Sunday, March 28, 2010
Dwan is a monster
This hand was on the new season of high stakes poker season 6. And it is probably one of the most interesting poker hands that I have ever seen.
This is a cash game, no tournament chips, cash game. The blinds were at $300-$600 with a $100 ante from each player. The game was 6 handed when this hand went down. I think Ivey and Dwan are $700k or so deep.
My thoughts:
-Dwan is a beast. He’s just on a completely different level than most poker players. The entire poker community has admitted that Phil Ivey is the best poker player in the world. To even attempt to triple barrel bluff Ivey is insane. He has balls of steel.
-I think the flop call is standard because Ivey is in position. Position is huge in this hand. Because just think, if the diamond comes on the turn or river, Dwan could bet big and represent the flush. And he would be in for a big raise.
-The turn call is interesting by Ivey. I mean, he understands that any diamond gives him the pot. But, he can’t conclude that an ace would give him the best hand. Even a jack would most likely split the pot. But even so, a Queen of diamonds would pair the board, and if Dwan has what he is representing (pocket queens or kings), dwan would have a full boat. So, only 8 clean diamonds would give him the ‘nuts.’ I’m assuming Ivey probably figured that if he missed, and Dwan checked, that he could bet and take it away.
-On the river, Dwan shows how big his balls are. He fires the third bullet after the pot it already above $400,000 which is just incredible. Most people wouldn’t even think of bluffing Ivey in this spot. But how badass is Ivey, the first thing he responds with is “how much is that, and how much do you have left”. I mean are you kidding, that’s sick. If I were Ivey, I’d let out a big sigh and complain. But no, he makes Dwan sweat it out for a while. I honestly thought he was going to call, but in the end, Dwan scoops the pot. Just sick.
-It’s funny how Negreanu thinks he “knows” what Ivey has. Bull shit, are you kidding me. I hate it when poker players say they “knew” something. Like after they call with the losing hand, they say “I knew you had that.” Bull shit, you didn’t know. And I like how Eli falls asleep during this hand. I would have paid so much money to just sit at the table and watch.
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well im thinking...
ReplyDeletesince ivey flatted twice preflop, and flatted once on the board, he can have anything from suited ace, AJ, 99, KQ. Dwan can have anything from 99-AA, AK, AQ, AJ. His continuation does not prove anything, but his turn bet makes his hand seem so much stronger, so AA-1010, AK, AQ, and AJ all seem viable. All are pretty much leading against Ivey's range, or has a chance to draw out except for the flush draw. But since Ivery flats again on the turn, leads you to think either A) he has a made hand that is nuts or too weak to play a HUGE POT, B) he is on a draw such as diamonds. For me then, suited Ace, KQ, or AJ is all Ivey can have. Dwans river bet makes me think he just labeled Ivey with either KQ or suited Ace, and not the nuts, (possibly because Ivey did not protect against a flush draw OR a boat draw if Dwan hit a set). So his river bet was to steal the pot from those two hands. Ivey, with his acting at the end, probably was on a higher level, saw how visible his suited ace might have acted, and then asked himself if dwan would make a play on his suited ace, if he(dawn), put him on the ace.
To me, not THAT sick. That is probably why daniel said he knew what phil had. Only sick part was the money side, which to these guys arent that much. I bet you have pulled a 3 barrel on a lower limit table. same for these guys.
PLUS, since dwan can be making this play with basically anything if its a bluff, he could have been bluffing with the best hand and more incwentive for ivey to fold. something like J10 was very viable, bluffing with the best hand. -_-
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