2026 World Series of Poker May 26th - July 15th
We talking about a different hand. Jumalon raised in MP and shovel flatted in the big blind.
When trainer jams the flop on that last hand, it might actually be better for jumalon to fold, keep the bubble going and continue to run the table over.
I admit I would've been very tempted to do this if I was him. He would get to what 225 at least if he did but you're also risking maybe the best player left to get back in it and an actual threat if he does.
Very underwhelming final table for the return to ESPN. Last year would’ve been the perfect year to return to linear TV with The Grinder and Margets
I admit I would've been very tempted to do this if I was him. He would get to what 225 at least if he did but you're also risking maybe the best player left to get back in it and an actual threat if he does.
It's kind of interesting because you know you're around 25% equity when he jams there, and you're getting almost 4 to 1 so for chips it's a call but it's close. If you fold, you're giving Trayner a little EV but you can almost certainly chip up a lot and Trayner will still need to double up a couple times to be a threat.
You're also likely to get Gagliano, who's very good, grinded down a few more bigs as well.
As it stands, it looks like a pretty soft final table for the Main Event.
My brain hurts from some of what I've seen the last few hours, but I guess that's the Main.
Final table would have been way better with Trayner on a decent stack - case in point the 98dd bluff.
Will be rooting for Gags to amass a stack by the time they get short handed and be able to battle Jumalon.
no but I do realize that I should not have said that as it's wasn't for me to reveal here. sorry
My brain hurts from some of what I've seen the last few hours, but I guess that's the Main.
Final table would have been way better with Trayner on a decent stack - case in point the 98dd bluff.
Will be rooting for Gags to amass a stack by the time they get short handed and be able to battle Jumalon.
Some of it is pressure gets to people and some of it is how did that guy get here playing like that but we had big names with 20 left and none of them made it.
no but I do realize that I should not have said that as it's wasn't for me to reveal here. sorry
No worries, it's not a secret or anything, just surprised anyone on 2p2 noticed a slightly over mincash for ol' cuserounder.
Some of it is pressure gets to people and some of it is how did that guy get here playing like that but we had big names with 20 left and none of them made it.
Yeah, I'd say the "how did that guy get here playing like that," applied to Mueller and Brunson. It also applied to Marcel Luske at my Day 4 table, and I think the answer is there are 50-100 big name old school players who are playing an old school TAG style. A bunch can cash because it's a soft tourney. One or two of them will run hot Days 4-7 and end up there at the end.
Very underwhelming final table for the return to ESPN. Last year would’ve been the perfect year to return to linear TV with The Grinder and Margets
They got a somewhat bad runout for media angles considering the options they had with 21 left at the start of the day.
They can push FBT as the established pro if they want to work that angle. He played boring poker today, but it was effective and he might appeal to ESPN's audience. Lots of overlap with age demographics and the sports background. It's not Deeb, Brunson, or Ensan as a story, but it's something to work with.
There was a lot of crazy play the last few days and then it really clammed up towards the end when the jumps got huge.
Hopefully we get some drama in August.
Jubolon a presumptive top 3 finisher based on current stacks, but so much can happen in NL. Very far from over.
bro how do you get a bracelet? was it final table only
i thought
players 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 get a bracelet
players 3 and 4 get 0
players 1 and 2 gets the prize ?
I do think Malcolm Trainer's fall was similar to Scotty Nguyen's from more recent ME's.
A pretty disastrous crash out, we once again have not many people to look at for the final table. Somehow Greg Mueller is only interesting player left
yep, he's playing totally face up.
that 2.8x from the button with A9o was the most super obvious 'can't fold but don't want action so I'll raise big' that I've seen on a stage this big
nice n easy when we see the cards obvs
tbh though, he's the guy I'm rooting for other than Traynor (who I've played a ton of hours of cash with & is a decent guy & obvs from the same place as me).
As long as he does it every time he opens its a perfectly fine strategy. Less opens = bigger size when you do open is a basic concept.
I watched the stream on and off, plus the reported hands. Why everyone wants Trayner to be on FT, because he's gonna punt off? Some of the hands he played was terrible. Burning ICM. The main event isn't won on Day8 with 2-3 tables left, but he played like he thought it could be won today.. Surprised he made such rookie mistakes considering he's won the milly maker bracelet plus Aussie millions.
I'm not sure which hand was played worse, the QQ vs JJ on AJXXX or the 92o blind vs blind confrontation. That preflop raise was bad, the flop raise was horrendous. No way in hell Feng just donates chips to you and donkbet that flop after you raised pre and the flop smacked his range not yours harddd. Trayner literally set $$$ on fire that hand.
I know and any other tournament it's an allin, this is THE bubble and that's going to make people play weird and it's an absolute disaster if you bust now. I might, might not I'm not even sure myself
Its one of the most obvious jams ever, more so because of the situation you describe, not less so. I dont think "everyone else is playing bad because of the pressure" is a good reason to play bad yourself.
Do we have ANY interesting storylines going into the FT? Coming into today we had Givens, Deeb, Ensan, and this Trainer guy and they are all gone.
With a bad FT, just play it tomorrow or starting Thursday. So unnecessary to wait till August with such a limited lineup, that's why poker is dying
^ poker isn't dying, just the WSOP main event losing runners every year because WSOP chooses to promote guys like Kabrhel and Kassouf and Givens, lie about free ESPN coverage, and post super pathetic videos of hands on social media with no blinds/level/stacks info and no flow of start to finish of the hand and often no positions of players involved.
The whole WSOP Main Event right now is being packaged as ghetto-trash, compare it to how Triton does everything and you wonder why one tour is booming the other is losing runners.
Do we have ANY interesting storylines going into the FT? Coming into today we had Givens, Deeb, Ensan, and this Trainer guy and they are all gone.
With a bad FT, just play it tomorrow or starting Thursday. So unnecessary to wait till August with such a limited lineup, that's why poker is dying
Lol are they waiting until August again?... terrible..
Why do they have to drag it out forever. Just do the old play from 27 - 9 then do the entire FT the next day. Poker is an endurance activity, always has been.
Having a break of say 2-3 days is fine, let the guys rest up a bit, and if they wanna get some FT coaching that's fine by me. Any break longer than a week and nobody cares anymore. Plus for those not American but on a visa or visa waiver, what if their stay period expires between now and Aug3-5? They have to leave and come back and immigration officials might not be so kind either on the instant re-entry, it's unnecessary stress and a lot of their rail that's here now probably can't stay on either. I know many people time their poker trip to finish around July 20 at same time their visa waiver expires. It's grossly unfair to these guys.
They stopped 27-0 because of that time on the Jorstad year that it went til 6am
Idk. They’re trying something new so let’s see. Nothing wrong with trying something albeit they’ve run really badly with the players A Margets Mizrachi final table etc might have made the delay better
Also re the internationals going home etc, if it was me I wouldn’t mind it. I reckon if you e already won a mil you are ok anyway and for me personally id be happy to go see my family and reconnect with life and then come back
Idk. I just say im not at all excited with the players this year so there isn’t much anticipation
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And also, poker is the easiest game in the world when you can see the other guy’s holecards, but you know what?
It’s ok to lose a small pot hu oop with pocket queens and deep stacks, tourney or cash, when an ace flops after three bets pf.
It really is. It’s ok. Your peepee won’t shrink. You won’t get p1z0wnrd if he didn’t have an ace. You won’t get cucked watching the stream later.
Trayner’s meltdown was far far worse than Liu’s. Absolutely blown circuit, ruptured gas line, foam ceiling inferno.
