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July 23rd, 2008

Top 5 Biggest Hands on High Stakes Poker #5

Classic grossness, looks like an online hand or something.

Esfandiari makes some classy laydowns.

The rest of this is achy.

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July 22nd, 2008

Daniel Negreanu on ‘Bluff Outs’

Here’s a pretty great general overview of how to use connectors and other small cards to bluff when you miss with them, adding value and going behind the idea of betting even when you miss with your weird draws.

This is a fantastic analysis of how to work your hands even when they didn’t work, adding extra value to those weird hands, and a big part of playing in this manner that people who just play to make hands avoid, thus causing them to play against their own odds.

Great advice here, if you can ignore the poor video quality.

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July 22nd, 2008

2008 WSOP Broadcasts Begin Tonight

If you’re ready for them to stop broadcasting the 2007 Jerry Yang donkshow over and over on repeat, well, the first load of cargo arrives tonight.

They’re kicking off with the Pot Limit Hold Em championship event, featuring some nice pros including Kathy Liebert, Nenad Medic, Mike Sexton and Patrik Antonius, among others.

Look for sassy commentary on these events here at All Poker Addicts, as well as more coming info as it arrives.

In the meantime, here’s Daniel Negreanu on his 4th bracelet win, from this year.

Dude, lose the hat. Leave the Eminem style to the Grinder. (please)

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July 20th, 2008

Line Between Donk And Genius

It’s a fine line between donk and genius. You make a marginal play and it works for you, you look like you could see the future, you make one and it goes wrong, you look like an idiot poker donk minbetting into a massive pot.

Daniel Negreanu tends to make a lot of weird looking plays but they all are usually based either on his ability to read beyond your average joe and his willingness to gamble it up when he needs to.

Here’s a clip from the World Poker Tour that’s about as perfect example of donk vs genius as you could ask for:

I really think Daniel was just gambling on the fact that he most likely had outs no matter what and if his opponent was bluffing, then he had the best hand, but overall, a marginal play that brings him out looking pretty on point.

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July 19th, 2008

2008 WSOP Final Table LineUp

Despite their dominance of many of the other 2008 WSOP Bracelet events, no major pros managed to make it to the main event final table this year.

Here are the current listings, which ridiculously won’t be resolved until November 11th, from 9pm on ESPN

2008 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table:

Finalist Name
Age
Hometown
Chip Count
Dennis Phillips
53
St Louis, Missouri
26,295,000
Ivan Demidov
27
Moscow, Russia
24,400,000
Scott Montgomery
26
Perth, Ontario, Canada
19,690,000
Peter Eastgate
22
Odense, Denmark
18,375,000

Ylon Schwartz
38
Brooklyn, New York
12,525,000
Darus Suharto
39
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
12,520,000
David Rheem
28
Los Angeles, California
10,230,000
Craig Marquis
23
Arlington, Texas
10,210,000
Kelly Kim
31
Whittier, California
2,620,000

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July 18th, 2008

PokerStars Dominate 2008 Main Event Final Table

from PokerStars:

LAS VEGAS - JULY 17, 2008 — Six PokerStars players have made it to the
final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Out of a
6,844-strong starting field, each of the nine final table players are
guaranteed a significant pay day when they return to Las Vegas on November 9
to conclude the Main Event.

The “PokerStars Million Dollar Men” consist of six PokerStars players who
will take part in the final-table battle as they vie for the top prize:

Dennis Phillips, 53 from Missouri, USA; has been one of the chip leaders
throughout the last few days of the Main Event. He is the current chip
leader with 26,295,000 chips.

Ivan Demidov, 27 from Moscow, Russia; has had a phenomenal event with this
year’s WSOP, his first major live tournament. He is in second position with
24,400,000 chips. If he walks away with the title, Ivan will become the
first Russian to win the WSOP Main Event.

Peter Eastgate, 22 from Odense, Denmark; a fearless and unpredictable
player, Peter ranks as one of the top five online pros in Denmark. He enters
the final table with 18,375,000 chips.

Ylon Schwarz, 38, New York, USA; no stranger to WSOP tournaments, Ylon has
had 11 cashes in WSOP events since 2005. He enters the final table with
12,525,000 chips.

Darus “Dennis_TO” Suharto, 39, Ontario, Canada; won a satellite tournament
on PokerStars and progressed through two levels of online tournaments to win
his seat in the WSOP.  He enters the final table with 12,520,000 chips.

David “Chino” Rheem, 28 from Californian, USA; has had five WSOP cashes in
the last three years and has been among the chip leaders throughout the Main
Event. He enters “The Final Nine” with 10,230,000 chips.

