In praise of the Viffer

Anybody watch Poker After Dark last night?

David "Viffer" Peat is doing it again.

We all saw him drive Phil Helmuth to tilt:

http://vodpod.com/watch/3343517-phil-hellmuth-blow-up-vs-david-viffer-peat-poker-after-dark-ak-vs-k9

Last night Olivier Busquier had him dominated in a hand, but Viffer's loose play seemed to have him so discombobulated he folded out of it. Busquier correctly read that the A on the turn didn't help Viffer. But Peat's big bet on the river seemed to make him not trust his earlier read.

YouTube - Poker After Dark s07e09 Cash Game 150.000 $ Pt01 (start at 4:35)

I'd certainly never recommend how Viffer plays. But it seems to work for him.

i enjoy watching these games but i think there is way too much loud talking going on by the other players when there is a big hand in progress.

The only thing that annoys me about TV poker is with the magic of editing they could show many more hands but alas it feels as if there are less.

I think only viffer would do this. So epic.

YouTube - Viffer puts loose cannon Howard to the test

Viffer and Durrr are the only players whos plays only work for them and eli to some point. I wouldnt have the balls to do this with the amount of money there playing but thats why they have a big fan following.

Yeah, Viffer's a sick guy. I absolutely loved the way he played at PS' Big Game.

If you were to do this at anything below $100 NL you'd be picked apart, IMO.

EDIT: WTF happened to Leanne? Did she star in a Hichkok movie or something?

_dogmeat said:

Yeah, Viffer's a sick guy. I absolutely loved the way he played at PS' Big Game.

If you were to do this at anything below $100 NL you'd be picked apart, IMO.

EDIT: WTF happened to Leanne? Did she star in a Hichkok movie or something?

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is that why howard went awol? having to sit next to viffer?

and on a more important subject.......i think she had a baby ? how else to explain going from a 10 to a 3?

pfb8888 said:

is that why howard went awol? having to sit next to viffer?

and on a more important subject.......i think she had a baby ? how else to explain going from a 10 to a 3?

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Well, at least the Viff was to his left so, no worries there

what is the deal with viffers mouth....hes always got some kind of twitch goin on almost like hes been busting rails of coke for hours

Viff is a legend, if u haven't read it he has a well called the swell on 2p2

He's a pretty sick player. On another note, I was watching PAD last night, and Laak just seems like he is drunk out of his mind. He by far played the worst poker out of all of them, he re-raised with the worst hand and slowplayed his good hands, which eventually got beat on the river or he would be bluffed into folding. Don't know if he was just off, but he really got owned. Hopefully, it was just a one-time thing.

That play that Viff made was so sick. I'd be so pissed if someone did that to me, but Howard did that to himself by checking the flop over to Viff after potting it preflop. I understand these LC's dont want to get too much money involved in a pot, but at what cost? He lost control of the pot and showed weakness when he was really strong. If he bet the flop with 1/3 or 2/3 size bet Viff might call but I doubt he makes that play on him. Plus he woulda been pot committed by the time the river came so he woulda never got bluffed out of it.

Laak was acting like a drunk ass.That said if someone looked at my hand without a showdown it wouldn't have been good for Viffer.Laak and the table took that way better than i would've just saying.

Re: Viffer

I admire the way Viffer and Dwan and some others play the game. They really have taken poker to a new level. But I agree; if you try to imitate the way they play in the low stakes games and you will get killed most of the time. :shot:

Haven't been able to watch the episode yet. I have it DVRd so I'm gonna go watch it after I leave here.

If I remember to come back here to this thread, I will leave a comment lol