MX Rider Leading Pokerstars

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Edited Date/Time 1/24/2012 1:34pm
21 yr. old Chris Oliver has a 13 million + chip lead for the final 8 out of 1,560 entries in the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure that pays 2.3 million to the winner. Chris raced with the FLVMX club until about 4 years ago when he began playing online poker. His dad told me last June that he was getting pretty good but I had no idea I`d be reading about him in 7 months leading a game with the Big Boys. 10k to enter with a minimum 202k to finish 8th and a hell`uva chance to win. I`d say dad was right. GO CHRIS!!!
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TeamGreen 1/14/2011 2:20pm
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Cool.

I'll check it out.
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mx400bee 1/14/2011 2:43pm
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It`ll be on ESPN Sat. night @ 10:00 and Sun morn. @ 6:00 EST and I think it`ll last for around 8 hours for anyone interested.
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72kiteboarder 1/15/2011 7:41am
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I think you got it backwards. It should be; Poker player used to ride MX.
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mx400bee 1/15/2011 10:04am
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72kiteboarder wrote:
I think you got it backwards. It should be; Poker player used to ride MX.
I never said he quit riding. What I said was he stopped racing with the club when he started playing poker.

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sc961 1/15/2011 1:56pm
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Been watching those live results, but had no idea he was a rider.
Seems like thre are many moto guys that play poker as well.
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Tiki 1/15/2011 3:10pm
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Not being a poker player, is it strategy, skill or luck? Last year I played poker at this tournament to raise money for some cause. I was at the table with five guys. Three of the guys boasted of being "Pro" players. They were the first out. I went for about two hours and three more tables, my friend about three and on to the final table. I never could figure out the strategy other then just playing safe.
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ocscottie 1/15/2011 9:55pm
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He is still in it and its heads up!!! HUGE chip lead, 75% of the chips on the table, 34mill to 11mill
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Spinner 1/15/2011 10:01pm
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Looks like that Oliver kid ain't missed a meal or even tried staying in shape since becoming a poker pro.

Good luck to him though. Seems like he's doing something right seeing his chip lead.
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ocscottie 1/15/2011 11:43pm
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He blew it, lost almost all his stack in TWO hands. Down to 11% of the chips. Bummer.
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roosty 1/16/2011 12:01am
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Life is a bitch, then you die!
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sc961 1/16/2011 11:10am
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Tiki wrote:
Not being a poker player, is it strategy, skill or luck? Last year I played poker at this tournament to raise money for some cause. I...
Not being a poker player, is it strategy, skill or luck? Last year I played poker at this tournament to raise money for some cause. I was at the table with five guys. Three of the guys boasted of being "Pro" players. They were the first out. I went for about two hours and three more tables, my friend about three and on to the final table. I never could figure out the strategy other then just playing safe.
The answer, D all of the above. There is a reason you see so many of the same top players at final table appearances.

You have to incorporated skill and stategy, but without some luck there is little chance of winning.

Chris got a little over confident making the call with the 8-6 on Hall's all in. Maybe he had a bad read, or what ever but that was the beginning of the end.

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