Daniel Updates Day 2

[Young Turk 0]

Unfortunate way to bust out; he sounds like one of the hordes of aggressive Scandinavians we have on the European circuit.As has been asked, will you be playing at the EPT London? It's at my casino (The Victoria Grosvenor) and I'd be delighted to see you in it. I'm gonna be trying to satellite my way into it...hopefully I'll see you there!

[Sc00by 0]

yea the vic is just a couple of hours away from mementioned it to my pal last night...were both gonna play sattelites all month now and maybe come down there for the final even if we dont qualify

[florent38 0]

Btw, if i come down there at the end of September (to see the EPT and hopefully DN), does someone know a cheap hotel near the casino (by near I mean not on the other side of the city) ??Or if someone agrees to do this, I'm ok to rent a room or even only a mattress for 4 or 5 days. If you have info for an hotel or are willing to rent me a room, PM me. Thanks.

[Mercury69 3]

I'm not saying it was a great play, but perhaps the BB didn't want to play a pot with DN, figured he was stealing, and that a shove would get him to fold.

Could be, but this play is on the bottom side of semi- good.

The donk you are referring to is LuckyULSA, I dont think you are in any position to call him a donk. GG Negreanu

w/e, nutsacker. And, yes, I can call this play a donkey play. It doesn't mean the player is a complete donk, but it was a stupid play that worked out for him. Don't deny.

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww LuckyULSA is v. v. good and he played a hand this way? Wowwww. He is a very good player, doesn't really change that he played this hand horrendously but man, that's nuts.

I continue to agree it was a horrible play.

[DrawingDeadInDM 0]

That's okay, I'm sure he'd be more than happy to go back to the Tilt cash games where he is up a couple mil on the year.

What a silly post.

[DelftDragons 0]

This is by no means a donkey play from the other guy. It makes perfect sense, just put yourself in this guys position.Here you are on day two, having a nice stack, then you get moved to a table with one of the best players in the world. I'd be gutted. I play semi-decent but DN would run circels around me, surley outplay me and seriously hurt my stack. So at the second hand I am looking at a/k heads up after a normal raise from DN. Here is what I know:-He can and will make that raise with any two cards.- I have the bigger stack and for him to call my all-in he must be willing to risk his tournement life.- He will only do that with a/a,k/k,q/q/ or mayby j/j, any other hand I can't see him calling with.- There is about 90-95% change he has another hand and must fold.- If not, I am a dog against a/a,k/k, but only a very slight dog against q/q,j/jGiven these odd's I go all-in, expect him to fold and pick up his small raise, the ante etc. If not it would be either a coin flip or I need to get lucky. But more importantly I gave him a message. Don't **** with me, cause I am willing to gamble against you and put your toernie life at risk. This would force him to tighten up against me and I would have a mutch better chance the remain time we would be on the same table.But he, don't take my word for it. Read chapter 12 of DN's book.

[Mercury69 3]

This is by no means a donkey play from the other guy. It makes perfect sense, just put yourself in this guys position.Here you are on day two, having a nice stack, then you get moved to a table with one of the best players in the world. I'd be gutted. I play semi-decent but DN would run circels around me, surley outplay me and seriously hurt my stack. So at the second hand I am looking at a/k heads up after a normal raise from DN. Here is what I know:-He can and will make that raise with any two cards.- I have the bigger stack and for him to call my all-in he must be willing to risk his tournement life.- He will only do that with a/a,k/k,q/q/ or mayby j/j, any other hand I can't see him calling with.- There is about 90-95% change he has another hand and must fold.- If not, I am a dog against a/a,k/k, but only a very slight dog against q/q,j/jGiven these odd's I go all-in, expect him to fold and pick up his small raise, the ante etc. If not it would be either a coin flip or I need to get lucky. But more importantly I gave him a message. Don't **** with me, cause I am willing to gamble against you and put your toernie life at risk. This would force him to tighten up against me and I would have a mutch better chance the remain time we would be on the same table.But he, don't take my word for it. Read chapter 12 of DN's book.

Tis is a far better answer than the other guy gave and allows me to make more sense of the shove. I'm still not crazy about it at this level of tourney, esp given DN was a 57% fav to win preflop, but being first into the pot with AK is essential, imo. Thx.

