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This is the second in our series of notable poker hands from TV shows. This hand is from High Stakes Poker:
The hand begins with everyone folding to Phil Hellmuth who bets $3,200 with the ace of diamonds and the 2 of spades to make the pot $4,900.
Daniel Negreanu calls the $3,200 with the king of diamonds and the 10 of diamonds. The pot is $8,100.
Antonio Esfandiari raises to $12,000 with the jack of diamonds and the jack of clubs. The pot is $20,100.
Phil Hellmuth folds and Daniel Negreanu calls the additional $8,800. The pot is now $28,900. The flop is the queen of spades, the 6 of spades and the 10 of clubs.
Antonio’s jacks are still best. After Daniel checks, Antonio bets $15,000. The pot is now $43,900. With only a pair of 10s and an over-card on the board, Daniel comes over the top and puts Antonio all in. The pot is $173,900.
Daniel showed a lot of confidence when Antonio didn’t call immediately, making Antonio believe that Daniel had a pair of queens. Daniel Negreanu is one of the best poker players in the world and can usually chat at any point in any of his poker hands without giving anything away. But this time he agreed afterward with many of the players that he may have said too much, because Antonio picked up something and made a great call.
The turn was a 2 of diamonds, but unfortunately for Antonio, the river was a king of hearts, giving Daniel two pair and the win.
Both players have their poker strategy down cold, so they made great plays. And Antonio did everything right, including making a terrific read and a great call. But as you know if you’ve played in any poker room for more than an hour, the river can really be unkind. Ah, but it’s always good to have outs.
Check out the first hand we covered from High Stakes Poker, which also featured Daniel Negreanu, plus Barry Greenstein, Tom Dwan and Peter Eastgate.
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Playing card clip art courtesy of Dave Schloss
Check out these other High Stakes Poker hands:
July 25th, 2009 Topper Posted in Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Eli Elezra, High Stakes Poker, Online Poker, Poker Hands, Poker Players, Poker Strategies, Poker Strategy, poker theory, Poker Tips, Tom Dwan 1 Comment »
This is the first in our series of notable poker hands from TV shows. This hand is from the Game Show Network’s High Stakes Poker:
The hand begins with the blinds at $400/$800 and $200 antes.
Barry Greenstein is dealt the ace of hearts and the ace of clubs under the gun and opens the pot with a bet of $2,500. He gets called by Tom Dwan with queen of clubs and 10 of clubs, David Benyamine with the 3 of diamonds and the 3 of clubs, Eli Elezra with the jack of diamonds and the 9 of spades, Ziigmund Sahamies with the 7 of hearts and 6 of spades, Daniel Negreanu with the king of diamonds and 4 of diamonds, Peter Eastgate with the 4 of hearts and the 2 of diamonds and Doyle Brunson with the ace of spades and the 9 of clubs.
The pot is $21,600 and on the flop comes the 2 of clubs, the 10 of diamonds and the 2 of spades.
Peter Eastgate (with the best hand: three deuces, 4 kicker) checks. Doyle checks and Barry bets $10,000 to try to find out where he is in this 8-handed pot. Dwan raises to $37,300 and everyone folds to Eastgate who calls. Barry also follows with a call. The pot is now $133,500.
The turn is a 7 of diamonds. Eastgate and Greenstein check and Dwan, with a 5% chance to win the hand (as he is dead to a 10), bets $104,200. Eastgate with the best hand, folds his three deuces with a weak kicker (no doubt concerned that Dwan might have with pocket 10s and a full house), which now leaves Barry with his pocket aces and a 95% chance of winning the hand. But with seven other players originally in the hand on the flop, he knows that poker odds indicate that the chance of someone hitting trips was very good and he also folds.
Dwan makes a tremendous play to win this hand. High Stakes Poker announcer Gabe Kaplan was so impressed that he remarked that about the only other player he would expect to see that kind of poker strategy from was the late Stu Unger.
Playing card clip art courtesy of Dave Schloss
Check out these other High Stakes Poker hands:
July 9th, 2009 Topper Posted in Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Online Poker, Poker Accessories, poker chip sets, poker clothing, Poker Gifts, Poker Players, poker shirts, poker supplies, pokers sets 1 Comment »
Want to know what to get for the poker player who has everything? These poker gifts go beyond run-of-the-mill and will give you Christmas, Chanukah and birthday gifts sure to make any poker player smile.
| Honor Those Who Have Served |
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Larry Curly and Moe, AKA The Three Stooges, try their hands at poker in this textured-surface art print that’s similar to an oil painting. Each framed print comes with a cherry burgundy finish and hanging hardware.
Poster Size: 36″ x 24″
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| Let your poker-playing friends freak out their competitors with these eery holographic eyeball sunglasses, similar to those worn by “Fossil Man” Greg Raymer during the 2004 World Series of Poker. Just make sure whoever you give them promises not to wear them at the table with you! |
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These limited edition bobblehead dolls make great poker gifts and are made of ceramic-like poly-resin, so you can see every detail, down to the numbers on the playing cards.
Many popular players are available, including Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Jennifer Harmon, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Scotty Nguyen and Phil Hellmuth. |
| Corral Those Poker Winnings in Style |
| This stylish stainless steel money clip features the authentic World Series of Poker (WSOP) logo and is perfect for hauling around all that cash your friends and family win at cards or poker. And they don’t even have to have been to the WSOP to use it! |
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July 4th, 2009 Topper Posted in Annie Duke, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, High Stakes Poker, Johnny Chan, Poker Player Photos, Poker Players No Comments »
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