High Stakes Poker thread (10/8) (possible spoliers in thread to come?)
 

Time for another round of HSP, and all the clock-calling, hand tremors and other assorted stuff to discuss ad nauseum.

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playing poker and playing poker, winning at poker an dlosing at poker...

4/10 on the funny scale
5/5 on redundancy
dunno gabe

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Family Guy style humor. Repeat enough times until it becomes funny.

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hellmuth hand...i remember reading that from a cardplayer article i think...

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Did anyone hear what the guys on the couch were saying?

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well theres the hand thats going to spam this topic. IB it

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BAXTER!?!?!

edit: who the hell makes commercials for pokerstars???they suck

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Wtf is Baxter doing lmaooooooo, that is priceless.

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BAXTER!?!?!

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LOL Cashaments.

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Wow...

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HA HA HA HA HA, NEGREANU, YOU DOUCHE. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.

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best guess is that he wanted to leave and just decided to gamble it up. since indeed he did leave right after

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Is it just me or is Jamie Gold in full arse hole mode tonight?

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BALLS OF STEEL

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Is it just me or is Jamie Gold in full arse hole mode tonight?

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I liked Jamie putting Phil in his place. Good for a chuckle

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Yeah, the fact it was Hellmuth made it not quite as bad but still seemed a little overboard.

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Did Brandon Adams introduce himself to sammy? wasn't their match previous to the shooting of HSP?

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lol, I was just referring to Negeanu's commercial where he is [censored] playing stret hockey and comparing it to poker while doing spin moves and [censored] under a tunnel. LOL, just...he's not a douche, but seriously, that's really really funny. I wish I could take my post back now, I feel bad for calling him that.

Barry

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Yeah, the fact it was Hellmuth made it not quite as bad but still seemed a little overboard.

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I agree

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I don't care of Baxter did or did not have to leave. No one will ever convince me that he's a good player, not after tonight's show.

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I don't care of Baxter did or did not have to leave. No one will ever convince me that he's a good player, not after tonight's show.

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the pink shirt and cigar was enough to convince me.
dont mess with him.

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The group tonight may have been the worst collection of high stakes players in the annals of $300 to $600 NL plus an additional $900 in antis. Sammy Farha is a complete clueless joke. Mike Baxters call all in on that last hand was beyond atrocious. Jamie Gold is being himself as usual. ie. more concerned about winning by a bluff than having positive results.

The entire group was calling big raises preflop with total crap. I thought Eliezras call of two all ins with the AA was pretty hopeless, notwithstanding it turned out right. One of those two other idiots who played that hand is supposed to have at least two pair.

Does anyone know how to play this game?

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best guess is that he wanted to leave and just decided to gamble it up. since indeed he did leave right after

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Going all in for that amount with one player all in before you, and the preflop raiser yet to act is not "gambling up", but is rather more akin to a charitable contribution.

You guys wonder how folks like Ivey make the kind of money they do - imagine if you were fully bankrolled and could play Eli Elezra 300-600 and higher NLHE?

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best guess is that he wanted to leave and just decided to gamble it up. since indeed he did leave right after

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Going all in for that amount with one player all in before you, and the preflop raiser yet to act is not "gambling up", but is rather more akin to a charitable contribution.

You guys wonder how folks like Ivey make the kind of money they do - imagine if you were fully bankrolled and could play Eli Elezra 300-600 and higher NLHE?

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bla bla bla look at me i watch TV so i can beat all the HSP players

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PM me linky to torrent please...

Also, I really hope Safai gets owned this episode, he just really pisses me off.

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No matter how badly Baxter and Safai have played at times, I think they're good for the game, and I really hope they'll be back next season.

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Did I just see that? Mike Baxtor had a brain fart. WTF was that AI with KQo?

And Eli calling there? he and Sammy must be playing the same money.

West Coast viewer. LOL.

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Speaking of Sammy, just how much has he lost so far? He had to have rebought at least three times up to now.

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How great a game is it when you raise it up to 8000 (big raise) with the 6s 5s and the first two hands that can't wait to call you, you have totally crushed.

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Did I just see that? Mike Baxtor had a brain fart. WTF was that AI with KQo?

And Eli calling there? he and Sammy must be playing the same money.

West Coast viewer. LOL.

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The only way the play makes sense to me is that Baxter thought he had 10 outs, and thus had the odds to call. He actually did have 10 outs against Sammy. His blunder was that he forgot about the pre-flop raiser who had yet to act behind him (or maybe he thought Eli would not overcall without a monster). In any case, he was marginally correct to call if all parts fell into place, but idiotically wrong if they didn't.

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You need deep-pocketed amateurs to make a game.
Most of the people on the show don't come on to try and grind out 25k.
For two seasons Farha and Elezra have played comical hands as a running joke. This season Elezra stopped and Farha jacked up the silliness. Maybe Baxter thought he could get them both out.
In the end he could afford it. He did leave in pain. Only he knows if the rush was worth it.
Farha doesn't seem to be playing his own money.
Eli learned a lesson later. Running it twice isn't for everyone.
When the buy-in goes to a minimum of 500k, I think the game will change a little

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If Sammy has one pair, without a king or queen, and Eli will defiantly throw away his hand away, then Baxter's move is even money. With any of the 100 other scenarios possible, Baxter is a slight to huge dog. It was a terrible play and Baxter quit right after it. He knew how bad it was.

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Did I just see that? Mike Baxtor had a brain fart. WTF was that AI with KQo?

And Eli calling there? he and Sammy must be playing the same money.

West Coast viewer. LOL.

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The only way the play makes sense to me is that Baxter thought he had 10 outs, and thus had the odds to call. He actually did have 10 outs against Sammy. His blunder was that he forgot about the pre-flop raiser who had yet to act behind him (or maybe he thought Eli would not overcall without a monster). In any case, he was marginally correct to call if all parts fell into place, but idiotically wrong if they didn't.

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He only has 10 outs if you assume a single K or Q makes his hand. Even against Sammy that's a poor assumption. Going into that board with a naked KQo and a gut shot is just weird.

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Baxter pwnsz

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It seems to me that, "In the begining"(1st season), players on HSP tried to show how smart/good they were...now they all get in and try to outgambool each other. Solid poker would give you alot of equity but with high variance.

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How great a game is it when you raise it up to 8000 (big raise) with the 6s 5s and the first two hands that can't wait to call you, you have totally crushed.

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Lol, awesome! The play on this episode was just horrific.

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I think Negreanu summed it up the best the previews from
next week, "This is the greatest poker game EVER, please,
someone lock the doors!!" Extremely fun to watch, but
damn, that was some horrendous play.

Recent RGP flunkie (I know, I know, please no stone throwing) lol

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The concept of domination loses its significance the lower the cards get. Hands like 6-5 don't really dominate 6-3 the way A-K dominates A-Q, since the kicker will rarely be in play, and it's not like you're playing to make a top pair with those hands. That said, I still don't get what they actually were playing those hands for.

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Where can I watch this online?

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I want to punch Jamie Gold in his eager little face.