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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 […]

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OYwPGMaqMc

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 makes […]

David Layani decides to play his Aces slowly against Phil Ivey. I repeat — this guy decides to PLAY HIS ACES SLOWLY against Phil Ivey. Dude, you’re up against, PHIL IVEY, why pick the riskiest approach to playing your hand?
I mean — if he just played the hand it was supposed to be played against […]