Annie Duke, a woman, has won the 2006 World Series of Roshambo, out-roshambo-ing a field of 64 roshambo-ers for the $10,000 cash prize. Marc Goodwin, a Brit who plays poker professionally when he isn’t roshambo-ing, got second ($7k). A man allegedly named Tim Beagley was third ($5k) and Neverwin Poker pro Micon was fourth ($3k).
The annual tradition, now in its second year, featured a who’s who field of roshambo’s finest including former Roshambo World Champion Rafe Furst, who proved he’s not just a one-sport wonder by winning a World Series of Poker bracelet this year. Other roshambo-ers competing in the Grand Concourse outside the Amazon Room (the end of the hallway down by The Poker Kitchen) were Mike Matusow, Lee Watkinson, Dutch Boyd, Tex Barch, Joe Hachem, Gavin Smith, Jennifer Tilly, Thor Hansen, Clonie Gowen, Kenna James, Carlos Mortensen, Mark Seif, Tony G, Matt Matros, Cyndi Violette, Howard Lederer, the Grinder and Jen Leo
While other roshambo-ers used predictable roshambo gambits like the “Scissor Sandwich,” “Fistful O’ Dollars” and “The Bureaucrat,” Duke agitated her competitors with her winning Dollar Bill strategy, looking at the digits of a serial number on a dollar bill and using 1-3 for rock, 4-6 for paper, and 7-9 for scissors.
Duke was a semi-finalist in last year’s WSOR.
“Duke demonstrates it doesnt take balls to win at roshambo,” claimed Chops, when asked by Snake for a comment.
More photos from the 2006 World Series of Roshambo after the jump.
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Tagged as: Annie Duke, Neverwin, phil gordon, Rafe Furst, Roshambo
Last week, we threw all journalistic integrity aside and said that we hoped Tiltboy Rafe Furst would win the $1,500 PLH event at the 2006 WSOP. And while this was an empty statement in the sense that we really didn’t have any journalistic integrity to begin with, we were at least stating the truth in that we wanted Furst take the tourney.
And as further proof that God truly loves us, yet another wish was granted, as Furst won his first bracelet.
Wicked Chops Poker caught up with Furst to see what it’s like being Tiltboy number two with a WSOP title.
WCP: Congratulations! When the hell did you get *this* good?!
RF: Well, thank you for the implied compliment. I think we all know that it takes a combination of luck and skill to win a tournament and that any number of people could have won that event. I think my evolution as a poker player has been gradual, and I have learned from every tournament I have entered. I also have learned a tremendous amount over the past year or so working with Phil Gordon on a few of his teaching products, most notably the Final Table Poker DVD at Expert Insight. Teaching anything forces you to really think hard about what you know or think you know and stretches your mind to new possibilities. Further, it reminds you of the basics you already know but sometimes forget are so important, like the power of position, the importance of selective aggression, etc.
WCP: Are you concerned that rubes off the street will start asking you for advice now?
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Tagged as: 2006 WSOP, Full Tilt Poker, John Juanda, Rafe Furst, Tiltboys
The 2006 WSOP has its first event winner!
Editor’s Note: Let’s keep it real, the employee tournament, while special in its own way, doesn’t really count. Also, our enthusiasm with the exclamation point (!) is mostly feigned. We’re excited, sure, just not “exclamation point excited.”
Brandon Cantu has won the 2006 WSOP’s first [real] title by bagging Event #2 ($1,500 NLH). This is Cantu’s first major tournament cashing, and let’s just assume that he’s swimming in all that money you see right about now in his newly upgraded hotel suite. And trust us, what Brandon is feeling at this moment is hard to top. Big king-sized bed, money sprawled out in a sea of green, three beautiful Asian women wearing nothing but baby oil squirming around in it. It’s a feeling everyone must experience at least once. Brandon Cantu, enjoy it while you can.
