High Stakes Full Tilt Stud

[mscags]

I logged on earlier to watch Ivery play some guy heads up at Omaha Hi/Lo, they were playing 1K-2K which is friggin sick and only had about 50K each which seems really small stacks but anyway I digress. I noticed they hae 50-100 and 1-2 Stud and Stud 8/B anyone know if these games are ever running? I think it would be cool just to watch once in a while.

[Andy B]

I usually buy in for 25 BB when I play O/8. How about you?

[DeadMoneyOC]

UB has HU 200-400 stud8...I saw one guy sitting there but I have never seen it run.

[mscags]

Yeah I thought it seemed really low. They were at a nine handed table but there was just the two of them, so that might have impacted it, but still. I also noticed that they have a 200-400 Stud game as well. Just 1-2 for 8/B though. I still can't believe Ivey was playing 1K-2K, that is insane for online. Has to be a record for highest game ever spread online I would imagine.

[Andy B]

I think you misunderstood my meaning. $50k is 25 BB at $1k/2k, which is a pretty standard buy-in, I think.

$1k/2k may be insane for on-line, but it is certainly not insane for Phil Ivey, who regularly play higher than that. What is insane is that someone was willing to play him heads-up.

[Alex/Mugaaz]

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I think you misunderstood my meaning. $50k is 25 BB at $1k/2k, which is a pretty standard buy-in, I think.

$1k/2k may be insane for on-line, but it is certainly not insane for Phil Ivey, who regularly play higher than that. What is insane is that someone was willing to play him heads-up.

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While my opionion of anyones play is absolutely meaningless; I think a lot of people vastly underestimate how good some of the various online HU specialists are. How much HU do most people play, ever?

[Andy B]

I used to play quite a bit of heads-up live, mostly hold'em. Probably nothing compared to a 2005 on-line specialist, but not an insignificant amount, either. Problem is that with the boom, games tend to be full nowadays.

I suspect that Ivey has played more than his share of heads-up poker, and that he could probably cut up most on-line specialists, not that I know what I'm talking about, either.

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[peritonlogon]

crypt almost always has a 300/600 pound holdem game running.... that's probably the biggest consistent game