Posts Tagged ‘Scott Fischman’
Big Money Sunday – December 28th
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Scott Fischman ran deep in The $100K Double Deuce
I picked Scott Fischman as my sacrificial lamb to put at the top of the Big Money Sunday writeup. He survived the big donkament to finish in 27th out of nearly 9,000 players. It seems like no big deal that a red letter pro made it deep in a $20 buyin tournament but this event isn’t your average hourly small buyin game. The action continues to be mind boggling but it seems Michael Craig has come up with a workable strategy against the field.
“…avoiding ace-paint except in late position for a big raise, not playing any strong starting hand without an over-bet raise, and limping in late position with any two cards. All these ideas were in response to four or five players limping into every pot. It was remarkable to me that so many people play that way. I definitely had to adjust to playing with so many players who limp.”
Fischman was high on the leaderboard as were dropping quickly, I actually considered we might have a red letter pro finally make a final table in the Double Deuce. But as the field was reduced he seemed to find a bullseye on his back. If he opened a pot, 9 out of 10 times he would get three-bet. And not a small re-pop but most likely a big overshove that would take post-flop play out of his hands.
Certainly a valid strategy when going up against a superior opponent, but you could sense the frustration and he was eventually eliminated in 27th.
We had plenty of big names in the other games on Sunday. Philip “USCphildo” Collins made the final table of the Sunday Brawl, Thayer “THAY3R” Rasmussen just missing the final table of the Sunday Mulligan, and “drunk mashimaro” making the third Sunday Mulligan final table in a month.
Big Money Sunday details after the jump.
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2008 World Series of Poker Europe – Two Full Tilt pros make the final table
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Scott Fischman makes WSoP-E Final Table
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Reader Mail: Low Limit and Beyond
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Reader Mail
Welcome back to another round of the constant catastrophe we like to call Reader Mail. Once again, our mailbag has been stuffed to the gills, so let’s give it some breathing room and air a few of these questions out. Email us at pokerfromtherail@fulltiltpoker.com with any comments, questions or certifiably insane rants about that time you thought a bee had stung you but it turns out you were just jabbing yourself in the arm with a pen. Wow, that might’ve been the stupidest thing I’ve ever written (and that’s saying a lot). Anyway, on to the show:
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FTOPS Madness!
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
FTOPS is still running strong, but we’re entering the homestretch as 18 of the 24 events have been completed. We’ve saved the best for last though, with the $2,500 Two-Day Event and the $2 million guaranteed Main Event still to come this weekend. If you like poker (and I should hope you do, being that you’re reading a poker blog right now), then get your butts to your computer this weekend and get in on some of the best tourney action online.
OK, now that my mandatory corporate duty is fulfilled for the day, let’s get on to the good stuff. On Monday I gave you an update for FTOPS events 1-9; today I’ll be covering 10-18. Without further ado, let’s get this show on the road:
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