The Official Poker Thread - Page 3

bsaza2358 · 03-07-2007, 12:03 PM

Negreneu had a fantastic WSOP in 2006. He was way up. Cunningham was player of the year. Ivey was a little off this year, but he is a winning player, point blank.

bsaza2358 · 03-07-2007, 12:04 PM

Say what you want about Negreneu, but he always brings the goods. His poker mind is fantastic. You don't have to like him, but you have to respect his skills and winning.

Acreboy · 03-07-2007, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by bsaza2358

Say what you want about Negreneu, but he always brings the goods. His poker mind is fantastic. You don't have to like him, but you have to respect his skills and winning.

Ivey is who I would like to focus my kind of game around but Negreanu is awesome to watch. I haven't seen a mind like his since Stu Unger and thats saying a lot...

MaxV · 03-07-2007, 12:08 PM

Unger OD'ed right?

Acreboy · 03-07-2007, 12:10 PM

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Unger OD'ed right?

Yeah, it was a huge shame.

After all he won he died with $800 to his name.

His daughter never new that Stu played every tourney with a pic of her at the table.

bsaza2358 · 03-07-2007, 12:13 PM

Unger was a poker tragedy, but addictive personalities and genius often get attracted to the wrong things. Dude won millions in poker and gave it all away with drugs...

RyanLeaf#1 · 03-07-2007, 12:14 PM

There is a movie about him it always comes on HBO called the Stu Ungar story. The guy from the Sopranos plays him in it. I have every WSOP ever on dvd so ive watched him play a ton of times.

Acreboy · 03-07-2007, 12:15 PM

I mean in 97 he was broke, a friend loaned him 10K to enter the ME and he blew everyone away to win his 3rd ME. That will never be done again.

The only one's who could tie Unger would be Chan and Doyle I believe.

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There is a movie about him it always comes on HBO called the Stu Ungar story. The guy from the Sopranos plays him in it. I have every WSOP ever on dvd so ive watched him play a ton of times.

Where can I get that DVD?

bsaza2358 · 03-07-2007, 12:20 PM

Unger won the ME 3 times, but he did it in fields of 300 or less. Chan and Doyle did the same. With the large fields out there now, it is virtually impossible to win back to back.

reigle9 · 03-07-2007, 12:21 PM

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I mean in 97 he was broke, a friend loaned him 10K to enter the ME and he blew everyone away to win his 3rd ME. That will never be done again.

The only one's who could tie Unger would be Chan and Doyle I believe.

Where can I get that DVD?

I rented it from Blockbuster when it first came out, I'm not sure if they would still have it to rent. It's a great movie, Michael Imperioli was the absolute perfect cast job.

bsaza2358 · 03-07-2007, 12:21 PM

I'm sure you can also find it on Amazon.

Acreboy · 03-07-2007, 12:24 PM

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Unger won the ME 3 times, but he did it in fields of 300 or less. Chan and Doyle did the same. With the large fields out there now, it is virtually impossible to win back to back.

I believe Raymer would have done it in '05 if kanter doesn't hit his "miracle" flush on the river...

He went out in 14th that year I believe and would have been a big chip leader.

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I rented it from Blockbuster when it first came out, I'm not sure if they would still have it to rent. It's a great movie, Michael Imperioli was the absolute perfect cast job.

Where would I get every WSOP ME on DVD?

bsaza2358 · 03-07-2007, 12:26 PM

Raymer would have had a chance. He finished between 24-27. If he hit that card, he'd still be a medium stack, but he would have had a chance. The way Hachem played, he was the best player on the final day. Raymer played well, but he didn't get as lucky.

Acreboy · 03-07-2007, 12:33 PM

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Raymer would have had a chance. He finished between 24-27. If he hit that card, he'd still be a medium stack, but he would have had a chance. The way Hachem played, he was the best player on the final day. Raymer played well, but he didn't get as lucky.

No, Hachem got lucky with his Q-7 and survived his all-in.

After that things got rolling. before that he was the 2nd shortest stack I believe.

RyanLeaf#1 · 03-07-2007, 12:37 PM

Is your question where can you get every wsop on dvd or the ungar movie on dvd?

Acreboy · 03-07-2007, 04:21 PM

Every WSOP

I'd love to study Stu's game better.

Acreboy · 03-08-2007, 07:52 PM

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Every WSOP

Bump......

bsaza2358 · 03-12-2007, 09:28 AM

I am back from AC. Donkeys galore. I have plenty of stories of idiocy. My gf won $350 playing 5 hours at the $1/$2 tables. My friend Mark won $800, my friend Christian took home $500, and my buddy Tony won $2100 playing 27 hours of $1/$2 at Trop, Caesar's, Taj, and Showboat.

Big Mike · 03-12-2007, 09:50 AM

I beat a flush with a diamond studdard straight flush once. It was party poker

MaxV · 03-12-2007, 09:59 AM

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I beat a flush with a diamond studdard straight flush once. It was party poker

I once mocked 2 4 suited before the flop. Turns out, had I stayed in the hand I would've made the straight flush, and there were A LOT of action and money in that hand.

This was about 2 years ago, and I'm still not over it.

Big Mike · 03-12-2007, 10:00 AM

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I once mocked 2 4 suited before the flop. Turns out, had I stayed in the hand I would've made the straight flush, and there were A LOT of action and money in that hand.

This was about 2 years ago, and I'm still not over it.

I hate when that kind of stuff happens.

MaxV · 03-12-2007, 10:10 AM

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I hate when that kind of stuff happens.

Yeah, I'm a conservative player and lay down a lot of hands, so stuff like that happens often to me.

But that one hurt MUCH more then all others.

Acreboy · 03-12-2007, 10:52 AM

can't wait to hear the stories.

Big Mike · 03-12-2007, 02:21 PM

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Yeah, I'm a conservative player and lay down a lot of hands, so stuff like that happens often to me.

But that one hurt MUCH more then all others.

I go in with anything that can possibly hold a straight or flush. But it depends on what the blinds are. Cause you can have a 2 and 4 in your hand then to your surprise two fours come on the flop.

bsaza2358 · 03-12-2007, 02:37 PM

I finished 171 out of 530 (give or take) at the WSOP Circuit. I didn't see any top top pros, but it was easy to tell who the good players were. I was pretty sure I wasn't giving off many tells, and I was doing my best to stay very consistent. I got outflopped a lot, but I made some good laydowns. Doubled up very early when I flopped 2 pair with Q-J against a guy who had A-Q (he pushed, and I had to call). Made some good plays, but the blinds caught up to me. I lasted 7 hours with a $4000 starting chip stack. Busted when I tried to steal with A-9 and was pot committed against a big stack with A-K...