@kkott 10s is a relatively premium hand with the blinds and aunties going up every two hours.

Correction: First woman in the modern era whatever that’s supposed to mean. 

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/py7jDUT0v74

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Got a video of Marks last hand. Think he was down to about 1.5m, and got 10s and went all in. Unfortunately on the same hand 2 guys called, one with Qs and the other suited AJ, so I think Mark had about a 20% chance for the win. But, hit a 10 on the flop for trips, although also 2 diamonds, so AJ was 4 to a flush. Next card was a Q and the river didn't change anything so Qs knocked out both guys I believe. I think he did the right thing in that spot with 10s though. Quite a run for a 28 yo first timer amateur poker guy!

@hhlurker It's because Kassouf's a huge douche that will sit there for minutes pretending to agonize over every decision he has, and while doing so he engages in minutes of "speechplay" where he insults or needles opponents in an attempt to get information.

It got to the point with him where the players were calling clock on him over and over.  

That excessively consumes limited tournament resources, as the dealers aren't authorized to hand down discipline or start a clock.  So a tournament official, who is probably supposed to be managing a dozen or more tables had to babysit him.  It was so bad they banned him from the casino after he was eliminated.

At its core, the game is supposed to be fun, not agonizing.

Also, thank God they finally split the OTF and the Cooler.

@whatthefrik What doesn’t make any sense to me is why he’s allowed to engage a player while the action is on that player. I’m trying to think so stfu.

I would want to bring a very tight-clasping money clip or clothespin to use as a card protector and double as a way to pin him down on the floor and pinch his goddamn lips shut.

as I watched the final table last night, I thought about how unpleasant would be if Kassouf were at the table. Instead, these players were all very respectful of each other and of the enormity of the occasion as and poker in general. 

Incidentally I read the official WSOP rules and the WSOP (Harrah’s) has “sole and absolute discretion” to make decisions about player behavior and penalties. Kassouf has some misguided and mistaken belief that he has a first amendment right to speech in the United States. Totally not true as a player there. They can throw him out or ban him for life for saying “hello” if they want.

@hhlurker Yeah, it's awful.  And its a pain for everyone else at the table, because the clock is ticking and the blinds keep going up.  Getting 25 hands per level instead of 100, because Will has to take 5 minutes with every hand actually damages the other players prospects in the tournament.  

I've been needled in tournaments.  It's a bitch move, employed by insecure bitches that don't think they can win by playing the game.  And he's the worst insecure narcissistic bitch of them all.  

Yeah, they can ban anyone.  A player in Indiana sued the casinos for banning him solely because he was too good at blackjack.  Courts ruled with the casino.

But, the casinos have an incentive to let people play, so it's tough to actually get banned in a poker room.  I've seen it once, maybe twice, with abusive drunks, but that's it.  

Mizrachi wins it, fittingly with another flush after winning half a dozen all-ins with flushes. 

@hhlurker 

Unsurprising, given the chip situation, although it also seems like a few of the final table players were not familiar with how the strategy changes in short handed tournament situations.

@whatthefrik When a really aggressive player gets a commanding chip lead, it’s hard as hell to deal with it. He’s pretty much forcing you to play bingo.

But it wasn’t like that at the start of the final table. Nobody really had a super dominant position. what I saw was way too much bingo. Even if you have only 20 blinds and you just want to ladder up, you don’t have to go all in to do it.

What I saw was way too much bingo. Even if you have only 20 blinds and you just want to ladder up, you don’t have to go all in to do it.

There’s not really that much to analyze, though, in the final analysis, because Mizrachi just got really lucky time and again. And that’s kind of how it goes with a final table. Someone gets more good hands than the other people and that’s the winner.

@hhlurker agreed: being good keeps you in games longer, but ultimately, usually the guy that wins gets hot and gets better cards overall. 

Nothing I dislike more than chasing flushes; they never seem to come. Ironic that that's how he won. 

@kkott 

It’s easier to catch flushes than straights, especially when double-gutted! I screw myself over time and time again trying to catch a straight in bad positions.

@kkott Plus, nowadays the field knows the odds and values much better. Hard to chase flushes when the pre-flop bet is prohibitive but even pre-river you can chase someone off (or get them to throw away chips).

@hhlurker Agreed.  My line is 4x whatever it costs to play a round.  Obviously, everyone should be raising more in a short handed game, but your usual sized raise is the play, not jam with 20 or 30 BB's.