Negreanu poker journal about the 4k/8k game - Page 3

34TheTruth34 · #21 03-02-2005, 07:14 PM

amazing. who is Eli Elezra?

Kevmath · #22 03-02-2005, 08:01 PM

Watch tonight's WPT event, he shows up there.

Kevin...

scarr · #23 03-03-2005, 05:08 PM

I read this and I am having a hard time believing it is true. I don't know any reason why Daniel would be stretching the truth here, but these things did go through my mind when I read it:

1) Why play high stakes poker at a table with known experts?
2) How much is Negreanu worth where a $1 million swing is taken so non-chalantly.
3) Why play at a casino? To put on a show perhaps?

I respect Negreanu and his poker playing abilities, however I am having a hard time believing this to be true.

West · #24 03-03-2005, 06:06 PM

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They don't all have to be gamblers to be playing at the big game. Even if a particular player just makes .5BB per hour, he is making much more than he could anywhere else.

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Right, and that might explain why someone like Negreanu would want to sit in game with Ivey, Brunson, Hansen, Reese, etc., if some of the other players are expected losers....but I'm not sure that explains playing hour upon hour short handed at these stakes with Ivey and Hansen...(though wanting to get unstuck does)....

tolbiny · #25 03-03-2005, 06:09 PM

"Two, it would be tough to take the tournament seriously since just last night I was flipping coins at $100,000 a pop while first place in the PPT is $225,000"

Jesus.

You said it man- notbody [censored] with the jesus.

Moyer · #26 03-11-2005, 03:47 AM

From what Barry G has said on his website and on 2+2, not all of the WPT celebs are great ring game players. Gus Hanson, for instance, was apparently a big donator in their game. I'm sure big swings are fairly common for all of the players there.

Of course they play at a casino. Where else are they going to find that kind of security to be playing w/ 100K stacks?

Don Olney · #27 03-11-2005, 02:24 PM

Daniel was talking about the 1500/3000 game not the BIG GAME

LargeCents · #28 03-11-2005, 04:01 PM

Playing 4k/8k, being down 1.2 million is basically 150 BB. It's a nasty session, but I think anyone who's played for any length of time can tell a similar story, despite the level of competition being much different. Luck runs in cruel cycles. Just wait.

andyfox · #29 03-11-2005, 06:36 PM

I think the blinds are 4,000, 8,000 and they play pot-limit. At least I believe that's what I saw Hanson and Ivy playing 3-handed at Commerce.

andyfox · #30 03-11-2005, 06:38 PM

One of the funny things about it was that they listed the game on the board. I can imagine somebody coming in and saying, "Hmm, I was undecided whether to play 20-40 or 40-80, oh, wait, there are a bunch of seats open in the 4,000-8,000 pot limit game, maybe I'll sit there for a while. Good thing they put it up on the board or I might have missed it, what with the velvet rope and all."