TLK Revealed! (reposted)

October 30, 2006 | 2 Comments

This morning, I watched TLK and NizotSkizared go at it with 400k on the table and Nizot leading by 50k. The action was good (for LHE), with 2 random players buying in for 40k each and both going broke 5 hands later. However, that’s not the point of this post. A railer provided sound evidence REVEALING TLK’s IDENTITIY. I checked it out (wont give website until Admin gives the ok). Anyway, even my skeptical ass believes it. Now that it’s out, it seems fair game for HSR dissemination. I’ll paraphrase the assertions:

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Moving to a New Server

October 24, 2006 | 1 Comment

Due to the populartity of High Stakes Report, our servers have been under a huge load. We will be moving to a new server very soon. I’m going to try and start the move tonight, and it may take as long as 2 days for the move to complete. A few posts may be lost, but I’ll try and get everything working as best as I can, please bear with me.

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HUGE $200/$400 PLO Action Pot!

October 24, 2006 | 5 Comments

$200/$400 - Pot Limit Omaha - 5:10:04 ET - 2006/10/24
Seat 1: cmynuts ($18,184)
Seat 2: Arbianight ($66,543.50)
Seat 4: TILT_BOB ($43,375)
Seat 5: LFISGD ($72,566)
Seat 6: Luigi66369 ($120,702.50)
Luigi66369 posts the small blind of $200
cmynuts posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Arbianight raises to $1,400
TILT_BOB calls $1,400
LFISGD raises to $2,411
Luigi66369 calls $2,211
cmynuts folds
Arbianight raises to $3,422
TILT_BOB raises to $15,488
LFISGD calls $13,077
Luigi66369 calls $13,077
Arbianight raises to $66,543.50, and is all in
TILT_BOB calls $27,887, and is all in
LFISGD calls $51,055.50
Luigi66369 has 15 seconds left to act
Luigi66369 calls $51,055.50
*** FLOP *** 5♠ 3♦ 3♣
Luigi66369 bets $43,600
LFISGD calls $6,022.50, and is all in
Luigi66369 shows Q♠ K♠ Q♥ J♥
Arbianight shows 7♥ A♥ T♥ A♣
TILT_BOB shows 9♦ T♠ A♠ A♦
LFISGD shows 3♠ 8♣ 4♣ 7♠
Uncalled bet of $37,577.50 returned to Luigi66369
*** TURN *** 5♠ 3♦ 3♣ 6♣
*** RIVER *** 5♠ 3♦ 3♣ 6♣ 4♦
Luigi66369 shows two pair, Queens and Threes
LFISGD shows a full house, Threes full of Fours
LFISGD wins side pot #2 ($12,045) with a full house, Threes full of Fours
Arbianight shows two pair, Aces and Threes
LFISGD wins side pot #1 ($69,505.50) with a full house, Threes full of Fours
TILT_BOB shows two pair, Aces and Threes
LFISGD wins the main pot ($173,898) with a full house, Threes full of Fours
Arbianight is sitting out
TILT_BOB is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $255,450.50 Main pot $173,900. Side pot 1 $69,505.50. Side pot 2 $12,045. | Rake $2
Board: 5♠ 3♦ 3♣ 6♣ 4♦
Seat 1: cmynuts (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Arbianight showed 7♥ A♥ T♥ A♣ and lost with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 4: TILT_BOB showed 9♦ T♠ A♠ A♦ and lost with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 5: LFISGD (button) showed 3♠ 8♣ 4♣ 7♠ and won ($255,448.50) with a full house, Threes full of Fours
Seat 6: Luigi66369 (small blind) showed Q♠ K♠ Q♥ J♥ and lost with two pair, Queens and Threes

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Posted by AceHigh Pino | Filed Under High Stakes Poker Reports

BlackMetalHead Interview

October 20, 2006 | 3 Comments

Hey all, here is an interview I did with BlackMetalHead of FTP. He is a very accomplished tourney player, a big cash player on FTP and a real cool guy. So here it is and enjoy!

