Windwalker on Hustler Casino Live?!?!?!?!?!? (2 Viewers)

[CrazyEddie]

Everyone played that exactly correctly. Krish handling the big loss amazingly well.

 

[JMC9389]

Everyone played that exactly correctly. Krish handling the big loss amazingly well.

That was a big time hero call from Gal with George still left to act. Krish could very conceivably have a bigger flush draw in his range the way the hand played out preflop. George may as well have written "big pocket pair" on his forehead.

 

[davislane]

Flop a 9 Krish!

are you watching a replay? you know its not live?

Edit. I thought krish wasnt playing this week. I guess that changed

 

[boltonguy]

Holy crap did they rabbit hunt and a diamond came on the second runout? That’s just runbad

 

[boltonguy]

are you watching a replay? you know its not live?

Edit. I thought krish wasnt playing this week. I guess that changed

It is on delay but this is today’s game

 

[boltonguy]

Krish reloading. GO KRISH!

 

[boltonguy]

Gal cold calls the 3! Oop With Q9s with George behind and flops two pair. Rungood!

 

[boltonguy]

KK go Krish!!

 

[boltonguy]

Wanted Gal to call and miss there!

 

[boltonguy]

Garrett of course flops the nuts … again

 

[Windwalker]

The 9s were kryptonite for me all night. Bleh.

 

[cgpilot]

That was a tough one.

 

[CrazyEddie]

kryptonite

 

[inca911]

Fun watching the stream, but wish the coolers had missed you. Tough hands. Perhaps suggest to Nick that they offer some lemon-water warm towels to the players after a few hours to refresh. Lots of sweaty/greasy looking players on the stream tonight makes for ugly TV.

 

[navels]

That set over set was brutal. Krish I think you played really well except for that river shove on the last hand. Keep at it!

 

[Senzrock]

Tough session but we can’t control the bad river beats. If our 9’s hold, we have a winning session.

 

[davislane]

Tough session but we can’t control the bad river beats. If our 9’s hold, we have a winning session.

all your fault. your strategy obviously hasnt taken into account bad beats sufficiently.....

 

[liftapint]

I wish I could mute Nick.

 

[navels]

I wish I could mute Nick.

Even on PCF there is absolutely no way to argue against this opinion.

 

[HaRDHouSeiNC]

I wish I could mute Nick.

More Nick
Best part of that game besides Gal calling 5500 with bottom pair type plays

 

[navels]

lol I stand corrected

 

[navels]

Garrett is such a boss.

 

[davislane]

I wish I could mute Nick.

at the very least turn his volume down.

poor form with some of his table talk when people are in hands also.

 

[boltonguy]

Garrett is such a boss.

I think it was Monday when they were talking about how well he runs and how it should average out over time. He said something like “well there alway has to be someone who is running better than everyone else and that’s me.” So even when he’s running bad the rest of us are running worse. How is this possible?? I remember reading something about Phil Galfonds PLO challenge and he was down like 3M or something because he was running bad for several months- not playing bad just getting it in good and losing. Garrett just runs unbelievably well. Wish I could figure out how to do that myself

 

[nightbird]

I wish I could mute Nick.

But it’s a dream to have him at the table. Not only does he suck at the game but he also gives away free money on moronic bets. Also you can never feel bad about taking nick verdouchy’s money.

 

[Senzrock]

I think it was Monday when they were talking about how well he runs and how it should average out over time. He said something like “well there alway has to be someone who is running better than everyone else and that’s me.” So even when he’s running bad the rest of us are running worse. How is this possible?? I remember reading something about Phil Galfonds PLO challenge and he was down like 3M or something because he was running bad for several months- not playing bad just getting it in good and losing. Garrett just runs unbelievably well. Wish I could figure out how to do that myself

Just FYI - Garrett was joking when he said that. Here’s the thing: no one runs better than anyone else. Garrett is just a much better player than most and holds a huge skill advantage that many of us don’t comprehend. Now, it’s true that in a limited sample size (televised TV pots for example), certain players will run better than others (see Tom Dwan circa 2007-2010 on High Stakes Poker for anther famous example), but that’s not really the whole truth. Dwan had a huge edge in those games at the time as well. He was able to bluff and value bet in ways that his peers weren’t able to match, and the same goes with Garrett. People forget that he laid down KK to AA on like a 963 flop (something close to that) vs Andy. Everyone else is just going broke there. It’s his skill, not his run good, that allows him to crush the game. For Garrett though, he wants to endorse the idea that he is just “running better than anyone else on the planet” because it takes the attention away from his skill edge, and therein lies the biggest secret between pros at the table and amateurs - the illusion of chance in a game of skill. Garrett wants everyone to think he is lucky, lest they realize he is just that much better.

