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Clayton Fletcher, who first appeared on Episode 74, is back to discuss his 96th place finish in the 2015 WSOP Main Event. Hear how he celebrated, how he dealt with a sudden reversal of fortune, and how his other career in stand-up comedy helps him withstand the challenges of a multi-day poker tournament.
Follow Clayton on Twitter@claytoncomic and learn more about his upcoming shows from his website. His podcast is Broadway Comedy Club Radio.
Timestamps
0:30 Hello and Welcome
34:44 Main Event Strategy
Strategy
Hand 1
Blinds 800/1600/200 effective stack 80K
Hero opens to 3500 with Qd Jd in 3rd position, Button 3bets to 8500, Hero calls
Flop QT7 with one diamond.
Hero checks, Button bets 9500, Hero calls
Turn Ks. Hero checks, Button bets 11,500 into 40,200, Hero calls.
River 9s. Hero checks, Button shoves
Hand 2
Blinds 100/200 effective stack 30K.
Villain opens to 450, one call, Hero raises to 1300 with Jc 8c on the Button, Villain calls, other player folds.
Flop (3200) Ac Jh 7c. Villain checks, Hero bets 1500, Villain raises to 4000, Hero calls.
Turn (11K) 9d. Villain bets 5000, Hero calls.
Rivers (21,300) 8s. Villain bets 7000 into 21000.
Hand 3
Blinds 1K/2K/300 effective stacks 160K. Villain opens to 4K, Hero has QQ in the SB and raises 11K, V raises to 33K.
Nate, how’s the Cormac McCarthy coming along? I’d like to request that you use your booming voice to read aloud on the podcast some of Blood Meridian when you get to it…the Judge’s philosophic speeches would be the obvious choice.
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I’ve probably got at least two nonfiction books and one fiction book between now and more McCarthy… but I’m flattered by the request!
Truly mystified that Clayton didn’t get any TV time.
Since Nate mentioned cue-sports (and thank you, Andrew, for chiding him for this–who says that? 😉 ), I thought you & TPN might be interested in adding a couple more books to your reading list:
Byrne’s Standard Book of Pool & Billiards–great technique, gets the physics right (rare in pool books), and the system for shooting 3 rail shots will be just right for a math-oriented mind. (it’s in the billiards section, but still very useful for pool.)
How Would You Play This?–George Fels presents table layouts in 8 and 9 ball and you have to figure out the best way to run out. Very akin to having a plan for future streets in poker.
So the cool kids just say “pool,” then? Thanks for the tip. 🙂
I also appreciate the book recommendations. I found some very nice .gifs here: http://billiards.colostate.edu/.
One of the big problems I have is trying to figure out how to think properly about the game before I can shoot straight enough, consistently enough, to execute any sort of plan. That is, the best thing for _me_ to do right now might be the sort of thing that builds bad habits.
FWIW I wasn’t trying to give Nate a hard time, I literally didn’t know what he was saying. I was thinking “q-sports” like “e-sports”.
Pretty sure the cool kids say snooker (with an oo). 😉
Real snooker (where the table is ~2x the size of a pool table) is mind blowingly hard. I’ve also played bar billiards back in the day, which has holes in the middle of the table, and little things like bowling pins that you’re not supposed to knock over.