I don't know if it was the most impressive, but getting payed 400k on the flop with a pair of sixes against kid poker was pretty sick. Especially since something like 6,8 or 7,8 is well within Daniels range. We know he loves those suited conectors and could easily have had a pair of eights here. Well played.
Phil and Kid Poker have such a huge history together. They may not be friends, but as Danny boy was eliciting too, they’ve played multiple times and Ivey always has a new tell and new ways of doing things to trip Daniel up. But it’s good fun and spirit between the two I’ve never read anything about bad blood outside the table.
We need more Negreanu vs Ivey matches. The two GOATs. Great friends. Great banter. Tons of mutual respect. Both with a Superhuman ability to soul read other players...
Polk's play made no sense. Checking flop, flatting turn when flush draw hits, then raising river when it makes the straight. Polk can't rep anything for value. Not TT, AA, KK for those would've raised turn; not even 66 for that would've continued on flop and not 45 for that wouldve continued on flop as well. The only thing Polk had going for him was that it was a tournament and maybe thought Phil would be playing more conservatively.
It seemed like it was a minimum defense frequency kind of thing where he knew he was going to be beat most of the time in that spot but you have to call sometimes, that's why he was expecting to lose the chips.
@@DescartesRenegade I disagree. You gotta understand that when your playing balanced poker like Doug was a check and a flat isn’t weakness. He can have a2s he can have 45 he can have sets he decided to trap the flop with. If he has a 2 he’s checking the flop. If he has 45 he’ll mix bets and checks on the flop. He’ll have the occasional full house
Such a savage... love watching this guy play. He's the epitome of continually gathering information, gathering data, processing it, and still relying on his experience. Amazing.
Assuming Cates isn't bluffing Ivey is either slightly ahead here or way behind. Ivey also needs to worry about the player in the big blind. He's likely calling here if this is cash game. Where this is tournament he can't afford to be wrong in this spot and thus folds. Keep in mind Cates is raising into two players as well. Top pros can make this fold fairly often given the dynamic. Still a great fold.
Jungle is telling a story that he can beat AK since jungle does not have AK in his range and Ivey does. So all Ivey has to do is to decide if jungle is bluffing or raising for value. Still an impressive laydown from one of the best poker players of all time.
It’s a good fold but honestly unless you have a great read it would be a losing fold overall,obv they have played a huge amount live together so Ivey picked something up vs other unknown players he’s not folding that even if he thinks he could be beat he’s seeing the turn for sure.
@@dannarasoul2671 high stakes poker season 6, Phil has ace 6 diamonds and dwan has middle cards I can't remember. It'll be very easy to find on RU-vid.
Honestly on this hand I can't see what Doug Polk could represent. He checked back the flop which makes a full house or str8 nearly impossible. He can have some 2x combos, but I think the call there is a good amount of bluff in Doug's range.
Phil value betting his pair of 6s on the river is what makes him special. Most people are checking behind in that spot or betting because they think they're behind. But not Phil. He knew his 6s were good and wanted to squeeze one more bet.
Phil calling with a pair of 10s is so wild to me. I would never be confident with a pair of 10s lol but there’s a reason he’s one of the best to ever do it
I have played Ivey 3 times and all 3 times I won easily. After our games he would come over and ask for some tips and how to remain calm and we would talk for hours upon hours. Hes an awesome humble guy.
The third hand that call flop with 69 and value bet the river was very sick. Also that insta fold with QK is good Btw 4th hand against mcdonald was not a read
Damn.. I’ve watched this a couple times and I didn’t realize Phil with the border line fake fold with Doug to get a read.. This guy is always using everything and seeing everything.
Top 5 reads is hard to pick for Phil ivy the man reads people like an open book when it comes to poker,straight poker genius!!!!!$ he must truly like Negreanu cause he normally never talks or jokes at a poker table especially heads up...
1:20 That math problem from Good Will Hunting is actually quite easy and a vast majority of everyday people could find a solution. If I recall, there were actually 10 different solutions to that one problem. I think Numberphile even has a video on it here on YT.
Ivey is the type of guy who would have no problem lying to the detective with a straight face. Like in: No sir, no, i did not chop up my family with a toothbrush. And i did not burn any of their parts with gasoline. I never killed them using Cyclone B by just pouring it in next to them. No sir. Not at all. All i did was deliver a piece of lead> And all i did was use a tool that delivers the piece of lead much faster than any human being ever could. I should be praised for having been able to deliver the piece of lead in such a short time.
now, look at my face!!!! Where is my reward? I dare you, if you do not produce my reward, i will draw an even bigger frown on my face. I will show you my monobrow. Keep it in mind.
If Polk raised bigger on the river - say to 800K - wonder if Ivey still calls. The re-raise was essentially a min raise. Phil should never fold top pair (a 10) in that spot. Pot odds.
In the last hand shown in this video, at 9:36 when Ivey looks at his cards it almost looks like he is surprised...like he misread his hand or something because after that, his face expressions change completely...
Can someone explain to me in what situation should you call a river bet with literally ace high? I get 3 betting, but a call? So Daniel put Phil’s range somewhere north of kjs but wouldn’t assume that Phil hit the trips?
The reason Ivey is surprised he won the hand in the last one, I think its cos, quite often in poker, when its really close, on the river. We still have to make a lot of calls, that we expect to lose more than 50% of the time, which can be confusing for a lot of players, he still has to make the call, even if he thinks he's just gonna win that pot 29% of the time for example
One tiny flaw Ivey may have, and I only noticed it the very last clip, is that he has brown eyes. Adrenaline or anger can darken them. I might be full of it, but I know lots of surly brown eyed people
