Season 3 of High Stakes Poker

[Reel Deal]

Some good hands in last night's episode, make sure to check it out when it hits YouTube TP.

I hope Brian Townsend learns how to handle chips before his next appearance. Watching him fumble around was painful.

[Talking Poker]

I'm a week behind, but I think Brian is playing well. IMO, Sammy looks like an idiot - not just because he keeps getting his money in bad - but because his reads are way off too. He's made a couple of comments about Brian's play, and I have no idea what he is talking about. Also, that huge hands that sbrugby got involved in vs. Paul Wasicka, he made that big laydown with AT. Sammy indicated that he would have instacalled - and donked off another quarter million, if he even had that much sitting in front of him.

Paul's play seems pretty transparent to me. No way is he putting it all in there with a heart draw. I would have put him on a set of 7s too.

[Reel Deal]

Yeah, as BL said, Sammy has been like a leaky sieve. To me he just looks like the stereotypical degenerate gambler that plays every hand he's dealt hoping to get lucky. I'm sure some of the moves he pulls work against the typical rich moron that comes to Vegas to play poker, but against these players he's going to get (and is getting) hammered.

[Talking Poker]

This is my guess too. I haven't been impressed with Eli's play either, but it's certainly working against Sammy.

Let's put i this way, if Jamie Gold was playing EXACTLY like either of these guys, I think everyone would be saying he's the worst player in the world, etc, etc... but because they are who they are, they get cut some slack.

Negreanu/Lindgren/Antonio all play a lot of hands (well, not so much Lindgren), but they don't play them stupid. They see a lot of flops, yes, but they pick good spots to make plays, and don't just throw their money around without good reason.

Meanwhile, Wasica is the other extreme, obviously playing very scared. Harman/Dolye/Barry seem to be somewhere in the middle, with a really good balance.

Just my

[Boobie Lover]

Lindgren is bad.

Negranaeu is a good hand reader, but his bet sizing sucks.

And, I'm assuming you have not watched Jamie Gold play this season on HSP because his play lends credence to him being called more awful than any other player that was ever played on that show.

[Talking Poker]

No, I saw him. And he was as awful as I've ever seen on tv.

Actually, last night I caught a rerun of him on Late Night Poker (I hadn't seen it the first time around), and his play was..... just...... TERRIBLE. I mean, it was so bad. He tried running a bluff against Doyle with 54 once (no pair, no draw). Check check flop (Dolyle had TP). Check (min) raise turn. Lead at river for like 2000 (20-25% of the pot). Doyle called, of course, but before he could even get his money in there, Jamie did his donkish "Oh, you got it" thing.

He's a complete tool at the table. Worst M.E. winner ever. He makes Moneymaker look like a poker hall of famer.