Today on PokerListings Wednesday, May 14, 2008

WSOPC New Orleans prelims under way

By Arthur Crowson The last stop on the '07-'08 season of the World Series of Poker Circuit is under way and several events are already in the bag.

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Rio Grande! Nuijten Victorious at LAPT...

By Matthew Showell It's not every day that a major poker tournament escapes the iron grip of the PokerListings.com tournament reporting juggernaut but the inaugural stop on the PokerStars.com...

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Our Brains and Change

By Sean Lind Humans in general like patterns. We like things to stay constant, and when things change, we become anxious.

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My Thoughts on WSOP ME Final Table Delay

By Liz Lieu Well, a lot has happened in the two weeks since my previous post here at PokerListings, both for me and for poker.

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Question of the Day Wednesday, May 14, 2008


No-Limit Hold'em

Blinds: $50/$100
Pot: $150
  • $150
  •    
    Your Hand $1,650
  • 1st $1,402
  • 2nd $8,000
  • 3rd $1,720
  • 4th $1,800
  • 5th $1,900
  •  
  • Cut-off $2,600
    $250
  • Button $3,200
  • Small blind $1,800

Background:

You are playing in the later stages of an online sit-and-go. The play has been fairly aggressive, with lots of stealing. In this hand it’s folded to the cut-off, who makes a raise to $250. The button and the small blind fold.

Options:

What should you do?

Million Dollar Cash Game: Ivey Starts to Climb

   

Jesus Ferguson
VS.
   

Phil Ivey

For Phil Ivey, the opening stages of the second annual Full Tilt Poker Million Dollar Cash Game were something of a nightmare. Ivey came to play and mixed it up more than anyone else at the table; problem was, he wasn’t winning...

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Texas Holdem No-Limit WSOP 2001
$10,000 Main Event: Trapping with aces

17.4%
  

Carlos Mortensen
VS. 82.6%
  

Dewey Tomko

Carlos Mortensen had a 2-to-1 chip lead when he and Dewey Tomko played the last hand of the tournament. Mortensen raised to $100,000 with the Kc-Qc and Tomko flat-called with the As-Ah in an attempt to trap Mortensen. The flop came Jd-Tc-3c giving Mortensen...

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