David tuckman has visited the previous days threads to say he is just teeing up livb and its his job to ask so many questions. Give the man respect. Hes doing a great job. Everyone is raving on about how sick livb is, and sick he is but gotta give credit to tuckman for setting up livb to sound so sick.
A lot of these players are starting a bad precedent by taking this much time with fairly regular decisions.
This is VERY bad for the game in general and really hurts the rest of the players at the table. Something needs to be done about this from the tournament staff in future play. How can 1 table play 34 hands and another only play 24 hands in a specified amount of time?
A lot of these players are starting a bad precedent by taking this much time with fairly regular decisions.
This is VERY bad for the game in general and really hurts the rest of the players at the table. Something needs to be done about this from the tournament staff in future play. How can 1 table play 34 hands and another only play 24 hands in a specified amount of time?
@phil_hellmuth: "In 1 hour I'll be in booth all day long "Live" on ESPN II to cover WSOP Main Event! Expecting some to self-destruct + others to Champion Up!"
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Philipp Gruissem raised to 130,000 from middle position and was met with an all-in reraise to 460,000 by Mario Silvestri on the button. The blinds got out of the way and action was back on Gruissem. He thought for a few moments before saying, "I have a really bad hand."
At that point, Silvestri flipped over his {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}. "What are you doing?" asked Gruissem.
"I thought you said call," Silvestri responded with a bit of confusion in his voice. After seeing his opponent's hand, that is exactly what Gruissem did.
Gruissem knew he'd be flipping if he called, so he obviously decided it was a good time to race. The {9-Spades}{A-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop kept Silvestri ahead, as did the {Q-Clubs} turn. In order to eliminated his opponent, Gruissem needed to catch either a king or six on the river. Luckily for Silvestri, the {5-Hearts} appeared an he doubled.
On the flip side of things, Silvestri also received a one-round penalty for prematurely exposing his cards.
Gruissem not snap calling there given the pot justifies the river.