I've been watching the WSOP every week and last week my poker prayers were answered. Billy Kopp was eliminated when he finally got suited rags crushed. Kopp is the most dangerous type of player because his skill set is so limited and luck plays a much larger factor.
I watched him call out of position with Q-10 off suit and flop lucky for a set of queens. I watched him raise UTG with a 74 suited and catch running straight cards. The list of all around bad plays goes on and on, yet he came out smelling like a rose everytime.
He over valued inferior hands and when he had good hands they held up too.
This is the type of player who will kill you if they run hot and Billy was, but as dangerous to the play as this type of player is...they're more of a danger to themselves.
Kopp's chips stack had more swings than the playground at an elementary school but he had worked his way back into second. He held the lead off and on through most of day 7 play. He took a huge hit when he called off over 10 million of his 26 million chip stack with AK vs QQ.
In my opinion, just another bad call he finally got slammed for. The all in re-raise was made by a player who had a much tighter table reputation.
I would have assumed at best I was tied and why risk 40% of my stack and the lead for a tie or a race? Billy snap called like he had 4 aces in the hole. For once he couldn't come from behind. He made it back a few hands later with a 74 suited.
The end came for Mr. Kopp when ( for the 10,000th time ) he raised with suited rags and got one caller, Darvin Moon.
Now Darvin claims to not know much about poker but I beg to differ. I've seen him mix up his play very well. Raise with KK, smooth call with AA check and trap. Maybe it's because it's a like style for me but I love trapping people and respect a good trapper as well. With so much naked raw agression in poker these days and so little skill, a good trapper can get rich quick.
Darvin was the chip leader and had been showing monster hands. If Mr. Kopp had any sense he would have folded as soon as Moon called. Darvin had QJ suited....the same suit as Kopp...diamonds. Now not a great hand but moon unlike Kopp had been watching the table and knew Kopp could be raising with anything so he made the call. That and the fact that Kopp had called Moon earlier when he raised with AQ, only the catch a JJ on the flop to go with his Jack rag he called a raise with.
The flop hit ...diamond ...diamond ...diamond. Kopp was smoked. His gambling and pushing turds finally made a pile of S#!T for him to step in.
Kopp checked...LOL...I guess he thought he was trapping Moon. I believe the turn was a 2 and it was check check again. Then the river was a 2 and the board paired. Kopp then bet the river hard, 5 mill I believe.
Now the board was all low cards, Doubtful anyone had flopped the set. With the 3 diamonds on the flop any player worth his salt would have put in a small bet just to find out where he was at.
Moon came right over the top and pushed all in. Kopp never gave it a thought. He never even speculated that a FH or quads or even a higher flush was on board ( I think his flush was 6 high). Kopp snap called for all his chips ( he was in 2nd ) like a 6 high flush was unbeatable.
The cards were exposed and Billy looked like he was ready to throw up. He left the 2009 WSOP bubble boy at the final table.
Billy never gave it a second thought, never had a doubt when he was put all in by a player who had reapeatly shown the nuts all day long.
Billy Kopp was the most dangerous player in the WSOP, mostly to himself.
1ShadyLady
2tight.. I feel you have made a very sound point in your blog.. reguardless what Mirek thinks.. I agree he went far in the game and may not ever look back on the mistakes that he made... GL in the weekly today..