Ray has 9-10 off suit and called. Peter raised it. Ray called it again. The flop was 9-4-8 rainbow. Peter bet minimum. Ray raised it and Peter re-raised him. Ray calls all in and was called. Peter has A-8. Turn is a five. River is a eight. Peter wins with triple eights.
Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond earned his first World Series of Poker bracelet when he won at the $5k Pot Limit Omaha with rebuys event last June. He faced Hourani for the final hand of the tournament. Hourani called on Galfond’s bet making him all in. The flop at that time was A-Q-8 and Hourani is on top with his A-K-J-10 against Galfond’s A-7-6-5. The turn had a 6 giving Galfond a pair. The river didn’t improve Hourani, making him settle for second place. The win merited Galfond $817,781 in prize money.
Poker players should avoid tight/aggressive types at all times but this is at times impossible to do. Tight/aggressive players tend to make lesser mistakes than looser or more passive players. These players tend to bluff against players that they think are timid. So it is best that you can play against other good players.
Though these players look tough, they do have weaknesses. You just need to identify these holes in their game and exploit them. This can be done by observing them while playing. Then you can dominate over them.
Nam and Tuan Le might be the best poker playing brothers in the world. They both started around 2004. Tuan drew first blood that year by winning a WPT event and earning around 1.5 million. He also won the WPT Season 3 Championship and the WPT Battle of Champions III. These wins made him the all time money winner in the WPT.
Just like Tuan, Nam is making waves as a professional poker player. He won the 2006 Bay 101 main event. He was also won a place at 2 WSOP final tables.
Consistency is the key for Michael Mizrachi. That’s how he got the nickname The Grinder. He likes to grind at his opponents’ stacks until he gets all their chips. That’s his strategy for winning. He began his poker career as a card dealer. Then he saw the success his fraternal twin as a professional poker player. This made him decided to be a player.
He then dropped out of college and has been one of professional poker’s rising stars. To date he has won the 2005 L.A. Poker Classic and the 2006 Borgata Winter Open.