WSOP Main Event Final Table

Quote Originally Posted by HutchEmAll:

So they grind away 3 handed for over 11 hours.  Finally gets down to Merson and Sylvia.  400 hands into it and Sylvia calls Merson's all in with Q-J and Merson's K-5 holds up.

All that work to call an all in with Q-J?  

I watched a ton of this overnight and those final 3 players were GOOD.  Kind of disappointing to see it end on such a lame hand (and a bad play IMO).  

 They play crazy at the final table, so this is not too surprising.  Plus, coming in second may be a long-term blessing, as you still are rich and can maintain some anonymity. 

Agree to a chop?  I don't think so....If there was a chop agreement they would have gotten it over much quicker....You would have seen a lot of all ins and looser play as who would care what happens if everyone gets second place money anyhow.

These guys took forever to act, and they thought intensely about every hand and every move. Seems they all knew this was a big show and they had to over act the part of a poker player going for big the money.

This format of live final table play and no hole card peeking will be short lived in my opinion as it was much too tedious to watch. Sylvia was just way too slow in acting when it was his turn and the others seemed to mimic him as the game progressed. They need to just edit the show as usual and not fool around with 11 hour final tables that no one can stay up to watch.