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ALI IMSIROVIC FIGHTS HIS WAY to the TOP of the HIGH ROLLER CIRCUIT 26-Year-Old Talks About Record-Breaking Million-Dollar Pot www.CardPlayer.com Vol. 34/No. 10 May 5, 2021 Live World Series Of Poker Set To Return This Fall Women In Poker: Dealing With Adversity At The Table Poker Strategy: Omaha Eight-Or-Better Fundamentals ALI IMSIROVIC FIGHTS HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE HIGH ROLLER CIRCUIT 26-Year-Old Talks About Record-Breaking Million-Dollar Pot PLAYER_34_10_Cover.indd 1 4/14/21 9:40 PM PLAYER_10_GlobalPoker_DT.indd 2 4/13/21 11:09 AM PLAYER_10_GlobalPoker_DT.indd 3 4/13/21 11:09 AM Masthead - Card Player Vol. 34/No. 10 PUBLISHERS Barry Shulman | Jeff Shulman Editorial Corporate Office EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Julio Rodriguez 6940 O’Bannon Drive TOURNAMENT CONTENT MANAGER Erik Fast Las Vegas, Nevada 89117 ONLINE CONTENT MANAGER Steve Schult (702) 871-1720 Art [email protected] ART DIRECTOR Wendy McIntosh Subscriptions/Renewals 1-866-LVPOKER Website And Internet Services (1-866-587-6537) CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER Jaran Hardman PO Box 434 DATA COORDINATOR Morgan Young Congers, NY 10920-0434 Sales [email protected] ADVERTISING MANAGER Mary Hurbi Advertising Information NATIONAL SALES MANAGER Barbara Rogers [email protected] LAS VEGAS AND COLORADO SALES REPRESENTATIVE (702) 856-2206 Rich Korbin Distribution Information cardplayer Media LLC [email protected] CHAIRMAN AND CEO Barry Shulman PRESIDENT AND COO Jeff Shulman Results GENERAL COUNSEL Allyn Jaffrey Shulman [email protected] VP INTL. 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Tournament Schedules By Jonathan Little 38 The Inside Straight 31 Poker Leaderboards 8 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Lowball: Turn Fundamentals Poker News Recap By Kevin Haney Tournament 12 33 Live 2021 World Series Of Poker Officially Hand Matchups Contracts and Poker: Where Are You? Announced For Sept. 30 – Nov. 23 28 By Scott J. Burnham By Erik Fast Kyle Cartwright vs. Stephen Strout 14 34 28 WSOP Schedule Hype! Player Of The Year Update By Gavin Griffin Jake Ferro vs. Dustin Holladay By Erik Fast 28 18 36 A Memorable Loss To Grandpa Kyle Cartwright vs. Johnny Landreth Women In Poker: Dealing With Adversity By Greg Raymer vs. Stephen Strout At The Table 28 By Craig Tapscott Johnny Landreth vs. Brian Arbaugh 22 Poker Strategy: Omaha Eight-Or-Better Fundamentals With Randy Ohel By Steve Schult Correction: Issue #8 Cover of Ronnie Bardah & Qing Liu photos courtesy of ©World Poker Tour/Joe Giron 6 CARDPLAYER.COM VOLUME 34 / ISSUE 10 006_TOC.indd 6 4/14/21 9:26 PM PLAYER_10_ACR_FP.indd 3 4/13/21 11:09 AM THE INSIDE STRAIGHT the INSIDE STRAIGHT News, Reviews, and Interviews From Around the Poker World PHIL HELLMUTH DEFEATS DANIEL NEGREANU IN FIRST ROUND OF HIGH STAKES DUEL By Steve Schult Despite facing what many would consider an insurmountable chip lead early on in their heads-up match, Phil Hellmuth completed an epic comeback to win his first high-stakes heads-up match against Daniel Negreanu at the Aria on the Las Vegas Strip. On the fi nal day of March, the 15-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner took home $100,000 after staring at a more than 9:1 chip deficit halfway through the match, which was aired as part of the High Stakes Duel series on PokerGO. At the end of the six-hour match, when Hellmuth’s pocket nines faded Negreanu’s open-ended straight fl ush draw, Negreanu said that he would Negreanu called. take the option to play Hellmuth again. Per the rules of e fl op was 4m 4n 3n and Negreanu checked. Hellmuth the series, the losing player has the option to challenge the bet 4,000 and Negreanu called. Both players checked the winner for double the stakes. e winner can’t decline a 8n turn card and the 5m came on the river. With 15,400 in rematch