Analyzing a nice call by Phil Hellmuth (seriously)

Bond18 · 03-18-2009, 02:02 PM

Authors note: I’m not proof reading this one tonight because I’m really tired, so if there’s grammar errors deal with it for now. I’ll probably fix it later.

I figured the ‘(seriously)’ was necessary for the title so people didn’t get blue balls clicking the blog thinking “I can’t wait to see Bond go on some arrogant condescending rant this time!” and getting a serious strategy post, so there
you are. Pokersavvyplus member ‘DHM0219’ posted a link in my forum to an article by Phil Hellmuth that also contained video of a hand against JC Tran. Here’s the link: ...

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03-24-2009, 10:50 AM

You said you were tired, so I thought I'd help with the edit:

1. Assuming no antes, blinds would have to be 7.5K/15K to take a pot of $30K to the flop.
2. Tran is in position and can't check/minraise. He just min-reraised.

Other than that I really like your thought process here, though I don't think the K on the turn is quite as irrelevant as you do, as it makes sense as a 2 pair hand or as flop air that caught vs Phil's weak 3rd pair.

03-18-2009, 02:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bond18 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 151	Analyzing a nice call by Phil Hellmuth (seriously) Authors note: I’m not proof reading this one tonight because I’m really tired, so if there’s grammar errors deal with it for now. I’ll probably fix it later. I figured the ‘(seriously)’ was necessary for the title so people didn’t get blue balls clicking the blog thinking “I can’t wait to see Bond go on some arrogant condescending rant this time!” and getting a serious strategy post, so there you are. Pokersavvyplus member ‘DHM0219’ posted a link in my forum to an article by Phil Hellmuth that also contained video of a hand against JC Tran. Here’s the link: ... Read Full Post

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03-24-2009, 10:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
PFX Guest Posts: n/a	You said you were tired, so I thought I'd help with the edit: 1. Assuming no antes, blinds would have to be 7.5K/15K to take a pot of $30K to the flop. 2. Tran is in position and can't check/minraise. He just min-reraised. Other than that I really like your thought process here, though I don't think the K on the turn is quite as irrelevant as you do, as it makes sense as a 2 pair hand or as flop air that caught vs Phil's weak 3rd pair.