John Racener talks about being heads up in the WSOP Main Event final table at a press conference from the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“I think anyone would be foolish to think they would be happy with just second. Going into the final table I was in fourth and I knew I almost had the most experience and was one of the better place. I felt like I had a good chance of winning, so, I was going for the gold,” Racener told reports from the Rio floor.
When asked about his experience factor at that final table, Racener added, “I think in came in to play for sure. It showed with my patience… I knew I could wait for good situations to happen and I did that, and it did happen.”
He added, “That’s definitely how it worked out three handed. But all through the tournament I knew it was going to be like that because of the younger group of players at the table. If you watch online and watch all these tournaments, you hear about the 3bet, the 4bet, the 5bet. I knew with the young crowd it would be like that. That’s not really my style of play and I didn’t want to get foolish like that with the money jumps being so big. I knew if I was conservative and patient my time would come.”
Racener has a huge task ahead of him heading into tonight’s World Series of Poker Main Event final table heads up matchup against Jonathan Duhamel. Racener is a six to one underdog in chips and is facing a player known as a heads up cash game professional. However, Racener is the more accomplished tournament profession and has a large group of fans in the world of pro poker players cheering him on.