The one from yesterday had a lot of bracelets on it for a 50NL table.

And yet the field probably can't beat a 100NL table on Stars, except for Ivey and maybe Esfandiari. Even if they could, it is still somewhat mind boggling that they are playing 400/800 with straddles.

Let's root for Phil or Ben to get in the game.

I'm sure that Doyle would welcome you in the cash games that he plays. Also I recall that he won at every season of High Stakes Poker.

It has nothing to do with me. Doyle is probably the first guy I'd stake if I had to, because he lets others make mistakes while playing solid.
But I am saying it is weird how they are playing so high, even though there weren't many elite players at the table, unlike today.

WCG, Seiver, Colman etc. are in a completely different league than JRB, Chan etc.

If you say that Doyle can't beat 100 NL online, while he has been playing nosebleeds cash game for decades, you just show that you're delusional. Try staking a bunch of 100 NL grinders and let them play 400/800/ante with Doyle. Do you think that Doyle would back down?

I never claimed that a 100NL player would beat high stakes live cash games, but I definitely claim that Doyle, and especially JRB, Johnny Chan etc.will not be able to beat 100NL on Stars.
Not sure how you can call me delusional, as Doyle has probably played less than 2000 hands of online poker in his life. They (Doyle and online 100NL players) have different skillsets.

However, the guys I mentioned for sure cannot beat nosebleed online poker, but online nosebleed players for sure can beat the live games, and they played today.

Doyle is a boss, but c'mon, most of us have played more hands than Doyle has in his lifetime, because of online poker.

"Live poker is rigged"

How can ppl - who consider themselfs pros- obtain a bankroll when they play so high and call 3bets with 42 and then calling flop leads against 4 ppl with bottom pair? Someone dare to explain?

Disharmonist - Among the people who play live poker with poor bankroll management and high Standard Deviation playstyle there can undoubtedly be some who win a lot of money.

How can ppl - who consider themselfs pros- obtain a bankroll when they play so high and call 3bets with 42 and then calling flop leads against 4 ppl with bottom pair?

Kirk clearly wanted to gamble. Also, once you start calling 3-bets with 42, you cannot fold to one bet when you hit your pair.

It just feels odd to see some absolutly ridicolous plays in the very high stakes while on the other hand the average midstakes grinder seems to be very tough and solid, even Polk himself admitted he was proud to beat 6max NL 25/50 for just 1bb, and he is one of thebest. When highstakes poker was still televised even the "amateurs" played good, or at least in a range of reasonable thought.

Word is Kirk has been playing/sunrunning some big PLO games, he`s actually omaha "specialist" and not well versed in NLHE.

Ben Lamb told a story of Kirk a few years ago being down to his last 80k and him and Ben flipped for it on a hand of triple draw with Ben in position.Kirk won.
Ben wanted to flip again for the 160 and Matt said no. Then over the next week Matt ran that $160,000 up to over $5,000,000.

Some even say he intentionally spewed on the televised cash game so he could get the invite to the biggest Macau games.

Dat Robl vs Kirk hand.

Take a look at the bottom left corner of the screen(shots).

1. Colman might've been lying about his hand.
2. Seiver called the 5-bet, so his range should include fewer weak hands than Colman's range. It is also uncertain if Seiver would 6-bet KK preflop this deep.
3. If Seiver is not playing AK this way, AK becomes a better bluffcatcher for Colman due to card removal effects.
4. If Colman really did construct his ranges in a way that he is checkcalling the turn and then always checkfolding the river with AA then he will likely have an inbalance in his range; he needs more weaker hands that can checkcall the turn and fold the river.
5. The 'tells' that Seiver gave off could be well balanced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc5ckspmxkU

If Coleman thinks Seiver is likely to float and barrel turn then seems like x/c > betting with his whole range.

As played just dont see Seiver having any bluffs except JT-QJhh or some Axh floats but doubt hes floating that wide in such a huge pot.But still if he`s only jamming AK, AA, KK how do you fold AA (that is if Coleman is telling the truth).