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« on: June 26, 2009, 12:02:19 AM »

She's playing 'professionals at the end of the programme apparently.
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« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2009, 12:04:39 AM »

thanks for the heads up - tuning in now!
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« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2009, 12:08:11 AM »

When did he and Bluff kiss and make up? As I remembered it they were slating him for not taking them up on a heads up challenge.
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« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2009, 12:08:24 AM »

this whole thing must be a level
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« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2009, 12:08:40 AM »

havnt seen this personally but heard it was pretty funny in terms of judging her poker ability - she does ok (doesnt win) in a crapshooty tournament or something, right?
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« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2009, 02:13:16 AM »

wow, that was amazing. in only a couple of weeks he trained an old dear to make dubious calls

derren is great but this was awful
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« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2009, 09:29:24 AM »

wow, that was amazing. in only a couple of weeks he trained an old dear to make dubious calls

When are Absolute signing her up?

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« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2009, 10:03:58 AM »

lol she got 2 outed on the last hand..
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« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2009, 11:07:15 AM »

wow, that was amazing. in only a couple of weeks he trained an old dear to make dubious calls

derren is great but this was awful

lol- she was only playing for a couple of weeks- u expected her to be Phil Ivey?

And FWIW you started with 2k in chips- don't think these calls were so dubious probably considering the awful structure
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« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2009, 11:14:21 AM »



lol- she was only playing for a couple of weeks- u expected her to be Phil Ivey?



obv not, that's the point

derren seemed to think he could turn her into ivey. he failed
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« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2009, 11:16:56 AM »

i assume its a repeat ,dont think its really about teaching people how to play poker,its teaching her to recognise  facial expressions,when they are weak or trying to bluff, then she is just getting the money in ahead.
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« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2009, 11:21:28 AM »

I think that the whole thing was pish - the players seemed to be acting rather than playing normally.  The old dear appeared to be looking at someone for directions as well.

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« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2009, 11:25:29 AM »

i assume its a repeat ,dont think its really about teaching people how to play poker,its teaching her to recognise  facial expressions,when they are weak or trying to bluff, then she is just getting the money in ahead.

ok but the first hand shown was a player pushing with a flush draw and overcards - there is no way he would have felt weak with that hand (and of course the old lady had a better flush draw and a gutshot)
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« Reply #13 on: June 26, 2009, 12:20:24 PM »

I saw this last year and if I remember rightly he taught her a lot about body language and reading tells - he uses it enormously in his work. They workd a lot of voices too.

I assume he must have included maths but they didn't show that I don't think?

Love watching this last time - she was unlucky to loose that last hand.

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