Saturday, December 16, 2006
I'll Have My Revenge Great Blue Heron
I just saw the sickest play ever on televised poker. I think this was from the last season of WPT during an episode titled "bad boys of poker."
Gus Hanson and Antonio Estanfardiari are the chip leaders at the 5 handed final table each with about 350k in chips. With blinds around 5k/10k, Antonio opens the pot for 30k with pocket 7s. Gus raises to 100k with 10d 8d. Antonio goes into the tank. When he emerges, he pushes all in for the remainder of his 340k. Up to this point, everything seemed like pretty "ordinary" stuff.
Then it got interesting. Gus calls all of his remaining chips with a 10 high. He calls with a 10 high. Unbelivable! Antonio wonders out loud to Gus, "Did you just loose your mind?". Of course an 8 hits the board on the flop and the hand is over. Gus is either a donkey or a genius. He goes on to win his 5th WPT event.
Ok, so my results at the Great Blue Heron Charity Casino in Port Perry Ontario have not been that impressive. I guess I'm stuck a little. The game is $5/$10 limit Hold'Em. My last 4 outings ($175 loss, $150 loss, $170 loss, $130 loss). Ok, so limit hold'em isn't my strongest game, but I've studied up since then and I've played alot of limit hold'em on line since my last visit in Feb. In addition, I really don't like those backwoods Canadian donkeys. It's personal this time. This next outing is not just about the money. I'll be playing for the pride of the US, for the pride of Detroit. I'm going to play uber-agressive but only the top 7 hands.
