Is momentum an actual factor in poker (or any recreation/sport)? Seth Davies is bound hoping so coming off a $3.2 million rating for successful the Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl Cyprus on Aug. 25.
The high-stakes grinder had little time to have fun the large win. He is already again in motion on the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona €100,000 EPT Tremendous Excessive Curler, which kicked off on Saturday at On line casino Barcelona.
“With this one having Barcelona good behind it, it was form of a extra again to the grind factor,” Davies instructed PokerNews on a Day 1 break when requested if he frolicked celebrating or straight again into poker following the SHRB win. “However I did take a few days to mirror on issues, and that is like when you’ve gotten a rating like that it would not get significantly better. So, it was good to have these couple of days.”
“I feel after Barcelona I will perform a little extra stress-free.”
Can Davies Trip the Momentum to One other Big Win?
Davies enters EPT Barcelona with simply over $29 million in dwell match cashes, based on The Hendon Mob. That places him tops on Oregon’s all-time listing, forward of fellow excessive curler star Chris Brewer ($24.2 million). However Davies had by no means cashed in a match for close to as a lot as he did within the SHRB. His earlier largest rating was for $1.8 million.
The current main match champion would love for momentum to hold him to a different high-stakes win. That’s assuming he finds momentum to even be a factor.
“I feel momentum’s undoubtedly actual,” Davies stated. “What it does to individuals is it form of frees them as much as, it makes them assured and offers them freedom, you realize. For those who’re on a downswing, it is lots simpler to second guess what you are doing and form of play tense, and perhaps not go for a bluff you’d have gone for had you been enjoying with confidence. So, yeah, it is undoubtedly an actual factor and it is good to be on the higher of that proper now as a result of I can really feel actually free and assured.”
Driving the momentum wave to Barcelona is rarely a straightforward job towards the powerful competitors in European excessive rollers. Davies is an American poker participant who typically travels world wide to compete within the highest stakes occasions. If there is a match with a six-figure buy-in, he’ll be there. However does he discover the European excessive rollers to be harder tournaments than is his homeland?
“The excessive curler scene in Europe, particularly on the EPT, is kind of good as a result of there is a handful of leisure’s that you simply get that at all times present up, and you do not actually get that within the US anymore the place the high-stakes have form of died down slightly bit. You do not actually see 100k’s within the US anymore, so it is much more full of life in Europe. So, yeah, there is a bunch of unimaginable good European gamers too, however the stakes are simply increased right here and you do not actually see it as a lot as, say, Aria anymore. It is extra like 10k’s and 25k’s.”
The momentum continues to be on Davies’ facet as he bagged the most important stack out of the 18 gamers who bagged on Day 1 of the Tremendous Excessive Curler. He’ll return to motion on Sunday with a large chip benefit over Kayhan Mokri, his nearest competitor.
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