WSOP -- Getting To Know Your Chip Leaders -- Theo JorgensenJorgensen Talks About His Tournament Run and Mindset Entering Final Stretch |
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With 3,088,000 in chips, Theo Jorgensen sits in fifth place entering day 6 in the 2010 World Series of Poker main event. There are only 205 players remaining and the list of notables is shrinking, but Jorgensen is hoping that his experience will help him navigate the final few days en route to a spot on this year’s November Nine.
A final-table appearance would add to an already stellar year for the 38-year-old professional who already claimed nearly $850,000 for winning the WPT Grand Prix de Paris Championship in May. Though Jorgensen has a bracelet from the 2008 WSOP Europe in event No. 3, he is perhaps better known for beating Gus Hansen in a boxing match in his hometown of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Here, he breaks down his tournament run and explains his mindset entering the final days of the event.
Julio Rodriguez: Describe your tournament so far.
Theo Jorgensen: Things have been going freaking fantastic. I finished day 1 with only about 36,000 or so, but I hit a flush draw against Ylon Schwartz on day 2 to give me a large stack. I’ve pretty much been sitting on three times the average stack since then.
JR: Is that a goal of yours, to maintain a large enough stack to keep pressure on your opponents?
TJ: I’m trying to take each hand as it comes. I’m not interested in having the chip lead or maintaining a certain number of big blinds. My main priority is to minimize my mistakes and make the best decisions as they come. I think if you start setting goals for yourself, you can get into some trouble by trying to force the action.
JR: How does this tournament compare to the field you beat in Paris?
TJ: In this tournament, I’ve found that I’m playing the man more than the cards. I’m really starting to see some soft spots at the table. You can almost immediately tell the guys who qualified for a couple hundred dollars and you know that they are going to be a little unwilling to put many chips into the pot. They might even know that I’m bluffing them, but they don’t have the balls to play back at me. It’s just too big for them. You’d think that everyone left at this point would be pretty solid, but let me assure you that there is still plenty of dead money left.
JR: How will the pace of the tournament dictate your play?
TJ: With so much play left, it’s important that I’m always considering my tournament life when I make a decision. Is it necessary to play a big pot with an overpair against another big stack? Maybe not. I find myself slowing down a bit right now. There is no need to try and win the tournament with four days to go.
JR: What about the length of this tournament? Has it affected you at all?
TJ: I feel like I’ve been at the Rio forever. I’ve changed my flight three times already and now I have to go back to do it again. I guess that’s a good problem to have.
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