I do like how elky always speaks so positively about SC though, comparing it to chess etc; it gives the game a good rep,
The fact that ESPN cut out a small clip making it seem like elky started SC just because it was a "video game he could play professionally" isnt optimal, but elky is overall a great sport especially now that he's playing poker

Rice

United States1332 Posts

September 17 2009 03:49 GMT

#26

On September 17 2009 11:01 SwEEt[TearS] wrote:

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he's talking about the guy in the blue sweatshirt later in the vid
he has shades that cover half his face and the other face is hidden by is almost fully zipped thingy

oh wow...

stanley_

United States816 Posts

September 17 2009 03:54 GMT

#27

hey what if he gives off some major tells that he knows about>? Like if his cheeks move or twitch.

omfghi2u2

United States831 Posts

September 17 2009 04:00 GMT

#28

On September 17 2009 09:12 MooCow wrote:
Lol @ the starcraft they displayed.

Later on in the vid that was a NICE bluff by the man in blue

seriously good bet.

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guy in blue made a pair of fours on the flop, buffs out a player with pocket queens, and another player with pocket kings.

Also, cool that they showed some epic starcraft.

Not_Computer

Canada2277 Posts

September 17 2009 04:09 GMT

#29

Elky is so awesome.

That guy in the blue sweater is so .... got his blue sweater thing down. o_o;;

AtlaS

United States1001 Posts

September 17 2009 04:33 GMT

#30

thanks for finding this. i've been looking for this ever since i heard them mention starcraft. kind of disappointed though.

Disarray

United States1164 Posts

September 17 2009 04:56 GMT

#31

they've mentioned it offhand quite a lot in previous episodes, even in previous seasons. Probably just due to the amount of quality poker players that come from starcraft. I remember when havad khan made his big run to the final table them mentioning (but not really knowing what it was) starcraft a few times, but this is the first time i saw them actually go in depth about it and show some of the game and let a player speak about it.

Also from what I heard, elky went pretty far so I'm expecting to see more of this!

vRoOk

United States1024 Posts

September 17 2009 05:02 GMT

#32

Sweetness by ElkY.. getting SC to the mainstream :D

pangshai

Chinatown5333 Posts

September 17 2009 05:46 GMT

#33

the episode had very little of elky even though he was the chip leader. i wonder why they do that.

Tsagacity

United States2124 Posts

September 17 2009 05:59 GMT

#34

Ivan Demidov was 2nd overall last year. Isn't that Slayer? Or some other former pro from the old-school days. They covered SC then too iirc.

What was Hevad Khan's online name SC AKA?

Freyr

United States500 Posts

September 17 2009 06:16 GMT

#35

I believe Slayer's name is Fredrik Ostervold. He is from Norway I think, not Russia.

Hevad Khan was, I believe, known as z7-Rain and Rainkhan - perhaps some others.

GOB

50 Posts

September 17 2009 06:19 GMT

#36

im not sure

InFiNitY[pG]

Germany3474 Posts

September 17 2009 14:09 GMT

#37

Ivan Demidov was (Orky)Soul

TheFoReveRwaR

United States10657 Posts

September 17 2009 14:21 GMT

#38

On September 17 2009 13:00 omfghi2u2 wrote:

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seriously good bet.

+ Show Spoiler +

guy in blue made a pair of fours on the flop, buffs out a player with pocket queens, and another player with pocket kings.

Also, cool that they showed some epic starcraft.

It's easy to call it a good bluff but its really just a lucky bluff.

There's a reason why players like that seem good but never really accomplish anything longterm. Note I'm not saying hes bad...it's just a very shaky style of play.

Ya it was a good bluff in that situation. But its not like the guy KNEW they werent holding an ace. He was just hoping they werent. If they were holding an ace, they would definitely call a loose player like that and hed go broke. Super aggresive players like that do really well when they are running well (aka their opponents aren't catching the best hand shown on the board). But when they start running into opponents that do, they lose a ton more than other players would. It all balances out.

I don't know the results but I gurantee you we won't see that kid at the final table. It's one thing to make several smaller bets, size up your opponent, get a good read, then bluff him out. Its another thing entirely to just bet, raise, all in and hope and pray your opponents hand isn't strong enough. Not saying its a bad play..its actually really smart for weaker players, forces the pro to make a very hard decision but its not how the top pros play because its too luck dependent. Ya it makes for good TV but not for winning poker in such a large field.

As to why they didn't show Elky that much. I'm guessing because hes not relevant to the overall tourniment...yes hes chip leader now but he also plays a semi agressive(not as much as the smurf

) style and I'm guessing he probably starts to run cold and loses most of his chips and doesnt end up making the final table. I haven't spoiled the final table for myself so once again this is just a guess.

Phil Ivey...now there's a fuckin poker bad ass. What an amazing player that guy is, I think every poker fan can agree on that one.

TheFoReveRwaR

United States10657 Posts

September 17 2009 14:26 GMT

#39

On September 17 2009 15:16 Freyr wrote:
I believe Slayer's name is Fredrik Ostervold. He is from Norway I think, not Russia.

Hevad Khan was, I believe, known as z7-Rain and Rainkhan - perhaps some others.

Yea Hevad Khan was definitely z7-Rain.

SnowFantasy

4173 Posts

September 17 2009 14:37 GMT

#40

The reason they dont focus much on elky imo is because there are a lot of super star players there rofl.

Like, why focus all of your time on Stork when you have Jaedong/Flash/Bisu/Boxer etc in the room as well.