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		<title>Heads Up: Andy Black Versus Jordan Morgan</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><span>Welcome back to another round of the <strong>Full Tilt Poker Heads-Up Challenge</strong>, where we take 64 of our top pros and pit them against one another in metaphorical steel-cage death matches to determine the greatest Full Tilt Poker pro of them all. This week&#8217;s match is the third of our 6 seed versus 11 seed showdowns, with <a href="http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/andy-black.php">Andy &#8220;Tilt happens&#8221; Black </a>taking on <a href="http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/jordan-morgan">Jordan &#8220;Luck has nothing to do with it&#8221; Morgan</a>. Let&#8217;s get this show on the road:</span></p><p>Post from: <a href="http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/poker-from-the-rail">Poker From The Rail</a><br/><br/><a href="/poker-from-the-rail/heads-up/heads-up-andy-black-versus-jordan-morgan">Heads Up: Andy Black Versus Jordan Morgan</a></p>



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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Welcome back to another round of the <strong>Full Tilt Poker Heads-Up Challenge</strong>, where we take 64 of our top pros and pit them against one another in metaphorical steel-cage death matches to determine the greatest Full Tilt Poker pro of them all. This week&rsquo;s match is the third of our 6 seed versus 11 seed showdowns, with <a href="http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/andy-black.php">Andy &ldquo;Tilt happens&rdquo; Black </a>taking on <a href="http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/jordan-morgan">Jordan &ldquo;Luck has nothing to do with it&rdquo; Morgan</a>. Let&rsquo;s get this show on the road:</span></p>
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<div><strong><u>Andy Black</u></strong></div>
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<div><strong><u>Jordan Morgan</u></strong></div>
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<div><strong><u>Survey Says</u></strong></div>
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<div><strong>Career Earnings</strong></div>
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<p><span>Over $4   million</span></p>
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<p><span>Over $1   million</span></p>
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<p><span>Andy has   a few more years on the circuit than young Jordan Morgan, so it&rsquo;s only   natural he has a big lead in this category. Give Morgan a few more years and   the margin should be quite a bit smaller. Until then, this one goes to the   Mad Monk of poker &ndash; Black leads 1-0.</span></p>
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<div><strong>Major Titles</strong></div>
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<div>None</div>
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<div>None</div>
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<p><span>Morgan   does have a WSOP-C victory under his belt, but that really shouldn&rsquo;t count as   a &ldquo;major&rdquo; title. Then again, it&rsquo;s about as close as we&rsquo;re gonna get here. Round   two goes to Morgan, the score is tied at one apiece.</span></p>
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<div><strong>Tournament Play</strong></div>
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<p><span>Excellent   tourney player (when he&rsquo;s on his game).</span></p>
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<p><span>Both   online and live, Jordan   knows how to take down a donkament.</span></p>
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<p><span>This   one&rsquo;s a pretty close call. On one hand, Black has a long history of   impressive tourney runs, including making the final table of the 2005 WSOP   Main Event. But Morgan is no slouch himself, having done quite well in both   live and online donkaments. At the end of the day, though, this category has   to belong to Black (at least for the moment). He now leads by a score of 2-1.</span></p>
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<div><strong>Cash Game Play</strong></div>
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<p><span>Not known   as a cash game specialist, but I&rsquo;m sure he&rsquo;s rocked more than a few ring   games in his time.</span></p>
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<p><span>Also   known more as a tourney player than a cash game grinder, Morgan is nonetheless   a threat at any table he sits down at.</span></p>
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<p><span>Hmm,   another tough call. Neither of these guys really qualifies as a cash game   player, but I&rsquo;m sure they both play their fair share at the side games. I&rsquo;m   going to give this one to Morgan as he&rsquo;s probably done enough grinding in the   online ring games to qualify FTW here. The score is tied up once again.</span></p>
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<div><strong>Best Game</strong></div>
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<p><span>I&rsquo;m not   certain on this one, so when in doubt it&rsquo;s time to go with good old NLHE.</span></p>
