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05-02-2005, 12:16 PM
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Playing with Amir Vahidi
$300 rebuy nlh tourney at Bike on Sat.
Amir, no exageration, made 7 rebuys before busting during the rebuy period and quitting. Yeah, this is chicken fee for him, but the way he played was a real spectacle. Never entered a pot without raising the blinds at least three times regardless of position. He was on my immeadiate left, great spot for me, but fortunately I had a large stack. Played two hands against him. Raised UTG three times blind with AA. I had him slightly covered. Moved all in with AK and I doubled up. Twenty minuted later I raised from cutoff with A8 and he called. Flop came A K 4. I made a pot sized bet and he called. 3 came on turn. I checked. I sensed weakness on his part. He bet his last T700. I still had a big stack. I called. He turned over 63o and of course he spiked a 3. Saw him make three times the blind raise and big blind moved all in for T2000 (50 and 100 blinds) and Amir with roughly same sized stack calls with 68s and of course he flops triplicate sixes. His record speaks for itself, but perhaps I need to change my approach after watching him. His pshyco style has done him well. Is he running lucky and can he maintain himself? We shall see. Bruce 
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#3
05-02-2005, 12:27 PM
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Re: Playing with Amir Vahidi
If he plays this way all the time, I don't think you can draw the conclusion that it serves him well.
If he drops $2100 in most tourney's he enters, he will have to win a lot more often than most. I assume most players make one or two rebuys at most in these. Also, is he running lucky? I haven't seen his name that often the last couple years.
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#4
05-02-2005, 12:30 PM
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Re: Playing with Amir Vahidi
I take it back. I don't think you can call it lucky though. He is just good.
12-Feb-05 $ 1,455 Limit Hold'em 2005 L.A. Poker Classic, Los Angeles 1st $ 446,292 04-Feb-05 $ 970 No Limit Hold'em 2005 L.A. Poker Classic, Los Angeles 3rd $ 37,505 31-Jan-05 $ 485 Limit Hold'em Shootout 2005 L.A. Poker Classic, Los Angeles 1st $ 49,832 21-Jan-05 $ 2,000 Limit Hold'em The Sixth Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open, Tunica 9th $ 6,392 03-Dec-04 $ 1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo Five-Diamond World Poker Classic, Las Vegas 10th $ 3,003 24-Sep-04 $ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em 2004 Plaza Ultimate Poker Challenge, Las Vegas 6th $ 1,400 11-Aug-04 $ 500 Omaha Hi/Lo 2004 Legends of Poker, Los Angeles 11th $ 1,100 07-Aug-04 $ 300 Limit Hold'em 2004 Legends of Poker, Los Angeles 20th $ 1,005 03-Aug-04 $ 500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout 2004 Legends of Poker, Los Angeles 6th $ 4,400 02-Aug-04 $ 300 No Limit Hold'em 2004 Legends of Poker, Los Angeles 6th $ 5,010 18-Jun-04 $ 9,900 No Limit Hold'em Championship California State Poker Championship, Los Angeles 9th $ 17,820 14-Jun-04 $ 500 No Limit Hold'em Final Day California State Poker Championship, Los Angeles 12th $ 2,720 12-Jun-04 $ 500 No Limit Hold'em Final Day California State Poker Championship, Los Angeles 22nd $ 760 18-May-04 $ 3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 35th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2004, Las Vegas 13th $ 16,180 09-Apr-04 $ 2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em 2004 Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic/WPT Championship, Las Vegas 4th $ 20,370 01-Apr-04 $ 300 Pot Limit Hold'em 2004 Sport of Kings, Los Angeles 9th $ 630 21-Feb-04 $ 9,900 No Limit Hold'em Championship - WPT 2004 L.A. Poker Classic, Los Angeles 12th $ 45,380 24-Jan-04 $ 2,000 Limit Hold'em The Fifth Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open - 2004, Tunica 4th $ 19,053 06-Jan-04 $ 200 Limit Hold'em 2004 Poker Derby, Los Angeles 6th $ 1,920 03-Jan-04 $ 100 Limit Hold'em 2004 Poker Derby, Los Angeles 1st $ 18,585
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#5
05-02-2005, 12:40 PM
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Re: Playing with Amir Vahidi
His record speaks for itself, no question.
He certainly does have a reputation for being a lucky player. He plays a lot of hands and is extremely aggressive when he is on his game and he is almost impossible to put on a hand. The regulars on the circuit often speak of his play in disparaging terms, for whatever that's worth. Bruce
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#6
05-02-2005, 01:07 PM
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Re: Playing with Amir Vahidi
I'm sure he was just having fun and using this maniac strategy to keep his interest. I've played with him in a normal NL tournament (he was on my right) and he played much more solid. He did bust out fairly early, but not because of some over-aggressive move. I'm sure he gets very aggressive in later stages of tournaments though.
I was at the Palms playing in their $200-500 NL hold'em game last summer and Joe Awada sat at the table. He too was playing hyper-aggressive raising pots blind, pushing all the time, etc. He lost a few thousand dollars, but was having a good time. I'm sure he was just passing the time trying to have fun and play different than normal. Danial N. talks about doing this quite a bit too.
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#7
05-02-2005, 01:15 PM
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Re: Playing with Amir Vahidi
yes i've heard several stories of pros sitting at low level no limit games and simply running over them.
my friend was at foxwoods during the NE poker classic or whatever it was and Ron Rose sat down at the no limit game when he raised he would raise "This much" and just throw a bunch of chips into the pot. he won several hundred dollars in an hour. you have to keep in mind that these guys are bringing no where near their A game to the table when it's "small stakes " garbage.
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#8
05-02-2005, 01:18 PM
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Re: Playing with Amir Vahidi
[ QUOTE ]
His record speaks for itself, but perhaps I need to change my approach after watching him. His pshyco style has done him well. Is he running lucky and can he maintain himself? We shall see. [/ QUOTE ] So he busted 7x before the rebuy period and you're wondering if you should change your approach? Is this a joke?
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