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- Andrew Feldman ESPN.com It's been nearly two decades in the making, but finally, professional poker player Will 'The Thrill' Failla earned his first major title with a victory at the World Poker.
- Will Failla was all in from the cutoff for his last 1,325,000. Salvatore DiCarlo called on the button, and Pfizer Jordan moved all in from the big blind. Failla was well behind with, up against.
- The feature guest on the program is live tournament pro and WPT Champion Will 'The Thrill' Failla. The Thrill joins the guys to talk about his breakthrough win at the Ledgens of Poker, how he sold his business to pursue a life on the tournament circuit and shares a great story from an underground high stakes cash game.
- World Poker Tour (WPT) East coast poker pro Will 'The Thrill' Failla has been around the poker world for many years and to those that have seen him deep in major poker tournaments, this WPT final table comes as no surprise.
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Old school grinder Will ‘The Thrill’ Failla pulls off coup with 10-high bluff.
Will ‘The Thrill’ Failla got off to a slow start in this Summer Poker Open Championship, falling slightly below the starting stack over the course of the first level and a half that he played. He’s now well above that starting stack, after scoring a knockout with pocket kings.
The action was picked up pre flop, with a player opening in early position before another player in middle position three-betting to 2,200. That player only had close to 12,000 left behind and next to act, Failla announced himself “all-in”, with an aggressive slam of his stack across the line.
The rest of the table folded before it got back to the three-bettor, who went into the tank. Midway through his decision process, Failla broke the tension and the silence, whispering, “You can always rebuy.” before the table broke into laughter.
The three-bettor said something about thinking Failla had tens before he called, only to see Failla table much better than tens, {Kd}{Kh}. The short stack held {Qh}{Jh} and needed to hit to stay alive.
He did hit, but Failla hit harder, turning a full house after his opponent had out flopped him, with Failla joking that he got “sucked out on, then had to re-suck” to score the knockout.
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After the hand, the table all joked about how Failla’s rebuy comment may have persuaded the player to call, with Failla responding, “I could live to be a billion years old, I NEVER have tens in that spot, ever.”
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Failla might be one of the more colorful and energetic players at any table, but when push comes to shove, he’s also one of the more solid players in any tournament field, so it wasn’t a surprise to see him show up with such a huge hand in a pretty meaningful early level SPO Championship pot.
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Back in November, 2011, online poker insurance business BubbleProtection.com, announced UK prodigy Chris “moorman1” Moorman as the company’s spokesman.
A few months on, and now US pro Will “The Thrill” Failla joins Moorman in the role as they promote the company which offers tournament “Bubble” protection for 10% of the total entrants, at a nominal price.
Commenting on his latest deal with BubbleProtection.com, the 44 year-old Long Island native said:
“I am very pleased to associate myself with BubbleProtection…a sustainable business model while simultaneously being positive EV for their users. I am a true supporter of the technology and I anxiously await the time when I can use BubbleProtection in the United States. Until that time I will proudly endorse the product in my travels both here and abroad.”
When Failla first started playing poker, the games of choice were Seven-card stud and five-card draw. He said he only then moved to playing tournaments and hold’em after Greg Raymer won the WSOP Main Event in 2004.
Failla has subsequently gone on to amass $3,318,805 in winnings since his first cash in 2005, with his first big break coming in 2007 after winning the $5,000 Foxwoods Poker Classic for $207,968. On that occasion he faced top pro Kathy Liebert heads-up, and as he explains:
“I knew that she was one of the best players in the world and I beat her fair and square. There were no suck outs or anything. After that, I told myself that maybe I really had a shot at this. You always have that insecurity, until you really beat someone that you know can play the game.”
Another career highlight for Failla came only last year when he overcome a field of 757 players at the $3,500 WPT Legends of Poker on the way to collecting his biggest score to date of $758,085.
Bubble Protection obviously chose wisely recruiting Will Failla and commenting on their latest signing, company CEO Eugene Castro said:
“Will is one of the most popular people on the pro tour..We’re very proud to have Will join Chris Moorman as our second company spokesman and know that having him aboard will bring respect and credibility to BubbleProtection.”