Name: Tommy Rau
Age:28
Sites you play on: Fulltilt, Stars, Bodog, UB, Pokerroom
Screen Names: BlackMetalhead, OneRoundEye, Breastmilk
Years pro: 2

JZarse:What games do you normally play? (stakes, variation)
BMH:I guess I should start by saying I love to gamble. Poker is the only form of gambling other than the stock market I have ever had any success with. That said, give me some cards and some chips and I’m ready to go; you can teach me the rules as we go. NL Hold’em is my bread and butter though, anywhere from 5/10 to 50/100. Although I usually don’t play the higher unless I think the game is good. I’m always looking for a good game and 5/10nl and 10/20nl is almost always a good game. 25/50 and up just sometimes isn’t worth it for me. I find that if I take a big hit there it can affect my game and I start spewing money everywhere else I’m playing. I’ll play any form of poker though. I really love all of them. I’m just not very good at some.

JZarse:How did you get started playing poker? Who was your biggest inspiration?

BMH:I have been playing cards since I can remember. Pinochle was always the game of choice in my family. I still love that game but rarely get a chance to play anymore. If it was spread at the casino I would play all the time. As far as poker is concerned I learned how to play 5 card draw and 7 card stud when I was a wee lil’ kid. When I was playing music full time I started playing poker online during downtimes (which is a lot). I used to play so many freerolls it was sick. I actually started skipping band practices to play in tournaments, and I was awful. I had no hope, seriously. Finally by some freakish stroke of luck I cashed in a pacific poker 1mil. guaranteed tournament. I’m not sure how I even got into that tournament but it was my first taste of a bankroll. It probably lasted about a week. Eventually I was working a 9-5 and putting half of my paychecks into poker every week in an attempt to learn the game. One day I started playing a 1/2nl game real LAG and something just clicked. I don’t know how else to explain it. I mean I wasn’t good but at that moment I realized I could beat the game. And a few months later I had a 50k bankroll and I quit my job. My inspirations generally fall outside the realm of poker and more into the art/music genre. Anyone who is an innovator or defied odds really inspires me. Charles Mingus, who was a jazz musician/composer was an incredible person and has an incredible story. Malcolm X and Rocky Balboa are also on my top ten list.
JZarse:What is the best and worst thing about playing poker for a living?
BMH:I played music for a living before poker and the lifestyle was something I was really struggling giving up when I had a “real” job; getting that back was something that has been one thing that I haven’t ever regretted for a second. On the flip side of the coin, I never realize how much time I actually spend playing poker unless I’m either reminded of what a degenerate I am or I step back and realize I played 100 hours of poker in a week . For me though when you are getting up at 7am every morning to go to work it’s a fucking grind on your soul and playing poker just doesn’t feel like that. I love my job and when I want to do something else, albeit party or go somewhere I can do that.
As far as swings are concerned yeah they suck a lot and it can be ridiculously frustrating but it comes with the territory and .until you get past it I don’t think you are ready to play for a living.

JZarse:Recently, you had a great run taking 5th place in the 500k guaranteed on FTP,
what were your feelings on the tournament and what did you do to celebrate?
BMH:First of all I love FTP tourneys(free plug-red me), the blind structure is really flat and in the later stages if you manage to get some chips you can actually play some post flop poker occasionally. As far as that tourney is concerned, aside from one or two hands it actually went extremely smooth until the final table. The one hand that sticks out occurred when we were down to about 15ish and I had raised two off the cutoff with a6o. The cutoff, who I have played with a lot and is definitely capable of making some moves with marginal holdings, shoved on me. I was getting 2.3-1 and after some deliberation I made the call. He had QQ and I ended up with a boat and won a big pot. Later I ran his range through pokerstove and depending on what I gave him as his range it was a marginal call. I could have easily been a 3-1 dog, I could have easily been ahead too. In the end I think I wanted to knock someone out and I wanted to send the message that I wasn’t just going to fold anytime someone raised, and I needed to make that known while I still had the chips to do it. Regardless that was the only hand that I played that I think was questionable. Most tournaments I play I can usually find something to beat myself up over, but in that one I was pretty happy except for the fact that I didn’t suck out to stay alive at the final table.
As far as celebrations I really didn’t do shit after that one. September was a pretty bad month for me in cash games so the money just replenished what had previously dissipated. I still owe myself a night of debauchery though, oh and I owe myself a hot tub I’ve just been too lazy to get one. But not because of the tourney win, just cause a man’s gotta have his stuff.

