If you’ve been watching the World Series of Poker Main Event episodes this year (2016), you probably know who Will Kassouf is. He’s a talkative player who got a lot of coverage due to his constant chatter in hands. Not since Jamie Gold has a WSOP inspired such attention, and created such controversy, for his during-hand yapping. I've got a few pieces of content analyzing Kassouf's patterns and I'm ...
Verbal poker tell at EPT High-roller event
A couple days ago, in the EPT 10K high-roller poker tournament, the following hand occurred: 10pm: Holz hero calls all-in, busts Level 26 - Blinds 30,000/60,000 (5,000 ante) Fedor Holz's extraordinary day is now over, with the young German making a pretty audacious call for his tournament life...and losing. Holz got things started with a limp from the cutoff (also under the gun) and both ...
Bet-sizing and speech, including weak-hand statement
Had an interesting hand yesterday where I maybe should have made a big hero fold based on a combination of bet-sizing and behavior. It's live $5-10. There's an UTG limp (from a guy who is known for limping big pairs first-in). The guy UTG+1, who is usually loose-passive, not often aggressive, and who has only $600 to start, makes it $30. The sizing is very reliable weakness ...