Phil Ivey... no comment

[crisstian]

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[Darth]

Tocmai ca E o mana de comentat. Fiind HU mult a contat read-ul lui Ivey,dar a zis bine comentatorul ca nu ar fi primit reraise de la cineva cu J in mod normal.

[sziszi2000]

Criminală mână... în momente ca asta mă gândesc să las pokerul şi să mă apuc de golf... - atât, fără să comentez...

[FlopMaster]

in momente ca asta iti dai seama ca pokerul n-are chiar nici o legatura cu norocul (de cele mai multe ori)

[yariknight]

cam riscant ce a facut ivey, avand in vedere ca era big underdog orice mana de doamne ajuta ar fi avut tipu ala si l-a cam facut commited to the pot dupa ce stackuri se vad acolo in fata lor, deci daca ar fi avut ceva cat de cat trebuia sa dea allin; asa bune reads are ivey de si-a dat seama ca ala are ambele carti sub J si diferite de 7 si diferite intre ele adica ultimu hal de mana dupa un raise si un rereraise? raman la parerea ca avand un stack asa mare, dupa bluff reraiseul pe care l-a facut s-a simtit commited sa mearga pana la allin

[Darth]

"raspunsul":

The most meaningful hand of the heads up battle and one that I look forward to seeing on television to hear the commentators interpretation occurred when I limped from the small blind ( blinds 24K) and called a raise to 72K ( he had made this raise almost every time I limped in the small blind) . The flop came JJ7 I checked he bet 80K and I raised 90K . He dwelt a while and re raised another 150K . I thought about it and convinced he did not have a jack tried to make the strongest move I thought possible and re raised another 150K leaving myself about 300K in chips. At this point Phil Ivey dwelt for what seemed like 6 weeks at least, as he stared into my soul. The tension was amazing as I attempted to remain motionless and the crowd tried to imagine what hands we had and what would be his next move. Surely a fold I thought and hoped . He asked me how many chips I had left and I gave him a rough count in the most unemotional way I could muster. Maybe I should have pretended I was talking to my ex wife to make it more convincing , as shortly afterwards he moved all in . I was forced to show Matt savage my 56 off suit saying " I guess I will have to lay down this monster" , which he found quite amusing .

I later discussed the hand with Phil and he advised me that he had Q8 off suit.

What can I say? That is why he is who he is .

In my eagerness to learn I asked him later that night ( he came out drinking with us afterwards) how it was that he could make such a move and he said that he knew when we got heads up that I was not going to let him run over me and that given the strength of my move I probably had the absolute goods or no hand at all . With me having just 300K left ( and leaving myself a playable stack sort of) he could take the value chance that I had no hand because if he was wrong he would still have a 4 to 1 chip lead even after doubling me up.