Raymer vs Williams 2004 WSOP

Limit Breaker · Tweet this Post! #1 07-18-2005, 10:27 PM

I hope you guys saw the 2004 WSOP on ESPNclassic during the last few days. How the hell did Williams make it to the final table again? Seems like every hand he won, he either had a set, 2 pairs, or got lucky on the river.

He looked like a nervous wreak heads up and basically kept betting despite the pot odds and what not. They showed 2 hands between them. One Williams won because Raymer had nothing. And the other he was dominated didn't even know it. When Williams plays tight, he's very tight, and when loose, he's out of his mind. I was watching some Celebrity vs. Pros match on FSN and Williams did the same thing against some woman. She had top pair K and Williams kept betting until he was broke. I think the only things this guy can read accurately are books.

I would've liked to have seen Josh Arieh in a heads up with Raymer. That might have been more interesting. Arieh is agressive but not stupid. Him laying down a King high Flush to John Murphy's deuce Full at the final table was nothing short of amazing!

Niagara_All_In · Tweet this Post! #2 07-18-2005, 10:35 PM

Well it does come down to alot of luck, like the saying goes "anyone can be the champ on any givin day"

I agree though he was a disaster waiting to happen and with Gregs chip lead it was only a matter of time.

Greg and Gus would be another good one or the Devil Fish.

yeltzen · Tweet this Post! #3 07-18-2005, 10:45 PM

He called off his entire stack on the final hand... now that's championship poker... "call, call, call".

Niagara_All_In · Tweet this Post! #4 07-18-2005, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yeltzen

He called off his entire stack on the final hand... now that's championship poker... "call, call, call".

LMAO you are welcome to my home games anytime

yeltzen · Tweet this Post! #5 07-19-2005, 06:47 AM

That's pretty much how our home games are.
"50"
"Call"
"100"
"Call"
"150"
"Call"
"I got nothin'"
"Full house"

jojobinks · Tweet this Post! #6 07-19-2005, 08:13 AM

i agree. i always base my assessment on a player on 2 headsup hands on tv.

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=26690

Knish · Tweet this Post! #7 07-19-2005, 08:22 AM

Bottom line is the kid won 3.5 million dollars who cares how he played he will learn and get better as he keep playing and like we all know you do need some luck and well the kid had it..