If it was random, this would be awesome...
Call it "the life" tournament. Some people get born into rich families, some into poor. But with luck and eventual perseverance cream will rise to the top.

Pretty sure you guys are going overboard on the Blom coverage.

The final table would get picketed by "We Are The 99 Percent" signs.

Mentioning his first appearance at the wsop and briefly joking about about his name is going overboard? Last I checked he is arguably the most popular poker player on this entire forum.

Interesting discussion. I run quite a few cue-sport tournaments and byes are always an issue, even more so if you seed the tournament.

I haven't listened to the discussion yet, but i'll add (from experience) that late withdrawals are also a big issue too. In a tournament that size with early registration, typically 2-3 players who get a bye in the first round also end up with a second bye in the 2nd round as people decide to go home rather than wait around (probably less of an issue at $10k buyin)

Your premise that "[Players playing the extra round have a] 0.4% chance of winning. Players who didn't have to play the match started with a 0.8% chance of winning." Hence paying half the buy-in is fair. This is correct a) After the draw and before R2 b) If we ignore player ability.

On the flip side all players have the same equity (ignoring ability) when they pay at the cage, with the same odds of drawing a bye.

You could easily take either side of the argument, but the side where players pay more vig, and less administration is required is always going to win.

Andy Bloch winning a wsop bracelet + FTP situation = Bad taste in my mouth

Still enjoyed the show though

+1

looking forward to this week's show....any idea on whos the guest? also could you update us on Shawn Buchanan's situation?

Pretty sure you spent more time on Blom during the Bloch interview than his bracelet win.

you mean Blom and Bloch are different people? I just thought it was mis-speak

pretty sure you're greatly exaggerating.

The funny thing is we actually forgot to ask about the Blom match and as we were thanking him after the interview he was like "Im surprised you didn't ask me about Isildur".

So we talked about it and edited it in.

Didn't you guys talk at great length about the Blom match? I remember discussions about whether he used the big river overbet and Bloch mentioning that he played pretty conventionally and that he got coolered on some hand 7-3 vs 6-3 or something on 443 board.

LOL snarky podcast hosts

I really don't want to go back and listen to it to time it, but I just may since the new one isn't up yet.

In case you're serious, Pope is a Pokercast homeboy from way back