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<p><span>My first   thought was NLHE, but then a read something where he said his specialty is HU   Limit O/8. Whatever floats your boat Jordan&hellip;</span></p>
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<p><span>I think   we can skip the pretext here, you know where I&rsquo;m going with this one. HU   Limit O/8 is all well in good if you like sticking needles in your eye, but   for us mere humans it just won&rsquo;t do. Any game where you&rsquo;re talking about   getting halved and quartered on a regular basis just isn&rsquo;t for me. Once   again, it&rsquo;s NLHE to the rescue. Andy now leads by a score of 3-2.</span></p>
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<div><strong>Playing Style</strong></div>
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<p><span>Irate   Irish</span></p>
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<p><span>American   Assault</span></p>
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<p><span>Andy uses   a pretty aggressive style for someone who&rsquo;s more or less &ldquo;old school.&rdquo; Jordan comes   from the online school of thought where the manifesto reads &ldquo;attack, attack,   kill, kill!&rdquo; Guess which way I&rsquo;m going here (get ready for a shocker). You   just have to love the all out aggression of those online guys, and so do I.   Morgan takes this one down and ties the score (one more time) at three   apiece.</span></p>
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<div><strong>Nickname</strong></div>
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<p><span>The Mad   Monk</span></p>
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<div>iMsoLucky0</div>
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<p><span>OK, I   might have to rule this one as &ldquo;no contest&rdquo; right away. I mean, The Mad Monk   might just be the coolest nickname in poker. Besides, do you really want your   nickname to declare that you&rsquo;re a luck box (not that Morgan is one, but his   name does seem to imply it)? This category belongs to Black, enough said. He   retakes the lead heading down the home stretch. </span></p>
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<div><strong>Outside Poker</strong></div>
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<p><span>After   poker thoroughly destroyed his soul the first time around, Andy became a monk   for a while in order to regain his composure and come back to the game   stronger than ever before.</span></p>
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<p><span>Not much.   Jordan   pretty much went straight from school to playing poker for a living.   Although, unlike a lot of the young and successful online pros, he&rsquo;s actually   settled down and married instead of out partying every night. So he&rsquo;s got   that going for him (sigh).</span></p>
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<p><span>I do envy   these kids who went straight from school to becoming online pros for a   living. It must be nice making your own hours and not having some maniacal   boss tracking your every move each day. Except for my boss, of course, he&rsquo;s   the greatest. But Andy&rsquo;s tale really is one for the ages, a life lesson for   all of us so-called born losers out there. It just goes to show that you have   to keep it all in perspective and if you become too obsessed with poker it   will ruin your life. Except playing on Full Tilt Poker. Do that as much as   possible, otherwise I won&rsquo;t be able to afford adding a second story to my   house. At any rate, Black takes down this category and effectively seals a   victory in the match (hooray for anti-climaxes!).</span></p>
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<div><strong>Best Pro Tip</strong></div>
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<p><a href="http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/pro-tip/AndyBlack/91"><span>Playing   Aces in PLO</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/pro-tip/JordanMorgan/146"><span>Big-Stack   Play</span></a></p>
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<p><span>Both of   these are excellent, insightful tips, but I have to go Morgan&rsquo;s Big-Stack   Play on this one. Maybe it&rsquo;s because he&rsquo;s talking about the only game I   really know and love, or maybe it&rsquo;s because even after reading Black&rsquo;s PLO   tip I still can never manage to win with Aces in that damned game. Whatever   it is, this one belongs to the lucky one.</span></p>
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<p><span>And that&rsquo;s a wrap, folks. Black takes down Morgan by a close score of 5-4. You really have to give it to those Irish guys &ndash; they drink more than us, they have really cool accents that make it so you can only understand about 25% of what they&rsquo;re saying, and they can call The Mad Monk one of their own. Check back next week for more fun and games as the <strong>Full Tilt Poker Heads-Up Challenge</strong> continues. Until then&hellip;</span></p>
<p>Post from: <a href="http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/poker-from-the-rail">Poker From The Rail</a><br/><br/><a href="/poker-from-the-rail/heads-up/heads-up-andy-black-versus-jordan-morgan">Heads Up: Andy Black Versus Jordan Morgan</a></p>
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