Feliciana @ Chilipoker

What shall I wear today? 0

Monday October 12th, 2009 at 3:32 am

How many times have you asked yourself this question? I bet Billions.

Tonight I have been  going around the tables and have been stopping to check what these players were wearing.

The answer is there and everyone can agree: no matter what nationality you are, what language you speak, where you come from. Live poker is filled with players wearing sunglasses, headphones, hats. These three accessories sometimes become part of you, of your Poker Face :-)

I am wondering if tomorrow Tony G will wear his small round orange sunglasses….

Obliviously wearing sunglasses or listening to music is a way to hide your emotions and get as distant as you can from giving your hand away, but it is also a way to create a character, to impress the other players at the table.

Here right now, half way through the tournament (100 players left) I can easily spot 20 players wearing sunglasses, 3 players wearing hats and 20 listening to their music.

The only music I hear at the moment is the sound of all these players playing with their chips, another way to release stress and distract the opponent. This is the one I like the most.

What’s your style at the table then?

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Skills Vs Luck or Diva Vs Divo?? 0

Monday October 12th, 2009 at 1:58 am
Christophe AKA ctofquestla

Christophe AKA ctofquestla

Back from the tables with some bad news :-(

I went straight to Liz’s table and my timing was almost perfect. There was a good hand going on…very nice in fact.

The flop was already on the table and I arrived when it was Liz’s turn to bet. She raised a previous bet and got called by Christopher (alias ctofquestla) and I said Wow! a heads up with one of our qualified Chilipoker players!

It doesn’t happen that often to be able to play with a Pro, face to face, does it?
How many times have you dreamt about being at the same table with a PRO and actually winning it? That is my favorite dream at night and one of our players realized it.

Back to the game, I concentrated on the turn. It was a King. Liz looked good but I could feel her asking herself…what if he has pocket Kings?…Anyway she made a really good bet and was instantly called by him.

Something was going on….and I knew she had a very strong hand….

Then it was her time to bet again….i could sense the All-in coming…and there it was: Divo Vs Diva, this time with their cards visible to everyone. Liz had pocket Aces and Christopher….pocket Kings.

The End. Liz got eliminated with aces against three Kings. Fair enough, there are still Pro-AM, The High Roller and the Main WPT Event. Honestly, you cannot have it all ;-)

Congrats to Christopher! I met his girlfriend on the way back from the tables and she is now here, sitting on my left.

I asked her what she had to say and the reply was “We will all go and have champagne on us  if he wins!!”

Guess who my favorite player is right now? GO CHRISTOPHER!!!

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Let the action begin! 0

Monday October 12th, 2009 at 1:15 am

Hello All!

How to begin to describe this wonderful experience? No words will be good enough but I’ll try :-) )

I always watched Big events like this on TV because I never had the opportunity (or the skills) to be able to actually play one and now I am here, in a glamorous city, among so many poker players coming from all over the world.

The feeling is amazing. We just finished dinner, had coffee and a very nice chat with players coming from France, Switzerland, Spain and USA!. It was funny listening to poker stories all narrated in different languages…everyone had his own but the passion was the same and now I sit here, in the press room of the WPT Marrakesh watching over 150 players playing the side event.

The room is bright, colorful and full of smiling excited players! I wish good luck to all of them but especially to my favorite player, guess who?….. Liz Lieu!!!!

Let me go and check out the tables, will come back soon.

Au revoir!

Liz and the Boss

Liz and the Boss

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