Dave: Lookin' Good
Watching last night's ESPN broacast of the WSOP, who should I spy? Why Canada's own Dave Scharf sitting right there at the feature table. And the hand they chose to feature was a beauty. Dave bluff raises with 76s, reraised by a player with 55. Flop brings a set of 5's to the other player - but Dave has the str8 flush draw. And the winner is of course Dave.
By the way, Gus didn't seem to be his usual chatty self and seemed a bit off his game. You weren't by any chance being the charming and entertaining one at the table? If anything can tilt Gus, it's lack of attention.
And as a non-Canadian (OK I've outted myself) why did my husband laugh out loud when they said you were from Saskatoon? Anyone? Anyone?
Dave, you looked mahvelous,
Amy
By the way, Gus didn't seem to be his usual chatty self and seemed a bit off his game. You weren't by any chance being the charming and entertaining one at the table? If anything can tilt Gus, it's lack of attention.
And as a non-Canadian (OK I've outted myself) why did my husband laugh out loud when they said you were from Saskatoon? Anyone? Anyone?
Dave, you looked mahvelous,
Amy
Comments
Is that a "damn, I wish I had ESPN", or a "damn, I actually do happen to get ESPN in Canada and I missed it"?
ScottyZ
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ScottyZ
Personally, I like the shirt. Great still shot from the show, thanks for posting it Big J. Now I'm *REALLY* looking forward to the WSOP broadcasts in Canada...
Cheers,
all_aces
I haven't seen the episode, but my partner Randy tells me that I only got on for two hands... Ah, the cost of not being Gus Hanson and being a "nobody from Saskatoon." Sounds like my "interesting hands" never made the show. Sigh.
Ah well... next year... next year...
They do mention your Radio show in Saskatoon and call yah Ramblin Dave enough times.
What was I thinking? I looked back at my notes and I can't find the hand. I haven't seen the episode so someone will correct me if I am wrong.
I *think* what happened is I attempted to steal a short stack's blind. If I saw the show and could see that the player in question looked like I could be more certain. To my surprise, and chagrin, he re-raised all-in. It was a close call. I figured that I was a dog (obviously) but that I was getting sufficient pot odds to call. I was willing to put put him on a big ace or any pair. Against that range of hands a 7-6s is around 2-1 and I was getting very close to 2-1 odds on the call. I was stealing more than my share and he might have even have a much wide range of hands than that. I thought about it and decided that I had the odds to make the call AND losing the hand would NOT decimate my stack since I have A LOT of chips.
Is that the hand? The money went in pre-flop didn't it?
"Ramblin' Dave", eh? An appropriate nickname, especially if it's "ramble" like Led Zeppelin's "Ramble On", which implies that you seek (and find) adventure. If it's "ramble" like I'm doing right now, that's cool too...
Hopefully somebody here will be able to tell you which hands they showed that you were involved in. I'm looking forward to seeing all of the episodes, especially that one!
Regards,
all_aces
Next year maybe they'll show a bit more. Still cool to get a few hands in though. And that shirt is bitchin'. lol
The other hand - Dave had 97 off, vs A7c and TT. Flop Q, K, K. The flop is checked around. Dave folds on the turn and the hand ends when Julian Gardner calls a big bluff on the river with his pocket 10s.
Hope this refreshes your memory.
hork.
I don't get it. What's so special about Dave's hands? Does he moisturize?
ScottyZ
no matter how much i tried i couldn't make dave's video loner than erin's. i think it had something to do with the shirt ... or maybe with her being a hot 20 something.
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CORRECTION: sorry seem to be having problems with anonymous login, for people using ftp: login/password: poker
i don't know how to make torrents, etc... so if someone wants to do that, please go wild.
i'll leave the files online for 3-4 days
chugs
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Thanks very much, BTW, Chugs. Nice job.
Regards,
all_aces
There is a chance I will catch the begining of the next episdoe. At the end of Tuesday's show I was still at the feature table. I was moved OFF the feature table at the supper break, which means that there was LOTS of poker left on day four the has all been cut. If it has, I'm gone. If it carries over to episode five, my 6-4s hand might still make it. Hope so.
After watching episodes #1-4 there are a variety of pros who will one day have to face the following question from me: "Were you born an obnoxious prick or are you just acting obnoxious to try and tilt me? Course, I guess it doesn't matter because either way, you're an obnoxious prick."
And on the subject of pricks
Contrast that with the the high fiving, trash talking, arrogance of "the crew", partially embodied by Dutch Boyd and Scott Fischman - and I think we've got some real "below the waist" potential. Of course my real satisfaction was watching the old pro just totally lay waste to Fischman - Doyle just played him like a banjo.
I'm not sure what ESPN's fascination with these boys is. They are about as exciting as watching reruns of New Kids on the Block videos. And the fact that Dutch Boyd's company Pokerspot, one of the first online money poker sites, went bankrupt, taking the player accounts with it, doesn't make him much of a hero in the eyes of online community. Especially, as the claims go, that even when the site knew they were in trouble, continued to solicit player deposits, trying to float their expenses with players' money. What is the definition of Ponzi scheme afterall?
I realize that television is trying to aim for ratings, but I'm not sure what "mainstream" appeal ESPN is seeking with the seemingly endless portrayal of these boys as poker's heir apparents. Of course this is no less ridiculous as the WPT's fantasy "happy family" fluff pieces - three couples that they have featured were either on the rocks when the pieces were filmed or dashed soon after.
Why can't TV just be content with showing poker? I know I'd be content.
Amy
Excellent point Big J. I have been tempted to email Matt Savage and ask that very question. Clearly one was warranted. If one was given, ESPN was remiss in not giving it coverage. If one was not, then I have to wonder if tournament officials are up to the challenge of enforcing the rules of play under the lights of the camera. Either case bodes ill for poker.
Amy
You make a fantastic point here Amy.
This precisely the sort of situation that would give officials the rare opportunty to make a rule actually *mean* something. It's a shame if a rule actually was enforced and ESPN failed to metnion it, and doubly so if officials passed on enforcing a rule while on camera (for whatever reason).
ScottyZ