Live high stakes cash game with Sbrugby and FTP

[mr.bum]

"Tony G acted generally like he was interested, and then Brian tried putting meat on the bones: "$1,000-$2,000 with a $2 million cap. Once someone loses $2 million, they can quit if they want. No-Limit, though we can play PLO if you want."
hu 4 rollzzz tony g....aba is down.
http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/poker-blog/...ickout.php#more

[unperson]

Michael Craig seems results orientated and pretty clueless about poker theory in his blog. He thinks one of the reasons it's good to check the nuts is because it keeps the pot small when your opponent, who is drawing live, hits. Obviously pot control is a good thing when you have the nuts.

[luckyjimm]

"Patrik Antonius and Brian Townsend just played a huge hand and Brian, as has often been the case in this Game, ended up on the losing end."

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/poker-blog/..._the_titans.php

[CASHius-Clay]

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"Patrik Antonius and Brian Townsend just played a huge hand and Brian, as has often been the case in this Game, ended up on the losing end."

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/poker-blog/..._the_titans.php

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I wonder what BT had to call the huge raise on the river.

[BananaBalla]

KQ prob

[baibj03]

Who is "Uncle Tilty" that Michael Craig keeps referring to in the blog??

[CASHius-Clay]

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KQ prob

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Brian said he had QJ. He just rebought for another 200k

[jsmith5]

here's an mp3 of patrik talking about the hand with brian while phil made comments from the couch...so patrik ended by making fun of phil.
http://media.libsyn.com/media/pokerw...don_patrik.mp3


not to be outdone, here's phil's response.
http://media.libsyn.com/media/pokerw...ondon_ivey.mp3

and as far as this goes:
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Michael Craig seems results orientated and pretty clueless about poker theory in his blog. He thinks one of the reasons it's good to check the nuts is because it keeps the pot small when your opponent, who is drawing live, hits. Obviously pot control is a good thing when you have the nuts.

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If you are talking about the Howard/Allen hand, I think you miss his point. Howard intended to check-raise the turn because it was clear Allen had a set (Howard held the nut straight) and planned on a huge check-raise. Instead, according to Howard, Allen checked behind FOR VALUE because he can't call if Howard check-raises because Allen's hand is pretty much defined because he flat-called a RERAISE as the third player in. By checking, he both keeps the pot small with a vulnerable hand and gets value if the board pairs on the river because Howard will likely call a small bet.

Andy Bloch breaks it down a little bit in his audio interview.

[moving shapes]

loving the interviews

[CASHius-Clay]

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loving the interviews

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true, especially Patriks and Phils interview