HIGH-STAKES POKER PRO KAHLE BURNS TRAVELS the WORLD LOOKING for ACTION 31-Year-Old High Roller Nears the Top of Australia’S All-Time Money List
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www.CardPlayer.com Vol. 33/No. 23 November 4, 2020 Michael Addamo Wins WPT World Online Championships $100K High Roller Jonathan Little: Stop Raising With Top Pair Kevin Haney: Having A Scoop Advantage In Stud Eight-Or-Better HIGH-STAKES POKER PRO KAHLE BURNS TRAVELS THE WORLD LOOKING FOR ACTION 31-Year-Old High Roller Nears The Top Of Australia’s All-Time Money List PLAYER_33_23_Cover.indd 1 10/14/20 9:07 PM PLAYER_22_GlobalPoker_DT.indd 2 9/29/20 9:50 AM PLAYER_22_GlobalPoker_DT.indd 3 9/29/20 9:50 AM SIGN UP AND LEARN FOR FREE Graduate your game with the CP POKER SCHOOL www.CardPlayerPokerSchool.com CP_PokerSchool_1_DT.indd 4 10/13/20 9:33 AM SIGN UP AND LEARN FOR FREE Free Poker School and Training Ten Comprehensive Poker Courses On Beginner and Advanced Topics Hundreds of Free Articles and Videos On Winning Poker Strategy Learn At Your Own Pace Exclusive Partner Offers Enroll Now IT’S FREE! 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Published and printed in the United States. 6 CARDPLAYER.COM FOLLOW US ON TWITTER CardPlayerMedia 006_MastheadA.indd 6 10/13/20 9:38 AM PLAYER_22_ACR_FP.indd 3 9/29/20 9:49 AM Table of Contents - Card Player Vol. 33/No. 23 22 16 Victor Simionato vs. Damian Salas Blaz Zerjav vs. Victor Simionato Phillip Mighall vs. Damian Salas Blaz Zerjav vs. Victor Simionato 20 Features Strategies, Analysis Also In this Issue 22 & Commentary 6 High-Stakes Poker Pro Kahle Burns 26 About Us Travels The World Looking For Action Why You Need To Stop Raising 36 By Julio Rodriguez With Top Pair Tournament Schedules By Jonathan Little 38 The Inside Straight 27 Poker Leaderboards 10 Re-Entry and Rebuy Tournaments: Poker News Recap Part 3 - Late Registration By Greg Raymer Tournament 14 29 Player Of The Year Update Hand Matchups Seven Card Stud Eight-Or-Better: By Erik Fast 27 Having A Scoop Advantage 16 By Kevin Haney Mikita Badziakouski vs. Aleksei Barkov Final Table Takedown: Eight-Time WSOP 31 29 Circuit Champion Michael Lech Collecting A Debt: Jason Koon vs. Mikita Badziakouski By Steve Schult Phil Ivey Vs. Borgata 31 20 By Scott J. Burnham Mikita Badziakouski vs. Mark Demirjian This Week’s Big Winner: 33 Michael Addamo Wins WPT World Online 34 Championships $100,000 Buy-In Event Gamble 103: Protect Your Ass(ets) Mikita Badziakouski vs. Jason Koon By Erik Fast By Nathan Gamble 8 CARDPLAYER.COM FOLLOW US ON TWITTER CardPlayerMedia 008_TOC.indd 8 10/15/20 10:21 AM PLAYER_23_Coushatta_FP.indd 3 10/13/20 9:32 AM THE INSIDE STRAIGHT the INSIDE STRAIGHT News, Reviews, and Interviews From Around the Poker World POKER PROS DANIEL NEGREANU AND DOUG POLK AGREE TO START HEADS-UP GRUDGE MATCH NOV. 1 By Steve Schult Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu will start their highly anticipated heads-up grudge match Nov. 1. Polk angrily tweeted at Negreanu in October, goading him into picking a start date for the heads-up no-limit hold’em battle. “Alright, I’m sick of the run around,” tweeted Polk. “Does anyone know how to get in touch with @RealKidPoker so we can actually schedule this match? He tweets at me once in a while and then goes silent. It’s been two months and I’m ready to f***ing battle. Let’s work out a two-hour minimum session length, and al. e site banned the use of heads-up some details.” also agreed to Polk’s “inspection request” displays, but does not have a rule about Negreanu responded, throwing out to ensure that neither player was using whether players can use prefl op charts Nov. 1 as a potential start