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07-10-2023 , 04:43 PM

#801

NickMPK

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Defarse

"At an adjacent table, the action folded to David Eldridge in the small blind who shoved all in as the bigger stack. Christopher Usude was in the big blind with a stack of 86,000 and went into the tank. The clock was called and as the time was counted down, Usude folded his QQ face up."

This fold seems almost trivially correct in this context.

Folding AA to a single raise is a completely different story.

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07-10-2023 , 05:06 PM

#802

ligastar

ToP 1o0 pAsS cAtChErS

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 33,813

Quote:

Originally Posted by Defarse

And I forgot Boston Rob.

there's a reason you forgot Boston Rob

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07-10-2023 , 05:33 PM

#803

Wilfram

journeyman

Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 348

Twitch streamer/chess player Alex Botez still in. How big is a Botez deep run for the poker world? As huge as I think it is? We're not there yet; I'm talking if she makes Day 6-7 or beyond.

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07-10-2023 , 06:10 PM

#804

Wilbury Twist

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Originally Posted by Wilbury Twist

Masato "World Wide" Yokosawa 779K
Daniel Negreanu 759K
Brad Owen 680K
Wolfgang Poker 415K
Doug Polk Poker 394K
Rampage 250K
Andrew Neeme 188K
しゅんぽーかー (Shunpoker) 178K
YoH ViraL Poker 167K
이문주 (Moonjoo Lee) 162K
Joeingram1 154K
임요환 (Lim Yo Hwan) 154K
Lex Veldhuis 129K (but more than twice that on Twitch)
小六 SixPoker 117K
Ryan Depaulo 108K

Oh duh... honorable mention: BotezLive, 1.35 million subs. They almost never post about poker, so it doesn't really count, but she's in the mix in this year's Main.

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07-10-2023 , 06:15 PM

#805

Bageled

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Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 674

I saw a Tweet from Eli Elezra and Boston Rob that they made day 3. BR said he made it to the money.

Bageled

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07-10-2023 , 06:33 PM

#806

fozzy71

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Originally Posted by Wilbury Twist

Oh duh... honorable mention: BotezLive, 1.35 million subs. They almost never post about poker, so it doesn't really count, but she's in the mix in this year's Main.

She started a new @BotezPoker channel specifically for poker content recently.

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07-10-2023 , 06:54 PM

#807

Army Eye

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Wilfram

Twitch streamer/chess player Alex Botez still in. How big is a Botez deep run for the poker world?\

Pretty damn big. And chess/poker have a natural overlap, so it's even better than if she happened to be an equally popular influencer in some other sphere.

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07-10-2023 , 07:17 PM

#808

weeeez

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Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,083

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wilfram

Twitch streamer/chess player Alex Botez still in. How big is a Botez deep run for the poker world? As huge as I think it is? We're not there yet; I'm talking if she makes Day 6-7 or beyond.

We don't really want thinking players coming in though, do we?
I don't think she matters much, 1.3M followers isn't that big.

We want the MrBeast casuals and the likes of.

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07-10-2023 , 07:30 PM

#809

Wilfram

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Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 348

Quote:

Originally Posted by weeeez

We don't really want thinking players coming in though, do we?
I don't think she matters much, 1.3M followers isn't that big.

We want the MrBeast casuals and the likes of.

I guess I imagine her audience to be comprised of some very strong chess players but also just the general population that finds her entertaining enough to follow online. In any case, she hit the rail about 15 minutes ago. GG

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07-10-2023 , 08:53 PM

#810

herbalerv

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Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 879

Quote:

Originally Posted by weeeez

We don't really want thinking players coming in though, do we?
I don't think she matters much, 1.3M followers isn't that big.

We want the MrBeast casuals and the likes of.

I cannot comprehend this logic in anyway

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07-10-2023 , 09:46 PM

#811

RosaParks1

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NickMPK

This fold seems almost trivially correct in this context.

Folding AA to a single raise is a completely different story.

Folding qq faceup < folding qq < calling

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07-10-2023 , 09:54 PM

#812

Army Eye

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Quote:

Originally Posted by weeeez

We don't really want thinking players coming in though, do we?
I don't think she matters much, 1.3M followers isn't that big.

We want the MrBeast casuals and the likes of.

People who watch Mr. Beast are 12 years old. They're not gonna do much for poker.