However, there is a greater question than how Brandon Cantu is enjoying his newly acquired $757,839. And that question is this: Can anyone at Poker Pages take a damn photo that doesn’t look like the photographer was smacked upside the head with a mallet when the lens snapped? (Evidence at left) Do they use a camera that has a "Blur Only" feature? We could hold a camera in our mouth while shivering from hypothermia and take clearer snaps then this.
Brandon Cantu bested Mark Ly heads-up for the title. Ly will take home $416,816. The big name pro at the final table, Carlos Mortensen, was the first to go. See how much richer Mortensen and the rest of the final table got over at Card Player.
Also, Event # 3 ($1,500 PLH) will wrap later today, and we’ll throw all journalistic integrity out the window by saying we’d really like to see Tiltboy Rafe Furst pull this one out.
However, it won’t be easy.
Rafe, who sits third overall with 222,000, will have to deal with the likes of John Juanda (147,000), Burt Boutin (140,000), Day 1 chip leader Can Kim Hua (122,000), and current chip leader Eric Lynch (455,000), among others.
A Furst victory truly has some mega-tilt implications, as Rafe would win his first WSOP bracelet before everyone’s favorite 6′9 presidential candidate, Phil Gordon. How can two Tiltboys own bracelets (Perry Friedman being the other) before Phil Gordon? We believe the word you’re looking for is “preposterous.”
But it could happen today. Final table play kicks off at 2pm PST. Check Card Player and Poker Wire for the updates.
* Photos from Card Player and Poker Pages, respectively.
Tagged as: 2006 WSOP, brandon cantu, live blogging, Rafe Furst, Tiltboys, wsop tournament reports
Intro: Jen Leo is, without a doubt, our favorite female poker blogger. Granted, it’s not like there’s a ton of competition in that market, but even if there was, she’d still be our favorite. Cause she can fucking write. She’s like the Mia Hamm of writing. In that Mia Hamm is like the best female soccer player of our generation, and Jen is a damn witty, funny, intelligent writer…and a girl. We like her so much we’ve even put her pink header graphic at the top of this post. Yes, a big bright pink header, on WCP. But this isn’t about us. It’s about Jen. Maybe you’ve seen her stuff in BLUFF, Woman Poker Player (it’s a magazine for women…who play poker), TIME, and Playboy. She’s also got a book in the works. The girl has got talent. Which is great. Cause we respect women. We respect their minds. We respect what they have to say. Lots. For real.
WCP: So…what are you wearing?
JL: I am wearing a short, lavender bathrobe, nothing underneath.
WCP: Hot. Alright. You’re a quote unquote writer. So what the hell got you into poker? Shouldn’t you be at a coffee shop typing away on your Mac wearing Moby-esque eye-glasses?
JL: I’ve been in the travel book publishing biz for ten years. But the Chinese side of my family has insured that I’ve had gambling in my blood for longer than that. My grandfather taught me how to play craps, and then proceeded to take me to Vegas several times a year after I was 21. After a while, I wanted to write about my gambling experiences but didn’t quite know how to go about it. So, on one trip to the desert I went to the Gamblers Bookstore and got the grand tour from Howard Schwartz. I asked him to set me up with books that I could learn from. One of the ones he suggested was Anthony Holden’s Big Deal. After I read and raved about that one, a friend recommended Positively Fifth Streetby James McManus.
That’s all it took. Two books. I was hooked and just had to see the World Series of Poker. So, knowing very little about the game, but knowing how to get a few writing gigs, I packed my things in San Francisco and moved to Vegas for the summer. That was just last year. Now, I’m hooked the whole way around. On tournaments, and playing in our home game, and online.
But yes, if I were a kept woman and could say no to the ever present marketing ideas that take over my brain and lead me to busyness, I’d love to sit and write romantic comedy scripts at a coffee shop. It’s the adult version of a teenager’s bad love poetry.
WCP: How much leverage do you get out of telling people, "Yeah, I’ve been in Playboy…"
JL: That’s funny. But still a lame question.
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Tagged as: Dan Buczaczer, Jen Leo, phil gordon, Rafe Furst
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