High Stakes Poker Season 5

Anyone watched the first 2 episodes of the new season? Personally, i'm glad that the show is back on and hopefully we'll see some sick poker this season. I watched the first episode last week and am currently watching the 2nd episode. Go Negreanu!

Yep I watched them. HSP is my favorite poker show. Durrrr is soooo lucky online and on TV.

FYP

LOL. Just LOL

Haven't you guys heard, getting AA and 42 to fold on a 2T27 board is luck. HSP is rigged in favour of him, no doubt.

Haha. I doubt it. They are all using quite a bit of their own money. I don't think it's completely their money, though, or they wouldn't want to do it with cameras on them.

Yes, probably he is... But did you see the hand he played (holding QT) against Barry Greenstein (holding AA) and Peter Eastgate (holding 42) with a flop 2T2?
The way he played that hand cannot be explained just saying that he is lucky.

Damn Yoru I didn't see that hand...You're not saying he won are you? If he got them off those hands with some sort of chicanery then he must be unreal.

On another note: HSP is the best poker show on TV! So glad they're back for another season. Gabe Kaplan ftw!

Yeah I watched them too. Personally it was just ok. I hope the next few sessions are alot better. The 1st 2 are good but not epic by any means.

Yes, he won... And I think he played that hand very well. He put pressure over Eastgate at turn with a big bet. Eastgate in my opinion is playing with "scary money" and probably put durrrr in A2 and folded; after that Greenstein made a more reasonable lay down. If he called there then probably he had in mind a shove in the river from durrr. If Greenstein didn't feel comfortable with his hand at turn was a good lay down (a tight one, but good) because the river card probably wouldn't help him (just two outs to improve his hand).
Durrrr played the hand very aggressive but finally taken the pot with the worst hand.

They use their own money, but they're paid $1200 (according to Daniel N.) an hour to play on TV.

He's lucky and aggressive. I can't believe Peter folded that hand. It's like when he got JC to fold the full house on the Premier League (what JC thought Tom had quads, please!). If it was anyone else (Daniel, Doyle, Eli, etc.), they would have called instantly.

i use to watch it a lot last year every week. i thought they were not airing it any more. thanks for letting me know.
i enjoy it because the pros always seem to be having fun and when they get into a serious game it's exciting. peace

i used to watch it but now i dont get the channel its on, so booooo. i would love to see them though, those guys play some sic poker at that high limit. i think i do recall a hand daniel lost a few seasons ago where he had quads and lost to gus's higher quads i believe. Im not 100% sure if it was gus but i think it was those two and a horrible beat daniel took.
Is there any other way to see these episodes besides on tv? also which players are on this season so far?

I think you can watch them on youtube, pokertube, and the GSN homepage.

I dont get them on tv as well. But your right. They are on youteube:
YouTube - HIGH STAKES POKER SEASON 5 Episode 1 Sundays 9/8c

I really like High Stakes Poker and was glad that Dan Harrington recommended watching it in regards to learning cash game play. He did say however that the play isn't exactly like a high stakes cash game in a casino because the cameras are rolling and that occasionally influences a player to make a bolder than usual decision.

I much prefer HSP to PAD anyday. I like the bigger tables...more action. Much more fun to see the banter they have on their too....it's hilarious. Definitely the best poker show on tv right now.

I think they need to release this show on DVD so more of us could watch it who dont Have GSN, just like World Poker Tour needs to bring out more seasons on dvd also. Plus they could do like extras where players discuss that hand they played and stuff like that

Nothing much going on here, except Doyle losing even more money to Dwan on the sidebet about Eastgate's hand. Poor DN, quads take all his money once again although there's no way he should have called, let alone gone all in, after DB made that turn bet.

I'm tired already of Greenstein and Eli, time to get rid of them and bring in some new players. I guess DN is staying, he was getting $200k from Eli at the end of the episode.

They did mention yet another Dwan/Greenstein hand next week, maybe this time Dwan will take all his money.

Did anyone see episode three yesterday? Last hand....ouch. Really, really, sad.

Makes me sad to see Negreanu on complete monkey tilt...

Downloading it now - loved Durrs face last week when Eastgate turned over his set (iirc) his jaw just dropped lol

DN was borrowing money from durrr actually hehe, durrr must be sickeningly rich.

ditto. BUT above all the mistakes he made what hurt me most was the amateurish comment he made after the jack hit on the turn on akq board with eli, and just gave up like a fresh fish

also pointing out Eastgate's overbet mistake was really unethical.

captain speculation, ladies and gentlemen.

seriously, what are you basing this on? do you realize that durrrr used concepts way beyond most of our understanding (the sick betsizing to leverage eastgate into folding, the repping a stronger perceived range than barry's to get him to fold AA, etc)?

i bet daniel and doyle make the same folds (though doyle probably just overbet jams either the flop or turn if he has a deuce, never giving durrrr a chance to bluff), and eli is just a millionaire fish, who cares what a fish would do in that spot...

durrrr's play there is borderline godlike, and he's creeping into "best of all time in terms of ability" territory. ask any mid-high stakes HE/PLO players how much they fear durrrr, they'll tell you.

hopefully you don't start spewing the same old "he's an internet kid, he'll be bust in 3 years" because it's simply not true. his understanding of the game is divine. seriously.

Here is an article about episode #3

I'm basing it on all the poker video I've seen of Daniel, Doyle and Eli. Have you ever seen them fold trips for any amount?

Agreed, wtf at his definition of small ball.

is that a relevant sample size? do you think durrrr has neglected these videos that everyone else has seen? sorry, but you're pretty much just wrong here.

Yeah I think he has a much larger roll than people credit him with. Not sure how correct their facts are on this, but in the latest addition of 'Bluff Australasia' there is a 3 page article titled 'durr inc'. In it they say that before Dwan had turned 21, and was yet to play a WSOP event, he has had considerable success in it, backing two bracelet winners and some final table players???

Anyone know more about this and if it is true or not?

lol...Okay I'm wrong and you're right. Happy. I was just giving my opinion. Sorry I upset you.

Is it just me?? or am I seeing HUGE ranges in this game...I watched all 3 episodes yesterday. Dwan was making some sick plays....

Dwan may be good...but no wonder there are so many people playing crap hands on the internet.....3x the bb will get called by the most god awful hands.....I had QQ yesterday......3x bb I opened the betting guy around the table calls.

Flop comes 2 4 9r.....I think this is a good flop....put in a bit less than a pot sized bet. 8 on turn, I check, Villain checks. J on river. I push all in. Guy calls....he's got a freakin 2 4 offsuit.....I just cannot figure this game out anymore.

I've only watched the first episode of the season but it seems to me like Durrrr plays alot better online than live.

But then again I've seen him look 120k$ online like its nothing also.

Did you notice when Eastgate had him on the trips and Durrrr was like thankyou because he shouldv'e lost another 100k$ in that hand easily.

Most hilarious episode of HSP ever in my opinion.

they've all been good episodes....it's just such loose play....they had a family pot on one hand preflop...crazy