A day before the WSOP Final Table plays we spoke with Jason Senti from the Rio Hotel and Casino inside the Penn & Teller theater. Senti goes into the final table of play for the $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event as the shortest stack with approximately 15 big blinds.
When asked about his emotional state going into the final table in just 24 hours, Senti responded, “To be honest, I’ve been pretty anxious. I’m not normally the kind of guy that gets nervous or even gets anxious or excited about much… But really the last month I’ve been very ready to play.”
Senti then talks about one of the biggest hands during ESPN’s coverage of the Main Event, involving fellow November Nine member Soi Nguyen. During that hand, Senti folded pocket Queens at the turn to Nguyen who shoved all his chips in as an overbet. Senti felt he might have made a great fold, and as it turns out was in the lead in the hand as Nguyen just held King Queen suited for a flush draw. Senti explained that Nguyen hadn’t been playing many hands at all during play with the final 10 players and Senti felt that a player so tight suddenly getting so aggressive only meant huge strength in the hand, and still feels comfortable with the fold in that situation.
Senti gained the reputation of being a chatty nice guy at the table during coverage of the Main Event. “Yeah, I just try to sit down and be nice, that’s who I am. I don’t shut up that often in normal life, so the table is not going to be any different… I don’t really hide much at all which might be counter-intuitive as a poker player, but in hands I always try to be deceptive.”
Admitting he needs a quick double up, interviewer Sean Gibson decides to test Senti’s guessing ability by holding an impromptu coin flip contest. Does Senti win it? Watch the video to find out.
Jason Senti is an instructor at Bluefire Poker and a sponsored member of Team PokerStars Pro.
