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| Victoria
Coren |
| Monday May 28,
2007 |
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On
one side of the table: Greg Raymer, 2004 world champion of poker. On the other
side: my brother Giles. Ha! The world champ stood no chance.
Raymer was
a mere obstacle to be batted away - as were WPT and EPT winner Roland de Wolfe,
the current European poker champion (me), and a 66-strong field including top
celebrity players Michael Greco and Tony Cascarino - on my brother's inexorable
march to £7,000 victory in the Shane Warne invitational poker tournament
at the Sportsman Casino last week. |
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It was a salutary lesson in the eternal
value of old-school poker. Giles taught me to play, years ago, then ducked out
of the game. He missed the revolution. He doesn't watch poker on TV, he doesn't
play online, and he's never faced a Scandinavian opponent. He is oblivious to
the new, super-aggressive, all-in style. To my brother, AK is no pair. Small
suited connectors offer good value if he can get in cheap to a multi-way pot;
they're not an excuse to make a massive, bluffing reraise in a "squeeze
situation". His result was a resounding victory for the old principles of
craftiness, caution, keeping the pots small, making major decisions after
cards.
In one key hand, on the final table, he limped early with AJ. The
button called and the big blind went all in. Giles flat-called, inducing the
button to call behind. Giles finally moved in on a flop of A82, and the button
called with A9. Of course he did! This young, aggressive, post-revolution
player could not put Giles on AJ after that gentle pre-flop play. He was
bamboozled by a style of poker he had never seen.
Your can read more
from Anthony Holden at his website
www.biggerdeal.com |
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