annie duke was right in her comments

[bdluss 0]

Basically this is referring to her comments made on the WPT Aruba last night. I noticed a few other posts saying how you should get your hand caught in the cookie jar comment was dumb. I am by no means defending Annie as a whole, but the simple fact is on this particular issue she is beyond right.Her basic point is that you have to be willing to keep on pushing to pick up blinds and antes as a tournament gets into its mid and later stages. If you are not getting caught ever, then quite simply you are not even coming close to raising enough. Look at the best tournament players, Gus Daniel Ivey Layne just to name a few, all these players are consistently picking up pots preflop. Yes you are gonna get caught and most times all it means is you muck, or you call and try to outflop someone to bust their stack. But the simple math of the play is this, if you raise 3x the big blind with antes involved, you only have to win the blinds and antes 1/2 the time to break even. Now, this is gonna work much much more than it will fail.Quite simply, if you never have been caught you are not playing aggressive enough.

[custom36 5]

Yeah, but I'm sure this will turn into a thread about a) her implants or B) her looks.

[slappy110 0]

i agree about being aggressive. Also this is why im done with this forum...i wonder when people who above grade 6 maturity will realize this and finally leave this site.

[oldadmin 0]

i agree about being aggressive.  Also this is why im done with this forum...i wonder when people who above grade 6 maturity will realize this and finally leave this site.

I'm not sure about anyone else here but is this guy saying he is or is not above the maturity of someone in the 6th grade?None the less; you're now free to hob nob with the 7th+ graders. Take care.

[digitalmonkey 929]

I agree with her comments, but have you seen her breasts lately? They look fantastic!

[iveyfan30 0]

im not sure what the big deal is...ok umm be agressive in nl holdem ...ok....ummm all good players do that, so i guess i agree with annie duke lol...by the way they are real and they are spectacular...ok maybe they are not real or spectacular, but i wanted to quote a seinfeld episode lol....

[GamblinLeaf 0]

...by the way they are real and they are spectacular...ok maybe they are not real or spectacular, but i wanted to quote a seinfeld episode lol....

"Mulva? Gipple?? Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ... Delores!!!!"

[digitalmonkey 929]

FYIHey Iveyfan, I chatted with Annie on an UltimateBet seminar last night and asked her who was the more intense player at the poker table; her brother or Phil Ivey. Her response was "Wow, that would be a close one."

[iveyfan30 0]

FYIHey Iveyfan, I chatted with Annie on an UltimateBet seminar last night and asked her who was the more intense player at the poker table;  her brother or Phil Ivey.  Her response was "Wow, that would be a close one."

hahaha.....too funny....i agree since "bub is the greatest poker player ever". is she serious .....dont get me wrong howards a great player...but if you polled every pro on the tour im sure they all would rather play howard heads up that ivey....is it me or does anybody else think howard and annie are a litte too close a.k.a flowers in the attic?? im just sayin lol..

[LooseCannon 0]

hahaha.....too funny....i agree since "bub is the greatest poker player ever". is she serious .....dont get me wrong howards a great player...but if you polled every pro on the tour im sure they all would rather play howard heads up that ivey....is it me or does anybody else think howard and annie are a litte too close a.k.a flowers in the attic?? im just sayin lol..

It might depend on the game. Not even Barry Greenstein wants to play Phil Ivey heads up at stud and Greenstein's ego probably exceeds Phil Hellmuth's. On the other hand, Howard Lederer is reputed to be one of the best at short-handed limit hold em and pros might prefer Ivey at that game, if forced to choose.