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Sick hand sequence at Bike
Young guy, good player is in pot with asian guy to his right. The asian guy seems to be tight and somewhat passive but loves to slowplay hands when he makes them. Anyway, in this pot they are heads up and on the turn with a very scary board -- something like AAQx, flush draw, the asian guy bets $150, and the young guy raises to 300. The asian guy thinks for a while and mucks. The young guy shows his hand (first time he did it in two hours). It was just 44 (both black), so he bluffed and showed it, clearly to set us up for a later non-bluff bet.
On the VERY next hand the same two are at it again. This time the young guy raises the asian dude again on the turn, but this time the asian guy calls. On the river the asian guy checks and the young guy bets again. The asian guy calls and shows something like QT on a board like Q9642, so he had top, weak kicker. The young guy turns over... two black 4's for a set. Amazing that his setup lasted one hand and it was with the same two cards! No way the guy calls all the way to the river with TP weak kicker if it wasn't for the setup one hand early.
James Woods Folds Winning Hand
by jackbobby on 01/26/07
Poker After Dark - Matusow vs. Negreanu
by jackbobby on 01/16/07
Interesting hand from Poker After Dark. Matusow is always putting down opponents and criticizing them for not knowing how to play poker and trumping himself as such a great no limit hold'em player. In this hand we're down to three players -- Matusow, Negreanu and David Grey. I'm not sure of the chip stacks, but none of them appear to be too short-stacked. In the hand Grey is on the button and folds, Negreanu has K9o and completes his small blind, and Matusow makes a standard bet with K7s. Negreanu calls and checks in the dark.
The flop comes T87 with two hearts (neither player has a heart). Matusow checks his bottom pair. The turn brings an offsuit K giving Mike two pair and Daniel one pair. Daniel checks his top pair and open-ended straight draw, Matusow bets about half the pot, Daniel goes all in and Matusow instantly calls. The river brings a 6 and the straight for Daniel and Matusow is out.
Matusow doesn't lose his cool and is polite, but first complains that he was a 4-1 favorite, this always happens to him and he perfectly trapped Daniel and now this happens. It always happens to him, yada, yada, yada. He later tells Shana that he was a 3.5 to 1 favorite.
Well a few things about the hand. First, he wasn't a 4-1 favorite or even a 3.5 to 1 favorite. He was just slightly better than 2-1. Daniel wins with any 6 or J for the straight, a 9 for a better two pair, a T for a better two pair and an 8 splits the pot.
Also, what kind of trap did Mike set? He raised preflop with nothing special which is fine, but certainly not a trap. He checks button pair on the flop which actually seemed a bit weak and on the turn he bets about half the pot which seemed like a good value bet to get a call. It certainly wasn't some advanced poker trap. Of course he was smarting from the hand, but to say he was a 4-1 favorite and that he set a trap just seems plain dumb.
Thoughts?
The flop comes T87 with two hearts (neither player has a heart). Matusow checks his bottom pair. The turn brings an offsuit K giving Mike two pair and Daniel one pair. Daniel checks his top pair and open-ended straight draw, Matusow bets about half the pot, Daniel goes all in and Matusow instantly calls. The river brings a 6 and the straight for Daniel and Matusow is out.
Matusow doesn't lose his cool and is polite, but first complains that he was a 4-1 favorite, this always happens to him and he perfectly trapped Daniel and now this happens. It always happens to him, yada, yada, yada. He later tells Shana that he was a 3.5 to 1 favorite.
Well a few things about the hand. First, he wasn't a 4-1 favorite or even a 3.5 to 1 favorite. He was just slightly better than 2-1. Daniel wins with any 6 or J for the straight, a 9 for a better two pair, a T for a better two pair and an 8 splits the pot.
Also, what kind of trap did Mike set? He raised preflop with nothing special which is fine, but certainly not a trap. He checks button pair on the flop which actually seemed a bit weak and on the turn he bets about half the pot which seemed like a good value bet to get a call. It certainly wasn't some advanced poker trap. Of course he was smarting from the hand, but to say he was a 4-1 favorite and that he set a trap just seems plain dumb.
Thoughts?
Poker on TV
by jackbobby on 01/12/07
I haven't watched much poker on television lately but do have my TIVO set for Monday's premier of season 3 of high stakes poker. God how I love that show.
I have recently discoved the weath of cool poker videos on youtube. A great one that I highly recommend is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4du3EAZoT4&NR
It's just one quick hand, but it's not to be missed. It showcases actor/poker player James Woods in not his most shining moment. Anyway, there's a good lesson to be learned from the video so be sure to check it out.
Another good one to see -- for entertainment value -- is a 3 part sequence from the new show Poker After Dark. It's a typical Phil Hellmuth blow up, but it's definitely one of the more entertaining ones. He has a decision to be made and the guys at the table continue to talk while he is trying to make it. It's pretty fun to watch them playfully egg him on. Check it out at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kHkdjmssus
Notice that after the hand is over, Steve Z and the others egg him on further by saying that Annie had A8. Very funny stuff.
I have recently discoved the weath of cool poker videos on youtube. A great one that I highly recommend is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4du3EAZoT4&NR
It's just one quick hand, but it's not to be missed. It showcases actor/poker player James Woods in not his most shining moment. Anyway, there's a good lesson to be learned from the video so be sure to check it out.
Another good one to see -- for entertainment value -- is a 3 part sequence from the new show Poker After Dark. It's a typical Phil Hellmuth blow up, but it's definitely one of the more entertaining ones. He has a decision to be made and the guys at the table continue to talk while he is trying to make it. It's pretty fun to watch them playfully egg him on. Check it out at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kHkdjmssus
Notice that after the hand is over, Steve Z and the others egg him on further by saying that Annie had A8. Very funny stuff.
Not happy with the state of online poker
by jackbobby on 11/09/06
Don't want to rant here but this online poker BS is really getting me down. Sure there are plenty of places to play, but it just isn't the same anymore. I love playing at Party but can't anymore. Full Tilt is all right but I'm just not comfortable there. I have played pokerstars sometimes, but I never seem to win there.
It just feels different too. Almost like I'm doing something illegal. Do you get that feeling now? Even my girlfriend keeps on asking me how it feels to be breaking the law. I tell her that I'm not doing anything wrong, but it's hard to explain. Maybe with the Democrats winning back the house and senate things will take a turn for the better. I sure hope so.
It just feels different too. Almost like I'm doing something illegal. Do you get that feeling now? Even my girlfriend keeps on asking me how it feels to be breaking the law. I tell her that I'm not doing anything wrong, but it's hard to explain. Maybe with the Democrats winning back the house and senate things will take a turn for the better. I sure hope so.