Heads up vs a Pro

Maybe not the smartest idea I've ever pulled off, I sat at 10/20 heads-up with professional poker player johnny phan. He had people railing him and stuff and then he got mad when someone said something like "hey phan ...." said he didnt want people to know but too late now. Came out 250 dollars ahead, i sorta pulled a hit and run but it sure wasnt luck, I picked off at least 3 pure bluff attempts, He was definately trying to run me over, raising and re-raising with air. He 3bet before the flop alot with Ace/rag. Now not saying im better or anything because im not even close, but I at least held my own.

Heres a few hands between us:


PokerStars Game #5043231284: Hold'em Limit ($10/$20) - 2006/05/24 - 22:39:54 (ET)
Table 'Lipperta' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 3: mj23lbj111 ($364 in chips)
Seat 4: hp612 ($531.50 in chips)
mj23lbj111: posts small blind $5
hp612: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mj23lbj111 [Td Ad]
mj23lbj111: raises $10 to $20
hp612: calls $10
*** FLOP *** [5s 3d 6s]
mj23lbj111: checks
hp612: bets $10
mj23lbj111: raises $10 to $20
hp612: calls $10
*** TURN *** [5s 3d 6s] [Th]
mj23lbj111: bets $20
hp612: calls $20
*** RIVER *** [5s 3d 6s Th] 9♠
mj23lbj111: bets $20
hp612: calls $20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mj23lbj111: shows [Td Ad] (a pair of Tens)
hp612: mucks hand
mj23lbj111 collected $159 from pot
hp612 said, "lol i should have known"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $160 | Rake $1
Board [5s 3d 6s Th 9s]
Seat 3: mj23lbj111 (small blind) showed [Td Ad] and won ($159) with a pair of Tens
Seat 4: hp612 (button) (big blind) mucked [7s 9c]




PokerStars Game #5043248747: Hold'em Limit ($10/$20) - 2006/05/24 - 22:41:13 (ET)
Table 'Lipperta' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 3: mj23lbj111 ($446.50 in chips)
Seat 4: hp612 ($446 in chips)
hp612: posts small blind $5
mj23lbj111 said, "no he's 23"
mj23lbj111: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mj23lbj111 [5c 8c]
hp612: raises $10 to $20
mj23lbj111: calls $10
*** FLOP *** [9s 6c Kc]
hp612: bets $10
mj23lbj111: calls $10
*** TURN *** [9s 6c Kc] 5♥
hp612: bets $20
mj23lbj111: calls $20
*** RIVER *** [9s 6c Kc 5h] 6♠
hp612: bets $20
hp612 said, "i thought mj wsa 23"
mj23lbj111 said, "donation"
mj23lbj111: calls $20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hp612: shows [7s Qc] (a pair of Sixes)
mj23lbj111: shows [5c 8c] (two pair, Sixes and Fives)
hp612 said, "and they retired his number"
mj23lbj111 collected $139 from pot
hp612 said, "lol"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $140 | Rake $1
Board [9s 6c Kc 5h 6s]
Seat 3: mj23lbj111 (button) (big blind) showed [5c 8c] and won ($139) with two pair, Sixes and Fives
Seat 4: hp612 (small blind) showed [7s Qc] and lost with a pair of Sixes



PokerStars Game #5043276072: Hold'em Limit ($10/$20) - 2006/05/24 - 22:43:19 (ET)
Table 'Lipperta' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 3: mj23lbj111 ($405.50 in chips)
Seat 4: hp612 ($482 in chips)
mj23lbj111: posts small blind $5
hp612: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mj23lbj111 [Th Tc]
mj23lbj111 said, "nowhere"
mj23lbj111: raises $10 to $20
hp612: calls $10
*** FLOP *** [Kd 4h Ac]
mj23lbj111: bets $10
hp612: calls $10
*** TURN *** [Kd 4h Ac] [Td]
mj23lbj111: checks
hp612: checks <--------- wasnt expecting his hyper aggressive ass to check bhind here, he's smart.
*** RIVER *** [Kd 4h Ac Td] 8♥
mj23lbj111: bets $20
hp612: calls $20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mj23lbj111: shows [Th Tc] (three of a kind, Tens)
hp612: mucks hand
mj23lbj111 collected $99 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $100 | Rake $1
Board [Kd 4h Ac Td 8h]
Seat 3: mj23lbj111 (small blind) showed [Th Tc] and won ($99) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 4: hp612 (button) (big blind) mucked [9c 4s]




PokerStars Game #5043287794: Hold'em Limit ($10/$20) - 2006/05/24 - 22:44:12 (ET)
Table 'Lipperta' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 3: mj23lbj111 ($439.50 in chips)
Seat 4: hp612 ($447 in chips)
hp612: posts small blind $5
mj23lbj111: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mj23lbj111 [7c 6s]
hp612: raises $10 to $20
mj23lbj111: calls $10
*** FLOP *** [7d 7h Th]
hp612 said, "correct answer"
hp612 said, "ohio state"
hp612: bets $10
mj23lbj111: raises $10 to $20
hp612: calls $10
*** TURN *** [7d 7h Th] [Ts]
hp612: checks
mj23lbj111: bets $20
hp612: raises $20 to $40
mj23lbj111: calls $20
*** RIVER *** [7d 7h Th Ts] 4♦
hp612: bets $20
mj23lbj111: calls $20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hp612: shows [3s 3c] (two pair, Tens and Sevens)
mj23lbj111: shows [7c 6s] (a full house, Sevens full of Tens)
mj23lbj111 collected $199 from pot
hp612 said, ""
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $200 | Rake $1
Board [7d 7h Th Ts 4d]
Seat 3: mj23lbj111 (button) (big blind) showed [7c 6s] and won ($199) with a full house, Sevens full of Tens
Seat 4: hp612 (small blind) showed [3s 3c] and lost with two pair, Tens and Sevens



the guy was sooooooo aggressive, I felt I had to "pay off" these river bets in decent sized pots just because I knew there was a good chance he had Ace high or something. It was fun though.

My initial thoughts to this was...who the hell is johnny phan? Then I looked him up...and my thoughts were....still...who the hell is john phan. . ?

I wouldn't rank him even close to the top in the pros...IMO he's just good at being a big bully in tournaments and taking good shots...to me, he's half a Hellmuth. He made 5 final tables ...blah blah...cardplayer points leader in/during '05. . . He'll only get better...of course...lets see how he does at the world series where everyone's a donk or bully...

Ive heard of phan, he is a good layer, if im vorrect they call him the dragon? maybe thats another phan thats a poker pro lol.. either way, nice work to come out a winner, i dont get why he didnt raise when u bet and he had the set? he could only be beat by KK AA or Q10....?

It wasn't really him......?

Obv a donk if this is anything to go by

Seriously, wtf?

Some pretty strong opinions considering you don't even know who he is. He's a real pro.

dorkus he's not a donk... you would be surprised how many weak-tight players there are that u can just literally just run over. He was trying to see If I could be moved off a hand. I really considered folding there because I put him on the 10 and then the other one came and I was counterfeited, but I knew he had already tried to move me off a few hands and I wanted to show him I won't be bullied

haha thats right out of rounders when hes talking about jonny chan.