High Stakes Poker - Page 23

thehuhu, some cash game during europe wsop with ivey townsend antonius and others. It will be out soon hopefully. But yer antonius loses a massive pot to ivey, it might even be bigger than 2m i just cant remember.

On October 31 2007 03:39 zulu_nation8 wrote: is Cirque du Soleil the show the two dudes went to in "knocked up"?

yes

On October 31 2007 03:59 DustySwedeDude wrote: Why do we think that Esfandiari is broke?

Broke =/= under-rolled for 300/600/100 500k min. buy-in

the pot Antonius lost to ivey (~800K pot)

The props that Phil Ivey and I were playing are quite confusing. Basically, we were betting on the flop being red or black. If the flop is all one suit, you win double. Being the gamblers we are, we do not stop there. We each have three cards, and if one of those cards hit the middle card on the flop, you win more. As you can see in the following hand, it can create some bizarre and interesting situations. We both had Aces, Kings, and Queens as the bonus cards, I was black and Phil was red. When playing with props, it can definitely make you play a little different than normal. The end result in this following hand is not great, but it was a very interesting and deep-thinking hand. I am sure Phil and I will be talking about this hand for a long time. It was one of those moments that you can appreciate even though I did not win. It was great poker and we were both thinking on very deep levels. I was up quite a bit in the game going into this hand. Ivey raised from the cutoff to $2,000, a very weird raise amount. Almost all day the standard opening raise was $2,100-$2,700. I was on the button and called with Ad Tc, Brian also called in the SB. There was $7,400 in the pot and the flop came AAJ with two spades and a club. I said to myself "Mamma Mia!” This was a great flop for me for many reasons. The ace of spades was the middle card on the flop, second it was all black, and finally, I flopped trip aces! To make things even better it was a near certainty that Phil Ivey did not have an Ace. Because I was on for a triple in props, Phil would not want to see a flop having a red ace in his hand. Brian checked and Ivey bet $6,000 into a $8,000 pot. I was very happy at this moment and was thinking to myself, how could I make more money on this hand. I decided to put a little teaser raise out there and raised to $15,000. Brian mucked and Phil re-raised to $50,000. I was more than happy to call the $50,000. The turn was a 5. Phil thought for a while and bet $100,000 and I called. I was very happy the way the hand was going at this point, even though I started to think he might have pocket jacks. The river was a Qh and Phil took a long time, hard to tell, but it felt like five minutes, before betting $250,000. Now I was not happy at all. Maybe Ivey forgot about the props? Could he have played AQ? I was 99 per cent certain that he did not have an Ace. So the only hand which would make sense is JJ. My mind was all over the place trying to figure out what was going on. After thinking for a little while, I thought I was beat, my mind was racing and thinking about so many things. A quarter million dollar bet on the river is usually a sign of someone with a hand. But Phil Ivey is one of the best NL players in the world and if there is anyone capable of pulling a bluff off, it is him. I could not help but think that Ivey was down $300,000 in the game and had just lost $30,000 on this flop alone. Was he steaming or did he really have JJ? I decided that if I did not call, I would not be able to sleep. I counted out $250,000 and slid it toward the middle of the pot. He had JJ. So I lost but I do not regret the hand; it was one of the most interesting hands I have ever played.

On October 31 2007 09:14 sOah wrote: Show nested quote + On October 31 2007 03:59 DustySwedeDude wrote: Why do we think that Esfandiari is broke? Broke =/= under-rolled for 300/600/1200/2400 100 500k min. buy-in

FYP

How much is Farha down ? -500K or something ?

damnit LP messed up and my post got lost

On October 31 2007 09:54 all_in_4tw wrote: Show nested quote + On October 31 2007 09:14 sOah wrote:   On October 31 2007 03:59 DustySwedeDude wrote: Why do we think that Esfandiari is broke? Broke =/= under-rolled for 300/600/1200/2400/Farha 100 500k min. buy-in FYP

FYP

AFAIK people are getting the $2m pot number from the Big Game players talking about 800k is far from the biggest pot they've played but usually they run it like 5 times when they play NL

On October 31 2007 10:52 Kapol wrote: Show nested quote + On October 31 2007 09:54 all_in_4tw wrote:   On October 31 2007 09:14 sOah wrote:   On October 31 2007 03:59 DustySwedeDude wrote: Why do we think that Esfandiari is broke? Broke =/= under-rolled for 300/600/1200/2400/Farha 100 500k min. buy-in FYP FYP

hahahaha

Good bankroll management Jamie Gold. Win 12 million in 2006 Main Event, forced to give 6 million to a friend after getting his ass sued, gets wacked by the US Government for another 2+ million, and now is playing a 500k buy-in game. Genius.

On October 31 2007 16:08 JonnyCosMo wrote: Good bankroll management Jamie Gold. Win 12 million in 2006 Main Event, forced to give 6 million to a friend after getting his ass sued, gets wacked by the US Government for another 2+ million, and now is playing a 500k buy-in game. Genius.

i would too if i was the best bluffer in the world

Daniel Negraneu should be fine for this game since he can just convert some of his Canadian loonies.

On October 31 2007 10:47 MarKoNiO wrote: How much is Farha down ? -500K or something ?

i dont think so... on the last episode he had a 200k stack, he won a couple of pots, so he is down probably 200k tops

On October 31 2007 16:41 tilted fish wrote: Daniel Negraneu should be fine for this game since he can just convert some of his Canadian loonies.

In his latest blog I think he mentioned that he has no Canadian currency for the most part.

isnt that a stupid spot to play A10o :S

On October 31 2007 18:16 piratematerial wrote: isnt that a stupid spot to play A10o :S

It's against Phil Ivey.

benyamine was on mtv's "cribs" or one of those shows; he's got a huge waterfall/lagoon in his backyard so I'm sure he's rolled for this.

I cannnot wait for next week's episode.. its gonna be tooooo sick
Farha keeps the game entertaining but he is just a completely insane gambler.. however I do think its possible to be a winning player by playing that style (with deep stack) but you have to be able to have a better read than everyone else and therefore fold when you are beat much more often on the river... which he doesn't always do

Is there anyone here that thinks that anyone in that line-up except for maybe DB is close to PA in skill?