WSOP, 3rd in NL $20

The WSOP Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaain Event starts tomorrow, and of course we had to run a little fantasy pool for $50 each, winner takes all (although when I get 2nd like I always do at these things, I'm gonna beg for a chop), ANYWAYS, it's pretty simple, pick 20 guys and whoever cahses in the money will recieve a certain amount of points depending on the payout structure. I'm sure there are better ways to run it, but hey, we're lazy. And now, without further apu, here's my list. (Note that I went with a strategy different from others, I tried to pick people that constantly do well in LARGE fields, rather than the people like DN or Gavin Smith, who tend to go broke real fast or do real well) However, I had to go with Ivey even though he uses that exact strategy. I also have a few dark horses that I'm SURE that nobody else picked. I also went with a couple of online pros, because they constantly go through larger fields, even though the play is pretty bad.

1. Phil Ivey
2. Allen Cunningham
3. John Juanda
4. Phil Hellmuth
5. Men Nguyen
6. David Pham
7. Howard Lederer
8. Michael Mizrachi
9. John Phan
10. Tim Phan
11. Victor Ramdin
12. Nam Le
13. Johnny Chan
14. Lee Watkinson
15. Chad Brown
16. Cliff "Johnnybax" Josephy
17. Dan Harrington
18. Chris Ferguson
19. Eric "Rizen" Lynch
20. Miami John Cernuto

Also shout outs to Darrel "Sleuthis" Derosie, nutzbuster, loosh, and all the other FCPers playing in the MAAAAAAAAAAAIN event tomorrow.

As for the $20 tourney, 3 hands, The GOOD, the BAD, and the UGGGGGGGGGLY. Well actually, it was just me getting really really close to another win, and then throwing it away. Or Lady Luck just owned me.

One day I will get my win.

PokerStars Game #5663761630: Tournament #28151727, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (10000/20000) - 2006/07/24 - 05:10:08 (ET)
Table '28151727 37' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 3: thesidedish (514798 in chips)
Seat 4: tb17 (228752 in chips)
Seat 9: knass007 (660450 in chips)
thesidedish: posts the ante 1000
tb17: posts the ante 1000
knass007: posts the ante 1000
knass007: posts small blind 10000
thesidedish: posts big blind 20000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tb17 [6s 9c]
tb17: raises 30000 to 50000
knass007: folds
thesidedish: calls 30000
*** FLOP *** [5s 7s 3s]
thesidedish: bets 180000
tb17: calls 177752 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [5s 7s 3s] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [5s 7s 3s 5c] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
thesidedish: shows [7h 9h] (two pair, Sevens and Fives)
tb17: shows [6s 9c] (a straight, Three to Seven)
tb17 collected 468504 from pot
tb17 said, "ooh theres a good beat"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 468504 | Rake 0
Board [5s 7s 3s 5c 4d]
Seat 3: thesidedish (big blind) showed [7h 9h] and lost with two pair, Sevens and Fives
Seat 4: tb17 (button) showed [6s 9c] and won (468504) with a straight, Three to Seven
Seat 9: knass007 (small blind) folded before Flop



PokerStars Game #5663763246: Tournament #28151727, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (10000/20000) - 2006/07/24 - 05:10:42 (ET)
Table '28151727 37' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 3: thesidedish (286046 in chips)
Seat 4: tb17 (468504 in chips)
Seat 9: knass007 (649450 in chips)
thesidedish: posts the ante 1000
tb17: posts the ante 1000
knass007: posts the ante 1000
thesidedish: posts small blind 10000
tb17: posts big blind 20000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tb17 [6s 6d]
knass007 said, "omg"
knass007: folds
thesidedish: raises 265046 to 285046 and is all-in
tb17: calls 265046
*** FLOP *** [Ah Jh 3d]
*** TURN *** [Ah Jh 3d] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [Ah Jh 3d 4s] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
thesidedish: shows [3h 3c] (three of a kind, Threes)
tb17: shows [6s 6d] (a pair of Sixes)
tb17 said, "lame"
thesidedish collected 573092 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 573092 | Rake 0
Board [Ah Jh 3d 4s 8d]
Seat 3: thesidedish (small blind) showed [3h 3c] and won (573092) with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 4: tb17 (big blind) showed [6s 6d] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 9: knass007 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #5663779095: Tournament #28151727, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (10000/20000) - 2006/07/24 - 05:16:23 (ET)
Table '28151727 37' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 3: thesidedish (491642 in chips)
Seat 4: tb17 (373458 in chips)
Seat 9: knass007 (538900 in chips)
thesidedish: posts the ante 1000
tb17: posts the ante 1000
knass007: posts the ante 1000
thesidedish: posts small blind 10000
tb17: posts big blind 20000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tb17 [4h 4d]
knass007: folds
thesidedish: raises 40000 to 60000
knass007 said, "hehe"
tb17 said, "440 not good enough?"
tb17: raises 312458 to 372458 and is all-in
thesidedish: calls 312458
*** FLOP *** [Jh 9c 3d]
knass007 said, "ok if 1 th"
*** TURN *** [Jh 9c 3d] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 9c 3d 7h] [9d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
thesidedish: shows [Js As] (two pair, Jacks and Nines)
tb17: shows [4h 4d] (two pair, Nines and Fours)
thesidedish collected 747916 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 747916 | Rake 0
Board [Jh 9c 3d 7h 9d]
Seat 3: thesidedish (small blind) showed [Js As] and won (747916) with two pair, Jacks and Nines
Seat 4: tb17 (big blind) showed [4h 4d] and lost with two pair, Nines and Fours
Seat 9: knass007 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)