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Phil Ivey Video Bluffin On Monte Carlo Amazing

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Vogelb5

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Nasty read, I guess if the other guy didn't raise preflop you can probably eliminate medium pocket pairs, which is what i'd probably put him on when his second reraise comes.When Ivey made the final push, the guy only had 300+K(I think they said) so if he had anything decent I assume he's pot commited, which makes the read even better. Maybe that's part of what Ivey was thinking so long about, does the guy have to call anyways. Well whatever, way out of my league to understand.. good clip, nice post.

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yeah it was a brilliant read. They guy he's playing (Paul Jackson) is probably the most successful online poker players in Europe atm. Dunno if u want a bit of backround about him, but here goes: He's a very solid patient player who would not make this type of play very often at all (he used to play a number of MTT's on Ladbrokes Poker and I've played with him countless times). I think Phil is thinking what other ppl have said in this thread: if he had a jack he's gonna smooth call either the initial bet or his re-raise and let him bet at it again on the turn/river. There's not a lot of danger out there to hand like JT or even a weaker jack (no decent flush or straight draws to worry about for Paul). I guess he's also thinking that Paul will fold a marginal hand like 7x. Paul is not the sort of player to make a play like this very often which makes Phil's read even more amazing. However his chipstack lead of 4:1 is a big advantage....had the tables been turned this hand would almost definitely never of occurred.

