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admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:38:08 +0000

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Sam Trickett Discusses High Stakes Cash Game at Aussie Millions

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:11 +0000

Sam Trickett Discusses High Stakes Cash Game at Aussie Millions
February 04 2012, Donnie Peters, Remko Rinkema Related Articles Phil Ivey Wins 2012 Aussie Millions $250,000 Super High Roller The Aussie Millions Keeps On Growing Revisiting $100,000 Flips on Poker After Dark Related Tournaments Related Players Share It Tags Aussie Millions, Cash Poker, Daniel Negreanu, Gus Hansen, Jason Mercier, Macau, Million Dollar Cash Game, Patrik Antonius, Poker Player Interviews, Sam Trickett Print Recently, the Aussie Millions Million Dollar Cash Game was held at Crown Casino. Held year after year at the Aussie Millions, the game attracts some of the biggest stars in the poker world along with a few rich businessmen all playing for very large stakes with plenty of money on the line. This year, the first day of the game was AUD$500/1,000 no-limit hold’em with an AUD$100 ante for each player that was paid by the button. The first day of the game lasted several hours before breaking prior to midnight. Jason Mercier, Winfred Yu, Richard Young, Gus Hansen, Daniel Cates, Tom Dwan, Daniel Negreanu, Patrik Antonius and Sam Trickett all participated in the game. Trickett, who is no stranger to the Aussie Millions having won the $100,000 Challenge and placed runner-up in the $250,000 Super High Roller last year, was one of the big winners in the game. He pocketed a profit of approximately AUD$448,000 after buying in for AUD$200,000 on Thursday. Remko Rinkema from PokerNews.nl caught up with Trickett after the game broke for a quick chat about how things went, his rise to poker stardom and a key hand he played against Cates. Big cash game at the Aussie Millions, you guys just finished your first session, how did it go? Pretty well. I was running really good. I flopped loads of big hands, like three of four sets, but hardly won any big pots with the hands I flopped….I don’t regret anything, I played every hand well and did OK. It’s a shame my opponents didn’t hit a bit more when I was hitting, but it was still a good session and a big win. We saw two Chinese businessmen, they’re probably from Macau and you probably know them. What was the game like? It wasn’t the greatest game, but I feel like I got a good seat. If I could pick anywhere to sit on the table, I’d probably pick my seat. I was pretty happy with that. Yeah, it’s like when the line up is as tough as that, it comes down to who runs the best and who plays the best, really, and it was a combination of both. We saw you cash out a big amount of chips, what was the biggest pot you played and could you walk us through the hand? Well, the biggest pot I played was probably I don’t know how big it was because I don’t know how much he started the hand with but it was, I three-bet with ace-queen suited from the small blind, Jungleman called and the flop came nine, ten, jack rainbow. I check-called like 21 maybe getting this wrong $21,000 I think I check-called. Turn was a two of diamonds or something and I think he bet $52,000. I check-called again. The river was an eight and I moved in for like $125,000 and he called. So, that was a pretty big pot. Does it still do something to you, playing all these big pots? Or has it become normal over the last year because we’ve seen you play all the big games, you had an amazing year last year is it something big for you or has it become sort of normal? I try not to think about the size of the pot and how much money it is when I play. I just try and think about the chip contribution and how much chips he’s betting percentage wise and stuff. No, I’d say it doesn’t really do anything to me. Obviously, I like big wins like this, it’s good. It’s good to keep racking up wins like this I suppose, but it’s not like Macau. Macau gets me if anywhere gets me because the game’s a lot bigger. Any plans for more games here [in Australia], more televised games or maybe you’re going to play in the Mahogany Room? Yeah, I’m going to play, whatever other games are going on I’m going to play. Like I’ve said before in a few interviews before, I’m not going to be playing many tournaments this year high rollers only and a few bigger buy-in ones mainly just cash games because I just enjoy it more and it’s more relaxing. Could you go back into the way you looked at poker, let’s say, two years ago. Could you have thought you would have been at this point? It’s such an amazing achievement you’ve had over the last year and a half or two years. I’ve always wanted to be at the stage I’m at now and I’ve always felt like I’ve picked up the game pretty quickly. I’ve always felt comfortable at the table and sat with anyone, every time I’ve played with good players I’ve never felt out of my depth, in my view. That gave me the confidence to go ahead and move my game on and start playing in these tougher games. Even since I’ve started playing in these tough games, I’ve been doing well. I didn’t think I’d get there this quick, but I always thought I could get to this level in poker and I’m pretty happy to be playing in these games now. One final thing. Every country seems to have one, big superstar Jason Mercier from the U.S., Daniel Negreanu from Canada, and [Daniel "Jungleman" Cates] is also from the States but you’re the only Brit who has really made it to this high level. Would you say there’s a difference that you could point out between you and the guys who are just one tier below you who are also playing the big games, but just haven’t reached the top level? Well, right now a lot of the players from England are tournament players. They all play tournaments and they don’t really play many cash games. That’s where they’re all from, they all play online tournaments. They travel around playing the European circuit and every tournament going, so it’s hard for them to win as much, as say, I’m winning, because I’m putting myself in more position to win more money all the time playing in games like this. You’re risking more? Yeah, I risk more and, I don’t know, maybe I’m just a bit more experienced in those [games], as well. I’ve been playing a little bit longer than a lot of the younger generation back home at the minute. I’m sure with time there will be a few more players playing in these games. Stay up to date on all the latest news by following us on Twitter and liking us on Facebook. 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2012 Aussie Millions Main Event Chip Counts

