WSOP on ESPN thread (8/7) ($3,000 NL)

[MUD]

How is the Aces/Aces/Kings hand not being discussed more?

Beth Shak probably gave off THE worst tell I have ever seen and Brett Richey still made a -$200000 EV decision. She High-fives an all-in player and says she went all-in in a quarter of a second. AND then shes dancing 2 feet from the table.

How does Brett not notice her?

And I want to mention that Phil made a great play basically telling everyone in the room he had aces, because he wants Richey to fold any 2 since he's already got all the monies in for the main pot.

Seriously has to be the most amazing pre-flop poker hand ever.

PS I might have been a little harsh on Brett, but I think it might have been karma. With 140 left in that tourney I busted an almost 20 BB stack in 2 back-to-back hands, with 75o each time(showed down preflop both times). When I show on the 2nd hand, Brett Richey chimes in with "75 again?"

[DAT MOOSE]

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With 140 left in that tourney I busted an almost 20 BB stack in 2 back-to-back hands, with 75o each time(showed down preflop both times). When I show on the 2nd hand, Brett Richey chimes in with "75 again?"

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how dare you play weak starting hands at my table

[teddyFBI]

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And I want to mention that Phil made a great play basically telling everyone in the room he had aces, because he wants Richey to fold any 2 since he's already got all the monies in for the main pot.


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This is true, but i seriously doubt that Phil was thinking on that level when he made his little post-shove speech.

[KSOT]

Phil's a fool. It annoys me soooo much how every tournament he has to make up some crap about folding his blinds as some sort of setup. He should just admit that he's a weak-tight ninny who can't play bad hands post flop and THAT is why everyone steals his blinds.

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Wasn't Phil raising UTG with horrible hands, like J2? Obviously with how ESPN has to select hands to show, we don't know how often this occurred, but I would think raising UTG is always a risky bet.

[Turn Prophet]

UTG is the new button.

[Persistence]

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UTG is the new button.

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Must be.

[chicken10der]

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She's in the BB heads-up which is basically the most powerful position you can be in (you have position pre and post flop, you get good odds to call most raises, etc).

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BB is the new HU button as well.

[SuperUberBob]

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Wasn't Phil raising UTG with horrible hands, like J2? Obviously with how ESPN has to select hands to show, we don't know how often this occurred, but I would think raising UTG is always a risky bet.

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UTG raises are more respected, especially from a nit like Hellmuth. So, tight players can occasionally make a play from UTG based on that piece of information that his opponents know.

[cbloom]

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Wasn't Phil raising UTG with horrible hands, like J2? Obviously with how ESPN has to select hands to show, we don't know how often this occurred, but I would think raising UTG is always a risky bet.

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UTG raises are more respected, especially from a nit like Hellmuth. So, tight players can occasionally make a play from UTG based on that piece of information that his opponents know.

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Phil's style is to min raise junk from every seat, then tiny bet the flop, which combined with his image and talk works really well early in tourneys against bad opponents. The bizarre thing is that he was still doing it with an M of like 3-4 which is just so bad it makes you wonder how he's won so many tourneys.