturing flopping sets, ignoring the fact to request a no flush flop. Seeing their mistake on the flop, selbst pictured the board pairing but bauman being a the better mentalist specifically pictured turning Quads. Smart play on Bauman's part.

Hey it looks like the WSOP made the evening news - ABC World News Tonight is about to do a little story after the commercial break

Valid point. Reminds me of the scientologists

Oh, it's over already - they put a lot of emphasis on the 2 coming on the river ... someone at ABC News must be something of a poker enthusiast

Notice that 7221 x 50k = 361,050,000 but total chips in play was 360,575,000 .... could this be a result of uneven colorups? As a % small but still odd.

Prob because of the guy that got about 600k in chips confiscated

Yeah the guy who was kicked out had his chips picked up