High Stakes Poker thread (10/29 - spoilers possible)

[FortWorthJim]

1. Hellmuth said clearly several times the chop cards did not count, there would be no action on them.

2. Remember, this was, by far, the biggest game Galfond has ever played. The Full Tilt games are max $60K, but most of the action has been at max $40K.

No matter how good a player is, he has to be a bit nervous playing in a game that is about double the size of his normal game, on television, where he knows he will be judged by his peers (and a lot of people he doesn't consider his peers).

It was a simple mistake, but it was only the second time we've seen that in the hours and hours of televised poker.

And the first guy who did it got ripped to shreds.