 

[Senzrock]

I think it was Monday when they were talking about how well he runs and how it should average out over time. He said something like “well there alway has to be someone who is running better than everyone else and that’s me.” So even when he’s running bad the rest of us are running worse. How is this possible?? I remember reading something about Phil Galfonds PLO challenge and he was down like 3M or something because he was running bad for several months- not playing bad just getting it in good and losing. Garrett just runs unbelievably well. Wish I could figure out how to do that myself

Also, for what it’s worth, Galfond was “only” down ~$900k in that heads up match, not 3 million.

 

[Pinkdan]

Just FYI - Garrett was joking when he said that. Here’s the thing: no one runs better than anyone else. Garrett is just a much better player than most and holds a huge skill advantage that many of us don’t comprehend. Now, it’s true that in a limited sample size (televised TV pots for example), certain players will run better than others (see Tom Dwan circa 2007-2010 on High Stakes Poker for anther famous example), but that’s not really the whole truth. Dwan had a huge edge in those games at the time as well. He was able to bluff and value bet in ways that his peers weren’t able to match, and the same goes with Garrett. People forget that he laid down KK to AA on like a 963 flop (something close to that) vs Andy. Everyone else is just going broke there. It’s his skill, not his run good, that allows him to crush the game. For Garrett though, he wants to endorse the idea that he is just “running better than anyone else on the planet” because it takes the attention away from his skill edge, and therein lies the biggest secret between pros at the table and amateurs - the illusion of chance in a game of skill. Garrett wants everyone to think he is lucky, lest they realize he is just that much better.

This, so much this ^^^^^

 

[Highli99]

For Garrett though, he wants to endorse the idea that he is just “running better than anyone else on the planet” because it takes the attention away from his skill edge, and therein lies the biggest secret between pros at the table and amateurs - the illusion of chance in a game of skill. Garrett wants everyone to think he is lucky, lest they realize he is just that much better.

^^^^^THIS IS TRUTH^^^^^^^

I am a huge fan of DGAF, but his myopic focus on how good some people run compared to how poorly he runs is an excuse for not working on his game. A lot of poker players are the same way, and good players will feed that mentality all day long. What else will they say? Play better?

Nobody wants to hear that, because that means the only way out is hard work. It’s much easier to blame luck and have an excuse not to study and improve. And good plays would rather you not study and improve.

Garret is the GOAT and I personally would choose to play in other games since there are lots of softer games out there. But my ego would want to play him. Sometimes my ego gets the best of me but that usually turns out poorly.

 

[Senzrock]

^^^^^THIS IS TRUTH^^^^^^^

I am a huge fan of DGAF, but his myopic focus on how good some people run compared to how poorly he runs is an excuse for not working on his game. A lot of poker players are the same way, and good players will feed that mentality all day long. What else will they say? Play better?

Nobody wants to hear that, because that means the only way out is hard work. It’s much easier to blame luck and have an excuse not to study and improve. And good plays would rather you not study and improve.

Garret is the GOAT and I personally would choose to play in other games since there are lots of softer games out there. But my ego would want to play him. Sometimes my ego gets the best of me but that usually turns out poorly.

It's funny, a lot of people like to quote the opening line from Rounders "Listen, here's the thing - if you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker" - but we don't apply it in our own games. We need to understand who the sharks are at the table at all times and who the weaker/recreational players are. @Windwalker and I have been working on identifying player types and developing different playing styles/approaches to those players. For Garrett... this basically means trying to stay out of his way or at least be in position against him. For others, that means being more aggressive and looking to play more pots with them. No one can compete against a table full of Garrett's, but if we can minimize our loses against him and Andy and get max value out of our better spots vs the recreational players, we will be putting ourselves in a good position.