Poker Royale Battle of the Sexes |
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Posted Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:37 am GMT by bigcasual75
Did anyone watch this?
Layne Flack methodically plowed through the final table making all the right moves....and ended up playing Kathy Liebert heads up.
Layne bluffed her huge on the first pot with just Q high when she had top pair, but then he fell apart. After this hand, Layne had a 2 to 1 chip lead.
Holding A 4, against Lieberts K 2, Layne checked the BB and saw a flop of 5 K Q. Liebert bet 20 K and Flack called.
Another K hit the turn. Leibert bet 30K, and Flack called. When a blank hit the river, Leibert moved all in, and Flack calls with...say what...Ace high?
What the hell was Flack thinking here. I know he reads well, but what could he beat? A Jack high bluff? He couldn't even beat an Ace high bluff with a decent kicker.
Leibert finished off Flack on the next hand with her A Q against his A J.
Can someone please comment of this? Flack is one of my fav players, but this incident is inexcusable. What could he have been thinking? I know this tourney was mostly for bragging rights (only 40 K to the winner), but you would think Flack would pick a better hand than A 4 to CALL leiberts all in. I can see putting her all in to try and force her hand, but CALLING? With Ace high?
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Posted Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:24 am GMT by Ben4040
I saw only bits and pieces of this on TV. It looked like they were mostly only having a good time. I'm not sure if they are taking it as seriously as the WPT. :D
Posted Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:02 am GMT by Teekan
should've put this in the Poker in Movies and TV section.
Yeh I've been watching it from the start. I thought it was alright, but the worst thing about it is hosts really sucked.
There was lots of trash talking though in the earlier preliminary matches. Amir had me crackin up.
Posted Wed Mar 09, 2005 3:14 am GMT by Ben4040
I remember seeing one hand where Leibert made an awesome trap for one of the guys. I can't remember who it was, but she put on an outstanding acting job. I would say if I was in the hand with her there is no way I would give her credit for a strong hand. I think she had a full house or four of a kind or something. She looks so different from her WPT season one Aruba appearance. I didn't even recognize her.
Posted Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:56 am GMT by ChkDeezNuts
| Ben4040 wrote: | | I remember seeing one hand where Leibert made an awesome trap for one of the guys. I can't remember who it was, but she put on an outstanding acting job. I would say if I was in the hand with her there is no way I would give her credit for a strong hand. I think she had a full house or four of a kind or something. She looks so different from her WPT season one Aruba appearance. I didn't even recognize her. |
Are you kidding?
Being Nervous almost always equates a strong hand.
She was acting....and it was obvious that she was acting...She looked like she was going to keel over and die for christ's sake..........I would have told myself: "She is acting, what does this mean?" and I then would have acted accordingly.
Mike Caro says that "Somebody "acting" at a poker table almost always indicates STRENGTH."
You need to go back to MCU my friend...... 
Posted Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:45 pm GMT by Ben4040
I know, and usually I can pick up on it. But I thought she did a good job on that one lol. And I don't remember what the other guy had or who he was, but I think he had a strong hand as well. I don't think I was holding the same hand I would have ever believed she had me beat with the way she was acting thats all I'm saying. :D
Posted Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:32 pm GMT by Cyberhwk
| bigcasual75 wrote: | | What the hell was Flack thinking here. I know he reads well, but what could he beat? A Jack high bluff? He couldn't even beat an Ace high bluff with a decent kicker. |
That really surprised me too. To ME he just seemed a little tired of it all by the end, maybe he was just taking a chance. HAD she been bluffing with small suited connectors he would have looked like a genious.
Posted Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:23 pm GMT by bigcasual75
Yeah, as much as this tournament was more for entertainment that a real poker showdown, and as shitty as the announcers were, I enjoyed the final table very much.
I just don't see what Layne Flack was thinking. He could have worn down Liebert easily.
Oh well, I'm sure Layne will have a strong year this year in the WPT and WSOP.
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