| Poker reporting is less than good |
[Apr. 10th, 2008|12:43 pm] |
Anytime you read the online live reporting, or even the after-the-fact reporting, take it with a large grain of salt.
A lot of people I know laugh when they see the reports which were made based on hands in which they were involved.
For my part, my best one was when it was reported that I raised in middle position, when in fact, it was folded to me on the button, and I raised from the button. The amounts were also incorrect. About the only thing which was reported correctly was the outcome.
From the write-up regarding the recently ended 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic:
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After another 30 or so hands had passed, Katz found himself battling with the short stack. Katz raised from the cutoff to 110,000 and Richardson called from the big blind.
The flop came Qh 6s 5h
and Richardson led out for 140,000. Katz took some time thinking about his situation before announcing that he was all in.
Richardson instantly called showing
Kh 5h
for a flush draw. Katz showed the Qc Js and was a favorite to double up in the hand. The turn paired the board with the 6 taking away a few outs from Richardson, but the river was the K giving him the higher pair and sending Katz to the rail in fifth place. Katz took home $151,811 for his efforts, by far the largest cash of his young career.
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So apparently the 5h was both on the board and in someone's hand.
It will be interesting to see what the actual hand was during the broadcast. |
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| Comments: |
Good catch. LOL. As I've said before there is not one hand yet I've seen that got ALL the details right on a hand I've played. And really even in my retelling I sometimes forget exactly what happened. So I am not perfect either as a teller of tales of my own hands. But yeah, don't judge another player based on how a hand is decscribed online. | |
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