Most amazing hand ever played?
This is without a doubt the most amazing hand ever televised so far. I just saw it for the first time yesterday and it is really quite unbelievable, so much so thats thoughts of hold card editing were popping into my head.
It is taken from the final table of the 2005 Monte Carlo Millions where it is down to heads up between Phil Ivey and Paul Jackson(ActionJack - An English Pro).
How Ivey thinks that Paul Jackson will fold after he has put in well over half his stack I don't know. I have never ever seen such a hand at such a critical point in the tournament for so much money. I haven't even seen close to this at less crucial points in tournaments.
Bet, Raise, Reraise, Reraise, and finally Reraise all in by Phil Ivey with Q high vs 6 high. Wow? Has someone in the editing room changed Ivey's KJ to 65o or perhaps it was actually QcJc? That would be hilarious and make much more sense =) Mafews did tell me that apparently Phil Ivey thought for like five minutes before moving all in on the river.
If someone knows Paul Jackson can they ask him about this hand and post in comments perhaps? I used to play with him sometimes at Ladbrokes but he plays mostly tournaments so I don't get to see him much there. Jacksons hand is way more believable than Ivey's but even if Ivey had folded on the river it would have still been way up there on the list of amazing hands =)
It is taken from the final table of the 2005 Monte Carlo Millions where it is down to heads up between Phil Ivey and Paul Jackson(ActionJack - An English Pro).
How Ivey thinks that Paul Jackson will fold after he has put in well over half his stack I don't know. I have never ever seen such a hand at such a critical point in the tournament for so much money. I haven't even seen close to this at less crucial points in tournaments.
Bet, Raise, Reraise, Reraise, and finally Reraise all in by Phil Ivey with Q high vs 6 high. Wow? Has someone in the editing room changed Ivey's KJ to 65o or perhaps it was actually QcJc? That would be hilarious and make much more sense =) Mafews did tell me that apparently Phil Ivey thought for like five minutes before moving all in on the river.
If someone knows Paul Jackson can they ask him about this hand and post in comments perhaps? I used to play with him sometimes at Ladbrokes but he plays mostly tournaments so I don't get to see him much there. Jacksons hand is way more believable than Ivey's but even if Ivey had folded on the river it would have still been way up there on the list of amazing hands =)
posted by TillerMaN | 12:58 PM
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Jackson gave an interview on Poker 425 about this hand. It's a really good watch.
You can get it on BitTorrent at:
http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3442125
Interview stars at about 35 minutes into the show.
Ivey is the one with Q8s
is this monte carlo millions on torent?
Phil Ivey is the man. My favorite player. Amazing clip.
hole cards, not hold cards?
ActionJack made a few comments about the hand on his site here http://www.uncoverpoker.com/Ease/servlet/DynamicPageBuild?siteID=1888&categoryID=182&catName=Monte%20Carlo%20Millions
Quote:
"In my eagerness to learn I asked him later that night ( he came out drinking with us afterwards) how it was that he could make such a move and he said that he knew when we got heads up that I was not going to let him run over me and that given the strength of my move I probably had the absolute goods or no hand at all . With me having just 300K left ( and leaving myself a playable stack sort of) he could take the value chance that I had no hand because if he was wrong he would still have a 4 to 1 chip lead even after doubling me up."
come on tiller, you hold AA and the flop is 5 7 5 and then you make the read that you are ahead, now this flop seems like it didn't hit anyone either and Ivey thinks he is ahead with his q high and he has a super big chiplead where losing this pot doesn't even hurt him at all,
the last hand between dannenman and hachem amazes me much more or moneymakers or raymers, where one guy made a huge mistake which cost himself millions
is there a torrent of MCM? not just tis clip..
yo tilterman
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Shit, it did expire, glad you told me man. I renewed it just there before anyone stole it =)
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Hello, someone knows if there is a torrent for this final table?
Paul posted this on the blondepoker forum regarding this hand
Many people have asked me about this hand, so here are some thoughts, from my perspective, about what went on.
It has been said that I could and maybe should have won the hand and that I would have won the hand had I pushed all in on the flop facing any of Phil Ivey’s bets and that many other options that I could have taken would have been “more effective”, all of which is quite true. There are many other “more effective” options that I could have taken such as: fold without making up the blind, fold to the initial pre flop raise, fold to the first re raise, fold to the 2nd re raise, move all in after the first bet, move all in after the 1st reraise, move all in after the 2nd re raise, have a seizure before the first call and fall off my chair, expose my hand before the 1st call and have my hand declared dead. I am sure there are more but I am sure you get the point.
We can all look at any hand knowing both hands and knowing in hindsight how the hand played out, particularly with multiple actions, and suggest a course of action that would probably have resulted in a more preferable result for either player.
At the time of my 2nd re raise I had committed a large portion of my chips to the pot and was intending to make my bet look the strongest possible. So I flat raised which I thought looked stronger at the time than an all in bet. (I am not one to move all in on the basis that “ I hope my opponent won’t call”) and indeed everyone that I spoke to that was present at the time all thought that I had a full house and I strongly believe that 99% of players if switched into Phil Ivey’s seat after my 2nd reraise facing that betting pattern with his hand would simply fold, I know I would. To be honest I din not even consider the possibility of him moving all in with no hand after my second re raise as I did not consider that as a viable move under the circumstances.
All of the explanations as to how he made the final move, I answered his question as to my remaining chips, I acted weak when talking, I covered my mouth etc are probably best answered by the man himself.
He came drinking with us the night of the final and after initially saying (without explanation) that “ it was a little something you did”, he eventually explained that he made the final move on the basis of “value” with what was in the pot and what I had left he felt that my final move was very strong but that it represented a very very strong hand or no hand at all and although the chance seemed slim it was worth taking the chance that I had no hand because if he was wrong and doubled me up he would still have a healthy chip lead anyway. He had deduced (for the wrong reason as it turned out) that I was not going to lie down and let him walk over me and that I would be making moves and attempting to bluff him. This was primarily based on two earlier hands where I had bet been called then checked and then re raised him. He felt sure that I had bluffed him both times. As it happened I had QQ on a J high flop the first time and I had checked the flop sure he would bet the turn regardless and he did and I re raised and he folded. The second time I had and hit an ace on flop checked the turn then re raised on the river
(I believed a check on the turn would entice a bet regardless of the river card though as it happened it was a three to give me 2 pairs).
It was unfortunate for me that he did not try his all in play on either of these hands.
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