Reno
Hilton World Poker Challenge - Day 20
Final Day
WOW!
Today's final table was about as good
as you could ever expect to see. It started
at 2pm and ended at 1am with Jack Fox
and Dick Turner battling it out heads
up for ever. Both of them had the other
outchipped 3 to 1 at least twice, it finally
ended with two huge hands when Jack flopped
a flush with QTs against Dick's KQ with
a Kss flop. Then the final hand when they
got it all-in again with Jack's 77 against
Dick's AKs, no help for Dick, and my good
friend and world champion player Jack
Fox walked off with the title. Of course
Jack HAD to win, I'd told him that I'd
already announced his win on rgp. He still
owes me lamb chops.
Mega
Whine Mode on: I think I am officially
the unluckiest player on earth. I played
the evening No Limit, probably the best
I've ever played, I went from chip leader
to out in two hands. First I called an
all-in bluff of 87o with my 77 in the
BB, 8 on the turn. Then I reraised all-in
with my AA against an 88 raise, he called
and didn't catch an 8 or even a straight.
He caught a runner runner flush on the
river, IGHN. :Mega Whine Mode off.
On
a personal note, I got to meet so many
nice people this trip, plus I ended the
tournament up $8,000 which didn't hurt
any. This week I finally got to meet Rick
DaVoice Charles (they don't call him DaVoice
for nothing), a great guy who put on a
great show with the very able assistance
of the always fun Frank NUTZ Brabek (they
don't call him NUTZ for nothing). I also
got to meet several rgp lurkers (Hi John!)
these last three weeks who came up to
me to introduce themselves and tell me
to stop cluttering up the newsgroup.
I
also got such a great response on the
clock (and maybe another write up in Poker
Digest) so am hoping that will turn into
my getting new venues and new sponsors
this year, many thanks to Mike, Dave,
Steve, Billie, John and the whole tourney
crew for your support.
Well,
it's all over, not the World Poker Challenge
any of us had expected but a very fun
time nonetheless. It's beginning to look
more likely that next January Reno Hilton
will go after the lower market crowd,
which is fine with me as I'll get to play
more events, plus they'll maybe move the
WPC to March.
Thanks
for all your emails.
IGHN.
Paul
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