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:18:08 +0000

2012 Aussie Millions Main Event Chip Counts
Phil Ivey is back. Bjorn Li 2,025,000 45,000Patrick Healy 1,970,000 -230,000Lee Nelson 1,896,000 646,000Kenneth Wong 1,800,000 520,000Janis Lesinskis 1,790,000 590,000Matt Turk 1,360,000 -40,000Yann Dion 1,255,000 35,000Mohamad Kowssarie 1,170,000 145,000Oliver Speidel 1,150,000 -255,000Phil Ivey 1,148,000 -212,000Daniel Idema 1,140,000 140,000Karim Jomeen 652,000 257,000Mile Krstanoski 470,000 -260,000Joey Lawrence 385,000 -135,000Minh Nguyen 385,000 -355,000Grant Levy 318,000 -202,000Danny Chevalier 300,000 40,000Slade Fisher 114,000 -66,000 Play Online Poker Poker Blog Copyright 2008 Just add chips LLCSubscribe to PokerBloggs.com

Secret Santa

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:18:08 +0000

Secret Santa
Americas Cardroom are dropping up to $15,000 in cash and prizes on every poker player from December 2011 untilJanuary 2012. All YOU need to do is collect FPPs (Frequent Player Points) at Americas Cardroom to win. Youll earn one FPP for every cent you generate in rake. Please click here to visit Americas CardRoom Promotion Date: 06 December 2011 Subscribe to this poker promotions feed

BackBet at CelebPoker

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:54:27 +0000

BackBet at CelebPoker
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ACROSS 2011

admin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:36:15 +0000

ACROSS 2011
Home>Latest Promotions>Poker Promotions Americas Cardroom Online Super Series Some people call it a poker tournament series. Americas Cardroom call it a 6-day poker marathon across the USA. From November 29th through December 4th, The new Americas Cardroom brings you ACROSS 2011, an action-filled week of intense online tournaments where the guarantees are high and the buy-ins are very low. The ACROSS 2011 features: $150,000 in guaranteed cash and prizes 6 days that include19 events $50,000 guaranteed Main Event 2011 ACROSS WARM-UP EVENT $25K GTD NLH Nov. 24th, Thanksgiving Day at 9PM ET – $55 buy-in (1R+1A) All players qualify for a FR on Nov. 25th at 3PM ET awarding 10-seats to ACROSS Main Event ($82.50 value) Please click here to visit Americas CardRoom Promotion Date: 08 November 2011

Free Money at Betfair Poker

admin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:36:11 +0000

Free Money at Betfair Poker
The latest free poker money bonus to be released in 2010 is a $10 free bonus offer at Betfair Poker. This offer is ONLY available to all new players from the U.K. You can not already have an existing account. If you do you will not be eligible for this bonus. The free money is available directly from Betfair Poker themselves. You can click here to claim this free money now. Betfair does not accept American Players in their poker room. Related posts: Poker Time Free $10 bonus Winner Poker Free Money $75 Free Poker Money at Poker 770 now $50 free VC Poker bonus no longer available CelebPoker $9 Free Poker Money Written by admin Filed Under $10 Free, Betfair Poker Tagged as , $10 free bonus offer, Betfair Poker, free $10, free poker money, no deposit bonus, not for existing accounts, players from the U.K.

