The golden age for sure. The goat Dwan at his apex. The legend Hellmuth. The magician and the smoothest player ever, Esfandiari. The mouth for entertainment. The smart everyday man, Greenstein. Kid Poker. The godfather, Doyle. And how could you forget Ivey?

@@thsu8 how could you forget Farha?

​@@thsu8 Dwan was a big part of the downfall of HSP

@@quiksix25 How? Genuinely curious.

@@thsu8 The first season he was on was lame, not his fault but it just didn't have the same vibe so I associate him with when the show took a turn for the worse, compare those episodes with any season from 1 up until Gold and Guy with the big buy in- the difference is clear

He's a magician 🎩

Agreed

Same! A time before all this online poker cr@p. I've never played online and very happy to say I've had two royal flushes (just got my second one last week) in real-life games. I can't imagine online poker. I've seen friends do it..... but it's just "click click click" to win a couple of dollars when the blinds are 2c, 5c.... Seems pointless to me.

He's got a great voice too. I love it

Yup. RIP Norm.

All because of chans rep. Hes a super tight cash game player. Very similar to hellmuth but prob a bit more agro when hes got the goods. Chans range there is AJ at worst & possibly even filled up on the higher end. Basically antonio knew there was nothing in chans range that he could even remotely beat.

@@SmallBallPoker play the player not the game

@@SmallBallPoker Why is Chan such a tight cash game player? I've noticed the same watching him over the years. Just curious why a legend like Johnny plays so tight.

@@thsu8 It seems to work well for him, and perhaps he believes that *that* is the only way to make money. If he had more insight to his own play, then he could loosen up a bit and realise that people KNOW he's a solid player. He could make some all-ins on a board of K,A,Q,2,4 with just the 8-of-clubs and 3-of-hearts in his hand.... but he doesn't. I personally would fold pocket A-10 to him if he went all-in on the river in a huge pot if I were holding just such a hand...

True, shows how well Phil read Antonio’s hand. Phil gets a lot of flak but I love watching him play poker, all around he’s great

Lmao yeah like he wasn’t on camera share we can see the cards

We've all been there 😆

@@richard7645 oh 100% 😂

Guy is full of physical tells. Don't think he really cares though

He's got a few billion, he could care less about tells.

Yeah he's just there for a good time

Not playing at the level he could be

@@JK-wf2sq What company is he involved with?

Oh you!

What kind of man loves seeing another man lose? Smh u disgust me

Cash poker at this level is sick

@@mr.makedonija2627 as long as its mike matusow losing

Its kinda funny but not as funny as Hellmuths bad beats

Envious behaviour can only harm the source

wonder who's that

@@jjjjj9641 I think its Mariah Carey?

Viffer is the worst

I scrolled through the comments just to see if someone pointed out what a stupid thing to say that was.

7 9 of spades were the nuts

Antonio is a NIT

Phil knew that Antonio had limped early, so if he had a flush, it wasn’t going to be like queen high or something.

It wasn’t 2nd nuts…it was the 4th nuts. 79ss, 47ss were the nuts and second nuts.

@@axlrose8866 nope he is not

Johnny Chan is insanely nitty. Basically doesn’t bluff.

Here’s seat six That guy is one of those annoying wanna be funny people

I remember someone ask him on a Reddit AMA why he dresses like an Eastern European Molly dealer lmao.

*eunuch shirt - there I fixed it for you

@@hetzer7366 thanks dad.

@@jman7287 nevermind, I don't think you got the joke LOL

@@hetzer7366 def didnt lol

didnt he do that for a whole season? somebody knows which one?

@@lookatthisbizarre2940 It was the last two seasons

Dang, I thought Norm commentating??!? Can't be...

It gets rid of the barefoot boy🤣🤣

And he laid down, so nitty

Frikkin roomies

@@y-sdahms212 I feel like laak was scared money in these games. shouldn't have sst in.

@@StackerBA he was 100%..totally outclassed. why even sit if ur gonna fold JJ to a 8 high board for 17k?

never thought of it that way, will use that in the future.

The turn bet sucked, only 6 grand? Of course antonio calls that, then he doesnt bet the river? Bet the river, if tony is crazy enough to raise good for him he can take it but....

@@shivasirons6159 you bring up a good point. When Mike bets the turn as a bluff, he is trying to get Antonio to fold out king highs and better queen high holdings. When the river bricks off, the value bets he had on the turn like pocket pairs or quads are always going to follow up with another medium sized bet to get value from what looks like an ace high type of holding, so when Mike checks the river he is never going to show up with ace high or a full house because ace high would've checked the turn and a full house or quads would've bet the river. Therefore queen high becomes a more reasonable holding to defend with.

Nice but investing in crypto is the only big chance of making money.

@@alwaysactive2579 For real crypto is profitable.

Crypto is the new gold.

I heard that his strategies are really good!

Sammy Farha number one.

I thought the same thing: tom dwan, esfandiari, hellmuth, negreaunu, and phil ivey

@@joshuabayer8544 yeah bro 😊 all favorite player at one table.

They all likeable people on this show

Probably because they're not commentating in real-time

@@roganmorrow oh actually?

It's true

he's not going to donk the flop if he just called preflop. he's playing his jacks like bluff catcher only at this point

Lies. Reddit lover.

What are you referring to?

He had that hand against Boneta- he’s definitely a scumbag IMO

can you elaborate I'm interersted :)

@@joeince9430 where can i find it?

And she was nearly 40 here. Laak you lucky sob

@@4Sim0n4 more like,nearly 50. Around 46-47 to be exact. Just stunningly beautiful.

He played the hand like he had AA or KK and if your thinking your gonna fold the turn then why not just fold the flop and save money, he was thinking unless he hit one of his two outers then he would be drawing dead, some would call some would fold most would raise but a call or fold in this spot is the right move

@@charliemorrison3557 You cannot think a fold is correct in that spot. A reraise pre does not always mean KK or AA, least of all against a guy who is always trying to out play you, and even further more if that guy is Antonio Esfandiari. We all like Laak, but that is a horrific scared-money play. He should have re-raised pre obviously, but as played check call the whole way.

Selbst..

That's Phil Laak's nickname

That was horrible

if I had a set, I would love if they counted my money ! 💰

Depends on the players. They probably have played together many times and are on with this.

@@meemo.86 of course Eli and Antonio have played together many times at that point but the point is you don’t ever do that. Maybe if you’re playing some low stake home game with friends getting wasted you can get away with that but otherwise that’s just out of line and a mistake on Eli as it’s an opportunity to try to interact with Antonio and get some information.

@@jf5618 OK karen. Guarantee Antonio wasn't offended.

yeah, terrible etiquette.

@@steviepaterson9792 hes got some good moments. Made some really nice plays.

He Hardly played any seasons

@@richard7645 he still had his own best moments