Best hand of the day. Pius QQ.

It will always be remembered.

What's the over/under on how many hands Tuesday will last?

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I think we've seen aces once or twice,and kings and queens mayyybe 3 times yesterday ? where the premiums at

Yea I think I read from somewhere he is very close to being a grandmaster at chess. It's kind of a big deal in chess circles.

They didn't play that many hands

Yeah... Lamb also had KK vs. Darcour's AA earlier in the tournament when they were the two biggest stacks in the table and he absolutely lost the minimum.

I think they said he was just below being a Master actually. Still pretty good, but nowhere close to Grandmaster.

http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=308480

OK. Might be. Yeah I know he is not a grandmaster. But "just below" grandmaster status is quite close to grandmaster, no? Dont remember where I read about his chess past, but anyhow he must be well above average intelligence. And he seems descent dude, I hope he ships it. Or Heinz. As long as it's not "Bemba"

I'm not a huge fan of Ben Lamb, I find him kinda smug - but I think you are pretty far from the truth. Sure, he got outplayed in some spots by Heinz and Gianetti, but he also out-played them more than a few times with excellent reads. I hope he is heads up with Heinz.

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Was just joking about Matt having an overcard to my kings. Pious had made a similar joke earlier and I didn't mean anything by it.

No, he's nowhere near being a Grandmaster. He's below a candidate master, and there's still fide master, and international master after that before you can reach grandmaster status. It's still good, but it's not amazing.

Looking back on the coverage its pretty funny how far out of his way chad goes to paint staszko as the everyman. I understand that sort of thing is very important for the game but the dude is like an autistic eastern european chess savant, he and darvin moon/dennis phillips couldnt have less in common

exactly, people dont understand the implications of grand master. Because of the lack of variance and the fixed nature of the game there really is no comparison in poker.

Not trying to be a nit- but he's not "just below" GRANDMASTER, but MASTER-and in layman's terms the ranking system is based on mathematical formulas given a numerical value from playing other people in relation to their rank (you get a better score for beating someone better than you, etc.) To go the next level is not just a matter of playing well but having to consistently beat better players. So a rating system will go expert, master, senior master, grand master/world champion - also dependent on which ranking system used. Just FYI, but yeah - still crazy smart to be ranked expert. Hope he wins it too.

Really think the final 3 should of been Heinze giannetti and O'dea.....Although im not really a fan of Giannetti he did play well defending his blinds so often maybe -ev in the long run obv it actaully wasnt a bad strategy....after a while they were less inclined to 3 bet his bb......Stazko did seem to be card dead and kinda out of his depth for a while but he opened up his game......Ben lamb is a superb player obviously lioke him or loathe him but his reads seemed to be slightly off...Really disapointed O'DEA busted that AQ hand he ran into the very top of heinze range think that play would of worked so often, heinze flatting was questionable,what does he do if the board comes j47 rainbow same betting....After that i think he played his short stack brillantly.....Maybe im biased cause i had 4k on him

all the arm chairing is lulz in here. great coverage as usual... and helmuth once again proves why he is so great.

looking forward to the conclusion.

Luck is when preparation and opportunity meet. Yeah he got lucky, but he put himself in a position to get lucky. So go Ben Lamb!

Yeah the coverage was great (although why they didn't bring Busquet back is beyond me). Espn stream was flawless while I watched live, likewise when I caught up on demand.

Can't wait for tomorrow, hope Heinz ships it now.

Yeah the coverage is A+ and GL to all 3 of them!

I really enjoyed watching the espn coverage (watched all of it on 15 minute delay). it was great at the beginning antonio and phil calling the cards at the beginning for the most part pretty accurately but as it got down towards the end they got less accurate. i think that just shows what high level of thinking was going on when it got down to the final 4. the final 3 really were the best at switching up their games and thinking on who knows how many different levels...well i guess thats pretty obvious but it was fun to watch!!!!