RailHeaven is a poker table at Full Tilt poker where some of the greatest poker players in the world sit down with enormous stacks and play $500/$1000 No Limit Holdem.
A couple of days ago the action was really on at this table as the Finnish poker pro Ilari Sahamies (also known as Ziigmund) sat down with over $1.000.000 and players like Patrik Antonius, David Benyamin and Phil Ivey joi[...] Read more » HighStakes: RailHeaven
Joined: Oct '08
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Well, actually i don`t understand this high rollers. Why ? What for they are playing? To be famous? To get 1 million in one day ? Well , i am not like that guys, but wish them all a good river
Joined: Oct '07
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But they show a lot of insane moves. huge bets with nothing or low pair. All-in with only high pair and the board gives both S8 draw, flush draw or have paired. It is obviously that they do not think of the money as much as we see at the lower tables. crazy - wild but fun to watch from time to time.
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just yesterday i saw two sick bluffshoves from durrrr. his oponennt had AK and durrrr pushes him with 53 and hits a pair of 5s and wins almost 100,000$ with one of the crappiest hand ... i just dont get the thinking of the highstakespros
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Posted by Acekaiser: just yesterday i saw two sick bluffshoves from durrrr. his oponennt had AK and durrrr pushes him with 53 and hits a pair of 5s and wins almost 100,000$ with one of the crappiest hand ... i just dont get the thinking of the highstakespros
It's poker come full circle. Through all the levels up from microstakes the game evolves and it becomes harder to read your opponents etc. But once you reach the stakes they are playing it's almost like playmoney again because they have to make really strange plays to remain unpredictable and hard to read.
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Posted by headR00M:
Posted by Acekaiser: just yesterday i saw two sick bluffshoves from durrrr. his oponennt had AK and durrrr pushes him with 53 and hits a pair of 5s and wins almost 100,000$ with one of the crappiest hand ... i just dont get the thinking of the highstakespros
It's poker come full circle. Through all the levels up from microstakes the game evolves and it becomes harder to read your opponents etc. But once you reach the stakes they are playing it's almost like playmoney again because they have to make really strange plays to remain unpredictable and hard to read.
it`s just so sick theres a whole 3 years salary on the table and to me it often looks like total donkplay ... but of course i know that these guys know whta they are doing but sometimes it is just too sick
All these players have a history of playing against each other. Thats why some of their moves look crazy. The game is not anonymous but totally connected to the knowledge of each other.
I watched the session live when Ziiigmund breached the 1 million border at the table and the session on the following day when he was at 770,000 again, and you could really see the game behind the game in some hands against Ivey and Antonius. Huuuge bluffs, called with 3d pair or even bottom pair, masterly value bets with simple top pair/medium kicker on the river, a perfect value bet by Ivey with Q 10 two pair, called by Ziigmund, although the board made a flush and a boat possible...
These guys definetly know what theyre doing. Okay, sometimes Gus doesnt seem to care too much, but in general its a wonderful game theyre showing.
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Posted by RIPStuNov22: I wonder what would happen if the entire poker world were granted 'high roller' status and staked for $1 million.
How good would these pros really be if they had competition from everyone, not just the 100+ people they only play.
Just watch the cash game episodes of poker after dark on pokertube. There is one unknown guy (Tiller). It does not look like the pros are having problems playing him.
& they are on the right way for it.
