WSOP 2005 - Final Table (9 to 5 players) was shown last night on Challenge - it''s the first time I've seen it on UK TV - I expect the final episode will be shown tonight.

The thing that surprised me was how prone to tilt even the best players get when really udner pressure. Matsow was on tilt from hand one when his KK ran into AA and was first to bust out (he was a bit unlucky to get busted but had played like a steaming maniac and as the name pro a calmer approach might have been preferable).
Lazar folded A4 pre-flop against two small pairs and saw the board end up AAxAx -but that put him on tilt so fast he ws out within two hands - calling all-ins with QTo etc..

Only guy I felt sorry for was Kondracki who got his money in with the best of it.

I thought Black played well but he could have extracted far more wih his trip 555's.

The other point is that Hashim (who won eventually) was a very quiet short stack (c2m) and was one of the few not making moves.

I t was interesting to see though..

Black could have gotten more out of the JT too.

I think you are thinking Bergsdoff, not Kondracki that got his money in with JJ to Tex Barch's TT.

I felt bad for Black and agree he could have extracted more value on his trip's but Kanter was a guy that would get his chips in but he should have waited for the turn and hoped Kanter didn't have a flush draw. We don't see all the hand so who knows. I think he played really well.

Hachem seemed to play well and just get in bad spots that he had to fold, a few times what would be the winning hand.

I don't think matasow tilted that much except he tried to make a move on Andy Black who was one of the better players there and good at sniffing that stuff out (he did when he pushed all in against phil ivey earlier in the tourney when ivey raised on the button, black reraised with A2 in the bb, ivery reraised and black pushed all in).

Um... I was listening to the webcast thing when it happened. Matusow played great at the final table... When did he tilt?