JZarse:Do you have any superstitions when you play poker? (Certain hands, routine)

BMH:I’m an extremely laid back and potentially lazy son-of-a-bitch so for most of my short poker playing career it has essentially been wake up and start playing until I either pass out or build up an enormous stack at a cash table and then donk it off when I can’t lay down an overpair because the guy with the set, is “on a flush draw.” Recently though after some introspection I decided that I would try to be a bit more disciplined. I actually get up, pretend to throw some weights around, shower, eat breakfast, and try to actually have some semblance of focus when I start my day. I think at a point if you want to become a great player you have to realize it’s not enough to want to just be good enough to beat the people that you are playing with. You really want to be able to dominate them. And I think to do that you have to always try and expand your game to new levels and be focused on the game. It’s so easy to play online poker half-assed. I mean I do it all the time, whether it be talking to people, watching TV, getting high, or whatever. It’s just easy to not be all there and then play like shit because of it. Even more than that though I think the time I spend not being focused as time when I could be improving. As far as superstitions are concerned I do own a “luckbox” that I bought on ebay after running bad and a buddy hit me up on IM and said “you need a new luckbox.” I got on ebay and typed in luckbox and one actually popped up. It was a Tibetan luckbox that was 17 cents, shipping was 27 dollars from China but it was so hilarious I had to get it. We’ve been together ever since. So I got that going for me, and I’ll sell it for fifty grand if anyone is interested.

JZarse:What do you think is the most important bit of information you could give to a
starting player?

BMH:If you are serious about the game, think about the game as much as you can. Learn the math, and then play the game that makes you feel comfortable. Our styles should always be evolving and be a reflection of us as individuals on some level if we want to be playing our best and improving. I guess I’m trying to say that you have to play a game that is true to yourself. And of course you are going to absorb players you watch and admire, but you can’t be successful by pure emulation. You have to find your game. That sounds real cheesy but that’s how I feel, so whatever. Also you have to have a lot of gamble in you to be successful in this business. You can’t be scared to put your chips in the middle. There is a great story in A. Alvarez’s book about him learning the game with his father when he was younger. His dad was a mathematician who had a lot of insight into game theory and they were discussing whether or not to put your chips in the middle in situations where it might be unclear as to whether or not you are ahead or behind. What his dad told him was to put them in. Not for reasons hinging on mathematics but because it’s more fun. It’s like what Slim said, “it feels better in.”
I look at poker as an art form. You should be cognizant of how every move you make is painting a picture in your opponents head and use that to your advantage. And be creative, there are so many ways that you can take down a pot in this game. People are always saying, “never limp with aces,” or “never just call,” or “never do a lot of stuff” but I think that’s complete bullshit. There is nothing you should never do. There is a time for everything in this game and people who say never do this or never do that are never gonna be great.

JZarse:As most players know, poker can be a very frustrating game, was there any
point where you wanted to give it up? How do you deal with terrible nights
and running bad?

BMH:I have never wanted to give it up. Sometimes I have had brief moments of fear where I know I’m running bad and also probably playing bad and am just kind of like “what the fuck is going on?” I think these times are where you have to really man up and show the competitive side of yourself. You gotta get pissed off at yourself, get back up, and get at it harder than before. Running bad is a lot like getting your ass kicked by your big brother when you are a kid, it’s an unwinnable battle but you get up and you hit him again and again and again. Eventually he’ll get tired of pummeling your face, you’ll flop a boat and life will be good.

JZarse:What do you do to continually improve your game, do you read books? If so
which do you feel is the most important to your game?

