Found this on 2+2, he has posting there for about a year. Temp in the guy that took the most aweful beats ever recorded on film to take 2nd to Tuan Le in the Foxwood's WPT event that aired last night.

I will tell you a little story. I had never played in a NLHE tournament until I entered a daily tournament at the Mirage while in Vegas at a convention in the fall of 2003. I placed 3rd.

My next tournament experience was at the WSOP main event in 2004 where I went with a small bankroll and won a 1 table satellite the day before the event. I busted out after about 12 hours but I held my own pretty well.

Based on that experience I went back out to Vegas to play in a WPT event at the Mirage and won a seat at the $1,000 NLHE event through a satellite. I busted out in about 40 minutes of play. Undeterred I went to another WPT event at the Borgata in AC and played in the $1,000 NLHE event. I won having outlasted a field of 485 players.

With a new confidence I entered another $1,000 NLHE event at the Taj Mahal a month later and won that event as well. I talked things over with my wife and decided it was time to take a shot at a large event against the best competition in order to gauge my skill. Am I just on a lucky streak or can I really play this game?

I entered the WPT main event at Foxwoods against a field of 674 players. I pulled down 2nd place. In 66 days and three tournaments I had two firsts and a second and 1.2 million added to my bankroll.

Tuan Le is such a retard lol

The only bad beat that could be considered horrible was Tuan's Ace on the river against Berman. You can't really fault Tuan's play on that one, though I might have folded. That was the first hand I saw so I wasn't sure of the circumstances. The rest of Tuan's play was not good, but the beats weren't that horrendous.

Who said I was trying to act like a hardass? And I don't curse. :\

Actually, KK vs. AK is a bigger favorite pre-flop. 3 outs compared to 6 outs. I missed the 87 vs. K9. Did Temp pair up and Tuan hit runners? Because otherwise, KK vs. AK is a bigger favorite.

I thought he played extremely well and lost with the best of it at least 3-4 times. He was the better player of the two but that's poker.

Originally Posted by Announced Tilt

Who said I was trying to act like a hardass? And I don't curse. :\

Actually, KK vs. AK is a bigger favorite pre-flop. 3 outs compared to 6 outs. I missed the 87 vs. K9. Did Temp pair up and Tuan hit runners? Because otherwise, KK vs. AK is a bigger favorite.

I missed most of the KK vs AK hand, was it all in PF?

the K9 vs 87 hand they got all in on the flop of 98x. Temp was about a 3:1 favorite.

Originally Posted by Beavis68

I missed most of the KK vs AK hand, was it all in PF?

the K9 vs 87 hand they got all in on the flop of 98x. Temp was about a 3:1 favorite.

OK, thx. Berman was basically a slightly larger favorite than Temp was, but they were very close.