Last nights WSOB
has anyone noticed that so far:
we have had a 'drunk-all-in-guy'; a 'clueless-cute-girl'; one skilled player at each table; one sort of ok player at each table; and: that the most skillful player has finished second each time! should be some good play at the wildcard tables
Last night I thought we had a good table, no really bad players, I though everyone had a clue to what they needed to do.
Now I was pleasantly surprized when Phillip went from last to first putting me in last place, only to come back on his next bet that moved him right back into last again. It saved my butt...LOL
I thought Mikki play very well, she knew she was going to have to make a move early to try and get a lead, unfortunately she never caught the cards. The entire round she only won three hands, they were the 1st, half of the split/DD hand, and her last hand when she hit the 17 and caught the 3 for 20. I mean that was it, TOTAL, not just what was shown last night.
Mikki is a good player and she kick a lot of very good players butts in the $2,500 entry event to win her seat. She also a sweetheart, anybody that knows her loves her to death, (even thought she's a lawyer), if she reads this she may kick my butt...LOL
None of us knew about all the misfortune that Phillip had been through, (hell when I heard about everything last night and I was wanting him to win).
Saloman was a very nice man and had us rolling with his monkey sounds. And Orel was cool, we talked for a while in the green room and when he made a comment about a surrender trap on another show before our filming, I just looked at him and said "Your our celebrity, your not suppose to know those type's of things"!
Orel was by far one of the best celebrity players I have seen, his "NO" double downs on certain hands really impressed me and he was very out going throughout the entire WSOB (just not on camera).
I was very impress with how well everybody at our table got along, we all talked to each other, either congratulating one other or with good natured ribbing, throughout the match.
And they did cut Orel's chip slide, you can see him and Saloman do it once in the last few hands and Orel is just starting to slide his over to my stack just before they cut for a commercial on the last hand.
It was a rough table, Jessica was a doll, but was killing us. I was in last place and lost the last 5 hands before the 2nd knockout and still advanced having several of my 19's and 20's beat by Jessica (you only saw about 3 of those), now you know why I made the comment about her beating my 20's. I caught the cards, she just caught better.
My last ten hand's I go 1-win, 7-losses, and 2-pushes and still pulled out 2nd place. Saloman did even better, he goes 0-win's, 9-losses, and 1-push and won the table.
Out of the final three players for the final 5 hands, we only won 3 hands out of the combined 15.
O'well, at least I'm alive for another show.
Bi-Kemba I assume you think I should have not used my power chip when I did? My reasoning was I had a bet that had I won would have put me in first place with one hand to go. I had a 3/6 vs the dealers 2, if I would have caught a 10 for 19 that is a winning hand (or should be). I felt re-hitting the 9 was the better play in my opinon. I still haven't second guessed my use of the power chip in that situation.
Now once I hit and drew the 4, had I hit again and busted then I would be in the same situation except I couldn't hit and take a chance of busting or any chance I may have had would be over.
Funny thing is even if I had, just hit hit my 13 and caught the 8 for 21, the way the cards played out that followed, Jessica would have draw a 21 also, so either way I would have push that hand.
On my last hand I had a few players ask me why I bet what I did. I was up on Orel by $8,000 and down to Saloman by $8,750. By betting $14,500 I could beat Saloman with a win and his push or loss while being able to surrender back to cut Orel if I had too.
The insurance bet was a no brianer, with what Orel bet I could afford it and had I not taken it and he did, I would have been the odd man out.
What was bad was Saloman under bet his hand, at $5, 000 had all of us had won, he would have been 3rd. And whats worst is if he would have at least matched my bet and not taken insurance I could have past him on Jessica's blackjack.
For being so far down and only winning one of the last 5 hands, I am more then happy to have advanced from that table.
- but overall - it has seemed as if every show has one very good player - one good/ok player - and the best player comes in second - 