BMH:HOH v.2 is in my opinion the single most important tournament book that has ever been written. That being said I think that reading every piece of shit that’s ever been written about poker is extremely beneficial to your game. Reading trash and understanding that it’s trash and why it is what it is a huge confidence builder not to mention the fact that it gives you a better perspective as to how other people play the game, which in itself is an extremely important aspect of the game. That said, there are some great books about poker, like the new Sklanksy NL book, which is definitely worth picking up. On the question of improving continually I think that it’s a life long process and that as long as you are thinking about it, talking about it, and playing it, you will continue to improve.

JZarse:What’s the first expensive thing you decided to buy when you became a
successful poker player and why?

BMH:I have a big ass TV, an insane amount of musical equipment, and I spend a fairly healthy amount of money on things of consumption. I also bought a truck, but I think I’m gonna get a caddy soon. And I live in a pretty sweet house. I need a hot tub though. Did I mention that already? Honestly though I’m just trying to build a bigger and bigger roll.

JZarse:What are your plans for the future as far as poker (ex. any WPT events,
traveling) and life in general?

BMH:I’m going to start playing more of the big live tournies pretty soon. I play them occasionally but I want to play more. I’m hoping now that I’ve shifted my focus from cash games to tournaments that I will be able to score some sponsorship. Other than that I’m gonna just keep having fun being a degenerate and try to keep myself away from the blackjack tables.

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Big Night Gambling Going on Fulltilt (Ivey, TLK, Willis, Antoius, Terror Sweden)

October 20, 2006 | 2 Comments

I’ve just been observing some heads up action on fulltilt with Ivey and Antonius both playing TLK heads up; with TLK dominanting Antonius so far and Ivey getting the best of TLK; some sick play as well TLK called correctly with ace high for nice sized pot and a pair of 6s just little small hands cripes, I’m not sure what he folds

Full Tilt Poker Game #1123438096: Table Harlin (heads up) - $1000/$2000 - Limit Hold’em - 0:23:50 ET –
2006/10/20
Seat 1: Luigi66369 ($105,464.50)
Seat 2: TexasLimitKing ($163,923)
TexasLimitKing posts the small blind of $500
Luigi66369 posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
TexasLimitKing raises to $2,000
Luigi66369 raises to $3,000
TexasLimitKing calls $1,000
*** FLOP *** 4♥ T♥ 4♣
Luigi66369 bets $1,000
TexasLimitKing calls $1,000
*** TURN *** 4♥ T♥ 4♣ 7♥
Luigi66369 bets $2,000
TexasLimitKing calls $2,000
*** RIVER *** 4♥ T♥ 4♣ 7♥ 6♦
Luigi66369 bets $2,000
TexasLimitKing calls $2,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***

Luigi66369 shows J♦ 9♥ (a pair of Fours)
TexasLimitKing shows 8♥ A♦ (a pair of Fours)
TexasLimitKing wins the pot ($15,999.50) with a pair of Fours
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $16,000 | Rake $0.50
Board: 4♥ T♥ 4♣ 7♥ 6♦
Seat 1: Luigi66369 (big blind) showed J♦ 9♥ and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 2: TexasLimitKing (small blind) showed 8♥ A♦ and won ($15,999.50) with a pair of Fours

I’m not sure about this guy Willis Fillers it just seems like the pros, mostly Yukon Brad Booth and Ivey just give away their money to this guy with stupid bluffs and such, because this guy is clearly one of the tightest heads up players I have ever seen, Yukon Brad tried a check raise on the river;

He had Jc9d and Willis had AhKd, on a board of Ac 7h 9s 5c Ks;

Willis raised button as usual bet the pot on the flop checked the turn and bet pot on river $7200, and brad raised to $28,800; I mean I am sure he’d fold a pair of Queens in this spot but then again he would never bet, 10s, JJ, QQ from what I have observed he’d only bet AK, AA, KK; and if he is bluffing Yukon Brad can always just call since he did have a pair of 9s. Once again this check raise on the river makes no sense no draw was made, or anything.

