WCOOP #9 Final Deal

[Windbreaker]

Was this one of the worse final deals ever made?

The play gets to heads up for the 7 card WCOOP final. The two remaining players decide to chop it by going 30k each and winner gets the title and the remaining dough. The remaining prize pool was about 11.5k. At this point the limit structure has already been capped and will never increase any further than the 15/30k limits with 2000 antes.

The two players had about the same amount of chips after this point. After about an hour and a half or so, they're still playing since the blinds are relatively small compared to the size of the original starting stack. However, one player did get a 2:1 chip lead at this point. I think the guys got really tired of playing when they decided to just split the remaining money equally and have a coin flip for the bracelet.

At first they asked PS to do an actual coin flip to decide the winner. Lee Jones said that wasn't possible. So instead they decided to chop the money equally right away. And cap every street on the next hand. The winner of the hand would win the bracelet.

The person with the 2:1 chip lead did win the bracelet and was the game ended on that hand. Didn't this guy give up way too much money on this deal? I don't know...it was getting late....maybe he had something important to do this morning, but seems like he had a significant advantage and should have continued to play it out to me.

[BlibbityBlabbity]

Not sure I could imageine getting BORED in that situation????

[Talking Poker]

That's crazy. I'm surprised Stars let them chop the remaining money. I thought some HAD to be left on the table... That's cool that they let them though.

Funny how they decided to determine the bracelet winner. From :

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WCOOP Event #9 Results




I had this sinking feeling that I'd seen a couple of the blokes before. Sure enough, WCOOP Event #9's final table featured two people who had already made WCOOP final tables this year. Lenny and Ziggy47 were the first two players to make repeat WCOOP final table performance in 2005.

Seven-card stud is just a different game. It takes a different skill, a different mindset, and a different temperment. Even after the final two players made a deal to split the money and leave $10,000 and WCOOP bracelet to play for, the blinds stopped moving and so did the game. Finally, after they begged for so long, Lee Jones stepped in and allowed the players to chop the remaining money.

Sometimes, things happen. Remarkably enough, there are even TDA rules to handle those situations. TDA Rule 31 states "Floor people are to consider the best interest of the game and fairness as the top priority in the decision-making process. Unusual circumstances can, on occasion, dictate that the technical interpretation of the rules be ignored in the interest of fairness. The floor person's decision is final."

[Aequitas58]

I find that deal strange. Maybe later this week, when I'm in that situation, I'll be able to explain his thinking. Seriously though, I consider top=notch stud players extremely smart... there is a lot of information available to them during play, and they certainly have to make the most of it. I'm not sure why he didn't try to win.

Maybe they knew each other.

[omahilo]

after 12 hrs of play there really is no difference in 5K here or there when you already have 30K in your pocket... its really all about the bracelet at this point.

If your talking about the WSOP ME FT and 2nd is 4.5 mill and 1st is 7.5 mill 3 mill is a bigger deal than 5K (or whatever it was).