The greatest televised moment in poker is now officially (at least PokerNews officially) Chris MoneyMaker’s colossal bluff on Sam Farha.  Many attribute MoneyMaker’s bluff and then improbable Main Event bracelet as the fuel behind the great poker rush of the mid 2000s.
On the play, MoneyMaker put the WSOP on the line with a busted straight and flush draw and incited Norman Chad to make one of the great calls in poker history, calling it “the bluff of the century.”  Farha later downplayed the play as a horrible move, but that’s probably just the bitterness talking.  The truth is Farha was …read more

I don’t get John Juanda’s name in this blog as much as I should. He’s a bit of an unknown to me, but from what I’ve seen he’s got a very nice game based on intricate moves with a great feel for when to push and when to slow down. Not in this clip though.
In this clip, John Michael Murphy reads Juanda’s desire for the pot as a blind attempt to steal and is correct. Juanda fires twice after Murphy checks on the flop and on the turn. Finally on the river, Murphy pushes all-in and …read more

I’ll be splicing this poker blog with both Cowboys Poker segments and regular commentary to keep a good mixture for the readers.  Blogs should have more than one gear.  And so in this entry I have a YouTube clip of Mike Sexton rocking Mike Matusow by calling him with a lowly pair of threes.

Daniel was very impressed with the call. And rightfully so – Sexton could have only beaten pocket dueces or a bluff. Sexton did indeed sense the bluff and took a nice amount of chips off Mike The Mouth.
I like Sexton’s play. He’s very even …read more