[irishguy 14]

This is by no means a donkey play from the other guy. It makes perfect sense, just put yourself in this guys position.Here you are on day two, having a nice stack, then you get moved to a table with one of the best players in the world. I'd be gutted. I play semi-decent but DN would run circels around me, surley outplay me and seriously hurt my stack. So at the second hand I am looking at a/k heads up after a normal raise from DN. Here is what I know:-He can and will make that raise with any two cards.- I have the bigger stack and for him to call my all-in he must be willing to risk his tournement life.- He will only do that with a/a,k/k,q/q/ or mayby j/j, any other hand I can't see him calling with.- There is about 90-95% change he has another hand and must fold.- If not, I am a dog against a/a,k/k, but only a very slight dog against q/q,j/jGiven these odd's I go all-in, expect him to fold and pick up his small raise, the ante etc. If not it would be either a coin flip or I need to get lucky. But more importantly I gave him a message. Don't **** with me, cause I am willing to gamble against you and put your toernie life at risk. This would force him to tighten up against me and I would have a mutch better chance the remain time we would be on the same table.But he, don't take my word for it. Read chapter 12 of DN's book.

The problem with this is you can get the same point across for much less. From all accounts he didn't have DN covered by a lot so he is risking the vast majority of his stack to gain little, knowing that if he is called he is surely behind. Which is fine if you are willing to race AK here but DN isn't the type of player who is ever calling here with anything AK is ahead of.

[qyayqi 11]

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thanks for this heads up!

[Governator 54]

Daniel once said the best advice he can give to anyone playing a pro is to not be afraid to shove preflop. That move completely takes away the pros edge of running you over post flop and it gives them only 2 options, fold or call.With that said though, Daniel's call was perfect. Being able to eliminate AA / KK from his opponent leaves Daniel a favorite regardless of what the BB is holding. He made the right call and I think thats what matters most.

[rdtedm 0]

sounds like small ball poker to me.sw

just saw this. loooooooooooooooooool

[Colin 0]

This is hard to watch, but you should... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhxKnys7Ryw

Thanks for making me cry,throw up and feel totally ill for hours. No really, thank you. You should ask Patty to put it up on your MySpace page. Cheers, Colin

[Sc00by 0]

This is by no means a donkey play from the other guy. It makes perfect sense, just put yourself in this guys position.Here you are on day two, having a nice stack, then you get moved to a table with one of the best players in the world. I'd be gutted. I play semi-decent but DN would run circels around me, surley outplay me and seriously hurt my stack. So at the second hand I am looking at a/k heads up after a normal raise from DN. Here is what I know:-He can and will make that raise with any two cards.- I have the bigger stack and for him to call my all-in he must be willing to risk his tournement life.- He will only do that with a/a,k/k,q/q/ or mayby j/j, any other hand I can't see him calling with.- There is about 90-95% change he has another hand and must fold.- If not, I am a dog against a/a,k/k, but only a very slight dog against q/q,j/jGiven these odd's I go all-in, expect him to fold and pick up his small raise, the ante etc. If not it would be either a coin flip or I need to get lucky. But more importantly I gave him a message. Don't **** with me, cause I am willing to gamble against you and put your toernie life at risk. This would force him to tighten up against me and I would have a mutch better chance the remain time we would be on the same table.But he, don't take my word for it. Read chapter 12 of DN's book.

what a sick sick playi call that being scared of being outplayed

The approach of a of these players is to force you into race situations by overplaying thier hands. While they can be land mines in that they'll suck out from time to time, it's hardly a good way to consistently win on the tournament circuit as it's easily exploitable if you are willing to race in certain situations.

it's hardly a good way to consistently win on the tournament circuit as it's easily exploitable if you are willing to race in certain situations.

AMEN

[DelftDragons 0]

AMEN

Amen what?You are assuming this guy play's that way all the time. Mayby he just got creative being confronted to play Daniel. Daniel just says that playing overly aggressive all the time is not good for consistent tournement play. I still feel that playing like that in some situations (especially when you are outclassed) can be the right thing to do. I agree that it isn't the best strategie to play like that all the time.

[FoxwoodsPro 0]

Amen what?

Amen Jesus

[ForRealDD 0]

LuckyUSA must of thought Daniel is also capable of making an overcall with Ace-Queen or Ace-Jack thinking the BB was on a re-steal. We all know how Daniel likes making the right call.What a brutal hand for Daniel.

This has to be said. I see this far too often. Overcall / Overcalling -Calling a bet after another player has already called