High Stakes Poker Table Chatter

[shipitfish]

Erick Lindgren (to Daniel Negreanu):

I had twice as many outs as Gus.

John Juanda interjects:

Nice needle, there.

Erick mis-read Daniel for a bluff on the turn when Daniel had top pair. Erick hit a set on the river, and refers back to Gus' hand when Daniel had Gus in a set-over-set situation and Gus made quads.

Daniel continues to play very poorly this season. He had a tough night. He's right that he's had a cooler or two, but he's mostly been paying off in spots he doesn't have to.

Comments

He's been playing like a donkey

[(Anonymous)]

IMO, the only hand worthy of the cooler moniker is the boat vs quads. And I personally think he should have been able to fold to Gus's river raise on that hand. Ignoring that hand, Daniel has been playing like a donkey. He repeats this cycle over and over:

1) Wow, your actions seem to indicate that you have me beat. Also, the board has developed in a way that has greatly weakened my hand.

2) Let me stop and list off all the hands that beat me. Wow, pretty long list of reasonable hands.

3) But man, way back on the flop, I really was sure that I was ahead in the hand.

4) What is it to me? Some fairly large amount of money? Okay, let me count it out.

5) Well, if I lose this, then it was bad luck. Okay, I call.

6) Damn, how many times will I lose?

Re: He's been playing like a donkey

[shipitfish.livejournal.com]

Well put indeed! I have been thinking a lot about that check-raise on the river and laying down to Gus and I'm almost convinced, although not quite. I just can't stop thinking about 58 and 56 being really reasonable hands Daniel can put Gus on in that spot. I think Gus would check-raise all-in with those holdings, so Daniel is usually correct in calling. I've got a post coming about this hand, actually.

But, that is but one hand. So many others, Daniel has done exactly as you describe. He's really having a bad night. If he was playing optimally, he would quit instead. The previews for next week seem to indicate, though, that we're going to see Daniel keep dumping.

Re: He's been playing like a donkey

[(Anonymous)]

dude, ur an idiot and have no idea what trash is fallin out of ur mouth