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[jhall23]

Daniel I am hoping you can comment on the first hand from day 2

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I had K-9 of spades, Sammy Farha had 5-7 of diamonds. The flop comes 10d-Jd-Qs giving me a straight and a back door flush draw. We get it all in on the flop for a quarter million dollar pot, and the diamond hits.

Blinds in this game are 300/600 right. Why are you guys committing over 200BB's on the flop in this hand? Overall it seems from the hands you listed, though obviously a small sample size of the actual hands that went down, that you guys are continually getting your huge stacks all in on the flop. Is this common for the game. You guys do realize there are 2 streets after the flop right I'm sure I'm not the only one that wants to here about more interesting deep stack cash play. This all in on the flop stuff is not as much fun.Seriously though I'd love to here about this hand as it seems completely odd with how deep the stacks are. Can you describe the action in more detail. Also what's the history between you guys and how was the game flowing at the moment.Nice to see a ton of poker content in the blog's these days. Can't wait to see this on TV. Hope you run good soon!Edited: I originally mis-read that it was 250,000 each so 400 BB's, but regardless is still relatively deep though not as crazy. Still would love to hear the complete picture on this one.

[SwampMidget]

i think the blinds are higher than 300/600

[CrazyJoe]

SwampMidget said:

i think the blinds are higher than 300/600

blinds are 300/600.I dont' know the action on the hand, but I don't know if I like getting all my money in with a 7 high flush draw on a coordinated board. My head would explode playing with these guys, they have WAY too much gamble for me, and I love to gamble.

[chrozzo]

I thiknk Daniel was in good form when he committed that much on the flop, since he had a straight. I am surprised at Farhas flush draw and going all in there. He certainly like s to gamble, especially from what we've seen from this years WSOP main event, but this is huge. He loves suking out those flushes on Daniel though desn't he?

[jhall23]

chrozzo said:

I thiknk Daniel was in good form when he committed that much on the flop, since he had a straight. I am surprised at Farhas flush draw and going all in there. He certainly like s to gamble, especially from what we've seen from this years WSOP main event, but this is huge. He loves suking out those flushes on Daniel though desn't he?

Yeah of course Daniel was in good on the flop I just would love to here what the action/flow of the game was cause Sammy has such crap. I mean it could be bad enough if he thought his flush was good, but DN could easily have a higher flush draw here (+ gutshot/+pair) and Sammy would be in a world of hurt.

[DanielNegreanu]

There was a $1200 straddle and Amir made it $6000, I called on the button and Sammy called from his straddle. On the flop I bet $6000, Sammy made it $26,000, and I moved him all in for $87,000 more.

[chrozzo]

Farha is the King of Suckouts!, you played the hand well i thought DN.

[buster98]

jhall23 said:

Why are you guys committing over 200BB's on the flop in this hand?

What's wrong in that if you hold the NUTS and you are 2 to 1 favorite? As for Farha it was ovbiously his problem.

[doublemeup]

Daniel played it well. Sammy is just Daniel's nemesis. :evil:

[jhall23]

DanielNegreanu said:

There was a $1200 straddle and Amir made it $6000, I called on the button and Sammy called from his straddle. On the flop I bet $6000, Sammy made it $26,000, and I moved him all in for $87,000 more.

Interesting, he must have been real confident that his flush outs were good here. I can't imagine he would think you would go on Tilt after this, maybe Phil H but seriously.

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jhall23 wrote:Why are you guys committing over 200BB's on the flop in this hand?

What's wrong in that if you hold the NUTS and you are 2 to 1 favorite? As for Farha it was ovbiously his problem.

Well I actually made 2 errors in reading comprehension when I posted this at first. I read "straight and backdoor flush draw" as he was drawing to the straight, not had the straight made. That and I thought they each put in 400BB's (not total) had me a little perplexed. Seeing it clearly now of course DN's play is good and Farha's is quite odd. Given that action it's easy to see why the money went in on the flop here, though it still seems all the sample hands are all-in happy on the flop. I hope we see some more interesting ones when this airs.

[socalpoker_j]

Daniel, in a big limit game like this, how commonly used is the "live straddle"?