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Get ready kids, class is in session. Take out your notebooks and pens; it’s time for a little Reader Mail. Email us at pokerfromtherail@fulltiltpoker.com with comments, questions, or any general musings about this crazy, wacky world in which we live. On to fun time:
Was David Chiu taking down Gus Hansen at the WPT Championship the greatest comeback of all time in a poker tournament? I mean, the guy was like a 5-1 chip dog at the start of heads-up play, that was no small task.
Great question. Unfortunately I can’t answer with any kind of definitiveness. I’m no poker historian here, so I can’t come up with an example of another great comeback off the top of my head. Is this the biggest comeback in history? Definitely not. Is this the biggest heads-up comeback at a major poker event? Maybe. I think the point here is that when play gets to the heads-up stage, all bets are off. Even if you’re Gus Hansen and just finished demolishing a final table and get to heads-up play with a 5-1 chip lead, there are no guarantees you’re going to win.
Am I extremely impressed by David Chiu’s comeback? Absolutely. Whether or not this was the greatest heads-up comeback of all time is a very moot point − what we should be paying attention to here is the fact that Chiu is a very good player and needs to be recognized as such. Many great players fly too far under the radar and get no love from the masses while a few douches (not to be named here) hog the spotlight. Then again, the whole flag draping incident (also not to be discussed here) should garner Chiu the love of the 15 trillion or so people of China, so I don’t think his fan club will remain unpopulated for very long.
The WSOP is just around the corner, any thoughts?
I was hoping to save this one till we got a bit closer to the proceedings, so let me just give a brief response right now. Some thoughts, hmmm. One thought is that I wish I had enough money to get myself into any of these events. Of course, if I had money in my pocket in Vegas it would probably be gone before I even made it into the casino (ahh, strippers, they’re like my Kryptonite).
As for my thoughts on the actual WSOP – I think Full Tilt Poker has a nice chance to bring home a few more bracelets. We only have like 300 pros, so it would be highly improbable that we don’t win at least a few events. At this point, you’ve really got to like the way a few of our players are running – Ivey, Hansen, and Chiu all seem like good picks to take down an event at some point over the summer. I think this is the year that our good pal Andy Bloch wins his first bracelet - $50K HORSE event watch out, you’ve been warned. I’d also love to see Beth Shak win an event, if only for the opportunity to write the headline: “The Shak Attack overpowers the competition, takes down event #X.” One can only hope…
Like you, I really can’t do any math. Are we simply doomed to be losing poker players?
I’m looking into my magic 8-ball at the moment and the reply says; “You, sir, are screwed.” Nothing stings like the sweet whip-crack of honesty.
Listen, I don’t think you need to be some kind of mathematical genius to be a successful poker player, but it certainly doesn’t hurt. It’s like walking into a knife fight with a banana peel – sure, you might be able to jam that fruit wrapping down your opponent’s throat and suffocate him with it for the win, but there’s no way you’re escaping that fracas without a few nice slash wounds from his knife. In other words, it’s time for folks like us to put down that crack pipe and pick up our Algebra 1 notebooks, lest we be stuck holding a limp banana peel for the rest of our lives. Until next week…
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