Nicely Done, John Juanda - 2008 WSOPE Champion
That’s about £217,000 per six, not bad return on your investment.
It’s official – after over 21 hours of final table play (when heads-up we were left with the two slowest players in the tournament), John Juanda continues the year of the pro in fine fashion.It’s only fair, really – Negreanu already had a bracelet this year so let JJ have a shot. He took that shot finely, adjusting very well to the flow of the game and the momentum of the table. He rode it out rather than get carried away by it, and in the end it proved a successful tactic.
Far be it from me to comment on the play of someone who just won several hundred thousand pounds, but let’s just say that shoving your chips in with a bare four-high flush draw is an… unusual play. I’m glad the Mad Russian/Anti-Bomber/Scary Guy Dressed as Death did so though, because it’s always nice to have a well-known pro take down a bracelet, and a Main Event, no less! GG JJ and other assorted acronyms.
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Posted by SofaSurfer – 9 Oct 2008, 5:09 AM
I have the staying power but I don't have the skills needed for something like this. Oh that I could!
Posted by chandy – 6 Oct 2008, 10:41 PM
That would take some serious patience. I have watched as some of the pro's say they have not slept in a day or two, but there is no way I would have the stamina to do that, after hour 16 I would be asleep in the fetal position.
Posted by sneezy – 6 Oct 2008, 2:59 PM
John Juanda shows us that a bold move is sometimes just what is needed to win the prize. That was a long stretch of table play to endure and anyone who was there showed incredible skills.