Bullets Versus Bullets | Professional Poker Players

The Boring AA vs. AA | Patrik Antonius vs. Howard Lederer

Usually, AA vs. AA is really boring, and for the most part, the same is true for this hand. But with such big players on the table, you can still enjoy some of the chit chatter and deep thinking involved.

Look at how Patrik Antonius yawns just before the 0.20 mark, after the commentator tells us it has been a “pretty uneventful game”. Antonius, sitting on the cutoff, decides to limp in with his Rockets, a good move if you ask me, but lots of bad players would just instantly raise here. Howard Lederer puts in a small raise, wanting to make some money on his own bullets.

Raise, Re-Raise, All In | Durrr Runs Away

Tom Dwan “Durrr” calls Lederer’s raise but folds when the action is getting heavy from both Lederer and Antonius, not taking any chances. Lederer re-raises Antonius his raise, to $21.000+ making it a $44.900 pot, after which Antonius calls, wanting to make some more money on the flop and beyond. Probably hoping Lederer has something like AK and hits his deadly king. On the flop Antonius checks, Lederer bets $18.000 and here Antonius once again re-raises Lederer’s bet to $40.000, Lederer calls but you can feel the fear gripping him by the throat, kings, like the commentator says, are a very real possibility.

On the turn Patrik doesn’t hesitate like on the flop and instantly bets $75.000, putting Lederer All-in, should he call. If you ask me, I was amazed by Lederer’s call here, since he is usually very nitty. But he does call and you can feel the relief on his face, another pair of Aces was really the only thing he could be up against here, or a total Antonius bluff, of course!

Phil Ivey Calls For More Live Poker

The really interesting part is where Phil Ivey talks about the fact that they should really start playing live more often, we are not the only ones enslaved by internet poker!

Let’s grab our old chips, get our cash out and do as Phil suggests, maybe online poker is better for cash flow, but nothing can beat the thrill of live poker, can it?