Macau High Stakes Cash Games

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For the second time in a few days, Gus Hansen suffered a great loss to Tom 'durrrr' Dwan in the world's largest cash game in the Star World-Casino in Macau.

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When poker players from the West travel halfway around the globe to Macau to play live cash game, it's primarily to play against local amateur players with a lot of money in his pocket. This does not mean that players from the West by Sam Trickett, Gus Hansen and Tom 'durrrr' Dwan does not play pots against each other. other day could Pokernyhederne.com exclusive report on a big hand between Hansen and Dwan, where Dane unfortunately had no outs, when the money arrived in the middle. And this morning, Danish time, was it looked crazy again for the Danish high stakes ace. According to an SMS sent to Pokernyhederne.com. - Drawing dead against Durrrr again :-( I hope it's going to be my new 'theme song', so I come to hit railen within a very short time. I raiser in a 6-handed game and Durrrr reraiser. I call and the flop comes: Not exactly the worst flop when you sit with: - I will check and Durrrr bet HKD $ 500,000 (about 360,000 dollars, eds.) into HKD $ 900,000. I do it for HKD $ 1,500,000 with a plan either to call if Durrrr moves all-in or bet his remaining $ 3,000,000 on the turn if he just called. - He call and I dream of a 2, hope in a glass and shoots off whatever, HVS I miss. Ace of Clubs lands and I hesitate a second, as it would look like the worst card in the deck. I could have put the brakes, but instead I follow my carefully researched plan and sends stack. HKD $ 3,000,000 called immediately by Durrrrs seen in 8s, and I'm in limbo again. No draw, no hope and I will not win even for day.

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This is a thread for all High Stakes Cash Game Action at the Macau Poker Rooms!

[danishshaikh]

Late last month, Macau’s nosebleed cash game at StarWorld Hotel’s Poker King Club was again in full swing and Sam Trickett was one of the select few pros allowed to sit in on the game. Tom Dwan and Gus Hansen were also there but Trickett reportedly came out the big winner.
At the time of the game, Trickett tweeted “Just won my biggest pot ever…” and promised to write a blog about it at a later date. Now the UK pro has made good on his promise.

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He starts off writing about his early experiences in Macau, “When I first went to Macau the game was HKD $5k/$10k, which is the equivalent of USD $650/$1,300, and it was very difficult to get into the game. Through making good friends with some of the guys from the game I was invited to play.”
Trickett then talks about the standard of play and how he got caught running a huge bluff on an unnamed Asian opponent. “People always think ‘Oh, they’re just rich business guys who are fish.’ It’s actually far from that. They’re guys who play in that game week in, week out who I’m sure would beat pretty much any other live game in the world. What I’m trying to say is that the game is not as soft as people think and it is getting more and more difficult to win.”
When we get to the details of the huge pot he won, we find out it was worth around USD $2 million. According to Trickett, it was in a three-handed game and he starts off three-betting a HKD $60k button raise to HKD $220k from the small blind holding JT D . Both the big blind and the button call to bring the flop of 3x4x5x with two diamonds.
The big blind bets HKD $440k and the button and Trickett call. A 6d turn completes Trickett’s flush and the action is checked around. The river 2h puts four cards to a straight out there and Trickett lays the trap with another check. The big blind bets HKD $2.2 million and is called on the button before it is Trickett’s turn to act.
“I moved all-in for around HKD $7.7 million and the BB instantly showed his expression and was not happy. Made me feel great obviously and after a long tank he called the extra HKD $5 million,” wrote Trickett.
The button tank-folded and said he had a seven before Trickett showed his jack-high flush, which was good enough to bring the muck from the big blind. Trickett explained, “It’s actually not the biggest pot I have played and I have lost a few pots bigger than that where I took some nasty beats but it was certainly amazing to win my first big pot.”