$5200 WCOOP HORSE Event

Robbie Robb · #1 09-30-06, 04:11 PM

Wow. Talk about a who's who of the online poker world. Fischmann, Brenes, Mercier, Raymer, Moneymaker, and more. This should be a great tourney to rail.

Go Isabelle!

hiimbob12 · #2 09-30-06, 04:22 PM

I'll be playing this event. I mustered up enough to play in it.

5200 play chips right?

Tony Cheval · #3 09-30-06, 04:22 PM

Don't you mean Go JD?

Robbie Robb · #4 09-30-06, 04:28 PM

Well, if JD were playing in it, then HELL YA! I'd be rooting for him. But since he's only playing in tomorrows $2600 ME (hopefully!), I can root for him tomorrow.

Talking Poker · #5 09-30-06, 04:55 PM

I wonder why they even bother to "guarantee" money for these things. I mean, $100k guaranteed for a $5000 event? Were they really expecting less than 20 players???

With 175 players registered, the prize pool is $875,000. If they had guaranteed $1 million, I'll bet there still wouldn't have been an overlay, and even if there was, SO WHAT? They can afford it.

Glancing through the field now - that is one sick list. That hs to be the highest % of pros I've ever seen in an online tourney.

Talking Poker · #6 09-30-06, 05:13 PM

The best thing about this tourney is the complete lack of Observer Chat.

Robbie Robb · #7 09-30-06, 05:15 PM

Agreed. By guaranteeing the $1M instead of $100K there probably would have been a lot more entrants.

Table 3 or something like that was just sick. I recognized 4 of the 8 players as being well respected players in the online/B&M realms.

I see you're railing as well. I would wish them luck if I could...

Talking Poker · #8 09-30-06, 05:54 PM

I just stopped by and sai GL to a few people. I'll rail tonight when it's more interesting (Final Table, for sure). It's way too early right now. The standings have hardly even changed, and I don't think anyone is even remotely close to busting... The chip leader has only added about 25% to his stack.

eejit101 · #9 09-30-06, 06:31 PM

lol, good way to brag about having $5,200 i guess to us low lifers, well me.

Any got any tips for whose gonna win this? Ive never heard of isabelle being any good at Stud in the past...

Id stik a $10 spot on Fishmann as an outside shot

Talking Poker · #10 09-30-06, 08:13 PM

I wasn't bragging. Rob brought it up and I explained.

eejit101 · #11 09-30-06, 08:14 PM

i know, and i was kidding. Still everyone left in nearly, that thing is gonna be long

Talking Poker · #12 09-30-06, 08:37 PM

That's limit poker for ya.

I see Dags is currently in second.

jillaj · #13 09-30-06, 09:23 PM

I was just thinking this will still be going on in the morning. I was gonna stay up to catch the final table but might just wake up early and catch it instead.

juiCe[3x] · #14 09-30-06, 10:52 PM

Mike Matasow owning it up with more than 40k.

Talking Poker · #15 09-30-06, 11:40 PM

He's over 55k now. Rizen has 70, chip leader is at 72.

Lots of players are finally out - Raymer, Gavin Smith, Fischman, Bartley, Chen, Ramdin, Hachem, Moneymaker, Brenes, McEvoy, Negreanu (I think that's him), and loads of big name online pros.... We're down to just 63 left. Isabelle is still in.

Robbr25 · #16 09-30-06, 11:48 PM

What is Matasow's screen name ?

juiCe[3x] · #17 10-01-06, 12:04 AM

mrpokejoke

drewjax · #18 10-01-06, 12:06 AM

mrpokejoke

He just got moved to Barry G's table!!

in 10th position

ps. what was/is DN's screenname on Stars?

Robbr25 · #19 10-01-06, 12:06 AM

Thx

juiCe[3x] · #20 10-01-06, 12:20 AM

I hope Matasaw wins, It woudl be funny.

drewjax · #21 10-01-06, 01:57 AM

Sam Grizzle was chip leader (or near) for most of tourney.
But now Hold_emNL (whoever that is) is trying to run away with this. He is at 450K, 2nd is at 135K!!

Wow! That was an interesting 5 minutes. Matusow busted in 20th, Sam Grizzle crippled down to 20K, and Stelladora over 300K to at least put someone within shouting distance of chip leader.

Talking Poker · #22 10-01-06, 02:15 AM

Barry G used to be "crazyplayer" - Does he have a new name?

I'm pretty sure Daniel is slimshaggy... At least that sounds really familiar to me from the Bahamas last year when we were in that Heads Up Battleship thing together.

With big blinds, this thing is moving fast now - down to 14 players, and I expect the Final Table will be set in another 15 or 20 minutes or so. Isabelle is still alive.

Robbr25 · #23 10-01-06, 02:19 AM

barryg1 I think.
From what people at the table were saying.

Talking Poker · #24 10-01-06, 02:38 AM

Down to 10 now...

I clicked on the radio feed - no idea what it's from though... sounds like it's very delayed.

Talking Poker · #25 10-01-06, 02:42 AM

OK, I don't even know what the hell they are talking about, but it's not THIS tourney.

Ah!!!!!!!!! Duh - it's the Limit tourney that is down to the Final Table. Don't mind me.

I see Gavin Smith is at the Final Table.