The update of EPT thread pokerblonde team made go to the Vic and watch some action.
I wanted mainly to watch Swedish players so I could get some ideas how to be aggressive and brave. I mean everybody talks how crazy and aggressive those players are. I spoke to Peter Hedlund and baby face Jonas Molander. Peter comes across as a highly focused poker player who is advocating a deep study and analysis of the game and talking to him is like talking to poker machine, which does not want to reveal you any of the secrets. The only info I have managed to extract from him about his game was: (and please pay attention, this is an amazing and top-secret idea that I have decided to share with fellow blonde forum readers. For revealing this secret I might die or be haunted forever. So if my body will be found on the banks of river Thames I hope some of you will bring some flowers to my funeral.) ‘It all depends on players I play with’.
I could not believe my luck, such a great revelation and the advice all for free, Peter so kind and sharing.
Jonas was even more generous, he was telling me his secrets in Swedish, and me not able to talk his native language and without a recorder in my possession, lack of decent memory will be the best keeper of his poker secrets.
Ok so I went and actually watch them in action and see how aggressive they are. I wanted to see all the bluffs and tricks, but here again my wish remained unfulfilled.
The table I was watching was a televised one with Peter Hedlund, baby face, Vicky Coren, Barny Boatman, Andy Black and two other players I don’t know of who were with very small stacks. Watching live poker game is like watching a slow motion movie, the stillness of players their discipline and ability to fold majority of their hands makes me very happy. One can feel players’ brains ticking. The very small stack was waiting for a good hand to go all in with and from time to time when his blinds were raised he was contemplating a push, but with 34 players left he decided to wait. (Smart move as he did get into money) Vicky Coren got lucky with her 88vs Jonas AA. I think the reason might have been for her pushing Jonas’ initial raise he was raising from UTG from time to time so I don’t think she has put him on any big card, also on the previous hands when Jonas raised and was re-raised he was not shy of folding.
I was sorry to see Andy Black going out before the money, in a hand that for me still is a mystery why did he decided to play it the way he did but then prior to this hand Andy has complained that he did not see any decent cards for a while and perhaps he was counting that Peter will not have A that came on the flop.
(He limped with 6d7d from button, got called by peter in SB and Jonas in BB, the flop was Ah
it was checked to him and he pushed all in, Peter had
)
So what I said about disappointing advice from Peter at the begging of this piece, now started to make sense. As I saw as the game progressed I realized that I would call Andy’s all in as well and being Andy I would not push my stack in this spot.
I will not report on other hands as i don't want to compete with official poker blonde thread.
I am going to watch the final today. I am sure it will be exciting.
Thanks snoopy for a good advertisement of the event, without your thread I would not make an effort to go.
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