2103 WSOP Final Table - On Now

[casucks]

Anyone else watching the 2013 WSOP Main Event final table now? Lots of action early with the lone Canadian picking up AA on hand #2 and breaking into chip leader JC Trans big stack!

[TurnedTheCorner]

Seems premature.

[casucks]

Oops. I meant 2013 not 2103!! Lol

[Regulator75]

People still watch Poker on TV?

[dissentowner]

Poker falls into a place with golf, I enjoy playing it but is damn boring to watch.

[casucks]

I love the game and is intense watching a group of guys playing poker for 8 million dollar first prize

[Enoch Root]

what channel? not seeing it

[MrMastodonFarm]

People still watch Poker on TV?

It's really great late night distraction TV.

[puffnstuff]

It's the best show if I'm having trouble falling asleep. Works every time.

[casucks]

what channel? not seeing it

In watching it online at atdhe and then it will be on TSN after hockey game

[Temporary_User]

Should be posted to the "other sports" forum.
Or is there still the "is poker a sport or not" debate?

[casucks]

Should be posted to the "other sports" forum.
Or is there still the "is poker a sport or not" debate?

Not a sport!

[casucks]

On TSN now

[DOOM]

On TSN now

Is it going to be on TSN2 until the end?

I remember watching the final table last year until like 5 AM and it was still going on, lol.

[trackercowe]

I'll take new poker shows before the CFL any day of the week. It's too bad since Black Tuesday new poker coverage has been few and far between, so most shows are just repeats from years ago.

[casucks]

Is it going to be on TSN2 until the end?

I remember watching the final table last year until like 5 AM and it was still going on, lol.

I think it is on till they break. They are finishing tomorrow night at 7pm on TSN again (probably heads up or top 3)

[squiggs96]

For how badly they botched the first few years (putting the winner on the ticker one year, putting the winner on espn's front page another, only showing three hands of the final table another), they are doing everything right this year.

I really enjoy how they are showing it on a 15 minute delay, the commentary is decent and you see all the cards once the hand is over. It took them a while, but they finally got it right.

[GirlySports]

Tran is not playing well. Stack is dwindling.

[trackercowe]

Damn better avoid this thread, since I am PVring the entire thing to watch later in the week. Hoping JC takes it down, but not good news thus far I guess.

[casucks]

Tran is not playing well. Stack is dwindling.

No he's not

[DOOM]

Go McLaughlin Go!

[DOOM]

McLaughlin does the the lambo leap, haha awesome.

[DOOM]

McLaughlin doubles up!

[MrMastodonFarm]

Yakupov turns the puck over, Oilers down 4-0

[DOOM]

McLaughlin does the leap after another walk, haha!

[Trojan97]

What does a walk mean

[DOOM]

What does a walk mean

Gets folded around to you when you are in the big blind.


Nice pot for McLaughlin!

[DOOM]

Another walk!

[MyFlamesFirst]

Why did you have to make this thread. I was ready to go to bed and get a good sleep for my early start tomorrow. Now its 1 45am and I am watching poker..

[DOOM]

Damn!

[MyFlamesFirst]

Pockets A's vs. Pocket K's

[DOOM]

McLaughlin loses with pocket Kings to Farbers pockets Aces.

Pretty much nothing he could do.

[MyFlamesFirst]

That was crazy. A casual 79million pot.

[DOOM]

This thread has made me decide to go play the 8 PM at the Grey Eagle tomorrow..its been a while.

[DOOM]

Tran is eliminated in 5th place.

[MyFlamesFirst]

And then their were three.

Sent from my SGH-I747M using Tapatalk 2

[MyFlamesFirst]

I guess the final is tomorrow then

Sent from my SGH-I747M using Tapatalk 2

[You Need a Thneed]

Riese is getting all the card luck right now. Just not quite good enough with Farber all in there.

[You Need a Thneed]

Card luck changed as I typed that.

[DOOM]

haha yup, Farber is making a comeback.

[Bagor]

All finished.

Riess wins.

[You Need a Thneed]

Megatron Nowitski wins it.

[trackercowe]

I hate how all the friends and family get to hang around in the theater. For some reason that just doesn't scream poker to me. Plus it's not really fair to get advice from the rail during play imo. There should be at least more separation from the crowd and the players to take away this aspect from the game.

It also pretty much ruins the intensity and atmosphere when you have packs of screaming idiots yelling over every hand.

[killer_carlson]

Nm

[GirlySports]

is this the only time a guy in a Lions jersey will win a world championship?

[You Need a Thneed]

is this the only time a guy in a Lions jersey will win a world championship?

Considering that the Detroit Lions can't win a World Championship... I'd say it's likely.

Most other world championships actually have their own uniforms of some kind.

(and I'll give a pass for even calling this a world championship, since the word "world" actually is in the name of the title he won, unlike a certain NBA team - see photo)

http://www.bingringbling.com/upload/Product/20121112111036.jpg

[Senator Clay Davis]

I also like that the only guy at the final table not wearing a sponsors patch won. Good for him.

[You Need a Thneed]

I also like that the only guy at the final table not wearing a sponsors patch won. Good for him.

Unless he was actually sponsored by the Detroit Lions.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Unless he was actually sponsored by the Detroit Lions.

But if he was sponsored by the Lions wouldn't he have lost?

[GirlySports]

I think it's a world championship. There were 5 countries represented at the final table. 83 different countries in the entire main event :)

[squiggs96]

I think it's a world championship. There were 5 countries represented at the final table. 83 different countries in the entire main event :)

And it's called the World Series of Poker Main Event. It definitely is a world championship.

That was a really enjoyable final table. Antonio Esfandiari's commentary was excellent. Yes he's a professional, but he really understands the game. He also is one of a few people how can add commentary and people at home of all levels can understand and enjoy it.

I found it hilarious that during the last hand Farber started saying he didn't care. If that was true, he would have shoved way earlier and tried to get lucky. He's disappointed. I would be too, but $5M is a nice consolation prize.

Riess played really well. He hit a lot of cards early on, but stayed composed and weathered the storm when Farber started making a comeback. He made some nice positional plays, read Farber well and used his chip stack to his advantage. Even the last hand he set him up by playing it the exact same way 2 or 4 hands before that one.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Farber basically peaked with his outstanding bluff when he briefly took the chip lead. After that he started playing a bit more recklessly (likely due to overconfidence) and Riess made him pay.

[JD]

I found it hilarious that during the last hand Farber started saying he didn't care. If that was true, he would have shoved way earlier and tried to get lucky. He's disappointed. I would be too, but $5M is a nice consolation prize.
Poker's like that though. I don't know how many times I've been playing and suddenly my mind starts to get bored or lose focus or whatever and start playing stupid just to get it over with. I can see that being magnified in this situation. The tournament's been going for days and days, and you start thinking, "Even if I push and lose, I get $5M! Why wouldn't I? I just want out of here. I'll never grind out this guy's chip stack."

I can see it. I find it amazing these guys have the patience to even get to the final table. I suppose the payout is worth it.

[killer_carlson]

Farber's cards were terrible most of the night, except for a 20 minute stretch.

It looked like Reiss was being dealt 4 winning hands out of 5, and that he properly used his leverage to take the pots.

[VladtheImpaler]

I think the turning point was when Reiss re-raised with AK and Farber had 74s, made 2 pair on the turn and got counterfeited on the river. That was going to be a ~35M+ swing to Farber, and instead wound up being a ~20M swing to Reiss when they were basically even in chips. Both played it well, but it was one of those luck things...