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发帖数: 1169 | 1 $1 Million? that normally is the prize for the champion of poker tournament,
and a big one.
but here, it is just a BUY-IN.
and... in this game, what if you got quads??
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-02/poker-1-million-buy-in
Russian businessman Mikhail Smirnov folded four eights, believing he was
beaten by a straight flush, as the first $1 million buy-in charity
tournament at the World Series of Poker began.
Poker professional Bryan Rast leads 37 players remaining in the tournament,
called the Big One for One Drop, out of an opening field of 48. Rast has 10.
7 million in chips, followed by Phil Hellmuth with 8.4 million.
Play began yesterday in the 55th event at this year’s World Series of Poker
at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The winner will claim $18
.3 million, topping the $12 million Jamie Gold won by claiming the World
Series of Poker’s $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas hold’em world championship
, known as the main event, in 2006. Gold’s win was the largest in a poker
tournament.
Greenlight Capital Inc. co-founder David Einhorn, who is donating any
winnings to the charity City Year, is 16th with 3.8 million chips.
The tournament concludes July 3.
Day 1’s most dramatic moment occurred when Smirnov, 39, folded quad eights,
believing he had been beaten by a straight flush.
In no-limit Texas hold’em, each player gets two concealed cards and
everyone at the table shares five “community cards,” giving each player
seven cards from which to make the strongest possible five-card hand.
Getting what’s called a quad, the same valued card in all four suits, is
extremely rare. It’s beaten only by the straight flush, in which five
successive cards of the same suit are held, and the ultimate hand, the royal
flush, which is 10-jack-queen- king-ace of the same suit.
Quick Call
Smirnov was dealt a pair of 8s. After getting a third eight when three
community cards were dealt, he bet only to be quickly called by 71-year-old
John Morgan, the chairman and chief executive officer of Winmark Corp (WINA)
, a Minneapolis-based company that owns and operates 900 franchises that
sell used and new merchandise, such as Play It Again Sports.
A fourth community card brought the fourth eight and, after another round of
betting between the two, the fifth and final community card was the king of
spades. That left four spades, including the seven, eight and jack, on the
board, meaning Morgan could have topped Smirnov’s four eights if he was
holding the nine and 10 of spades in his hand, which would have completed a
straight flush.
When Morgan pushed all of his remaining chips -- about 3.4 million -- into
the pot, Smirnov considered every possible hand Morgan could have had before
giving up his almost unbeatable cards.
Hand Folds
Smirnov showed the two eights he had concealed and let everyone know he had
folded one of poker’s most unbeatable hands.
“It seemed like a very difficult call to make,” he said, according to WSOP
.com. “But for me, I think that my read of the table and when you think
about his hand and it’s very easy for me to fold.”
After the hand Morgan was asked if he had the straight flush or if he was
bluffing.
“I’m not going to tell anyone,” he said, according to WSOP.com. “And the
reason I am not going to reveal it is totally out of respect for my
opponent.”
One Drop, which is the main beneficiary of the poker event, fights poverty
worldwide by supporting access to water.
Players eliminated included poker pros Erik Seidel, Jonathan Duhamel,
Michael Mizrachi and Justin Smith.
Rast, 30, won two champion’s bracelets during the 2011 World Series of
Poker. Born in Denver, he’s won more than $2.8 million in worldwide
tournaments. His biggest win came in the 2011 WSOP $50,000 Poker Player’s
Championship, where he took home $1.7 million. | D*A
发帖数: 1169 | 2 http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/13631-mikhail-smirnov-muck
Phil Galfond just witnessed the unthinkable.
“I’ve never seen a fold like that, absolutely not,” the cash game pro
said.
At around 5 p.m. local time during the fourth blind level, Galfond was
present to see his table mate in the $1 million buy-in WSOP event, Russian
semi-pro Mikhail Smirnov, fold quads on the river to an all-in bet.
According to Smirnov, the action started with Tom Dwan opening to 32,000.
Smirnov called from the small blind with the 8 8, and businessman John
Morgan called from the big blind.
The flop fell J 8 7. Smirnov bet 50,000, Morgan called quickly, and Dwan
folded.
