tmunson 0 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 DN - would you agree with everything in this article?Las Vegas SunJeff Haney can be reached at 259-4041 or at haney@lasvegassun.com. April 12, 2006Jeff Haney warns poker fans to watch for some fireworks in second season of 'High Stakes Poker' show following a zany opening at the PalmsProducers of "High Stakes Poker" on cable network GSN say the show's first season was an unqualified ratings success, as viewers were eager to watch some of poker's most recognizable stars fearlessly toss around piles of cash and stacks of exotically colored chips in a no-limit Texas hold 'em game.If a boisterous taping this week at the Palms is any indication, the second season promises to deliver even more spirited play.Considering each player had to bring a minimum buy in of $100,000 to the event - which plays as a cash, or "ring," game rather than a tournament - it's no surprise that some egos were on display at the table.For a while Monday night, the conversation revolved around - shocker! - ranking the top five poker players in the world, with Las Vegas pro Mike Matusow maintaining he belongs in that select group.Fellow Las Vegan Daniel Negreanu begged to differ, saying Matusow wasn't even one of the top five players at the table."I'd say Mike is the worst player here," Negreanu said, undoubtedly aware that his comment would set off Matusow's fuse."I want to play Daniel heads-up for the rest of the night," Matusow fired back, prompting Negreanu to label such an arrangement his "dream" matchup.Negreanu, Matusow and more than a dozen other top pros mixed it up in the eight-handed, invitation-only no-limit game that lasted 14 hours Monday, with a similar schedule set for Tuesday, on a specially constructed set in a Palms ballroom.It was designed to resemble a private hotel suite - complete with a small but amply stocked bar. As in any cash game, the players were permitted to take breaks or cash out at any time, to be replaced by others waiting to join.Both cash - in the form of thick stacks of banded hundred-dollar bills - and actual high-limit casino chips were permitted at the table. The "blinds" were $300 and $600 with a $100 ante.The footage from this week's marathon games will be edited and divided into 16 episodes to air at 9 p.m. Mondays on GSN, the Network for Games (Cox cable channel 344), starting June 5. Analyst Gabe Kaplan and host A.J. Benza return to handle announcing duties.The final episode of the first season of "High Stakes Poker," which was filmed last fall at the Golden Nugget, aired Monday night and will be replayed at 9 p.m. Friday.Among others competing this week were Daniel Alaei, Doyle Brunson, Antonio Esfandiari, Sam Farha, Barry Greenstein, Jennifer Harman and Phil Laak."I want to play no-limit hold 'em with every one of you for the rest of my life because you don't know (garbage)!" Matusow boomed at one point in response to even more needling from his opponents.That outburst inspired Negreanu to request that some Ritalin be brought to the table."Everyone knows each other, so of course they're going to give each other a hard time," said Alaei, a regular on the tournament circuit for the past three years who also played in Season 1. "It's nothing too personal."Players are paid a stipend of $1,200 from the network for each hour they appear - a token amount when millions of dollars are on the table at any given time and six-figure sums are routinely won and lost.The event's primary attraction is to match wits with the best players in the world, in the biggest game in town, according to Laak."I absolutely love no-limit hold 'em cash games, and you never see them at a level this high," said Laak, known as "the Unabomber" for the hooded sweatshirt he wears while playing poker. "This is just phenomenal."The biggest no-limit game a normal, working pro will see on a semiregular basis has blinds of $100 and $200," Laak said - and even games at those limits run infrequently, often in conjunction with a major tournament such as the annual World Poker Tour Championship at the Bellagio."So this is just insane," said Laak, who raked in several large pots. "I love it." Link to post Share on other sites
Naked_Cowboy 0 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Daniel was saying last night that he lost the biggest NL cash pot in history at the taping to Gus Hansen. He had top set and gus rivered quads Link to post Share on other sites
LadyGrey 8 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Daniel was saying last night that he lost the biggest NL cash pot in history at the taping to Gus Hansen. He had top set and gus rivered quadsMan, I can't wait to see that. They are my two favourite players to watch. Link to post Share on other sites
deviper 0 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Daniel was saying last night that he lost the biggest NL cash pot in history at the taping to Gus Hansen. He had top set and gus rivered quadsWhere and when did he say this. link? Link to post Share on other sites
Naked_Cowboy 0 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Where and when did he say this. link?Before the Neg-O. Said the pot was in the neighborhood of 700k if i remember right Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,238 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Matasow comes off as a moron. He says horrible things to people, acts like he is friends with everyone "away from the table" is a poor loser and even worse winner.Begs for luck when he gets in bad, and cries about luck and how nothing ever goes his way when he loses a race.He's a ten year old with a coke and gambling problem. For a friend, yeah sure. Link to post Share on other sites