date, and Polk real-time assistance such as solvers or while they play. quickly agreed. equity calculators. Negreanu also said that he is okay “Well this tweet is awkward. You all As negotiations carried on over the with the match being streamed and com- riled up, eh!” responded Negreanu. “You next few weeks, however, the defi nition mentated by high-stakes pro Kane Kalas, have been talking to [PokerGO’s] Mori of real-time assistance became a point of but that he would not be showing his hole [Eskandari] and Brent [Hanks], no? I contention. Negreanu tweeted that he cards. Polk tried to compromise. have and they said they spoke with you. did not want prefl op charts to be used “How about we make a deal,” asked All that’s left is waiting on a fi nal legal during play, while Polk wouldn’t com- Polk. “1) No charts allowed of any kind. opinion to see what options are available. mit to it. 2) We show all of our holecards to the Nov. 1 could work. Feel better?” “You are a 6:1 favorite in the betting fans for the entire challenge. We both After hammering out the details, the markets, yet you feel the need to use a give a little, the fans win. Retweet if you pair will play two tables of $200-$400 cheat sheet?” said Negreanu. “I won’t be want to see this.” heads-up no-limit hold’em online. ey using a cheat sheet, why should you? You Polk’s only other real point of conten- will start with 100-big blind stacks that challenged ME to a match. I agreed to tion throughout the public negotiations will automatically top up to the max as YOUR game, on YOUR platform, and was that he wants to play more than soon as a player falls below the threshold. YOUR format.” two hours per day, citing concerns that it e two will play a 25,000-hand Negreanu agreed to play the match would drag out the match for 100 days. match with an option for the losing player on WSOP.com and during the initial Negreanu said he was hoping to play 4-5 to quit after 12,500. At the same halfway response to these requests, Polk said that days per week, totaling about 20 hours. If mark, if both players agree, they can also he would “agree to follow the rules” set the two can hammer out the last-minute raise the stakes. forth by the platform. Whatever WSOP details, the duo may be able to settle their Negreanu said that he would agree to allows, Polk wanted to have at his dispos- longstanding feud before the new year. m Sign Up For Card Player’s Free Poker School. Review Hundreds of Articles and Videos On Winning Poker Strategy. www.CardPlayerPokerSchool.com 10 CARDPLAYER.COM FOLLOW US ON TWITTER CardPlayerMedia 010_News.indd 10 10/15/20 10:27 AM THE INSIDE STRAIGHT POKER PRO SHAUN DEEB PLAYS ONLINE FROM MEXICO HOSPITAL BED AFTER CATCHING CORONAVIRUS By Steve Schult Being hospitalized with COVID- get hospitalized in Mexico.” 19 didn’t stop Shaun Deeb from In a subsequent post, he said that playing online poker. playing tournaments while infected e four-time World Series of with the virus was extremely diffi- Poker bracelet winner and high-stakes cult. He was having trouble breathing, tournament regular left his Albany- and was falling asleep during every area home at the end of August and five-minute break. Eventually, he was traveled to Mexico so that he could admitted into a hospital in Playa del battle against online poker’s best in Carmen and hooked up to an IV. the PokerStars World Championship Time to rest and recover, right? of Online Poker. It’s a trek that many Wrong. also mentioned that he had some side tournament professionals decide to “You’re not really a WCOOP grind- bets that were motivating him to keep make so that they can play against the er if you’re not one-handed, 10-tabling playing.