David Williams - I'm curious what you think about this

I just watched last Sunday's episode of the HU Poker Champioships.

David Willaims A6c comes up against his opponents AA, and when Williams sees the pair of aces what does he do? He has a little temper tantrum and rips his cards in half. (stay classy, David).

But that reminded me of the video below.

Remember in his match with Farha? In a cooler delivered by Satan himself, Farha hits a bigger boat on the river to beat the boat that Williams flopped.

Oops.

But at about 3:00 minutes in the vid, note Williams reaction and tell me what you think.

Idle talk as a result of that cooler? Or does he really believe what he
suggests here?

(this has bugged me since I saw it last year)

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?...eature=related

I'm guessing when he says "Wow, just got cheated" he didn't actually mean cheated by the dealer or Farha. One heck of a cooler...ouch. This should be submitted to the "Online poker is rigged" thread cause this NEVER happens in live play.

I don't think he believes he was literally cheated by Sammy or the dealer... but cheated by the universe or the poker gods or something I can see him believing. He really does strike me as a bit of a tool.

I have to say, this is why I remembered it. If he really did suspect he was cheated, I think his reaction would be exactly what you saw. I don't know ..... something about his tone and his countenance made me think that he is standing there thinking he literally got cheated.

And yeah, a tool to say the least. I can't tell you how many hands of poker I have watched on TV, and I have never seen someone rip their cards in half for any reason, not even finding out your mighty A6c is hopelessly dominated.

That would make me sick.....very sick.

come on why would you even calll farha, he is a great i would ask him for pointers not be mad because i thought someone cheated me...full house vs full house their is no way he was cheated you cant stage that in front of so many people...sometimes n life u have to fight with the short stick

When he mentioned having 3.5mil, what the shit was that?

If I thought the dealer or Sammy had cheated, I'd say "They've cheated".

If I thought I should have won the hand and got very unlucky with the river, I'd feel "cheated" out of the pot.

Probably a bad word for him to use.

It's like when my husband bowls and fails to knock down all the pins in what looks like it should be a strike. When I say, "You were robbed!" I don't mean a burglar snuck down the lane and made sure one pin was left standing, I mean the universe deprived him of a well-earned win. Williams probably meant the same.

nerdy guy hits big live tourney payday, with cool glasses & tons of bling hits nearest phonebooth & becomes 'cool guy wannabee'.
agreed with 'tool' comment above

no i don't think he really thinks he got cheated, it's just you don't see that happen that much.
like set over set it suppose to happen only one out of a hundred times.
i think i would of liked to see the video of him ripping his cards in two, lol.

YouTube- David Williams rips up cards on Heads Up Championship

hahaha i agree with the request for that video ^^

Cheated may have been a Bad choice of words because it could be taken in the wrong context.

Either way who likes David Williams new Look.

Anyone?

By "new look" do you mean how he handles losing a hand?

oh well, he probably practised the cardripping at home and decided to get some extra attention / media coverage..., why not?

heeehaaawww

aC

looks to me like he is snorting way too much cocaine....

Amazing! I wish the flop would have came 666 or even 66, hell even 3 clubs because his hand would have been "dead" due to him ripping his cards up!

he definetly didnt feel that sammy or the dealer cheated him....whenever sum1 takes a horendous beat there initial reaction is to blame some sort of cheatting...this was a really bad 3 outer

LMAO

He has it down pretty good if you ask me.

+1 for "tool"

I've always liked David so I will give him the benefit of the doubt here. One thing I think it is difficult for us to truly know is that 1st place in this tour. pays $500,000 and this match was for a place in the semi's. Also a win in a prestigous tour. like this also can have other paying possibilities, such as more pay when he reups his contract with Bodog. I'm pretty sure none of us here has ever played with that much money on the line and with the way the hand played out I think emotion just got the best of him. Not the best way to act but I think a little more understandable when you think about how much was on the line.

Anyone else notice the other player to rip up their cards?... Phil Gordon ripped up his cards too. That's David's way... he just plays with his heart on his sleeve. I'm not defending him... just saying its easy to judge someone else's actions. I try not to look at it in a good or bad way.

Stix

Well, I think Bodog would be able to leave him at the same pay during a re-up due to the fact they would be able to say "You ripped up your cards on live t.v. and called someone a cheat". I think wearing your heart on your sleeve is okay but there is a line and I think both times that line was crossed.

Total cooler I would be just as frustrated. He didn't really mean he was cheated just felt like it since he flopped the 2nd nuts. More of an online hand being dealt there for sure. Can't blame him for feeling that way. OUCH!

If you are folding a flopped full house heads up, then I want you sitting at my table. I don't care who i'm playing, you have to assume you are good there unless you have some type of reliable read (namely God whispering in your ear that you need to fold).

Total tool. This guy was banned from playing Magic:The Gathering Tournaments for a year for cheating(yes, they have tourneys and you can win some nice dough).
Hope none of the big two pick him up. How I wished that he would have hit that flop then had his hand disallowed.

Both videos are really funny first time I see Williams playing although I watch a lot of poker... looks a little bit Hellmuth style^^
lol he really cheated at Magic... was suspended from the Pro Tour which was the main reason for him to focus on poker.. seems to me like a douche bag

Uggggg
No Re-up for Mr Williams.
Well the news says:
Williams doesn't work for Bodog anymore.

Bodog has who ???

Don't invite him back and bill him for a new deck of cards.

Yeah your right, his contract ran up in April and Bodog decided not to renew. Bodog has been struggling lately and probably decided they couldn't afford his price. He's coming off a WPT win and is still in the top 20 all time in touney $ won. Proof they can't afford him? They only have two "pro's" left. Evelyn Ng and one of their own players who started with a few bucks and ran it up to $200,000. Her name is Amanda Musumeci. I'm mean really, this is the best they can do for pro's to represent the site? I tried to enter an 18 man SNG one day and 6 hours later it still had not filled. Many of their MTT are only getting between 50-100 players. Traffic has just gotten terrible there.

bhood you got that right.
Wait 6 hrs and still no Game to play.

It seems they may be more focused on the Casino Games and Sports Betting rather then on Poker Games.

Well, no offense to the Bodog lovers out there but it's the only site I've played that makes me wanna break my fingers every time I'm there. I hate their software! It's just so "Atari" feeling!

Doesn't Blowjog Poker still have Justin Bonomo (the cheat) on their site as a sponsored professional (cheat).

No, they are letting all their true pros contracts expire. They say they are only going to sign regular people who play on their site and win big. Bonomo is a FT pro now.