Full Tilt Poker Game #1123434302: Table Neeham (head up) - $200/$400 - No Limit Hold’em - 0:22:59 ET - 2006/10/20
Seat 1: Willis Fillers ($71,795.50)
Seat 2: LFISGD ($52,387.25)
Willis Fillers posts the small blind of $200
LFISGD posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Willis Fillers raises to $1,200
LFISGD calls $800
*** FLOP *** A♣ 7♥ 9♠
LFISGD checks
Willis Fillers bets $2,400
LFISGD calls $2,400
*** TURN *** A♣ 7♥ 9♠ 5♣ LFISGD checks Willis Fillers checks
*** RIVER *** A♣ 7♥ 9♠ 5♣ K♠
LFISGD checks
Willis Fillers bets $7,200
LFISGD raises to $28,800
Willis Fillers has 15 seconds left to act
Willis Fillers calls $21,600
*** SHOW DOWN ***
LFISGD shows J♣ 9♦ (a pair of Nines)
Willis Fillers shows K♦ A♥ (two pair, Aces and Kings)
Willis Fillers wins the pot ($64,799.50) with two pair, Aces and Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $64,800 | Rake $0.50
Board: A♣ 7♥ 9♠ 5♣ K♠
Seat 1: Willis Fillers (small blind) showed K♦ A♥ and won ($64,799.50) with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 2: LFISGD (big blind) showed J♣ 9♦ and lost with a pair of Nines

I also noticed that Yukon Brad usually sits and waits to play 1k-2k Omaha hi lo but when Antonius is sitting there by himself he never went to play; same goes for PLO 200-400 usually Ivey and Yukon Brad would be game but not when Antonius is sitting down there alone.

TLK is stuck about 200k vs Ivey so he sits at 6 more 1k-2k tables with 100k each, lol and claims to want to play 200 tables, ivey tells him he is an old man and cant keep up

Current Totals; (1K-2K limit)
TLK vs Antonius‡ about even maybe antonius up a little bit;
TLK vs Ivey‡ Ivey + 260k from TLK; + 30k from eastsideslim; 30k from luigi

200-400NL
Brad vs Willis‡ Willis +50k;
Willis, +280k in the 6 max game
Texas King lost about 300k tonight,

Willis Fillers has got to be the tightest rock I have ever seen and these guys pay him off, or try to bluff him off huge hands, Anytime this guy shows down a hand its either top pair, a boat, a big pair in the pocket, u think these guys would get it; he has over 300k on the table in the 200-400NL game; all of his big hands were paid off to the max by these guys everytime he has aces, kings or queens, its just so sick how he gets all this action.

He won a 130k pot versus Ivey in the 200-400NL game; went raise by ivey from the button a re-raise by Willis in the BB, and then another re-raise from Ivey then Willis immediately moves all in there is no doubt this guy has aces, no doubt! But, for some reason ivey calls, probably because it was 3 handed but still.

200-400 PLO game CrazyZachary made a good score of about 100k but playing tight and solid while Antonius played super-aggressive and went through a few buy-ins here and at the 200-400NL table right now he has 123k on the table in the 200-400 PLO game so he is about even overall

All of the live pros consistently seem to be getting killed online in a NL hold’em or PLO; and I know that some data also verified this, all the pros except Dags that is;

Lotta action tonight!

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Posted by wingsclipped | Filed Under High Stakes Poker Reports

Keith Sexton, Owned!

October 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment

I figured it wouldn’t be a bad idea to actually sit with some of the pros and play against them. The only pro that I found playing right now was playing seven card stud, a game that I’m pretty good at playing, but not as good as Holdem. And it was none other than Keith Sexton himself.

I know it’s not a very big game, but at least I’ll be getting in some good screen shots with some of the pros. Hey maybe I’ll win big one of these times.

The stakes were $8/$16 and I ended up playing for about an hour or so. The table really didn’t go anywhere and I was doing anywhere from +-$100. Eventually I got sick of posting in the chat and just told him that I’m going to flame him on HSR. Well, here it is!

