Even the Losers
Jaheed said...
If you are out to find signs, you will find signs.
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After I came to the realization that I was the worst player on the professional poker tournament circuit, three different friends mentioned the name Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler as a possible suitor to that prestigious title. While I deny those claims - the 'Saw has a couple WSOP final tables and many more big buy-in cashes than I - his play does compare to mine, particularly in short-stack mode. After two days at the Wynn, we were both extremely short (although not as short as eventual 2nd place finisher Ted Lawson) and made a 10% save, even.
With the help of lots of good cards, some solid tournament strategy, dodged draws, several won coinflips, a slew of big pairs holding up against big-but-lower pairs including a good old fashioned aces vs kings and big pair blind battle, a nice bluff against Nam the Machine and a few favorable situations, the Chainsaw has made the WPT final table at the Foxwoods Poker Classic (albeit riding the familiar short stack) and is guaranteed at least $140k.
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I was driving home this afternoon after a meeting with my accountant and financial advisor and the Tom Petty song "Even the Losers" came on 99.5 the Mountain.
Baby, even the losers get lucky sometimes
Even the losers keep a little bit of pride
Yeah, they get lucky sometimes
posted by GnightMoon @ 1:33 AM
4 Comments:
I have played a few times with Kessler, and he is much easier to play against early on in tourneys than you. Where you start to weaken is when everyone gets relatively shortstacked later in tourneys and you don't seem willing to gamble enough until it's too late and eventually you have too take a chance that is more than likely going to get called by someone. I think your early tourney game is very strong (sometimes you build a big stack, but if the cards are cold you also rarely get knocked out). You just need to have a little more gamble in you late in tourneys or when short stacked in early or mid stages. When I say gamble, I don't mean willing to call allins or such in marginal situations, but more willing to make a weak allin or RR if the situation is right to win some chips w/o a call or give yourself a chance to get lucky if you do get called.
The list of hands that Kessler got was sick. And the way that Patel took out out the last two players was just crazy. I guess that's poker, but that's what I find disappointing at times - it just seems like you have to be so damn lucky to win these things, it's sick.
this was funny shit.
the chainsaw. heh.
Why couldn'g "Last Dance with Mary jane" have come on instead? I don't know what sense that comment makes
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