Phil Laak on high stakes poker season 4

[EL Burro Loco]

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He's also one of the few that disapprove of the prop betting. I know prop betting is =EV, but the fact that they have to do it seems a bit degenerate. Playing for hundreds of thousands isn't enough action?

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He has a TV show.
Which is based.
On Prop betting.
An entire show.
About prop betting.

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Also, there was a mention in Bluff... by Antonio about how Phil took some kids prop bet at a big tourney... the kid offered 500 for a 50k flip and Phil took it. And lost.

[jjshabado]

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When Antonio ask Phil to straddle first, Phil goes i will if everyone agrees but I will not go first because some of you will say oh i was just kidding. C-MON phil, nobody's going to do that. Once they agree, you can't even trust them?

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It seemed to me that he was saying he wanted everybody to verbally say that they would straddle. Did you notice that Brunson only said he wouldn't do it when he was deliberately asked? Maybe they edited out him saying something before that, but from the reactions of everybody else that seems unlikely.

Gee, what a loser. Before he agrees to do a -EV move, he want's everybody else to agree to the same thing to make it =EV. What a prick.

[Damntra]

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I can't stand him either. Mainly because he obv tries too hard to get attention/be funny.

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[riverboatking]

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THE MAN HAS HIS OWN SHOW CALLED "I BET YOU" WTF ELSE DO YOU WANT FROM HIM

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why the [censored] are you quoting my response???
are you having trouble with reading comprehension???

I SAID I'VE PLAYED WITH LAAK AND HE'S ALL FOR (READ: IN FAVOR OF) SOME DEGEN PROP BETTING.

[BigSoonerFan]

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He's also one of the few that disapprove of the prop betting. I know prop betting is =EV, but the fact that they have to do it seems a bit degenerate. Playing for hundreds of thousands isn't enough action?

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He has a TV show.
Which is based.
On Prop betting.
An entire show.
About prop betting.

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Also, there was a mention in Bluff... by Antonio about how Phil took some kids prop bet at a big tourney... the kid offered 500 for a 50k flip and Phil took it. And lost.

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I think I read that in one of the magazines. It was +EV. High variance definitely, but +EV.

[Davey Valentine]

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Phil is a great guy if you know him.Some people like his tv humer and some don't but the fact is he is a stand up guy who i trust and would lend a million any day of the week.

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Oh Hey Antonio it's Phil Laak here! Just fake nicking so I can read these posts about me LOL. Mind shipping a cool million over FTP? There are some sweet token frenzys going on, i'll pm you my screen name ciao.

[Trae3ab]

If you ever saw him on Live@TheBike, he played a really safe game.

He tried to limp his way into a trapping hand the whole time. His preflop game was nonexistant with big to mid pairs.

He tries to trap too much, I think. He doesn't really change gears.

[Shandrax]

The problem with Phil Laak is that his noise volume is way too high for the overall amount of hands he plays. The rocks shouldn't act like the clowns. Besides that I don't care about table-image on HSP and stuff. They all know how he plays, regardless how he displays himself at the table.

[jaminbird]

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[x] Would rather go drinking with Phil Laak than OP

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[bustedromo]

Few points:

1. Todd was messing with Laak precisely because Laak is an angle shooting scumbag. Todd is one of the true good guys in poker, and the best player at that HSP table. That wasn't a move Todd would pull on just anyone. Probably very few would deserve it, and Laak is one of them.

2. Tilly talks like a little girl.

3. Laak's "personality" really isn't. In the real world, histrionics about every little thing quickly get super old. Maybe makes good TV for the 1st time viewer or casual fan, but ultimately Laak seems only to crave attention for pointing out the obvious with overacting while playing boring nitty poker.

4. Tilly is 48 years old.