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Phil Hellmuth obviously complains about Sammy Farha playing the hand like a genius but hey… that’s just Phil!

Last year marked the first time in the past four years that the number of players in the WSOP no-limit hold‘em main event had decreased, with attendance dropping more than 2300 players, a decline of over 25%. Yet, it was still had “the richest payout in all of sports,” with a total prize pool of [...]

World Series of Poker 2005. Sam Farha and Oliver Hudson both flop a full house. Sammy has the nuts. Oliver Hudson thinks he has the nuts. He goes out in his first hand, Sammy doubles up. Aah the terror of No Limit Hold’em.

Daniel Negreanu gets a lot of respect in the poker world and that’s pretty much thanks to making laydowns like this one. Sammy Farha possibly got a little greedy on the river but hey — if you feel Daniel Negreanu has a straight you’re thinking he’ll pay you off right? I like the respect Sammy [...]

Can’t blame Phil Ivey for calling that all-in with his set. With a flushdraw + two overs Sammy Farha might have done the same — so I guess it’s the right call (i’m SURE the call was good, even with sammy’s set, the pot odds say definate call). Anyway, Farha flips over the straight, Ivey [...]

I love this guy — he talks about High Stakes Poker, but also about ‘playing the players’ and what playing solid means to a poker pro like Sammy Farha. Sammy is a high-action player, but he’s also a great sport. Excellent interview, he shows he knows what he’s doing here! You the man, Sammy!