I'd probably bet on the turn when the diamond hits.

Where is this blog you speak of?

i would like to know of this blog you speak of also!

u guys are crazy...he doesnt adjust his game much around the bubble...the "tighter" play u say he has around the bubble is def. not true....take a look at how often he gets knocked out very early....no think about the fact that if he gets past the very early stage...how big is his chip stack? its not that he plays tighter around the bubble to make the money...its that he has a mountain of chips so its hard to knock him out if he has 3x what every1 else has......

he doesnt have a blog, I asked him at the table and he said he didnt have time for that shit...

You're really drawing to three 8's, so semi-bluff the river if you don't hit, it's your call. If you hit though, I can assure you that he thinks A-high is good, and will call at least half the pot. Pre-flop is standard though.

^^^^ I agree 100%. It's hard to represent a made hand after you've checked the turn. Unless your opponent hit runner runner runner runner straight flush I think your pair of fours are good.

it's because by the LM stage he has either built up a monster stack or is already out. he does not adjust his game at that time

Vietcong leading the 109r at the first break, i've watching him so far and he's playing very well (i know only one tourney only one hour). Also, he seems like a decent enough guy he reads all these posts about him and he says it makes him laugh. He talks to the rail which is always a bonus. Im not ready to make an opinion of him as a player but i admire his results.

shit, id laugh too if i had no clue what i was doing, and CRUSHING ppl who thought they knew what was going on

...laugh all the way to el banco

I still don't like the limp with 77 then raising the flop. Playing a hand like this, out of position, by the way, is poor poker.
Check call raise fold. king of spades, check, check, bet, fold.

Okay, thats it. Ive been reading these posts on and off for a while, and have been intermittently keeping an eye on him while he plays. I opened the 100$R table today to see him leading in 1st place. Good enough. I get lost in my game, when i come back, I see him busting with 87 on the bubble vs JJ in the sb. Ok, fine, whatever, he has a low M and thats a good play against just the blinds. So I look through the hand history to see what happened and discover this:

pokerstars Game #14008859372: Tournament #70319808, $50+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2007/12/21 - 16:24:50 (ET)
Table '70319808 22' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: madrox187 (5275 in chips)
Seat 2: vietcong01 (21260 in chips)
Seat 3: AllinDany (12137 in chips)
Seat 4: Mrsgardener (9440 in chips)
Seat 5: J-C AA (4800 in chips)
Seat 6: yoshdog22 (14860 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: Charbarj41 (5420 in chips)
Seat 8: gemstar7 (9725 in chips)
Seat 9: tvcsa85 (5140 in chips)
vietcong01: posts small blind 75
AllinDany: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Mrsgardener: folds
J-C AA: folds
yoshdog22: folds
Charbarj41: folds
gemstar7: folds
tvcsa85: folds
madrox187: folds
vietcong01: raises 300 to 450
AllinDany: raises 11687 to 12137 and is all-in
vietcong01: calls 11687
*** FLOP *** [3c 4s 6d]
*** TURN *** [3c 4s 6d] [6c]
madrox187 is sitting out
madrox187 has returned
madrox187 is sitting out
madrox187 has returned
*** RIVER *** [3c 4s 6d 6c] [2d]
madrox187 is sitting out
madrox187 has returned
madrox187 is sitting out
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vietcong01: shows [Qh 9h] (a pair of Sixes)
AllinDany: shows [9c 9d] (two pair, Nines and Sixes)
madrox187 has returned
madrox187 is sitting out
madrox187 has returned
madrox187 is sitting out
madrox187 has returned
madrox187 is sitting out
AllinDany collected 24274 from pot
madrox187 has returned
madrox187 is sitting out
madrox187 has returned
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 24274 | Rake 0
Board [3c 4s 6d 6c 2d]
Seat 1: madrox187 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: vietcong01 (small blind) showed [Qh 9h] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 3: AllinDany (big blind) showed [9c 9d] and won (24274) with two pair, Nines and Sixes
Seat 4: Mrsgardener folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: J-C AA folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: yoshdog22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Charbarj41 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: gemstar7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: tvcsa85 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Now I know what everone's talking about.

There is one reason why there are so many VietCong threads every day. His style pisses off a lot of players. And everyone enjoys seeing people pissed off - especially when the people who are getting pissed off are the same people who piss off the average poker player with their condescending attitudes.

shoving one pair here against viet is stupid with 70 bbs. absolutely stupid. it is not a good play, it is not a bad play. it is a stupid play. basically youre saying if you have 12k at 75/150 blinds, youre going to have 0 chips 30-50% of the time. seems like a waste

I have noticed something, cong will gamble (again like a play chip or free roll game) but hardly ever bluffs at the river or turn or never gets caught doing this. I read in gordons little green book about a guy called BOW that would call most flops and go all in if he had a draw, now this was cash where you could reload but if you put tournies into the context of a free roll then its about the same. If you call he might suck out, or bust, he dont seem to care but if you fold or he sucks out then he has a huge stack, making the next go round even harder for everybody else.