I haven't had the urge to actually play poker still. Sure I played last Thursday (I think) after coming home buzzed up at the bars. Somehow I won my SnG (been running bad) and felt like el campion del mundo. But beyond that I am still spending more time watching than playing.
The new season of High Stakes Poker started on GSN. It was Hammer night! A deal was made where all players would pay any guy who wins a pot with 7 2 $500. Ok, they did play the suited Hammer but made for some interesting play.
Everyone's favorite player, Phil Hellmuth, played the Hammer perfectly against The Mouth, Mike Matusow. Watch this, it is a thing of beauty. Especially after Mike needles him constantly just before the hand.
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I hate to say it, but Hellmuth played that hand as well as any hand I've seen. I especially loved how he asked Mike how much he had, then bet 2/3rds of it, so it looked almost like a value bet rather than a bluff. Really well done. Mike played the hand badly, but going against Hellmuth, I think, made him play the hand that way. Hellmth re-raising him in a cash game would easily suggest AA or QQ or JJ to me, too, and those hands beat him. I hate to say I don't blame him for folding there or not raising on the turn. But raising on the turn is what he had to do there.
Bruce Buffer actually....Michael Buffer's brother.
Helmuth is honestly a very good player. Are you interested in a Monday Night Fantasy Football Poker League? www.teamdcg.com
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