Episode #439 - November 22nd, 2016

Live from the Two Plus Two Studios - On this episode of the Pokercast: An impromptu conversation with the legend himself Mike Sexton! First off, Terrence is heading to a tournament in Macau but this time with fists instead of chips. We also chat about All In Or Knocked Out Part 6 and get into the news. This Week: The guys talk about some legislation that might threaten poker in Australia and then we hop on the line with Mike Sexton from his vacation in the Dominican Republic fresh off a WPT title in Montreal! Mike chats with us about taking down a big event after many years since his last big score, his love for the shot clock, the busy schedule he’s got and Adam reminisces about some golf stories. After Mike we’ve got a ton of your mail to get to. Some strategy questions, live poker pet peeves, how much would it take, degen stories and Phil Ivey ruling questions were submitted and we get to all of them! Before we wrap it up we review a few of Ross’ hands as well.

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firstest

yay

p-p-p-p-odium !

This makes me

Funf

WAT, today is Tuesday.

Sevenseth?

I choose all the Kings.

riddle:

How big was your face palm when you heard Mike Sexton talk about protection poker?

follow-up question: if the game is played for n rounds, for which values of n does hero have a winning strategy? n=1 no, n=2 yes, n > 2?

Do you mean n drawing rounds?

Doesn't my KKKKn theory work? I think it does if I choose KKKKA as I can beat any str8 flush that my opponent takes.

Ivey did not vary his bet during a shoe. However, in early shoes (when he had less of an advantage since fewer cards (or none) had yet been turned), he bet less. In later shoes he bet the table maximum on each hand.

Of course, if Ivey thought the first card was high, he bet on Player. And if he thought the first card was low, he bet on Bank.

As I posted in the long thread on Ivey edge sorting, I calculated that Ivey's edge with perfect knowledge of whether first card is high (7-9) or low (not 7-9), would be around 6.8%. Ivey's edge sorting scheme was not perfect, but around 90-95% accurate, and I estimated his edge at around 5.2% per hand.

When Terrence says he is "retired", what exactly does he mean. Ive been listening (maybe not hard enough) to the show since its inception and I didn't realise he had a job other than playing poker? I assume he means through investments/building a nestegg he doesnt need to work for the rest of his life due to his poker career?

ps im jelly

I was thinking the casino could have protected themselves by discarding the top card.

Or, you know, not have marked cards

if you draw all the tens first up, if n =2 or more you win every time

Doing Ross's job for him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xgx4k83zzc

Getting through this episode, just heard Adam will be out in AZ in May for the Savage Invitational!