Interview with Vanessa Rousso

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:18:05 +0000

Interview with Vanessa Rousso
by Steve Marzolf As a lawyer, poker pro and self-described “huge dork,” Vanessa Rousso has made a name for herself in tournament poker, earning more than $3.7 million since 2006. Lately, she’s been repping for PokerStars and running poker “boot camps” to raise up the next crop of winning players. We called Vanessa up to talk about her tactics for surviving – and thriving – in the high-pressure world of large-buy-in tournaments. So you’re primarily a tournament player? I would say I’m only a tournament player. I can play a cash game or two. But to be honest with you, I play so many tournaments as it is, that if I play cash games too, it’s just too much poker. I like to have balance in my life, and there just aren’t enough hours in the day to play tournaments, cash games and do all the other things I like to do. Mike Matusow was complaining to us that high-buy-in tourneys have gotten too risky to profit on – what do you think of that statement? My results are skewed toward high buy-ins. I find that in the smaller buy-ins, I don’t do as well. The higher the buy-in, the more pressure and the better I play. I guess my own particular strategies are more suited to high-buy-in events against better players. So, for me, I’d rather play fewer events that are higher buy-in. What do you think it is about your style that matches up so well with those events? I think it’s probably rooted in logical ability. Basically, the higher the buy-in, the deeper the chip stacks, right? So, there’s more opportunity for telling stories with your bets and raises, and there’s more opportunity for tricking and trapping your opponents. In smaller buy-ins, you have to play more ABC optimally and just exploit the mistakes your opponents are making. At the higher levels, you’re not really waiting for your opponents to make errors – you’re more trying to trick and trap them. So it’s a little bit more of a mind game. I guess I don’t have the patience to play the ABC right way that I should in the smaller buy-ins, and then in the bigger buy-ins, tricking other thinking opponents is enough of a challenge that I give it my A-plus effort every time. But you cut your teeth playing sit-n-go’s, right? Well, I started off playing on the internet for free when I was in college, and then when I turned 21, I started playing live – that was when I was in law school in Miami. The first casino I played at was the Seminole Hard Rock down there, which had sit-n-go’s. I’d play on the weekends, and that’s how I built up my first bankroll. Why did sit-n-go’s work for you? They really had a definable, optimal strategy. Once you figure them out, there are only so many dynamics that can come up in one 10-person, set-blind-structure, $150-buy-in game. There’s just not that many ways it can go down. It took me a couple weeks to figure it out, but once I did, it was a formula that I could apply to that situation. And it was pretty consistent at making money. For beginners who want to follow in your footsteps, what sit-n-go advice do you have for them? I’m really big into reading the books and preparing for poker the same way you would for any money-making opportunity. People don’t just jump into investment banking without any schooling about it. I read like 30 books in a couple months before I started. Also, you need to be a lot more patient than people think you need to be. People come in to play, and they try to take advantage of the low blind levels to play hands that are a little more speculative. But really, the chips are worth next to nothing when the table is still 9- or 10-handed. For instance, many people may find that they double up or even triple up early on in a match, but then don’t even make the top three. Because that early on, those chips just aren’t worth anything. Therefore risking chips to accumulate those early chips isn’t worth it. It’s profitable to play much, much tighter than you think in the early stages. Once your career got moving, was there a moment when things really came together for you? I think it was when I came in 7th in the $25,000 buy-in WPT main event back in 2006. It was the first time I’d taken a shot on the pro circuit, and it worked out. I won a quarter-million dollars, and that pretty much launched my career. It gave me the confidence to continue playing the circuit. Then later that year I won another 400-some thousand in various events. So 2006 was really the big year for me. Can you describe the processes running in your mind when you’re at a game like that and trying to get a read on your opponents? Getting a read all boils down to two categories – are they comfortable or uncomfortable? Because, if they have a good hand and they’re an experienced player, that’s a situation where they’re going to be super-comfortable. Good players have had aces a million times, so their hands aren’t trembling at aces anymore – it’s just something that makes them feel confident. Whereas even a good player can get nervous when they’re in on a big bluff, because that’s a situation that’s less in their control. On the flip side, inexperienced players will be a lot more uncomfortable with good hands because they’re not used to getting aces, kings, queens. The adrenaline’s been released. And since beginners tend to think poker is a lot more about bluffing, they can actually look pretty comfortable holding nothing. Good players, though, know how easy it is to get caught bluffing. So, if you can put your opponent into the comfortable/uncomfortable category, and then determine whether or not they’re an experienced player, it can really help you decide whether they have a hand. Is this the kind of stuff you get into during your poker boot camps? Yeah. I break down tournament strategy into a logical formula and give people guidelines to follow. Rather than vague principles, I give them specific strategies to follow. Mostly, I try to simplify the extremely complex game of tournament poker. Some of the things they can expect to learn are how to use “M” in hand selection; I cover some advanced reading techniques; I cover some game theory and poker stuff, as well. If anyone’s interested, they can get more info at www.bigslickbootcamp.com.

Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Olivier Busquet Discusses Tough Spots

admin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:36:13 +0000

Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Olivier Busquet Discusses Tough Spots
September 29 2011, Kristy Arnett Related Articles Strategy with Kristy Podcast Part 2 with Tommy Angelo Strategy with Kristy Podcast Part 1 with Tommy Angelo Strategy with Kristy Podcast Part 2 with Andrew Seidman Share It Tags Olivier Busquet, PokerNews Podcast, Poker Strategy, Cash Poker Print Olivier Busquet, also known as “livb” online, honed his poker skills by crushing online sit-n-gos. He’s also had impressive live tournament poker results, including a win in the 2009 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open. His live winnings exceed $2.4 million. For this edition of Strategy with Kristy, Busquet answers questions sent in by listeners, and also discusses his thought process in a few tough spots against good, loose-aggressive players. Here is a snippet from the interview: Let’s say you have queens and you raise in middle position. A loose-aggressive type of player flats you in position, and you’re 200 big blinds deep. The flop comes nine-eight-seven with a flush draw. You continuation bet [c-bet], and your opponent raises. In this spot, you’re out of position against a good player. It feels like you’re getting run over if you bet-fold an overpair. At the same time, he’s going to make the rest of the hand super difficult for you to play if you call. He will be able to play perfectly against you with hands that either have a lot of equity or a hand that has you beat. What’s your thought process here? What a lot of people have to understand is that the definition of tough spots is that there aren’t clear cut answers. So, you’re in a tough spot, and you’re not sure what to do, that’s good. That’s the right response to have. It shouldn’t be an easy answer where you just say, “Oh I have to call, I have queens.” Well, no you don’t. Folding isn’t the worst play in the world. What do you do if you have top set? Or when you flop a straight? Or when you have queen-ten with the flush draw in that spot? If he’s raising so much on that board, then when you do have big hands, you’re going to end up being able to make a lot of money. It’s fine, from a range point-of-view, to fold your marginal hands. To be honest, even though it’s an overpair, queens in that spot, on that board, is a marginal hand. It’s the type of board, depending on your opponent, that you should probably be catering your c-betting range to your opponent’s aggressiveness. You don’t want to be c-betting your entire range on that board if you think your opponent is going to raise light there. Now there are some good aggressive players who interpret that board as really scary, so they’re actually not raising your c-bet without hands that are either very strong or have a lot of equity. From that point of view, you might want to c-bet a lot on that flop. So again, it just depends on how your opponents play. If your opponent is trying to represent a number of hands because he knows he can represent tons of hands and he knows you can’t continue without a strong hand, then you might want to tighten up your c-betting range. But, I think folding in that spot is perfectly reasonable and probably the best play. If I had jacks, I’d be much more likely to call than if I had two queens. And that may be obvious, but just to be clear, you would have a gutter to a ten that would give you a straight that would beat other straights. Your opponent could have a six, so it’s not like he couldn’t have anything. It also makes it less likely that your opponent could have jack-ten. It’s just a much better hand in that spot because you can improve your hand and it takes away some of the cards from your opponent. Two queens on that board, is just not that strong. Folding is probably the best play. Podcast Powered By Podbean Tune in every Thursday for new episodes of Strategy with Kristy and feel free to send in questions, ideas or suggestions for the podcast to kristy@pokernews.com. Also remember, follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. Follow Kristy Arnett on Twitter @KristyArnett Comments Very good job by everyone!

Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Lex Veldhuis Discusses Pot-Limit Omaha

admin — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 04:36:30 +0000

Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Lex Veldhuis Discusses Pot-Limit Omaha
September 15 2011, Kristy Arnett Related Articles Playing Aces in Pot-Limit Omaha: Part 2 Playing Aces in Pot-Limit Omaha Strategy with Kristy Podcast Part 2 with Tommy Angelo Related Players Share It Tags PokerNews Podcast, PokerNews Strategy, Lex Veldhuis, Omaha Print Lex Veldhuis has always been acclaimed for his no-limit hold’em cash-game skills, but he has recently transitioned to pot-limit Omaha. He’s been putting in thousands upon thousands of hands in an attempt to become highly skilled in a game that is new to him. For this edition of Strategy with Kristy, Veldhuis sits down with Donnie Peters and Kristy Arnett to discuss three cash-game pot-limit Omaha hands he played online. To view the hand history for these hands, check Arnett’s latest PokerNews Blog post. Here is a snippet from the interview in which Veldhuis shares a hand he feels he misplayed [game details and action of the hand is written separately]: Game: $2/$4 pot-limit Omaha Preflop Action: Veldhuis raised to $12 under-the-gun with . Next to act, Villain reraised to $42. Action folded around. Veldhuis four-bet to $132, and Villain called. Before we talk about this hand, I’ve been noticing that I don’t have a four-bet fold range. Anything I four-bet, I’m like, “OK let’s go.” For instance, I’ll have good double-suited kings, aces, or an insane rundown against a guy who three-bets a lot and anytime I four-bet, I pretty much go for the hand. I’ve been trying to put more stuff in my range where I four-bet fold because I’m always really impressed when someone does that. I’m trying to incorporate that into my play, so I figured I’d choose hands with holes in them so that I wouldn’t want to just run it out with them, but that can flop really well. Flop Action: The flop came . Veldhuis bet $100, and Villain called. The flop is pretty perfect for my four-betting range because I “never” four-bet bluff. So I don’t have to bet big on this flop, and also by the way, I have two backdoor flush draws and running gutshots. The most important thing about this is the ace of course. I know that he doesn’t have aces because he’s going to pot preflop. People don’t really three-bet all that much with queens, so I don’t think he has a set. I can bet really small I think, to represent aces because I “want” action. I’m pretty much all-in anyway. I bet $100. I would have actually liked to bet a little smaller, but I think $100 is fine. When he called the flop, I made the mistake of thinking that he’d do that with draws. I thought he might have some gunshot type of hand or something like queen-jack-ten but queen-jack-ten is like the only hand I could see him calling the flop and folding the turn. It’s so wrong to put someone on one specific hand. I think most of the time, he’s just going to have an ace, and on a good turn for him, he’s just going to call. People just don’t call this flop and fold. I went all-in on the turn, which is just horrible. Turn Action: The turn was the . Veldhuis moved all-in for $254, and Villain called with . He called with top two pair, but I don’t think that he would have folded any ace to me in this case. I think the only chance I had was to get him to fold with a small bet on the flop since I was representing a strong range with my four-bet preflop. I should have stopped on the turn because if he did have king-jack-ten, he’s not going to fold anyway. It’s just one of those hands where I had to hope he had a low rundown hand that he’d fold on the flop. This is just one of those hands where I wasn’t thinking about ranges well enough. This isn’t a spot where people peel with like queen-ten-nine-seven to see the turn because they know I’m going to be firing. Want to know what else Veldhuis told Arnett and Peters? You’re going to have to listen to the podcast: Tune in every Thursday for new episodes of Strategy with Kristy and feel free to send in questions, ideas or suggestions for the podcast to kristy@pokernews.com. Also remember, follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. Follow Kristy Arnett on Twitter @KristyArnett Comments