Poker Hand Analysis from Pro Players – Page №8

Hand of the Week: When a Royal Flush Goes Terribly Wrong April 3, 2015

Making a Royal Flush is every poker player’s dream. Strictly speaking, though, in cash games it’s all about the money you win with it. This week we’ll look at a…
Hand of the Week: A Tournament-Defining Mistake at WPT Vienna March 20, 2015

This week we’re dealing with a very recent tournament: WPT Vienna. At the final table a battle ensued that paved the way for the eventual winner Konstantinos Nanos from Greece.…
Hand of the Week: Mercier Makes Ivey Pull 6-Figure Face March 7, 2015

This week we’re digging in to a textbook example of “next-level thinking” between world-class pros. The two players involved are Phil Ivey and Jason Mercier, two of the best players…
Hand of the Week: Tom Dwan Makes Impossible Possible on HSP February 20, 2015

We’re looking back at a milestone moment in poker this week starring one of the most inventive players of all time. In this classic hand from the legendary TV show…
Hand of the Week: Isaac Haxton Battles Ilari Sahamies February 16, 2015

This week we’re taking a look at a slightly obscure hand between renowned cash-game experts Ike Haxton and Ilari Sahamies. While Sahamies is a PLO specialist and rather eccentric, Haxton…
Hand of the Week: Massive Overbet Spells Disaster for Kan February 8, 2015

This week’s hand is a tournament hand that starts out slowly but turns into a spectacular battle you wouldn’t expect. The protagonists involved are Aussie Millions Main Event runner-up Lennart…
Hand of the Week: The Curious Case of Tom Dwan & the Magic 6 January 30, 2015

Was 2009 the most glorious year in history for high-stakes online poker? Based on the volume of action and the astronomical blinds that were standard at time, it certainly has…
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…

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