1.3M followers is way more than any poker player heh. But whatever, she's out, was a good run. I get the feeling she was intent on folding her way to the money, busted soon after.

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07-10-2023 , 10:24 PM

#813

chzbrglr

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Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,994

8 players in the GPI tournament players’ ranking Top 20 are still left in the Main Event:

#02 Chance Kornuth
#03 Jesse Lonis
#09 Alex Foxen
#12 Stephen Chidwick
#13 Chris Brewer
#15 Justin Saliba
#17 Punat Punsri
#18 Jason Koon

Last edited by chzbrglr; 07-10-2023 at 10:44 PM.

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07-10-2023 , 10:46 PM

#814

NickMPK

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RosaParks1

Folding qq faceup < folding qq < calling

Well yeah he certainly shouldn’t fold face-up. But with that stack size (basically the starting stack) I imagine you’re better off folding into the money than taking ~70% equity to double up,

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07-11-2023 , 12:06 AM

#815

NickMPK

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Originally Posted by NickMPK

Well yeah he certainly shouldn’t fold face-up. But with that stack size (basically the starting stack) I imagine you’re better off folding into the money than taking ~70% equity to double up,

Just to expand on this, my back of the envelope math suggests that the post-bubble equity of a starting stack is around $7k (on top of the $16k bubble pay-out). So a starting stack’s equity on the bubble is about $23k, while a 2x stack is worth about $30k. And you’d rather have $23k guaranteed than a 70% shot at $30k (and 30% shot of $0).

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07-11-2023 , 01:53 AM

#816

chzbrglr

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If Chidwick or Koon wins the Main Event, they will be in 2nd place on the All-Time Money List.

They will also be rich.

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07-11-2023 , 02:39 AM

#817

RosaParks1

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NickMPK

Yes. It's a funny spot because we all understand the decision and it's merit, but you are really confining the solution set of outcomes by folding there. How many BBs was their stack at the time?

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07-11-2023 , 05:26 AM

#818

inmyrav

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Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 1,721

Quote:

Originally Posted by PokerEthics

My economics professor once said that the parking problem in New York and Boston and other cities was because cars are too cheap to own….

Surely he meant that cities should charge more to drive cars in the city, not that cars were underpriced nationally?

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07-11-2023 , 06:20 AM

#819

crackedaa

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Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 407

Quote:

Originally Posted by weeeez

We don't really want thinking players coming in though, do we?
I don't think she matters much, 1.3M followers isn't that big.

We want the MrBeast casuals and the likes of.

I think you severely overestimate the skill level of her followers. She is a pretty girl making fun chess content, her target audience isn't exactly masters. The average online chess player is sub 1000 ELO I think, which is a complete fish in poker terms. Imo the issue with transitioning to poker is that there's a fine margin between playing bad for fun and playing bad for money. Anyway 1.3M is quite a lot, so her playing poker is definitely good.

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07-11-2023 , 06:50 AM

#820

Army Eye

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rip the list of notables

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07-11-2023 , 09:30 AM

#821

Defarse

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Notables to day 5:

John Racener
Nicholas Rigby
Chance Kornuth
Nate Silver
Nick Marchington
Roman Hrabec
Maurice Hawkins
Alec Torelli
Tony Dunst
Joe Hachem
Kyna England
Dario Sammartino
Jeremy Becker
Bill Klein
Faraz Jaka
James Obst
Andrew Neeme
Jason Somerville
Jeff Gross
Richard Seymour
Jesse Lonis
Jason Koon
Chris Brewer
Chris Moneymaker

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07-11-2023 , 09:52 AM

#822

NickMPK

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Rooting hard for Nate Silver!

It would be awesome to see him make a really deep run just weeks after getting screwed over by Disney.

I imagine he’s actually much more famous than any professional poker player (e.g. he has >3 million Twitter followers, compared to 500k for Daniel Negreanu).

(I wonder if he’s the most famous former professional poker player; I’m not sure who else would be in contention for that.)

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07-11-2023 , 09:54 AM

#823

LimpDitka

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Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 4,237

I'm literally fast forwarding through anything that doesn't involve Rigby. I don't see how everyone isn't rooting for a deep run from him.

Also, any notable females left?

Is Richard seymour the last celebrity standing?