| SPOILER ALERT!!! What do people think of the new WSOP champion? So we have our new champion. He pulled off something rather impressive consdiering chip stacks and all. However, I've reviewed quite a few of his hands where he took other final table participants out. While I think he's probably a better player than, say, Jamie Gold, I question whether he's actually all that good.
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I mean, seriously, he made several incredibly loose calls and sucked out quite a few times. I mean, the final hand seems pretty indicative to me of this. But even where he did have the best hand, like pairing his A5 on the flop against Rahne, how can you make that call after you bet $3 million and your opponent goes all-in for $19 million more? How can you not believe that you are AT A MINIMUM not out-kicked there, much less not believe the other guy has two pair or landed a set? Instead he puts Rahne on a flush draw???? It's an incredible accomplishment to go from the short stack to the winning player but......crazy stuff. |