Tom Dwan has made a big name for himself in the poker world through his online exploits and bold challenges that he commonly issues. The latest challenge has him taking on a number of noted live poker pros in a Million Dollar Challenge being put on by Matchroom Sport in London. The first leg of the challenge had Dwan taking on Marcello “luckexpress” Marigliano.
Both players bought into this heads-up matchup for $250,000 which set the stage for a marathon playing session; the match lasted 12 hours and saw 500 hands play out. When all 500 hands had been played, it was Marigliano who held the advantage with $272,500 compared to Dwan’s $227,500.
The fact that Marigliano ended up winning the challenge is very interesting since the statistics would indicate otherwise. Dwan was able to win 55% of the hands, and was more aggressive on the button after raising 84% of the time. However, the end results obviously indicate that Marcello Marigliano was the winner.
After the heads-up match was over with, Marigliano told Matchroom Sport, “In the end, I won a small amount, but I’m happy though as I won with bluffs. He raised a lot pre-flop and you have to play tight, but I made some good moves, and I’m happy I proved I can play with Tom.”
The matchup with Marigliano is only the first part of the challenge since Dwan will be facing off against llari Sahamies today in 500 hands of Pot-Limit Hold’em; this is going to be shown on the Sky Sports network in 2010. After Sahamies, Dwan will take on Sammy “Any Two” George. This match is very interesting since George is known for his tendency to play any two cards that he holds.
Things are starting to get a lot busier at CarbonPoker lately. Our Bad Beat Jackpot is going off, tourneys are getting bigger each week and more players are coming through the door — we’re expanding. The blog is no different and we’re bringing a new member into the family: Cousins of Ron Mexico. He’s a noted online blogger and player at Carbon.
The flush draw is one of the most exciting drawing hands you can get in Hold’em. That’s because hitting a flush could potentially give you a nut hand, and allow you to take down a huge pot. However, just because you’ve got a flush draw doesn’t mean you should play it every time. You have to look at a number of factors first to determine if playing a flush draw is the right move for you.
Those who play a lot of Omaha know that it can be a very risky game. After all, there will be plenty of times when you’re forced to put a lot of your money into the pot without knowing if you will get a made hand or not. Of course this is where the art of knowing which draws to chase and which ones to avoid comes into play. And doing this becomes a lot easier when you know what Omaha hands can fool you into chasing a bad draw.
Unless you spent the weekend rasslin’ gators, curing diseases or base jumping with one of those bat suits you weren’t anything nearly half as extreme as playing Cowboy Poker.
Heads up action at CarbonPoker is really starting to heat up. Our Death Valley Heads Up table is reaching new heights with players waiting to take on top competition.
Every year more and more women are taking up the game of poker in an effort to win money. And many of them choose to use ladies-only events as a good starting place for their career. But recently, a lot of these women are finding out that ladies-only events aren’t just for the ladies anymore. That’s because some men have been making their way into these poker tournaments that are only supposed to be held for female players.
Since it’s Friday the 13th, I decided to bring you some good luck news.
Pictured: Erik Seidel on Curb… he’s the OTHER bald guy in the frame.
A lot of strategy pieces like to focus on what to do when you’re one-on-one with an opponent. And this is certainly very useful since you’ll find yourself in a lot of situations where you’re pitted against one person. However, the majority of the time you will be dealing with several players in multi-way pots which require a different strategy. Here are a couple things you should be aware of when in multi-way pots.
