If you were betting longshots on recent NBC Heads Up Championships which just concluded yesterday (but will air in 7 weeks), a bet on either the very sexay Shannon Elizabeth or the very boring Paul Wasicka would have been some heavy moneymakers (I know the pros had their own prop bets of their own filling out brackets)... Believe it or not, The American Pie (one of my favorite series of movies, excluding American Pie: The Naked Mile) bombshell would make it to the final four and would be up against... yup you guessed it, Mr. Tedious Paul Wasicka... You know who I'm pulling for... and Elizabeth would even manage a 5-to-1 chip lead... Wasicka had to have been a luckbox to survive this (poker gods know how unskilled he is... just look at him on High Stakes Poker Season 3... Not only that, I don't think he's said a word with the exception to the A7 vs A10 hand vs. Brian Townsend. He's literally folded every hand I've seen and think that origami would be a good profession for him). Courteously from Card Player, here are some examples of Paul's great (cough, cough) "skill":
Paul vs. Nam Le where Le had all his chips in at least three times as a favorite to knock Wasicka out and couldn't
* Paul Wasicka moves all in preflop and Nam Le makes the call. Wasicka shows A2 but Le turns over A6. However, the board comes (Js, 10h, 4d, Qd, 2c) and Wasicka rivers a pair of deuces to win the pot and double to $220,000 chips.
* Paul Wasicka moves all in preflop and Nam Le makes the call. Wasicka shows A6 and Le turns over A7. The board comes (Kh, Js, 9s, 4h, Qc) and they chop the pot.
* Paul Wasicka moves all in and Nam Le makes the call. Wasicka shows KJ and Le turns over A2. The board comes (Ks,5c, 4c, 9s, Js) and Wasicka pairs his king to win the pot and double up.
Paul vs. Shannon Elizabeth
Wasicka now has $280,000 chips to Le's $40,000.
* Shannon Elizabeth raises from the button preflop and Paul Wasicka moves all in. Elizabeth asks for a count and is told that Wasicka is all in for $135,000 more. Elizabeth makes the call and shows AQ. Wasicka turns over 1010. The board comes QJ6KA and Wasicka rivers a straight to win the pot and double up.
Sure Wasicka finished 2nd in the WSOP Main Event last year through a landmine of donks, and his finish at the LA Poker Classic was great, but through ALL his TV appearances, I really haven't seen much of skill from this guy... I'm just anxious to see the LAPC and the NBC HU Championship on TV now to see if I'm wrong on this...
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