"Official" Poker After Dark thread (Week 6 - Poker Commentators Week)

[chicken10der]

Phil Gordon is usually a dick while playing - just watch the shooting stars WPT event he won (or don't, actually).

That last hand with Howard and Gabe was hilarious:

Howard button raises, Gabe calls in BB.
Dead flop.
Gabe checks, Howard c-bets, Gabe calls with nothing to bluff turn.
Dead turn.
Gabe bluffs, Howard calls with nothing to bluff river.
Dead river.
Gabe checks, Howard bluffs, and Gabe folds.

Highly entertaining battle of wits and situation analysis.

[primetime32]

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Phil Gordon is usually a dick while playing - just watch the shooting stars WPT event he won (or don't, actually).

That last hand with Howard and Gabe was hilarious:

Howard button raises, Gabe calls in BB.
Dead flop.
Gabe checks, Howard c-bets, Gabe calls with nothing to bluff turn.
Dead turn.
Gabe bluffs, Howard calls with nothing to bluff river.
Dead river.
Gabe checks, Howard bluffs, and Gabe folds.

Highly entertaining battle of wits and situation analysis.

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That was a great hand and these episodes are all great. I thought poker after dark was going to be another stupid TV Poker show and its turning out to be as good as high stakes poker.

[Mcot]

Its the tournament version of HSP. The play is worse but the table talk is better.

[Jooka]

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Its the tournament version of HSP. The play is worse but the table talk is better.

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definitely enjoyed the table talk last night, especially when it turned to the topic of Stu Unger.

[Uppercut]

This is by far the most entertaining group yet at a PAD table. And I loved the Stuey Ungar stories.

[Silent A]

I was having a hard time following Gabe's comments about the last hand when Stu won his last WSOP. Something about the cameras getting a shot of Stu noy knowing what his exact hand was and then the show editors leaving it out because they didn't think most of the viewers would understand.

Dies someone know what exactly he was talking about here?

[Rottersod]

He only looked at the lines when he peeked at his cards so he didn't know exactly what he had - but knew it was either an A4 or A5 based on the number of lines visable. Gabe felt that back then the poker audience wasn't sophisticated enough to understand the reasoning behind why a pro would bet without knowing his exact cards.

[Silent A]

Humor me please.

What do you mean by "the lines"?

I'm looking at every set of cards I own and I can't think of anything that would make me sure I had a 4 or a 5, but not a 6.

[recipro]

If you cover the number in the corner with your finger, and flip the card up enough so only the very edge of the first column of pips are visible, a 2 and a 3 are "zero across", a 4 and 5 are "two across", a 6, 7, 8 are "three across" and so on.

Thus, if he saw two across, he knew it was a 4 or a 5.

[kflop]

A five will also have a spot in the middle, but you won’t be able to see that without picking up more of the card. Also, if you put your thumb in the right place, you cover up the number 4 or 5. This way you know your card is a 4 or 5 but are not sure which. The camera must have caught Stuey doing this, but they didn't want to show it.