deviper 0 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 He bought in for 200k right, did he say if he had to reload or not. He must of been up a pritty good amount to able to play a 700k pot, god i wish he would right a blog. After he busts out of tourny it usualy take a couple of days before he rights a blog, I hope he did'nt lose alot of money and thats the reason he has not written a blog yet.Edit: at the Neg-O, did any one ask if he would be writting a blog any time soon. Link to post Share on other sites
mtdesmoines 2 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 He bought in for 200k right, did he say if he had to reload or not. He must of been up a pritty good amount to able to play a 700k pot, god i wish he would right a blog. After he busts out of tourny it usualy take a couple of days before he rights a blog, I hope he did'nt lose alot of money and thats the reason he has not written a blog yet.Edit: at the Neg-O, did any one ask if he would be writting a blog any time soon.True. I hate wronged blogs. He needs to right one. Link to post Share on other sites
Timinator99 0 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 He bought in for 200k right, did he say if he had to reload or not. He must of been up a pritty good amount to able to play a 700k pot, god i wish he would right a blog. After he busts out of tourny it usualy take a couple of days before he rights a blog, I hope he did'nt lose alot of money and thats the reason he has not written a blog yet.Edit: at the Neg-O, did any one ask if he would be writting a blog any time soon.He said he would be writing a blog entry last night (I guess he didn't get around to it yet) about playing all his hands completely blind at the Bellagio (I think it was). I think this was after the High Stakes taping and against pros at something like $200/400. Anyway, he will likely blog both when he gets around to it (hopefully). He was pretty stoked about having a "playing blind" strategy that worked!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Deltha 0 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 right one? nice hand.... Link to post Share on other sites
Oziumrules 0 Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Daniels bad beats are unbelievable! How unlucky can you get! I watched him play online and I have never seen such suckouts in my life. I hope the cards change soon, he is actually playing well (High Stakes & online) from what I have seen. Keep your chin up D! Link to post Share on other sites
ucladave 0 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 How are you guys finding the details of the unaired second season? Link to post Share on other sites
LadyGrey 8 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 How are you guys finding the details of the unaired second season?Daniel wrote about it in his blog entry. Link to post Share on other sites
devhdcdevhdc 0 Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Daniel was saying last night that he lost the biggest NL cash pot in history at the taping to Gus Hansen. He had top set and gus rivered quadsDont think there was that much money on the table, was there? The biggest pot lost in 1 hand was Andy Beal vs Jen Harman, 1,7M$....Edit: I reserve the right to be wrong..."The biggest no-limit game a normal, working pro will see on a semiregular basis has blinds of $100 and $200," Laak said - and even games at those limits run infrequently, often in conjunction with a major tournament such as the annual World Poker Tour Championship at the Bellagio."So this is just insane," said Laak, who raked in several large pots. "I love it."That statement seems quite odd to me, here in Sweden games with those blinds and 2-3x that is running regularily on the state-owned casinos, and I'd imagine that the big casinos (Bellaggio, Nugget etc etc) will have quite a few pokerplayers that's more then "well off" that can sneeze that kinda money out their nose at any given heartbeat.Again though, as usual i reserve the right to be wrong, but, what's the averga high NL game running at the bigger casinos? Link to post Share on other sites
Naked_Cowboy 0 Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Notice I said NO LIMIT hand. Beal vs. Corp was LIMIT. Link to post Share on other sites
blueodum 0 Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Maybe the blinds are not all that high, but the MINIMUM buy-in was 100 000, which is 250 big blinds. I'm sure there are NL games of comparable size going on in Vegas and other places on a regular basis, but if the table average is $200 000 that means there's more than 1.7 million sitting at the table.Consider that the big limit game at the Bellagio has a cap of 100 000 per player per hand, this game isn't all that far off in terms of money swings.I would have liked to see them increase the min buy in to 150 000 for season 2. Link to post Share on other sites
sleuthis 0 Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Dont think there was that much money on the table, was there? The biggest pot lost in 1 hand was Andy Beal vs Jen Harman, 1,7M$....Edit: I reserve the right to be wrong...It is my understanding that is was the biggest pot ever ON TELEVISION Link to post Share on other sites
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