2026 World Series of Poker May 26th - July 15th
I think people forget that the entire Jerry Yang final table was live-streamed. What was that, 2007?
Raise. FIVE MILLION
The Yang and Gold final tables were ESPN attempts at offering PPV on the internet. Those two were streamed on delay with hole cards and the Hachem year was streamed on PPV without hole cards. Watching Yang just utterly steam roll the table with ridicules raises was amazing to watch.All of it is lost media though. I remember torrent sites back in the day had them but those vid
The old wsop site’s ft reports with every hand documented were like the Library of Alexandria, 20th Century Fox film vault, the National Personnel Records Center, the National Museum of Brazil…
I think people forget that the entire Jerry Yang final table was live-streamed. What was that, 2007?
Was this live stream saved anywhere? Or lost forever?
a quick google search got a few links
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=159151...
this one is a 100% COMPULSORY watch (3 mins) for everyone in this thread for the huge plus of a dancing Hevad Khan near the end
I'd forgotten what a total tool he was
Ok these edited ESPN episodes are boring with no hype whatsoever and I thought that was the whole point of showing these before the final table. That Foxen JTs vs AJ call is really nasty and they just brushed right past it without giving it any props. I know these episodes are meant for people who aren't as in to poker but that call really deserves more excitement than Lon just stating the action.
My God is Jamie Gold ****ing insufferable. His need to open his stupid mouth ensured he won the absolute minimum on that AA vs QQ hand.
My God is Jamie Gold ****ing insufferable. His need to open his stupid mouth ensured he won the absolute minimum on that AA vs QQ hand.
He also played the AA as badly as you can. Like a scared donkey that didn't want his AA beat. What better flop can you get than 553 and he somehow didn't get all the money against QQ. He's horribad. I like how they kept saying since he won in 2006 he has only cashed the main once. Lon said it like 3x's lol.
Does anyone have a way of watching the episodes from last night on espn 2.
Cant seem to find them anywhere. Huge poker fan here, just dont have espn 2.
please and thanks in advance .
The smile of Jamie isn't totally warranted. I reacted at a hand in the beginning when he was fixing his chips. Casually folded his Ace high hand on a dry board after a flop bet. The bettor didn't look at him with much respect. The bettor of course had no hand at all.
I might be wrong though, but that smile, fixing chips for no obvious reason and snap fold got to me.
He also played the AA as badly as you can. Like a scared donkey that didn't want his AA beat. What better flop can you get than 553 and he somehow didn't get all the money against QQ. He's horribad. I like how they kept saying since he won in 2006 he has only cashed the main once. Lon said it like 3x's lol.
It's 2026 and you're making it out like Jamie Gold being terrible at poker is some news breakthrough.
a quick google search got a few links
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=159151...
this one is a 100% COMPULSORY watch (3 mins) for everyone in this thread for the huge plus of a dancing Hevad Khan near the end
I'd forgotten what a total tool he was
I somehow don’t recall Khan but lol Hilm. My fave is the guy herofolding QQ to Yang after consulting with his dad on the rail. Jerry seems to have turned out OK.
You probably meant to write ICM, but yes - that wasn't really a thing in 2006, and the fold with his big draw seem overly nitty unless the thought JG could have a bigger flush draw or something.
By the way, PokerNews Podcast recently did a short interview with Paul Wasicka to hear what he had been up to since dropping out of poker:
I enjoy watching the replays of Gold winning the Main Event.
It was unique. He was happy and gregarious and giving away his hand strength. All his opponents had to do was to give him credit for what he was repping and get out of his way.
Sometimes skill is less meaningful.
Gold's path to winning the main was by far the most intriguing of the post-Moneymaker 03 era. It is ridiculous that the rules and the people behind them want to ban/penalize actions like talking about your hand or showing cards in HU pots to influence decisions when those actions add some serious flavor to a game that is severely lacking it. Way too many people drink their haterade before commentating on Gold's win because they think his win was "undeserved" or something equally ridiculous like "it should have been me," when they didn't even enter the 2006 WSOP ME, shut up lol.
Jamie Gold might be the single most "watchable" poker player around, whether you want to see him win or lose. His appearance on HSP also gave us some of the most interesting televised cash hands of all time.
You probably meant to write ICM, but yes - that wasn't really a thing in 2006, and the fold with his big draw seem overly nitty unless the thought JG could have a bigger flush draw or something.
Gold jammed allin with covering stacks when 3rd place has basically no chips left and would've turbo folded if wasicka called and I don't believe wasicka would've been chip leader had he called (he would've won as we know results oriented), really the craziest ICM main event spot ever. Maybe only other arguable was maybe yang/hilm in 07 where hilm entered chip leader but got 9th.
Gold's table talk was really a masterclass, sure most of the time he gave it away to a good player but it really worked. People were hero calling him when he had it and sometimes folding too strong of a hand when he didn't.
You probably meant to write ICM, but yes - that wasn't really a thing in 2006, and the fold with his big draw seem overly nitty unless the thought JG could have a bigger flush draw or something.
By the way, PokerNews Podcast recently did a short interview with Paul Wasicka to hear what he had been up to since dropping out of poker:
ICM was definitely a thing in 2006. Wasicka thinking if I fold there's a good chance I just make 2million more versus risking everything on a draw to double and still be far behind in 2nd is ICM. Jamie Gold knowing this and applying pressure is ICM.
I know Harrington on Holdem Volume 2 heavily talks about this concept whether or not the actual term "ICM" is used in the book I can't remember.
At risk of feeding the trolls, the prohibition against discussing your hand and showing your opponent your cards in tournaments is to attempt to make collusion more difficult. You’re only actually heads up in a hand when there are only two people left in the tournament.
At risk of feeding the trolls, the prohibition against discussing your hand and showing your opponent your cards in tournaments is to attempt to make collusion more difficult. You’re only actually heads up in a hand when there are only two people left in the tournament.
I think it strikes the wrong balance between game protection and letting people play. There's more effective ways to collude than openly discussing your hand or showing your cards.
At risk of feeding the trolls, the prohibition against discussing your hand and showing your opponent your cards in tournaments is to attempt to make collusion more difficult. You’re only actually heads up in a hand when there are only two people left in the tournament.
I agree with this. Game integrity is entertainment value. Exposing hands and talking trash, not so much.
I think it strikes the wrong balance between game protection and letting people play. There's more effective ways to collude than openly discussing your hand or showing your cards.
True, and you can also do it in ways that accomplish the same thing without expressly violating the rule. Jamie colluded basically in the AA vs QQ hand that started this discussion by basically telling the guy "fold, I have aces for real." If Jamie STFU, the other guy probably gets it in or at least loses way more, to the benefit of the other players.
