High Stakes Poker Season 6, Episode 7

Part one of high stakes below. You cast of players online poker greats; online online omaha poker experts Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, and Patrik Antonius. Lex Veldhuis, Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Andrew Robl and a helping of every man Dennis Phillips.



There were no monster pots High Stakes Poker pots at play here but the players last week who got roughed up a bit, Patrik Antonius (ran his aces into Phil Ivey's kings), Lex Veldhuis who mixed it up with a mistimed bluff vs. Andrew Robl, were perhaps licking their wounds. Negreanu and Phillips got sliced and diced for value by Tom Dwan who kept improving on the river.

They entered the show with these stacks: Dwan over 700k. Antonius over 600k, Ivey 450k, Negreanu 320k, Rob 241k, Greenstein 117k. Nursing the little stacks under 100k were Phillips just at 99k and Veldhuis a smidge under 80k.

An early big hand was Daniel Negreanu vs. Andrew Robl. Negreanu had 33, Robl A3. The flop came out QQ3. They checked the flop. A deuce on the turn elicted a bet out of Negreanu, Robl called. A six hit the river and Negreanu regretted checking hoping to induce a bet, because the bet didn't come.



A big hand here again involved Andrew Robl. Barry Greenstein raised with KQ of clubs, Robl reraised it with Ak. Barry called. Flop came queen high and Barry checked. Robl bet and Barry called. Robl found some heart and led out 44k. Greenstein shoved and Robl had to fold. As Kaplan noted Greenstein could only fear AA, KK, JJ, and if Greenstein. Kaplan later compared Robl to Marlon Brando on the Waterfront.

Dennis Phillips eemed the most frustrated as his stack quickly dwindled. Like sand through fingers. Dennis came out with a raise of K7 suited. Tom Dwan with the same suit came over the top and bumped it with 102 suited. Phil Ivey probably recognizing Dwan's move considered raising for a moment but didn't. Instead he called with pocket threes. Flop came out 7 high giving Dennis the best hand.

Ivey checked, Dennis checked, and Dwan fired. Ivey went away. Dennis shoved and Dwan folded. He got ridiculed a bit for waiting for a K7. Greenstein was having the most fun with the fomer truck driver.



It took until almost the end of the show for the real hand to happen. Ivey led out with K10. Robl called with Ace of Spades, Queen of hearts. Patrik Antonius came over the top with a big raise. Everybody scattered until the action returned to Robl. Robl shoved, and Patrik insta-called. That wasn't so good for Robl. They ran it twice and Patrik Antonius won them both.

In general it was a pretty tepid show. Even Dwan got suckered into not value betting the river. Daniel Negreanu induced some eyerolls when he twice checked his best hand hoping to induce a bet instead of betting it. Dwan turned the screw on one suggesting Negreanu could have won a big pot.

In the last segment it got worse for Negreanu. Dwan repopped Negreanu's meager J8 raise. The flop came AJA. Negreanu was happy about that Jack. He shouldn't have been. Dwan bet the flop. Negreanu called. When a King hit the turn Dwan made the nuts with Ak in the hole. He put out a 1/3rd bet. Daniel came over the top for another 80k.

After some hollywooding Dwan called. Negreanu caught a break on the river as Dwan checked and Negeanu had to check behind.