WSOP 2010 | Report 3

The Reason Behind Scotty Nguyen’s “Baby”

Hello fellow poker addicts! I’m back with some more interesting stuff to show you! It’s the third episode of the WSOP 2010 showdown. We start with this episode as Adam Schoenfeld raises his A7 of clubs in position against big blind Scotty Nguyen with A6 of diamonds. Apparently Scotty came a long way with his English skills as when he first started playing poker; he called everyone baby as he couldn’t pronounce the other player’s names. The flop misses both and Adam once again takes a pot with a stronger position. Playing really good, he leads the chip count on his own table.

Ted Bort Castrated

Ted Bort gets penalized for his idiotic premeditated show. And as the commentator says; good riddance! Honest emotions are very fine, but this isn’t cool.

Cold Deck For Prahlad Friedman

Meanwhile Prahlad Friedman goes all-in on a heart infested board with top two and gets busted by a running running flush from Luis Nargentino, painful but very cold deck! He won’t win his second bracelet this year!

QQ vs KK for Sully Erna, Painful

2500 players went to 2000 as another day full of passion passes. Erik Seidel went all in against Derek Young and needs a trey or a Jack to stay in the tournament. A 6 of spades doesn’t help him and he has to pack his bags. Sully Erna wets his pants as he turns over his QQ against Petter Northug’s KK. No help for him on the flop, turn or river. Better luck in 2010 Sully, maybe that was what they meant.

Steven Buckner vs. Charles Alexander Sylvestre, Again

Steven Buckner and Charles Alexander Sylvestre are at it again at their table, where Sylvestre floats Buckner and makes his move on the river. Buckner doesn’t believe a word of it and quickly calls, shows the pair of sixes and is rewarded with a nice pot. After that he suddenly calls everyone ‘cuz’ with an uncertain but happy feel to it. His street tough persona isn’t fake, as he admits he was a homeless drug addict for most of his younger years. In 1985 he stopped with drugs and he started with real life. He learned to be happy and successful, and is pretty good at it!

Scotty, We Love You!

We have another Scotty Nguyen hand, where we are not allowed to see Nguyen’s hand. It’s a battle of the blinds, where Steve Toulch hits top pair, bets a small amount, but mystery Nguyen calls. Both check the K on the turn and on the river Nguyen bets out where Toulch calls quite hesitantly. Nguyen has bottom 2, and his happy for his “free ride”.

Flashback to the Final Table of the WSOP 2009 Final Table

We have a flashback to Joe Cada at the WSOP 2009 final table where he was heads up against Darvin Moon. Cada raised that pot to 3,000,000 with Jh9d, and Moon smooth called with his 8s7s. The flop brought Moon an up and down straight draw and Cada middle pair. But Cada didn’t want a check raise from Moon, so he checked the flop as well. With another T on the turn, Moon checks again, but Cada does bet after which Moon check raises like he often does. Cada calls quite quickly, since he had a hunch Moon just wanted to put more pressure on Cada by moving all-in rather than just raising which is a sign of weakness. The river is a blank and Cada takes down a huge pot.

Cada now against Iurii Korsunskyi’s 35,000 bet and is forced to fold on a paired board. Not every hand is that exciting!

More soon!

Regards,
Jack