In the 39-year history of the WSOP, this year marks a change as play at the
final table breaks until November’s conclusion. Joe Hachem, Team PokerStars
Pro and 2005 WSOP Champion said, “This is how poker should be, and the lives
of the PokerStars Million Dollar Men are about to change.  It’s going to be
a great ride, as we now start a 117-day countdown to the conclusion of what
can only be described as an epic poker journey.  I’m looking forward to
getting to know these six players better and helping PokerStars earn another
WSOP championship.”

“The break in play will make for a different dynamic at the final table,
build more excitement for the sport, and allow the public to better
understand the personalities of the players,” said Chris Moneymaker, Team
PokerStars Pro and 2003 WSOP Champion. “The benefit to the PokerStars
Million Dollar Men of being with us is that these 6 players have the
support, skill and knowledge of Team PokerStars behind them, a team already
featuring 3 World Series Main Event Champions. I think we have a great
chance to bring the WSOP title back to PokerStars for another year”

Over 1,000 PokerStars qualifiers competed in this year’s 39th World Series
Main Event and 123 of these PokerStars players have cashed at this year’s
event - winning more than $9 million between them. There is another $32.6
million up for grabs in November, and with six of the final nine playing for
PokerStars, and competing for the remaining $32.6 million in prize money,
that total is set to rise.

Among Team PokerStars Pro, Daniel ‘Kid Poker’ Negreanu won his fourth WSOP
bracelet in the Limit Hold’em Event, cashing $204,874. Poker legend Barry
Greenstein won his third WSOP bracelet in the Seven Card Razz Event, and
Italian poker pro Dario Minieri dubbed “Super Dario” recorded his first
major live poker win and took home the WSOP bracelet in the No-Limit Hold’em
Six-Handed event.

Daniel Negreanu said, “I would have loved to go further in the Main Event,
but regardless, it has been a very exciting WSOP - not just for me, but the
rest of Team PokerStars, and for thousands of players from around the world
who won their entry to the Main Event on PokerStars. As in previous years,
we’ve had an incredible series.”

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July 16th, 2008

Another Reason to Detest Hellmuth

This video makes me itch.

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July 16th, 2008

Poker After Dark Cash Game

If you are up late, Poker After Dark this week is running a cash game version of their normal week long tournament broadcast, featuring live cash play with Phil Hellmuth, Allen Cunningham, and 4 others, including one online player?

I am happy to see more cash games on TV, they are so much more entertaining to watch if you ask me.

Speak of which, I wonder when the next season of High Stakes Poker will be announced?

I’ve been waiting around for that one, no word… anyone?

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July 15th, 2008

Poker: Summer Fun?

This week at b5media’s Sports channel we are celebrating the fun of summer, which in the world of poker usually doesn’t translate to much: the light of day does not touch most players, we are lurking, we are pale and glowing from our computer screens, or hidden in the folds of some casino where we haven’t seen the outdoors in days probably.

So, in the spirit of summer fun, how about today, if you are an online poker player, take a minute to forget about the tables and go outside and take a walk? Breathe something clean? Jump in a pool?

Okay, brush it off.

Flopping a straight feels about as good as sun light anyway, yes?

:)

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July 15th, 2008

Minimum Raise

One of the biggest mistakes I’ve seen in the past few weeks playing .50/$1 no limit hold em online is the tendency for players to have absolutely no idea how to bet their hands. So many players seem to be paying no attention to the size of the pot or the previous bets before them in order to gauge what kind of is really the best. It’s some of the worst poker moves you can make, allowing your opponent to get in too cheaply and catch cards to beat you.

#1, if you are going to a raise a pot, please, for the love of god, raise more than the minimum!

I can’t tell you the number of times, probably at least 2-3 times around at some tables, where people just love to raise a dollar. It’s a dollar blind, 4 people have limped in, it gets the big blind, and he raises ONE DOLLAR.

Not only is this bad in that you are putting more money in without any extra levity of the other players folding, but you are also giving other players the opportunity to reraise if they limped with a big pair.

There is absolutely no value in min raising in a multiway pot.

The only time I ever minraise is in the rare event that I get a big hand and want to induce players who are just as sick of the minraise to reraise me due to my feigning weakness, but this is a very rare and specific tactic that can work only sometimes against very aggressive players when I also happen to have showed a certain kind of image by not playing a lot of hands strongly.

Maybe worse is when people end up in a big pot and bet out $1 into say a $15 or $20 pot, just screaming for people to raise or worse, call and draw cheaply to inside straights that are hard to put a player on.

Most of the time if I plan to enter a pot I hit the bet pot button. Sometimes I will vary a little depending on position and hand, but you can’t do bad by raising pot preflop, and if you do it every time it becomes impossible for your opponent to assign you a hand based on your bet.

After the flop, I tend to bet 2/3rds of the pot or the size of the pot if I am going to bet at all. There’s simply no reason not to.

Get rid of the minraise. It’s probably the weakest move in poker, unless you have a very specific reason for doing so.

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