The 8 hit the turn. Smirnov bet 200,000. Morgan called instantly.
Smirnov said Morgan looked very excited on the turn.
The K landed on the river, and Smirnov bet 700,000, which was more than the
pot of 600,000. Morgan thought about it briefly and then shoved for about 3.
4 million total, which was about the size of Smirnov’s stack. Smirnov
folded the quads face up.
“For me, it was a very easy fold,” Smirnov said. “If he had two kings
before the flop he would have re-raised Dwan, because he’s been active and
raising a lot. So, two kings was impossible. Two jacks, in theory, was
possible.”
Smirnov said that he thought jacks full of eights wouldn’t have been such a
confident shove on the river. “He was like all-in, no problem. Before he
had been playing very carefully and tight.”
According to his logic, Morgan would have the 10 9.
The size of the buy-in was not a factor in the decision, Smirnov said. He
added that Morgan seemed visibly upset after the hand, giving more validity
to the fold.
“I personally couldn’t have done it,” Galfond said. “I’d lose sleep.
But, I think it was a reasonable fold actually. There are definitely very
few hands John could have had that weren’t a straight flush. Jacks full was
probably the one that made the most sense, other than a straight flush.”
According to Galfond, the table erupted once the quads were shown. Dwan left
the table in disbelief.
Smirnov, who has a Ph.D in economics, is a regular in huge cash games in
Russia.
On Tuesday, more than $18 million will go to the last man standing in the 48
-player field.
【在 D*A 的大作中提到】
: $1 Million? that normally is the prize for the champion of poker tournament,
: and a big one.
: but here, it is just a BUY-IN.
: and... in this game, what if you got quads??
: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-02/poker-1-million-buy-in
: Russian businessman Mikhail Smirnov folded four eights, believing he was
: beaten by a straight flush, as the first $1 million buy-in charity
: tournament at the World Series of Poker began.
: Poker professional Bryan Rast leads 37 players remaining in the tournament,
: called the Big One for One Drop, out of an opening field of 48. Rast has 10.
| w********1
发帖数: 1414 | 3 这下老大不会老是痛锤我fold 4条了吧。
看来不是个例啊。
tournament,
,
10.
【在 D*A 的大作中提到】
: $1 Million? that normally is the prize for the champion of poker tournament,
: and a big one.
: but here, it is just a BUY-IN.
: and... in this game, what if you got quads??
: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-02/poker-1-million-buy-in
: Russian businessman Mikhail Smirnov folded four eights, believing he was
: beaten by a straight flush, as the first $1 million buy-in charity
: tournament at the World Series of Poker began.
: Poker professional Bryan Rast leads 37 players remaining in the tournament,
: called the Big One for One Drop, out of an opening field of 48. Rast has 10.
| T*********k
发帖数: 1621 | 4 Based on his opponents comments, obviously it was a wrong fold.
Most likely the guy had JJs full or 77s full. If the guy really had straight
flush and saw the Russian guy fold Quads, during interview, he probably
will say sth like "I am not gonna tell anyone what I had, but it was an
unbeliable laydown", sth like that, give some Kudos to his opponents for
making such fold.
Now what he said was "the reason I am not going to reveal it is totally out
of respect for my opponent." To me, it is another way saying he made the
wrong fold, I am not gonna tell anyone, just to save his face.
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After the hand Morgan was asked if he had the straight flush or if he was
bluffing.
“I’m not going to tell anyone,” he said, according to WSOP.com. “And the
reason I am not going to reveal it is totally out of respect for my
opponent.” | H****r
发帖数: 2801 | 5 omg
unbelievable!
tournament,
,
10.
【在 D*A 的大作中提到】
: $1 Million? that normally is the prize for the champion of poker tournament,
: and a big one.
: but here, it is just a BUY-IN.
: and... in this game, what if you got quads??
: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-02/poker-1-million-buy-in
: Russian businessman Mikhail Smirnov folded four eights, believing he was
: beaten by a straight flush, as the first $1 million buy-in charity
: tournament at the World Series of Poker began.
: Poker professional Bryan Rast leads 37 players remaining in the tournament,
: called the Big One for One Drop, out of an opening field of 48. Rast has 10.
| s*********r
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