Annie Duke on Best Damn Poker Show

Annie Duke with AM on the Best Damn Poker Show

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Best Damn Poker Show Air Times

Phil Hellmuth and Sirinda backstage with AM on the Best Damn Poker Show.

The Best Damn Poker Show (Period) is finally here. Monday Feb. 11th at 11pm is the first broadcast date on Fox Sports Net.

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Best Damn Poker Show

Feb. 11th at 11pm EST will be the premiere of the Best Damn Poker Show on Fox Sports Net. Check your local listings for details.

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Best Damn Poker Show Period to air in Feb.

Surgical Poker made it to the Fox Sports Net and Ultimate Bet TV Show: Best Damn Poker Show. Check this space soon for details of the show that is to air soon!

River Rage

Just finished a little Christmas poker. Should have stuck to the new Wii bowling.

Raised with KQ offsuit on the button, three limp along with my raise. Flop comes out 5JQ all clubs. I am holding the king of clubs. Everyone checks to me. I decide to bet it hard and find out where I am. Everyone folds except one dude who calls my 3/4 pot bet. Turn comes out with another queen. I have a set of queens with a second nut flush draw. He goes all in. I study and think he has a queen as well. Could he have AQ? QJ---Full house? Q5?, JJ for another full house? A made flush? Way too many options but I smell weakness and call. He flips up AJ with only ONE Club. He has two pair QQJJA and I have the set of queens. The river comes out with the 7 of CLUBS. And he takes down a BIG pot on me. No Christmas justice. Sorry to whine. Next time I'll play him in Wii bowling and see who wins..

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Ultimate Bet, Best Damn Poker Show

Never played much online. How many tables do most people play at one time, two, three, four?

It is certainly easier to stack up experience with hundreds of hands while online but I miss the ability to physically try to read my opponents. What do the online pros have as tells? Betting time and patterns? How does that translate into live games for the online pros?

Much to think about. Does more online experience lead to better live play?

Best Damn Poker Show Period

Phil Hellmuth, Sirinda and AM on the Best Damn Poker Show. See all of the Surgical Poker Blog for Best Damn Poker commentary or check out the Surgical Poker Website.


Went all in with my 6-10 offsuit at the Best Damn Poker Show Period. Just kidding. :0

Back in the Game at the Wynn

I have been WAY too busy with work and haven't played poker in a long time. A last minute trip to Vegas for Thanksgiving gave me the chance to stack up some chips. Before an amazing turkey dinner, I played the 5-10 NL game. I had never played at the Wynn before and when I arrived they were just starting a new game. I thought this was perfect for me because I am used to the Bay 101 rules where everyone buys in for a maximum. At the Wynn there is no max.

So, I sat with my usual minimal/moderate stack and then watched as the table filled up. Most guys were in the same zone as me but then two guys came in for about $15,000 each! Talk about intimidating. Well, it actually helped. I wasn't about to mess with them especially early on. I also had Denny Crum the former Louisville basketball coach playing to my left. Was I in over my pay grade? Most likely.

I had amazing cards. AA three times in 90 minutes. And, the Aces held up each time. A set of queens finished an great three hour session and fortunately I had to go to dinner before the Big Stacks could eat me. It was a confidence building session for sure.

Moral of that story: If you are going to play with the private equity big boys, get hit in the face with the deck and get out. Not a bad way to get ready for the Best Damn Poker Show Period

Chicken Head

The Chicken Head is the result of too much Tequila or perhaps not quite enough. My plan is to wear it at next year's World Series. Absolutely no one will take me seriously at the table......

Great Cards, Easy Game

Played my typical 2-5 NL game at Bay 101. Sat down and in the BB and the guy under the gun made it 15 to go. Three other guys limped along. I looked down at 7-3 offsuit, close to the worse possible starting hand. With the pot odds of better to 6-1 on my money, I tossed my extra ten bucks into the pot. The flop came out 7-3-Q, with two hearts. I checked my two pair. The guy under the gun made it 25 to go. The two other guys folded. I thought about for a minute and then decided to raise to avoid the flush draw. Could the guy have AK of hearts? I didn't raise enough (50) as he quickly called. The turn brought a black A. He checked. Trapping with AQ? Afraid of the A?

I went all in. He thought for a long time and then called. The river brought another 7 and I filled up. What did he have? Phil Hellmuth--two black nines...

The session was simply amazing, bluffed with Q7 and won; 4-5 offsuit in small blind flops another two pair that holds up. And then finally, KK beats QQ for a BIG pot. I could do no wrong. It was an Everest avalanche of bad cards that connected with the flop and good cards that held up. Easy to love the game when all of that happens in a short session....

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