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I’ve heard that Alex Kostritsyn, who looks like he’d get ID’s buying cigarettes, plays in the biggest games in Moscow. From what I’ve seen here, I believe it. For the last hour or so, he has really been controlling the action. He took down a massive pot when he ended up all in pre-flop with AA vs. Antonio Casale’s JJ. He then eliminated another player when he flopped top pair while holding AJ.
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Erik started today’s final table playing at a pace that was noticeably different than everyone else at the table. The first hands started with the chip leader, Michael “the Greek” Chrisanthopoulos seemingly making a statement. The Greek, started the day with nearly 7 Million, while the next biggest stack was just under 2 Million. The Greek re-raised from the blinds on the first hand and raised on the button in the second hand.
The fireworks continued over the next several hands, with a number of raises and re-raises. But Erik clearly decided to take a different approach. He laid down one hand to Peter Ling’s re-raise, saying, somewhat jokingly, that it was “the biggest laydown of my life.”
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Erik made the final table of the Aussie Millions Main Event, which will start 12:30 pm Melbourne time. In the following interview, Erik discusses yesterday’s play and what he expects from his final table opponents.
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HERSHEL WALKER & CO.
Hershel Walker, football superstar from the Eighties, has his autobiography coming out, in which he reveals that he suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder. This is a serious matter and, if treated properly in his upcoming book, could make fascinating reading. But several things struck me as funny about the whole thing when I read it in an Associated Press story on Saturday morning.
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After watching several hours of play today, it’s pretty clear why some of these players have made it this far in the tournament: they’re excellent preflop players. Nico Behling, for example, has been absolutely relentless. He made Max (the Italian Pirate) Pescatori’s life absolutely miserable. Every time Max opened a pot, Behling threw a re-raise at him. “It’s getting very annoying,” Max warned after yet another re-raise. Soon after, Max check-raised Behling’s flop bet of 80k. Max made it 250k. Behing, after the shortest thought, popped it another 300k and Max folded.
It’s was tough for Max for a long time. He clearly wasn’t catching cards and his aggressive opponents whittling his stack down to nothing. Pescatori’s finally headed to the rail in ninth place, when his A-Q couldn’t connect when racing against a pocket pair.
I caught Max after he busted, and we was nice enough to give me a very informative interview, which you can hear by downloading the file below.
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The feeler bet is, in essence, a question. If a bet could talk it would say something like, I got a little something. How am I doing? The problem with this question is that in no-limit hole ‘em, once you recognize the question, it’s pretty easy to devise an answer. A response like, “not good. Not good at all,” is pretty easy to communicate, whether it’s an honest reply or not.
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I’ve heard complaints now and then from pros who feel that TV coverage imposes some burdens on the players. I’ve found most of the complaints more whiny than anything else. Let’s face it, in any line of work, some people like to complain. But today I was a little concerned that the tournament staff were making a pretty big error in order to accommodate the TV production
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There are 22 people remaining in the Aussie Millions main event, and I recognize two of them, Erik Seidel and Max Pescatori. A guy named Antonio Casale has the chip lead; apparently he’s a local who’s played at the Crown Casino for years. Word around the poker room is that he’s a nice guy, but not exactly the most feared player in the city.
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For the sake of this post, let’s assume that’s there’s universal agreement on this point: Phil Ivey is the best poker player in the world. I’m not really interested in objective measures or stylistic comparisons here. I don’t want to try to define what I mean by “best.” Let’s just say that when considering the sum total of talents that make up one’s poker ability, that Phil comes out ahead of everyone else on the planet.
Okay?
Now I’d like you to imagine that you won a satellite into a major tournament—a $10k with International appeal. Maybe the Aussie Millions. Maybe the Main Event of the WSOP. And when you arrive at the table, you see that Phil Ivey is seated directly across from you.
Perfect, you think. How the hell am I going to deal with this?
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The gamesmanship for tonight’s big cash game started well before the cards were in the air. The players – Patrik Antonius, Niki Jedlicka, Tony G, Chris Ferguson, Gus Hansen, John Juanda, and Eli Elezra – were seated at the table for a good 45 minutes before the game got going. In that time they chatted about how deep they were prepared to play. The blinds were 400/800, with a 100 ante, and most started with 100k. Patrik started deeper, with about 250k, and the game didn’t start until he loaned Ferguson, who was waiting for chips from the cage, 100k.
Patrik and Eli immediately started talking about a straddle. They were goading the other players to commit to a permanent $1,600 straddle. But not everyone was interested. “Oh,” said Antonius, “you guys want this to be a boring game. That’s not right.”
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