Phil Hellmuth Poker Bhat: rooms Map of London

Print mail font ResizePhil Hellmuth BratPosted Poker: 21/09/2010 01: 32: 51 AM PDT
I am writing this column as I travel this year's world series of Poker Europe in London. I can't help but think about the game, I played there in 1989 against true legend in the world of Poker — Seymour Leibovitz.

Seymour was strong warrior who never gave away a chip at the poker table. He stood 5-foot-10, significantly overweight and always seemed to have great stogie's mouth. He was seventy-five years, when we played in the next hand.

We were at the Club, Barracuda, playing all England Grand Prix. Seymour has already won two of eight events, plays, incredible performance.After his second victory he challenged me to play one on one in Texas Hold'em game for $ 10000. at the time was too rich for my blood, so we decided to play for $ 5000 instead.

I quickly discovered that edge play him one on one. It will regularly overvalue hands and lose more money than he needed when I was beaten.

In the match, Seymour won big pot overplaying a-8 against my Pocket nines. He did a great calling, and I called. Then the flop came A-Q-2, and he shoved all-in.I folded and flipped my 9-9 face up.

That's when Seymour showed me a hand.

Well if he thought he could put me on tilt with this move, he was right. I just couldn't believe how hard he misplayed a hand as he could have put him all-in with a-8 offsuit? He should know that I am crushed!

"Seymour," I said, "If you want to play for all of your money as 2½-1 underdog, let's go back to another table and play at a higher rate."

You see, back in those days in the card rooms in London, players must not show any emotions, or even talk about the hands played by people I really had to fight to keep under control.

But as I fumed, Seymour's eyes smiling.I knew that he is, put me on the tilt and it really got a kick my reaction when he showed me his card.

After a while, with blinds at $ 50/$ 100, I raised it to $ 400 with Pocket Kings.This time, Seymour is up to $ 1500. trying to appear as if I was an Ace-King and I vigorously shoved all-in.He encouraged the insta and showed Pocket eights before.

Let's break this hand.

I like my raise up to $ 400 k-K, although I rarely raise more than the size of the pot, and I don't mind again raise $ 1100 Seymour in game $ 800 with the 8-8.

Move My all-in, raising $ 7000 in pot $ 3000, is a rather unusual for me, I mean, why raise so much when I actually wanted to receive a call? well I thought Seymour to think that I was weak, and I was right I was able to get a worse hand to call.

But the flop came a-8-3 and Seymour its own set of three on the turn and he kind. no assistance on the river and I was finished.

I showed him my Pocket Kings and let them know that 4½-to-1 chip lead to a huge favorite with my hand powerhouse. everything that made the Seymour was laugh and ask if I wanted to play again.

"No, thanks, Seymour," I said, "I think I'd rather not limit Hold'em players than you, and when we get back in the States, I used to play as many games as you want but I did play with you here — you're just too damn lucky."

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