until he has won three straight matches prior to the pot and just 12,000 left in Hellmuth’s stack, Negreanu round 6, or two consecutive matches after round 5. bet 5,000 and Hellmuth called. Negreanu tabled his trip “Good match, buddy,” Negreanu said to Hellmuth after fours and dragged the pot. the fi nal card was dealt. “ ere will be a rematch. You can Hellmuth was down to just 7,000 of the 100,000 total in guarantee that.” play and bled off another few thousand chips, leaving him- e second match will have a $100,000 buy-in, in self with just 5% of the chips in play. But instead of opting contrast to the $50,000 that both players fronted for the to go for it all with his trips, Negreanu gave Hellmuth the fi rst one. During Hellmuth’s fi rst go-around on the series opportunity to mount a comeback. against Antonio Esfandiari, he won the fi rst three matches It was an opportunity Hellmuth took full advantage of. and profi ted $350,000. Hellmuth picked off a bluff to get back to 10,000, Negreanu dominated the early portion of the match. bluff ed Negreanu off pocket queens on an ace-high fl op, Without any hands of signifi cance going to showdown, and then scored a double up with Qp 6p against 10p he opened up a 2:1 lead in the blink of an eye. e six- 5p on a 4p 3o 2p flop to get back into the match. time WSOP bracelet winner extended it to 3:1 about an From there, everything started going Hellmuth’s way. hour into the match. He rivered middle two pair against Negreanu’s top pair and e Canadian pro had a prime opportunity to put the match was almost even. About four and a half hours into Hellmuth away when Hellmuth limped in on the but- the match, Hellmuth rivered a fl ush against Negreanu’s top ton with 9o 9p and Negreanu raised to 1,500 out of the pair to take the chip lead for the fi rst time. o o big blind with 6 4 . Hellmuth three-bet to 3,700 and Negreanu never recovered and eventually was in the PokerGo © Sign Up For Card Player’s Free Poker School. Review Hundreds of Articles and Videos On Winning Poker Strategy. www.CardPlayerPokerSchool.com 8 CARDPLAYER.COM VOLUME 34 / ISSUE 10 008_News.indd 8 4/14/21 9:29 PM THE INSIDE STRAIGHT same hole Hellmuth dug out of a few hours earlier. Negreanu heard the comments and took the opportunity Hellmuth limped in on the button and Negreanu shoved to challenge Hellmuth to a match of their own, eventu- his last 15 big blinds into the middle with 7n 6n, and ally agreeing to battle on High Stakes Duel. Hellmuth snap-called with 9m 9o. ere was a sweat for On Twitter, the two went back-and-forth over the per- Negreanu on a Jp 8n 5n flop, but the Kp on the turn and ceived talent level of their opponent. It quickly became the 8p on river failed to improve his open-ended straight personal as Hellmuth was cleary upset about Negreanu and flush draw and sent the match to Hellmuth. others in the community criticizing his play. During the e entire reason for the match stems from contro- pre-match interview, Hellmuth defended himself, calling it versy sparked by Hellmuth’s comments in the aftermath “apex predator shit.” of Negreanu’s loss to Doug Polk a few months ago. Over Hellmuth’s ability has been a lightning rod topic 25,000 hands of $200-$400 heads-up no-limit hold’em among high-stakes tournament pros for quite a while. Last on WSOP.com, Negreanu ended up losing a seven-figure October, high-stakes legend Phil Galfond tweeted praise sum. for the Wisconsin native and was met with criticism for his “I was disappointed in the way that Daniel played,” said opinion from other well-respected pros. Hellmuth in February. e banter culminated in a Negreanu offering a $400,000 He went on to say that he thought Negreanu should’ve bet that Hellmuth wouldn’t be a winner in the $25,000 buy- stuck to the strategy that he used to win for more than two in tournaments at the Aria over a 50-tournament sample.
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