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

[selurah]

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So which online pro is going to get the call in season 5?

Durr?
Lars Luzak?

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Rainkhan FTW? I don't think he is much of a cash game player, but at least everyone would quit complaining about the internet guy just sitting there and not talking.

[Flip-Flop]

At this point I`m satisfied with someone who doesn`t muck best hands after showdown.
Surprise me.

[sh58]

a couple of things.

i don't get why helmuth loves the insurance thing - it basicaly makes it alot harder to be a winning cash game player when you are giving up alot of equity, as DN says - 'do you hate money'

on a related note, he had the best hand, he paid insurance to cover getting sucked out on, so to the people who say he owes BA money, if it was part of the deal, shouldn't helmuth actually get paid for it since he got sucked out on. am i off the mark here?

jamie golds non valuebetting is laughable, he is a horrendus player. whenever he bets the river it is nuts or air (obviously 90/10 air/nuts). you can pretty much call any river bet with A high against him and win money.

Jman - i think he was uncomfortable there, but that he had a massive edge in the game. i play alot online, and am very comfortable, but i rarely go to a casino. when i go there i am playing against strangers and although they are always bad, they can be intimidating. he made a pretty bad mistake with the T7s hand though.

[selurah]

I'm also gonna jump on the insurance bandwagon. Get rid of that [censored]. It's almost as annoying as Farha wanting to chop every single hand he enters.

[Proline Fiend]

2+2 should make a new rule:
you may only criticize players if you have made more profit in No-Limit Texas Holdem.

[jjshabado]

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I'm also gonna jump on the insurance bandwagon. Get rid of that [censored]. It's almost as annoying as Farha wanting to chop every single hand he enters.

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I don't think they need to get rid of it in the game if he's only allowed one minute to do it (and you could make a minimum pot size of 75000 or something too). I just don't understand why GSN kept showing it. I guess its entertaining to see Phil Helmuth like that, but just edit that [censored] out.

Prop bets were much much worse because they interfered with the televised hands. Insurance could be completely edited out.

[john voight]

If jammie vbet a little lighter, and bluffed a little more solid, he would be good IMO. B/c IMO he has sick good instincts. I rarely see him committing his stack to sticky situations.

Furthermore i think jamie knows he can become very good, and if he invests in it, he will pwn.

[Whitewash]

Hearing Guy say "raise $200,000" in his French Canadian accent reminds me of the newest James Bond movie.

[Black winter day]

Later on, I figured out that I owed $12,000 to Brandon ($10,000) and Sammy ($2,000), because they insured the very last hand of the night. By the way, Brandon doesn't even know that I owe him $10,000, because I decided that I owe him after the fact! He will be pleasantly surprised, that's for sure. That made my two day total +285,000 ($402,600 - $12,000 - $105,500 = +285,000). I sold 40% of myself, because I didn't have enough cash in Vegas, so I actually won $174,000 for the HSN two full days of taping.

Hellmuth' blog

I think, Brandon can confirm this...

[Shaqizzle]

I always enjoyed watching the Aussie Millions Cash game, because of the long rectangular chips.

I'm not sure what this comment contributes to this thread, but yeah.