I was browsing through 2plus2 today and came across the following hand post by Bond. I'm sure he won't mind me sharing this on the site. It is funny in so many ways. It reminded me of the classic scene from Annie Hall. Here's a link to the video of the scene. If you haven't seen it, be sure to watch the full video through to the end.

Was playing a 109 FO today and made a standard play which resulted in my getting heavily berated. Here's the HH:
Poker Stars $100+$9 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t175/t350 Blinds + t45 - 9 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

jc0880 (BB): t6890
revheat969 (UTG): t9272
dannygreen1 (UTG+1): t8220
Hero (UTG+2): t5680
Pti4ka_Tucan (MP1): t2710
brettsky678 (MP2): t15120
mike121112 (CO): t11338
BaldGuy (BTN): t15755
Stoweski (SB): t10553

Pre Flop: (t930) Hero is UTG+2 with K A
2 folds, Hero raises to t950, Pti4ka_Tucan raises to t2665 all in, 1 fold, mike121112 raises to t11293 all in, 3 folds, Hero calls t4685 all in

Flop: (t14865) 2 9 Q (3 players - 3 are all in)

Turn: (t14865) 9 (3 players - 3 are all in)

River: (t14865) K (3 players - 3 are all in)

Final Pot: t14865
Hero shows K A (two pair, Kings and Nines)
Pti4ka_Tucan shows Q A (two pair, Queens and Nines)
mike121112 shows J J (two pair, Jacks and Nines)
Hero wins t5940
Hero wins t8925


And the ensuing chat:
STM70 [observer]: nh bond
mike121112: FKING JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mike121112: why
mike121112: wot u think i had bond
STM70 [observer]: dirty river ther
mike121112: fking spastic

Bond18: i think i haz AK
STM70 [observer]: dude that's a standard play by bond
Bond18: it be the nizzles
Dealer: Stoweski, it's your turn. You have 15 seconds to act
mike121112: so u called for a split nice 1 idiot

mike121112: no its not
mike121112: its a moron play
dannygreen1: these bloody aussies...lol

mike121112: bond wot hand u actually think i had? looks like i have aa
Bond18: on behalf of morons everywhere, i am offended
dan89 x [observer]: lol

STM70 [observer]: Dude he has AK with 15 BB, THAT is standard to get it in

mike121112: not after a re raise and a re re raise idiot
Bond18: is that you hellmuth?

mike121112: bond ur a ****** clearly
Bond18: given entertainment value
mike121112: re t ard

STM70 [observer]: maybe you should start one

FossilMan [Commentator]: Greetings players. Please give me a moment to review the chat log

Bond18: i'll only start a video if mike promises to keep berating me after standard play
STM70 [observer]: lol
mike121112: check the HH

STM70 [observer]: i really enjoy watching your videos bond
STM70 [observer]: keep up the good work

Bond18: oooo you've pissed off the fossilman, you are so ****ed

Bond18: thanks dude

FossilMan [Commentator]: PokerStars requires that people act with respect, and insulting comments are not allowed at the table. Please refrain from such comments in the future

mike121112: FOSSIL MAN CHECK THE HH THEN U SEE WHY IM MAD

FossilMan [Commentator]: Also, having reviewed the HH, I have to agree that bond played the hand 100% correctly.

dannygreen1: lol
dan89 x [observer]: LOL
Bond18: lol
STM70 [observer]: ship it bond
FossilMan [Commentator]: Just an ordinary bad beat.

mike121112: o dear fossil man


mike121112: think about it then talk to me

FossilMan [Commentator]: Have a good night all, and thanks again for playing at PokerStars.com.


STM70 [observer]: and he will still say it's the standard play
mike121112: why is fossil man even here?

mike121112: at least get moderator or sumthing
FossilMan [Commentator]: If any future issues arise, you will have the services of a real Moderator. I'm just filling in for a moment.

Bond18: much like Obi Wan Kinobi, Fossilman can feel a disturbance in the force
FossilMan [Commentator]: Good night all.

FossilMan [Commentator]: Have fun.
mike121112: raymer sucks anways

I was playing some heads-up on Pokerstars last night and got into this one match with a guy who was playing extremely weak-tight and I was running over him without really even doing much. He would fold to almost every flop or turn bet I made and would rarely bet a flop after a PF raise.

When we were at about 2300 for me and 700 for him he types in the chat:

This is amazing, I cannot hit anything, but you wouldn't know what that is like.

I replied:

Sure I would, I haven't hit any hands either!

I just read in CP that the heads-up portion of the final table of the WSOP was actually the longest ever -- over 100 hands, yet it was cut to only 2 hands! I did feel, when watching it, that the entire episode was much too short and felt cheated by the coverage. It gave me no sense of the play or the skill of the players. But I didn't realize that it was cut down this drastically. Obviously, other final tables were also shown in two hours but they didn't feel this edited. I was really disappointed by the entire episode. Is this what poker fans really want?

60 Minutes finally ran the feature on the Absolute Poker Scandal. You can watch the video and read a summary of the story here.

Adanthar is featured in the story and comes across as very knowledgeable. Good job, Serge!

Not sure if the story is good for online poker. I actually wish they didn't run it because my gut tells me that any momentum there might have been to ease the regs for online poker will only be hurt by this feature which paints a picture of a dirty, underground world where there is no regulation and no little consequences for cheating.

What are your thoughts?

Vivek Rajkumar just won the Borgata Poker Open and a cool $1,424,500. This is coming off the heals of SirWatts's big win and Amit Makhija's 2nd place finish at the Legends - Amit is Vivek's roommate!



Vivek isn't a regular blogger on tworags, but we like to think of him as a friend of the site. He joined us last spring at the Commerce suite for a Laker game:


You're looking at two young millionaires! Who knew?

...and participated in the inaugural Bike Club/TwoRags SnG:

SNG Video

Congrats Vivek. Great playing!!!