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At 10:04pm local time, Jonathan Duhamel took the last of John Racener’s chips when Duhamel’s As-Jh stood up against Racener’s Kd-8d. When the hand was over, the 23 year-old French Canadian had all 219,600,000 chips. Racener, and over 7,300 other starters, were stuck forever at zero.
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The debate continues about whether delaying the final table until November is a good idea. I always thought it was a good thing for Harrah’s to try and have generally supported it. But this year, because Full Tilt’s relationship with seven of the players gave me the motive and opportunity to learn more about them, I REALLY appreciate the strategy.
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It would be unfair and a shame if third-place finisher Joseph Cheong is remembered at the final table solely for hand #213. The pokernews.com coverage on the WSOP website likely summarizes the thinking: “Joseph Cheong blows up in the largest pot in WSOP history.”
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I was too spent, both physically and emotionally, when Joseph Cheong went out at 2am (or, as we say in Arizona, 3am) Sunday morning. But now it’s Monday afternoon, six hours before John Duhamel and John Racener play for the bracelet and I can attempt summarize and provide perspective.
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At 1:03am, Jonathan Duhamel and his pocket aces toppled the tallest tree in the forest. Michael “the Grinder” Mizrachi started the day playnig his short stack brilliantly. He eventually became the chip leader, took several hand-vs-hand beats, and again played his short-stack with supreme skill.
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Michael Mizrachi was introduced to gambling by his older brother Robert. Eventually, all four Mizrachi brothers would play poker – all four cashed in the 2010 Main Event – and even their mom Susie would get a job as a dealer. As Susie herself said, “we’re a family of degenerate gamblers.”
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John Racener revealed to me during lunch last week that he and eight friends were carrying on detailed simulation of the final table. They were doing this on just a couple of occasions, but the preparations were extensive and the sessions were intense. The night before I arrived they conducted the first session and they played down to five-handed. At the end of the night, Racener was in second chip position and felt it went very well. They let me watch their second session.
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One of the voices in my head just asked me, “Michael, do you ever get tired of being right?” There was, of course, no response because the other voices in my head told me that only a crazy person answers questions posed by the voices in their head.
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John Dolan has just busted in 6th place, getting in his last 13 million chips with Qd-5d against Jon Duhamel’s pocket fours. John Racener, who has apparently considered this very carefully, has told me that fifth place is a turning point. I thought his explanation was interesting, and it also tells us something about his strategy today, as well as what we might expect to see from him very soon.
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That’s what Michael told me when I joined him and his wife Lily for dinner at YOLO in Fort Lauderdale. While they were in London in September, Phil Ivey asked him if he wanted to come to Vegas, live with Phil, and study the players at the final table.
Grinder blew him off.
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