WSOP Update – My first WSOP final table
I finally did it. I finally made my first WSOP final table after a couple close shaves. I made the final table of the $1,000 rebuy No limit. I finished 22nd in the first one.
I had a tough day all day – I couldn’t get any cards. I was up to over 200,000 chips, and then back down to 10,000, but I just kept battling, and at the end I was at 77,000 chips, and I am the short stack.
The key hand was one where I finally got to face Phil Hellmuth, and he doubled me up. I had no chips, and he had over 600,000, and he is the chip leader. So, it will be Tony G (David), vs. Phil Hellmuth (Goliath). I love to face Phil. He talks big, and he is a great player. I have great respect for him, but every time I face him, I get the best of him. Its fun to play with him, and he is a really good guy.
I love the game, and I am really looking forward to tomorrow. I don’t have the stack to have much of a chance, I do have the heart, and the commitment, I want to make it tomorrow.
I have had a great WSOP, and have played good poker, and I can feel good that I am one of the best players in the world. My results are there. I have been very consistent, making the money a number of times.
I was the low stack during this tournament several times, including being at 450 chips after the rebuy period was over. I don’t give up. I like the table, and I want to face Phil Hellmuth.
The key hand was I had 10 2 spades in the big blind, and there were about 5 limpers, including Phil, who limped with two fives. If he raises there, I have to fold. The flop was 3 6 7 with two spades, and I moved in with 50,000 in the pot. Phil called with his fives, and I caught the King of spades on the turn to double up. The next hand, I picked up 9 9, and the French guy, the short stack moved all in. This guy got blinded down from 200,000 to 22,000 without playing a hand. I saw him laydown A Q against a terrible player. He let himself get blinded down all the way from 200 to 22k, I would never do that. Then, at the end, he went all in for 22,000 under the gun with J 8. Why not wait for your big blind? This is what you waited for all day? Under the gun with J 8? I had to call with 9 9, and several other players called. Unfortunately, one of them had pocket tens, and I couldn’t pick up that pot.
But, that put me in the final, and I am the short stack. In Paris, I was the short stack, and came all the way back to be the chip leader. I hope that happens today. Whatever happens, I am going to have fun.
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July 25th, 2006 at 11:13 am
AWESOME!! Good job tony, can’t wait to hear how it turns out.
GOOD LUCK!
July 25th, 2006 at 12:16 pm
Congrads Tony! I am sure I (we) all wish you the best of luck, and hopefully you’ll take the tourney!
Best of luck.
July 25th, 2006 at 12:30 pm
GREAT JOB!!!
p.s.
Anybody know the results of the international poker championships that was televised on cbs television in USA. He got to the final but I dont know if he won.
July 25th, 2006 at 1:31 pm
good to see your name at a final table Tony.
so good luck!
Have put £10 on you and £10 on Phil. The odds on you are slightly better
July 25th, 2006 at 1:44 pm
TONY I SEE YOU HAVE VERY LITTLE CHIPS BUT I AM SURE YOU CAN GET RALPHS AND THAT WILL HELP YOU.BE CAREFUL HE LOVES K-J (SOCK IT TO HIM) BEST OF LUCK.I DONT KNOW YOU BUT AFTER WHAT YOU DID TO HIM I HAVE NEVER ROOTED HARDER FOR ANY ONE,\. GO GET THEM. EDDIE C
July 25th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
TONY IM CONFUSED!!! Cardplayer says there has been someone knocked out and it doesnt show you on the list but it doesnt say it was you knocked out and pokerwire still has you in it…. Update us! I’m really rooting for you pal
JustinG
July 25th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
Will start at 5pm ET updates best on cardpayer
I came second in the CBS show behind the Japanes he got a 2 outer the board was 10 J 5 3 I had 10-J he had J-5 he needed a 5 and got it on the river it was 1-1 before that very close that is poker.
Today I feel good and have a decent stack to do well.
Thanks everyone for supporting me.
July 25th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
Great job, Tony. Hope you get at least heads up w/Hellmuth. But please don’t insult Ralph Perry on TV for being Russian the way you did at the Intercontinental Poker Championship. You know just as well as I do that the fact that he’s from Russia doesn’t necessarily mean he’s a Communist or he hates Lithuanians. I don’t think people really mind when you call other players donkeys or criticize their play etc., but when you get into nationality/ethnic or similar types of insults, I think it goes a little bit too far. Peace.
July 25th, 2006 at 3:57 pm
Good luck Tony! TAKE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE
July 25th, 2006 at 4:21 pm
Tony good luck today, i was pulling for you and Phil to make the final table the whole time, should make for a great final table.
good luck my man, you got the heart!
July 25th, 2006 at 11:06 pm
tony great job even if you get knocked out,please beat phil hellmuth with RAGS that would be so great he would walk outside and talk to himself and then come back and lose….good luck tommorrow and in the main event..remember tony the amatures in the main event play not according to the book so be careful and see you at the final table
July 25th, 2006 at 11:15 pm
9th place aint bad at all!!! In fact… do it a few more times and become player of the year!! You are the man tony g!!!! You’re proving to all that you are the greatest player in the world.
JustinG
July 26th, 2006 at 8:18 am
Tony, I see rebuys as being against the spirit of tournament poker. Why would they have two events where the players who buy-in the most times have a distinct advantage over those who don’t? Good Luck in the rest of the WSOP!!! Cheers, Damien Kresinger.
July 26th, 2006 at 8:46 am
I was surprised to see you as one of the top chip leaders in the 5k no limit 2-7 draw lowball. Keep it up and lets see another FT!
July 26th, 2006 at 10:17 am
Tony:
You WILL win because you have the WILL. BTW, what a treat to play those few hands with you in the 2 - 4 ring on your site. Yes, folks, you can play Tony G at the Tony G poker site — even for 2 - 4 limit ring. You played maybe 10 or 12 hands won around 40 or 50 including about 10 or 12 of mine. Enough for a nice lunch and maybe a couple brews. Point is, if I ever see you, you owe me a drink!!! I am so confident in the outcome today, good luck and play your game and you know the rest will come.
Illinois Tim
July 26th, 2006 at 1:45 pm
Russian or not Ralph Perry Deserves every bad beat he gets and feel free to abuse the CRAP out of HIM as Often as Possable!!! Eddie C. Is right “Ralph Perry Is a the nastiest poker player that iv’e dealt to in 15 years!!! He stares down every dealer that pushes a pot to a player at the table thats not him! GOODLUCK in the final Tony!