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TexasLimitKing, Higgens43 at Full Tilt $500/$1000

October 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Now I’m out watching TLK play in another game. From our previous experiences, we’ve found him to win just about no matter what hand he’s dealt. He just sat down with $50,000 and it’s only been about 10 minutes, but he’s already up about $9k.

Here’s his big hand of the night:

Full Tilt Poker Game #1118234837: Table Taj Mahal - $500/$1000 - Limit Hold’em - 21:22:09 ET - 2006/10/18
Seat 1: TexasLimitKing ($49,500)
Seat 5: Nizot Skizared ($47,959)
Seat 6: Frooodo ($18,966)
Seat 9: Higgins43 ($19,214)
TexasLimitKing posts the small blind of $250
Nizot Skizared posts the big blind of $500
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Frooodo raises to $1,000
Higgins43 raises to $1,500
TexasLimitKing raises to $2,000
Nizot Skizared folds
Frooodo calls $1,000
Higgins43 calls $500
*** FLOP *** 7♥ 2♠ 9♦
TexasLimitKing bets $500
Frooodo raises to $1,000
Higgins43 folds
TexasLimitKing calls $500
*** TURN *** 7♥ 2♠ 9♦ 3♦
TexasLimitKing checks
Frooodo bets $1,000
TexasLimitKing calls $1,000
*** RIVER *** 7♥ 2♠ 9♦ 3♦ Q♦
TexasLimitKing checks
Frooodo bets $1,000
TexasLimitKing raises to $2,000
Frooodo folds
Uncalled bet of $1,000 returned to TexasLimitKing
TexasLimitKing mucks
TexasLimitKing wins the pot ($12,498)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12,500 | Rake $2
Board: 7♥ 2♠ 9♦ 3♦ Q♦
Seat 1: TexasLimitKing (small blind) collected ($12,498), mucked
Seat 5: Nizot Skizared (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Frooodo folded on the River
Seat 9: Higgins43 (button) folded on the Flop

Now if you watch the hand closely, it’s kind of difficult to know exactly what TexasLimitKing had in this situation. Judging by his preflop reraise, he may have been doing one of a few things: setting up his hand and making it look bigger than it was (small pockets), taking control with his reraise and finding out where he is in relation to the others, or he was holding big pockets (not likely based on post-flop action).

If TexasLimitKing had smaller pockets, or even medium pockets, he might have caught right off the bat. He bet right out, was raised, and then called. He may have called in order to show a little bit of weakness and keep Frooodo betting on the turn and river. TLK also just called the turn card. But what’s really odd is that he raised Frooodo’s $1000 bet to $2000 when a queen struck on the end. It’s possible that TLK had AQ or AK of diamonds and lucked out on the river, but from what I’ve seen of him, it’s not likely.

I guess the only real way we could ever find out is by asking TexasLimitKing. What on earth do you guys think that he had? Do you think that his hand even mattered? Perhaps thats why he raised on the river, and not just called.

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Phil Ivey Owned by Willis Fillers $200/$400 NL

October 18, 2006 | 2 Comments

I’m watching Phil Ivey play some pretty high stakes here at Full Tilt Poker. I noticed that he’s sitting at a $1000/$2000 limit table and a $200/$400 no limit table. Since nobody was playing against him at the 1k/2k table I decided to watch his game in the no limit holdem game.

It seems that nobody at the table knows quite who Willis Fillers is, let alone why he’s kicking the crap out of Phil Ivey. The only thing that we could find out about this mystery character is that he’s from Greensville, TN.

Anyways, here is one of the typical hands from the game. Willis Fillers won multiple hands of this magnitude, and ended the game by leaving about $10,000 ahead in just 30 minutes.

