In episode 7 of High Stakes Poker, season 5, four new players joined the poker table together with pros like Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Laak, Daniel Negreanu, Patrik Antonius etc. The 4 new players were Sam Simon & Nick Cassavetes, the creators of the simpsons. The other 2 players were poker pros Howard Lederer and Joe Hachem, these two played the most interesting hand of the night.Last Sunday G[...] Read more » HighStakes poker: The creators of The Simpsons joins the show
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More often than not one or two wealthy businessmen will join the table. The poker players like it that way - there isn't much of an edge to be had at a table full of pros.
With the addition of a donk or two it at least makes the table +ev for the pros.
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haha i am looking forward to this as huge simpsons and poker fan in one person
i dont mind is the first seasons have been much better; it is still great entertainment. just by the way: the early simpsons episodes are much better then the newer ones in my book also; still i enjoy that show a lot
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I love the simpsons! And I love High Stakes Poker! It is the best poker program in the tv! Ill never forget the hand between daniel negreanu and gus hansen!!! 55 against 66! The hand hands with an all in after flop.. and a call of negreanu! Hanse had 6666 and negreanu 55566
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Posted by Jodoli: Ill never forget the hand between daniel negreanu and gus hansen!!! 55 against 66! The hand hands with an all in after flop.. and a call of negreanu! Hanse had 6666 and negreanu 55566
Mhhh. Looks like you have allready forgotten half of that hand.
Hansen had 55, Negreanu 66. Both flop a set, but Hansen hits his quads on the turn. He goes all in after the river card. Negreanu thinks it over for a while and makes the call.
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Hachem was more aggressive and he was rewarded for that. Congratulations to him. Lederer should take a lesson from this hand. By the way he plays, he did the right thing: with four cards to flush K high in the table and with 2nd T to flush in the hand, there were three outs that could be above him, and Hachem, call the pre flop, could perfectly have one of those. The most important lesson that Lederer should take is that aggressivness in some cases is the key to the pot!
Yeah, that's true teteban! These guys aren't really the "creators" of The Simpsons...in the opening credits, it clearly says "created by Matt Groening"! Maybe these guys helped Groening a bit, or worked on the show in its early years, but are definitely not the creators. C'mon, "T", get those facts straight
