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World Series of Poker -- Peter Traply Wins Event No. 41
by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jun 23, '09
… and the turn was the 7. Wong shoved and Lichtenberger called. Wong showed A 10 but he was way behind Lichtenberger’s slowplayed pocket aces. The river was the 2 and Wong was eliminated. Maxim Lykov Eliminated in Third Place ($145,063) Maxim Lykov …
Vivek Rajkumar Wins L.A. Poker Classic Heads Up Championship
by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Feb 20, '09
… Rajkumar getting paid off huge with a set of threes. Rajkumar had Mackey on the ropes and finally sealed the win after slowplaying his pocket aces. Mackey pocketed a cool $100,000 for his third place finish. Moore was immediately called to the room …
World Series Of Poker Euro Update: Day 46
by Rebecca McAdam | Published: Jul 14, '08
… taken on by Craiq Marquis who consistantly called as the Russian fired millions in to the pot. Demidov showed pocket tens for a slowplayed set and Marquis showed A-Q for a rivered pair of queens. Demidov took down the pot containing a chunky 8 million in …
World Series Of Poker Euro Update: Day 29
by Brendan Murray | Published: Jun 27, '08
… was the 7. Bolotin moved all in for 112,000 and Iversen instantly called with the A10 for top two pair. Bolotin revealed his slowplayed AK and needed help on the river to survive. The river was the 9 and Bolotin was sent to the rail. Soon after Max …
WSOP: Max Greenwood Wins Event No. 44
by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Jun 27, '08
… which was the 7. Bolotin moved all in for 112,000 and Iversen instantly called with the A10 for top two pair. Bolotin revealed his slowplayed AK and needed help on the river to survive. The river was the 9 and Bolotin was sent to the rail in ninth place. …
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Hand 2 Hand Combat -- Ludovic Lacay
by Rebecca McAdam | Published: May 19, '09
… ’ve got top pair now. I don’t need to bluff anymore. I can just wait for him to bluff. So stop the machines, and slowplay. Villain checks. LL: Now all I have to consider is — what are his chances of outdrawing me on the river. It’s pretty unlikely that …
Weaving Tangled Webs
by John Vorhaus | Published: May 14, '09
Quiz question: Who said, “Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive”? Did you say Shakespeare? Most people do, because they think that most clever and “classic-sounding” things come from Shakespeare. In fact, these are Sir Walter …
Don’t Forget About Passive Play
by Matthew Hilger | Published: May 14, '09
My moniker at a couple of online sites is “IonlyPlayAA.” Way back in 2004 when I went deep in the main event of the World Series, one of my opponents commented, “He only plays aces.” The comment made the TV broadcast, and hence, one of my online monikers …
The Inside Straight
by CP The Inside Straight Authors | Published: Oct 02, '07
… The key to preflop play is to keep your opponent from getting a good idea of how you're playing all of your hands. He might see you slowplay K-K from the big blind by just calling a raise, and he might see you reraise with 9-7 offsuit; he won't know what …
Some Reasons to Keep It Clean
by Matt Lessinger | Published:
… a no-limit cash game, SoreLoser raises preflop with A-K and one opponent calls. The flop comes A-K-7, and SoreLoser decides to slowplay by checking the flop. His opponent also checks. The turn is a queen. Now SoreLoser fires, and he gets raised a moderate …
