PuertoRican United States. Mar 16 2021 05:50. Posts 13141
Former StarCraft: Brood War player, Markus Gonsalves, is now the 2020 World Poker Tour (WPT) Gardens Poker Champion!
Gonsalves – formerly known as “Proct” during his StarCraft: Brood War days, and currently known as “LURPED” in online poker – was a well-known American StarCraft player who invented “The Stove,” which was described by JonnyCosMo in 2006 as a “type of rush against a terran opponent where you go scouts first, then switch to DT, then mass arbiters and stasis them.” As a fellow Protoss player, I used to be a fan of “The Stove,” as it worked great against low level Terran players on Lost Temple.
On March 14, 2021, Gonsalves went into his heads-up match against Tuan Phan with a 5-1 chip lead, but the match lasted over 90 hands due to the third hand they played, which saw Phan winning a coin flip. According to WorldPokerTour.com, Phan’s “pocket deuces held against Gonsalves’ king-queen, prolonging the match for what would be another three hours.”
The rest of the match highlights, as described by the World Poker Tour, can be read here: “The match predominantly consisted of small pots, with Gonsalves refusing to let Phan close the gap too much. On the other hand, Phan didn’t allow Gonsalves to chip away at his stack. 57 hands after Phan’s initial double up, he was able to double up again. This time, he got it in as a big favorite with ace-six against Gonsalves’ queen-six. Phan’s ace remained best, and for the first time in the heads-up match Gonsalves’ lead was below 2-to-1. Twenty hands later, for the first time at the final table Phan took the chip lead… Phan’s chip lead was short-lived, however, as Gonsalves found a double of his own shortly thereafter. Gonsalves raised all in with ace-ten and Phan thought for a while, using two of his time-extensions before he called with queen-six suited. No help came for Phan, and his tournament ended not long after.
In a limped pot, Phan flopped bottom two pair and committed his stack on the turn. Gonsalves, however, had flopped a flush and called Phan’s all-in raise. A safe river card fell, and with that Gonsalves became the newest WPT champion.”
Gonsalves will meet another member of this final table, Qing Liu, at the WPT Tournament of Champions later in 2021.
Final Table Results
1st: Markus Gonsalves – $554,495
2nd: Tuan Phan – $359,650
3rd: Jonathan Cohen – $263,090
4th: Chance Kornuth – $195,085
5th: Straton Wilhelm – $146,655
6th: Qing Liu – $111,795
Rekrul is a newb
Last edit: 18/03/2021 23:34
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Liquid`Drone Norway. Mar 16 2021 06:09. Posts 3096
congrats to proct.
He actually stole 'TheStove' from a player named 'Masturnate' from the nohunters community - who was the real inventor. (he had done the build vs proct using TheStove as his account. )
lol POKER
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PuertoRican United States. Mar 16 2021 06:23. Posts 13141
On March 16 2021 05:09 Liquid`Drone wrote:
congrats to proct.
He actually stole 'TheStove' from a player named 'Masturnate' from the nohunters community - who was the real inventor. (he had done the build vs proct using TheStove as his account. )
Sick. I think I remember seeing the name Masturnate, but I don't remember where.
Either way, it was a fun build order for Protoss back in the day. It was one of those "it's so crazy it just might work!" strategies.
On March 16 2021 05:09 Liquid`Drone wrote:
congrats to proct.
He actually stole 'TheStove' from a player named 'Masturnate' from the nohunters community - who was the real inventor. (he had done the build vs proct using TheStove as his account. )
Yes I remember masturnate, he was an older guy in a community of 13 y Olds. And he used to be very creative and probably innovated a bunch of strats/BOs.
Right down memory lane, damn. Nohunters game reports before replays where around was the shit.
I wish one of your guys had children if I could kick them in the fucking head or stomp on their testicles so you can feel my pain because thats the pain I have waking up everyday -- Mike Tyson
i lol'd at The Stove, remember that useless strat hahaha
Do not push the river, it will flow by itself. - Polish proverb
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TimDawg United States. Mar 18 2021 17:02. Posts 10197
looking back at that Cosmo interview and seeing those old pictures was awesome
online bob is actually a pretty smart person, not at all like the creepy fucker that sits in the sofa telling me he does nasty shit to me when im asleep - pinball
@PuertoRican
fixed the main page - happens when old main post goes into old posts and has a tweet embedded - you either have to delete the tweet or make it a screenshot
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PuertoRican United States. Mar 19 2021 16:48. Posts 13141
On March 19 2021 15:36 Defrag wrote:
@PuertoRican
fixed the main page - happens when old main post goes into old posts and has a tweet embedded - you either have to delete the tweet or make it a screenshot
An old trick to make sure an old website works properly.
Rekrul is a newb
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Santafairy Korea (South). Mar 19 2021 20:14. Posts 2233
Protoss scum
It seems to be not very profitable in the long run to play those kind of hands. - Gus Hansen
Ryan Neilly United States. Mar 31 2021 10:47. Posts 1639
great job bud - DReaMe
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