Poker Hand Analysis from Pro Players – Page №7

Hand of the Week: Sahamies Hits Nuts, Blows Up Pot January 23, 2015

One of the players in the ostensible “Champions League” of online poker for a long time is Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies. Sometimes the eccentric Finn will disappear for a couple of…
Hand of the Week: Tom Dwan, Profit Maximization Artist January 16, 2015

Today we’re going to dig into one of the finest cash-game hands ever. It was played in the year 2008 and it involves the work of two of the leading…
Hand of the Week: An Incredible Call That Won $1.8 Million January 9, 2015

Today we’re dealing with a hand that did actually happen right this very week. Yesterday, in fact. It’s from the heads-up match of the $100,000 Super High Roller at the…
Hand of the Week: Isildur1 Meets durrrr, a Star is Born December 6, 2014

About five years ago, a virtually unknown player appeared in the high-stakes games online and turned the entire poker scene upside down. He went by the name Isildur1. And he…
Hand of the Week: Fedor Holz Teaches a Master Class November 28, 2014

At this point it feels like Fedor Holz has pretty much won everything he’s played this year. The Vienna-based German recently won the WCOOP main event as CrownUpGuy, he has…
Hand of the Week: Mark Newhouse’s 9th-Place Nightmare November 14, 2014

“Marc Newhouse Finishes Ninth.” That was the headline one year ago, and a phrase that haunted Mark Newhouse right up until the moment the WSOP Main Event kicked off again…
Hand of the Week: So Long and Thanks for the $1.3m Pot November 2, 2014

Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has changed the face of online poker forever. For over five years he’s been perhaps the most infamous player at the online nosebleeds. Nobody has played more…
Hand of the Week: Curtis Rystadt Doesn’t See It Coming October 17, 2014

The WSOP main event is now airing on ESPN and, as usual, one amateur has taken the early spotlight. Also as usual, it’s somebody who drives the other players at…
Hand of the Week: Isildur1 Drops $121k Surprise on Mikael Thuritz October 10, 2014

What would we do without Viktor Blom? Since Gus Hansen vanished from the high-stakes online scene a couple of weeks ago it’s Isildur1 who’s been mainly responsible for the high-stakes…
Hand of the Week: Antonius Picks Off Ballsy Polk Bluff October 3, 2014

As the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific picks up steam in Melbourne we’ve been reminded of some great action from the Crown Casino earlier in the year. If you…
Hand of the Week: Haxton Gets Clipped by Ivey At His Best September 12, 2014

This week we’re looking at a really precious piece of poker from earlier in the year. Two of the game’s greats in Phil Ivey and Isaac Haxton engaged in a…
Christoph Vogelsang Shreds Rick Salomon in Sick Big One Hand August 14, 2014

It is an old story in poker that never loses its appeal: the duel between professional and amateur. During the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop, Rick Salomon…
High-Stakes Hand of the Week: Monster Pot for Atha Cliath July 28, 2014

In the wake of the 2014 World Series of Poker, the high rollers have begun to flock back to online poker. This past week a famous name who battled on…
High-Stakes Hand of the Week: Ziigmund Rope-a-Dopes, Gets Clocked July 18, 2014

Finnish player Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies is one of the most experienced and most interesting players in high-stakes poker online – and he’s not exactly faint of heart when it comes…
Video of the Week: Tom Dwan, Master of the 7-2 Bluff September 14, 2011

For some reason, the worst possible starting hand in Texas Hold’em always seems to inspire poker players to get involved in spectacular hands. In this hand Tom Dwan, master of the elaborate…
6 Mind-Boggling, Head-Scratching Poker Folds February 10, 2011

We all like to tell stories about our heroic, Negreanu-esque home-game folds, don’t we? Kings before the flop. A straight on the turn. A full house on the river. Hands…
Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan v. Barry Greenstein in Biggest Pot Ever Played On TV February 6, 2010

High Stakes Poker Season 5, Ep. 6 aired last night and, as expected, upped the bar for television poker again – this time by shattering the record for biggest pot ever…

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