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This is Paul Jackson's tournament report. Towards the end, he reveals he had a discussion about the hand with Phil afterwards and gives Ivey's thoughts on it which is very interesting. Taken from http://www.uncoverpoker.com.Monte Carlo Millions What a shock I had, when driving with Iwan Jones to the £300 event at Blackpool, to receive a phone call from www.bad-beat.net offering us both the opportunity to travel, all expenses paid (including $25000 entry) to the Monte Carlo Millions Tournament as part of a bad-beat team of 10 (yes TEN) players that they were entering, the others being the initial ?bad-beat poker traders? (If you do not know what a poker trader is just wait a while and you soon will). Monte Carlo is the most beautiful classiest place you could imagine and the prices match the environment. It is the home of the hyper wealthy and not surprisingly they do not often see hordes of jean clad poker players invading their space. One of my travelling companions, Richard Herbert, apparently ran out of underpants, I am not sure whether he failed to pack a sufficient supply or whether the site of such a world class field of poker players assembled before him caused an unfortunate chain reaction but he went shopping and the first place he entered offered him a nice 2 pack of pants for the bargain price of 90 Euros, not quite the Salford Marks and Spencer price he was accustomed to. After visiting a further 4 shops and finding nothing under 140 Euros Richard was forced to go back to the fist shop and proudly hand over the 90 Euros in as nonchalant a fashion as possible. Obviously he slept in one pair with the other under his pillow so as to prevent theft of his newly acquired gems. The field of poker players was possibly the greatest ever assembled for a tournament of this size and included Iwan Jones (London Poker Open Winner) Conor Tate (12th in WSOP 2005), Richard Herbert (Portuguese open champion), Marc Goodwin (runner up Barcelona HUPC) plus some Scandinavians and a few Americans. I had been on a bad run in live tournaments and TV events and the best I had done recently was to put up a fine display of laying down. I hoped that all my luck would come in one big spell on this trip but, it did not look promising when first hand my AA was beaten by Phil Laak holding J6 (suited of course). After that I plodded through much of the first day waiting for something to happen , which was an option given the deep starting stack (50000) and slow blind structure. Fortunately I ran into Carlos Mortenson who had fallen asleep and was allowing his ego to play his hands. With blinds at 600 he raised from the small blind to 2000 and called my 9000 re raise ( I had 1010 in the big blind) with a miserable looking A5 off suit. Naturally he could not allow a nobody to re raise him and clearly felt assured that he would outplay me on the flop even though out of position and the fact that I had not stepped out of line during the entire day had no bearing on proceedings . So the flop comes A103 and he checks so I bet a weak looking 6000 and he flat raises me which after thinking for a while I flat call . ( I had about 47000 at the start of the hand) The turn came an Ace and he moved all in , I called and doubled up as a blank hit the river . I then had some decent cards and stole a few pots to finish the day in a very good position. The second day was hard work but I managed to get down to the last 12 in tenth place but, still in decent shape as the slow blind structure allowed plenty of play. John Juanda showed immense class when holding 910 diamonds and the flop came KK10 as he was about to bet it was noticed that the dealer had not burned a card ( his opponent had A6 diamonds and would probably have folded to a bet on this flop). The flop was destroyed cards shuffled and the flop re dealt resulting in both players picking up a flush draw that hit knocking Juanda out . He said ?nice hand? and as the dealer tried to find a hole to fall into Juanda told him ? its no problem if it wasn?t meant to be it wasn?t meant to be? and gracefully left the table. Unlike Tony G who almost made the masseur redundant with the ferocity of his rub downs Juanda showed amazing class and as if that was not enough went on to win the consolation tournament and deservedly earn himself a spot, albeit short stacked (10 Big blinds) in the main event final. On the third day all my luck came the rescue when required and I hit a 2 outer against Kenna James me holding J10 on a JK10 flop rivering a Jack at which point I bet 40K ,out of a 90K stack, into a 700K pot only for him to fold. Kenna James was a very solid player but I felt I could take him off a hand and in a significant hand with 2 flat callers he bet out 15K from the small blind on a flop 445 I re raised to 40K the other players folded and he called, the turn was an ace and he checked I bet 45K and after thinking for an uncomfortably long time ( for me at least as I had J9 off suit) he folded saying ? I can not believe I am folding this hand? . The final was held in what could best be described as a poker cathedral in the Monte Carlo Casino . It was always going to be an uphill struggle with the world-class poker player and gentleman Phil Ivey holding a monster chip advantage . Maybe this formidable task resulted in mental explosions from some players as the first four players out virtually committed suicide. Kenna James check raised all in with 33 on a flop of 277 ( Marc ?mr cool? Goodwin naturally calling with his KK). John Juanda was next out when re raising all in with A6 to my button raise with AK ( to be fair it was a button raise and he was very short stacked getting no playable hands in the final) Most unfortunate of all was Richard Herbert who suffered a horrible bad beat when calling all in on the flop with 66 flop 1096 v Bengt Sonnert holding 107 . With turn 10 and river 9 he lost a big pot. He then changed gear and won several pots to get himself settled back in the game. For the previous 3 days he had been playing with the hyper aggressive Phil Ivey ( controlled and relentless aggression not all in muppet lottery ) and had effectively announced to the table that all his small blinds were the exclusive property of Mr Ivey , virtually refusing to play a hand against the only player with a chip stack capable of taking him out of the tournament . During the final Richard ( perhaps still a little in tilt mode after the bad beat) made his first move in response to an Ivey pre flop raise and he re raised all in with A5 spades only to be called instantly by Phil Ivey holding AA. Richard knew exactly what spot he was in and when called he exclaimed ?oh poo? or words to that effect. Bengt Sonnert was next to fall into the Phil Ivey web and moved all in with K9 called and beat by Phil Ivey holding A10. Marc ? mr cool? Goodwin went out next after hitting top pair in the big blind versus the same pair with marginally better kicker of , yes you guessed it , Phil Ivey. That left me heads up with about 800000 chips against a superior player with about 5 million. I put up a little resistance at first and increased my stack a little to the rapturous applause of the on looking 10 man bad beat team ( yes no ladies were in the team but if Vicky Coren applies she can have my vote) and others that like to see an underdog have a go . The most meaningful hand of the heads up battle and one that a 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 re raised 90K . He dwelled 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 dwelled for what seemed like 6 weeks at least, as he starred 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. The final hand saw me move in with JQ hearts called by QK . The flop brought some hope with 9 and 10 but I failed to improve and finished 2nd. Phil Ivey is a deserving champion and a great and gracious gentleman and as if to prove his class he also won the Invitational the next day to add $600K to the $1 million from the main event . In terms of the www.bad-beat.net venture all I can say is that 10 of us turned up and no doubt we were regarded with a ? who the hell do these internet muppets think they are turning up here? attitude. When we were finished with all 10 players showing their poker ability and maintaining nothing less than a 10% presence throughout the tournament , they were knocking on the www.bad-beat.net door looking for a warm blanket to keep the cold away.

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Bubba83

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All he states in his trip report about what Ivey was thinking was blatently obvious already. I was expecting a detailed thought process as each raise played out, guess I'll have to just continue to guess.

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What can I say , that is why he is who he is.... Phil Ivey is a deserving champion and a great and gracious gentleman....
That is how to lose with class. I guess it helps when you don't lose to a bubbling donkey.
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wow :club: hell of a playon Ivey's part
hell of an obvious play. putting him all in when the pot is way bigger than what jackson had left is a no-brainer. at that point they are both committed to the pot no matter what.the best hands i've ever seen would be almost all laydowns.
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