Posted on 11/10/2009 8:38:40 PM PST by jpl
But congratulations to Joseph Cada, your 2009 WSOP Main Event world champion.
Ping.
He made some pretty questionable plays as well, but I thought overall he was the better player than the kid.
I was rooting for Moon from the beginning just because he seemed most like ordinary people I know.
2nd place isn't to be ashamed of.
Congratulations to "The Kid" Caddo...but boy O boy, some lucky draws.
to the original poster, thanks for ruining it. Us west- coasters never get to watch anything and be surrised.
Sorry...you Californians never crossed my mind.
bump
I’m confused on these “online” professionals. The U.S. outlawed internet gambling and credit cards are outlawed from being used on gambling. What gives?
I found out when I logged onto my computer this morning (in California) and pulled up Yahoo. They had the results and a picture right there on their home page. Word was already out and widely known long before the poster posted it.
Poker Ping!
Thanks to jpl for the heads up play.
I really don't like the format of the final table being disconnected from the week long play. It takes away from the endurance aspect of the tournament. That being said, congratulations go out to Joseph Cada
There is a loophole...if you go buy one of those
“Visa giftcards”...at a Walmart, RiteAid etc....they will accept them...
That was part of my Christmas gift last year lol.
So you can play.
I completely hate it, and I don't know how the players who make the final table can stand it either, especially the ones from foreign countries.
From all the inside baseball stuff I've read, the entire WSOP has become a total mess since Harrah's took it over.
I watched the two all-ins with low pocket pairs, 2s and 3s, by Cada on ESPN and he sucked out twice on the flop against higher pocket pairs!!!! He was very lucky. To hit the set on the flop is a 12% probability so to hit it twice with tournament on the line is a 1.44% probability. Overall he was a 25% chance of winning each time so he hit a 6.25% probability to win both situations of low vs higher pocket pair.
There are sites that allow US players the .com versions of the ones you see on advertisements. There are transfer options that by pass VISA/Mastercard mainly direct drafts on an account. I am not sure how legal these are but US players do have options no thanks to GOP nanny staters like Leach and Frist. This is the one issue I support Barney Frank on.
Especially after Shulman, who everyone knows plays tight and solid, raised under the gun. Cada should have known he was probably dominated.
And poor Saout had to be absolutely sick when that King spiked on the river to let Cada's A-K take out his eights. I thought that the frog played better than anyone, and was the guy who most deserved to win it all.
I agred with you the frog played the best, yeah like I am some expert LOL!!!, at least in terms of what what might be described as “normal” poker. I think I missed the AK-pocket 8 confrontation but that is more a coin flip. I saw when Cada’s pocket crap beat Saout’s Pocket Queens. I felt so bad for Saout. He played it perfectly but that is poker. Cada played like the type of donkeys I see online in the low micro stakes games but he has the braclet.
I don’t think the law specifically restricts playing, just restricts payment companies and poker sites from accepting funds from US players.
The most memorable moment for me was the “great” Phil Ivey mucking the winning flush with about 22 players to go.
These clowns don’t scare me. I thought the best players we Saout and Shulman. Begleiter was quite good also.
I'm not sure what was said, but I suspect some kind of PC crap.
Do any of you happen to know about this incident? Could you add me to your Poker ping list as well.
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