Phil Hellmuth beats like a child Doug Polk on Heads Up Match - Page 8 - Poker News

internet player polk entering trying to play hellmuth down the live streets is like an MMA fighter thinking he can beat the best boxer in the world in the squared circle.

and Ill remember this as I laugh and collect my winnings 77:1 baby

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08-26-2017 , 02:41 PM

#177

Penetrator

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Originally Posted by jonovan

If the players would have had opposite cards (i.e., played each others cards), would Phil still have won? Would he have folded/called correctly in situations where Doug folded/called incorrectly?

He would call, it was cheap and with remaining chips he can apply his 14 bracelets edge. Maybe he will be forced order another pasta.

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08-27-2017 , 10:41 AM

#178

fuluck

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Originally Posted by WCGRider

Next time I play Phil I'll let anyone who wants his side send me money and you can double it if he wins. It's the least I could do to help everyone out.

Also I think the title is supposed to be "Phil Hellmuth beats Doug Polk like a child in HU match." Although I don't understand why we are beating children to begin with.

You heard it here first. Doug Polk beats children.

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08-27-2017 , 04:01 PM

#179

hAmThEkIlLeR

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Every younger generation of players has to learn. You can't draw your little elfin sword on the White Wizard.

Vanessa should just be thankful that PH didn't banish him to the far East, like he a certain other online sensation.

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08-27-2017 , 05:37 PM

#180

RA!Z0R RAM0N

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The range/math theories are fun, but you nerds are forgetting an integral factor of being the greatest: monogamy. He hasn't mentioned this, but PH has NEVER cheated on his wife.

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08-27-2017 , 08:33 PM

#181

restorativejustice

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Originally Posted by RA!Z0R RAM0N

The range/math theories are fun, but you nerds are forgetting an integral factor of being the greatest: monogamy. He hasn't mentioned this, but PH has NEVER cheated on his wife.

+1
Confirmed run-good.

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08-27-2017 , 10:18 PM

#182

robert_utk

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Originally Posted by RA!Z0R RAM0N

The range/math theories are fun, but you nerds are forgetting an integral factor of being the greatest: monogamy. He hasn't mentioned this, but PH has NEVER cheated on his wife.

PH is actually pretty centered and balanced in his real life, which has not come easy for him or his marriage, which he has been pretty open about. Actually a pretty huge part of being a winning player over decades.

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08-29-2017 , 12:59 AM

#183

rakemeplz

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Originally Posted by SrslySirius

Poe's law is strong ITT

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08-29-2017 , 05:29 AM

#184

smokingrobot

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Originally Posted by robert_utk

You just cant fold for the last 10k of the entire match getting 5:1. Forget trips, you cant fold a decent pair there either. If Phil wins with a call Phil has 60k. If Phil loses to your trips, you are the champ. There is no third option.

You. Just. Can't.

3rd option: elaborate deception

"You too can beat those damn internet/math kids"

Its great for the overall economy/game that Phil won here.

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08-29-2017 , 10:45 AM

#185

leavesofliberty

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Better luck next year.

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08-30-2017 , 02:36 AM

#186

Mrtight

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One match does not judge either player as being the stronger player. I think if they played Headsup cash online for a large sample Polk would Destroy him.

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08-30-2017 , 06:46 AM

#187

restorativejustice

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Originally Posted by Mrtight

One match does not judge either player as being the stronger player. I think if they played Headsup cash online for a large sample Polk would Destroy him.

Most likely, but so what?

They agreed to play live -- where Phil says he has an advantage because of his ability to read opponents and influence their actions through "white magic" -- and Phil beat both Doug and Jungle. He did the most he could do in that format to establish he was "stronger" -- he won it.

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08-30-2017 , 06:47 AM

#188

mrno1324

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Originally Posted by Mrtight

One match does not judge either player as being the stronger player. I think if they played Headsup cash online for a large sample Polk would Destroy him.

you think?

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Originally Posted by restorativejustice

I sometimes wonder if you make these posts to troll or if you genuinely never played a hand of poker in your life

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08-30-2017 , 09:37 AM

#189

chrisshiherlis

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Can't even spell Poker

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08-30-2017 , 02:56 PM

#190

restorativejustice

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Originally Posted by mrno1324

...I sometimes wonder if you make these posts to troll or if you genuinely never played a hand of poker in your life

You cut my quote short on purpose. Sad.

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08-30-2017 , 03:36 PM

#191

sump

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Originally Posted by restorativejustice

You cut my quote short on purpose. Sad.

That last line he cut does not make his response any less relevant.

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08-30-2017 , 03:51 PM

#192

restorativejustice

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^^^
Of course it does.
Again, the format was agreed to by Doug, Jungle, and Phil before they started and Phil won it fair and square.

What more could Phil have done? Get Jungle to fold trips when Phil only had one chip left rather than a few thousand? Get Doug to fold a bluff to his own bluff for even more chips in the pot?

He won the only contest to which they all agreed to compete.
It's ovah: White Magic mystifies again.

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08-31-2017 , 01:14 AM

#193

inmyrav

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Originally Posted by fuluck

You heard it here first. Doug Polk beats children.

And, for no apparent reason.

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08-31-2017 , 03:42 AM

#194

p2ryan

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how does hellmuth do well. reading live updates of these wpt hands boggles my mind. he just snap folds to 4 bet jams when he has QQ. he 3 bets like he has 62 off and folds to a 4 bet jam.
does he run the purest of any human at 20 bb jams?

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08-31-2017 , 04:15 AM

#195

poiulkjh

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Originally Posted by restorativejustice

Exactly

what more could Phil do?

also the idiots saying that "you cant say anything with just a few matches" wouldnt say that if Phil loses, they would be sucking the dicks of Doug/Jungle

worship internet poker players is the lowest someone can reach in life lol

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08-31-2017 , 06:08 AM

#196

mrno1324

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Originally Posted by poiulkjh

You're wrong... the disconnect between logical awareness of variance and beating someone live only exists among live players. And Doug/Jungle fans are likely overwhelmingly online players.
If Jungle did win it would have been nice to see the person who actually put in hard work in the format get paid but no one would be saying stuff like:"Damn I knew he could never lose in a million years since he's clearly the stronger player and variance doesn't exist."