High Stakes Poker...

[eejit101]

im in the UK, dont have GSN, whatever that is, and i probably wont get it for a while, we've only just finished coverage of the frigging WSOP.

We need ESPN or whatever your biggest channel is over there, im off right now to speak to cable to get it installed...

[Zybomb]

biggest pot/handof the night was when the ameteur Dr had 55 daniel negreanu had Jc10c and ted forrest had 22

Flop came 2 4 5

Checks around to Daniel who bets, Forrest calls, Dr. raises, daniel folds, forrest reraised, dr moves all in.... forrest lost well over 100,000 on that hand....rebaught for 50,000

[Robbie Robb]

My favourite hand of the night was when DN had AJ and BG had 66 and flop came A-x-6. DN casually checks the bet as does BG. Then the turn comes J and he checks again. I think it would have been VERY tough not to even make a small bet with that Ace on the board. Then when he hit the two pair - how can you NOT bet??? Unless you've got such an AMAZING read on your opponent you know he's hit his set. Oh wait, this is DN, the guy that can read you like an open book.

Another favourite part was when he picks up the two stacks of cash and tosses them into the middle and they land with a "thud" making a $100K raise.

The hand that Zybomb spoke of was also a great hand. How forrest casually reaches into his pocket, pulls out two tiny little chips and rebuys for $50K. Damn....to be able to play at that level. I don't think I actually COULD play at that level, but just to be ABLE to would be an accomplishment.

[Reel Deal]

I caught some of this for the first time on GSN last night and it was some of the best televised poker I've seen. Watching Sam Farha call an $8000 PFR with 93o and then hitting (of course) was just priceless! DN took some tough beats (one when Greenstein chased and hit a flush on the river and another hand that I'm not recalling now). Felt bad for Jerry Buss, he was playing way too tight and they all knew it and had no trouble running him over or getting out of the way when he'd hit.

One thing that was interesting that I'd never seen done before was when after someone went all-in after the flop they'd agree to run the turn and river cards twice (kind of a "double or nothing" play).

Very interesting stuff.

[PShabi]

Explain the last part RD.

[Robbie Robb]

The two players in the pot would agree to run the turn and river twice. This was done two or three times in last night's episode. It would come up if one of the players was all in. Sometimes they've already revealed their hole cards and other times it was pre-reveal. The flop comes as normal, then the turn, then the river. The dealer would then push the turn and river cards up a bit and run a turn and river again. If one player won both hands they took the entire pot. If they each won one, they split the pot.

Interesting idea. Don't think I'll be trying it in my home games much.

The other thing they talked about once and played once was when Harman was in the BB. It was something about "hopping in the saddle" or something like that. They tried to expalin it, but failed miserably.

[Talking Poker]

Oh, that's cool..... when I first read this, I thought you guys meant they agreed to play with a 7 card board, which makes no sense... but what they were really doing was palying with two 5 card boards. Very cool.

I'll agree to that every time.............. that I'm the favorite.

[PShabi]

If ESPN didn't exist. I wouldn't subcribe to cable. Hell, I wouldn't even own a TV.

God Bless America!