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Full Tilt Poker Game #1118080184: Table Evening Dew - $200/$400 - No Limit Hold’em - 20:49:17 ET - 2006/10/18
Seat 5: Phil Ivey ($36,195.50)
Seat 6: Willis Fillers ($43,797.50)
Willis Fillers posts the small blind of $200
Phil Ivey posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Willis Fillers calls $200
Phil Ivey checks
*** FLOP *** 7♦ 9♥ 9♦
Phil Ivey checks
Willis Fillers bets $400
Phil Ivey raises to $1,200
Willis Fillers calls $800
*** TURN *** 7♦ 9♥ 9♦ 5♣
Phil Ivey checks
Willis Fillers bets $3,000
Phil Ivey folds
Uncalled bet of $3,000 returned to Willis Fillers
Willis Fillers mucks
Willis Fillers wins the pot ($3,199.50)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3,200 | Rake $0.50
Board: 7♦ 9♥ 9♦ 5♣
Seat 5: Phil Ivey (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 6: Willis Fillers (small blind) collected ($3,199.50), mucked

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Took Off UltimateBet Ad

October 18, 2006 | 1 Comment

I’ve been thinking about this website quite a bit lately and I’ve decided that I’m going to treat my users better from now on. I’m sick of seeing all these flashing banners and advertisements everywhere distracting me from my reading, and I’m sure you are too.

Naturally, after thinking about this I decided to remove a few of the ads that are currently on the website. The only types of ads that will be shown from now on are either going to be non-flashing (therefore not distracting) or textual ads. That way its not keeping you from the important parts of this site, the content.

I hope you do enjoy this decision. Either way, I’d love to get your feedback. Go ahead and comment letting me know how you feel about this decision.

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High Stakes No Limit Holdem $109 at PokerStars

October 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment

I’ve been following a game at PokerStars tonight, and it’s the final table now. In this hand, Martine23 is last in chips and is looking for a way to double up and get back into the game. He is dealt a hand that he particularily likes so he makes an aggressive play and moves all-in. AceFromSpace is second in chips, and calls him hoping to take the lead. Both players show their cards and Martine23 reveals 88 while AceFromSpace shows AJo, basically a coin toss situation. See the results below.

PokerStars Game #6670297675: Tournament #33698260, $100+$9 Hold’em No Limit - Level XVII (4000/8000) - 2006/10/17 - 18:52:30 (ET)
Table ‘33698260 19′ 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Bammboozll (156076 in chips)
Seat 3: El Goosey! (317030 in chips)
Seat 4: AceFromSpace (303243 in chips)
Seat 5: Martine23 (133159 in chips)
Seat 8: Drewfus81 (219992 in chips)
Bammboozll: posts the ante 400
El Goosey!: posts the ante 400
AceFromSpace: posts the ante 400
Martine23: posts the ante 400
Drewfus81: posts the ante 400
El Goosey!: posts small blind 4000
AceFromSpace: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Martine23: raises 124759 to 132759 and is all-in
Drewfus81: folds
Bammboozll: folds
El Goosey!: folds
AceFromSpace: calls 124759
*** FLOP *** 4♣ 6♥ T♣
*** TURN *** 4♣ 6♥ T♣ 4♥
*** RIVER *** 4♣ 6♥ T♣ 4♥ 9♠
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AceFromSpace: shows A♦ J♥ (a pair of Fours)
Martine23: shows 8♦ 8♥ (two pair, Eights and Fours)
Martine23 collected 271518 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 271518 | Rake 0
Board 4♣ 6♥ T♣ 4♥ 9♠
Seat 1: Bammboozll (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: El Goosey! (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: AceFromSpace (big blind) showed A♦ J♥ and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 5: Martine23 showed 8♦ 8♥ and won (271518) with two pair, Eights and Fours
Seat 8: Drewfus81 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

After looking into the hand more, I think both players made a great play. The luck just wasn’t in AceFromSpace’s corner. Martine23 was trying to get back in the game and knew that a pair in hand has a high chance of winning against only several other random hands. On the other hand, AceFromSpace knew that even if he lost the hand, he would still be sitting good because there are only 133159 chips at stake. If AceFromSpace won, he would have a large chiplead and much better chance to take the 1st place prize of $21,300, which is considerably more than 5th place’s $4,650.

Either way, Martine23 was knocked out later holding KQo by Drewfus81. The game ended shortly afterwards with the final three players (Drewfus81, AceFromSpace, and El Goosey!) making a final table deal.

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