A discussion for number one is always an interesting one and especially in poker. The roundtable was made up today of Howard Lederer, John Juanda, Barry Greenstein, Eric Lindgren, and Kristy Gazes.

The first part comes out is that nobody believes there is one best person. Barry brought it up since there are many different types of games. Kristy wants a tournament with multiple types of games with the final being Texas Holdem.

John was looking for a method such as golf or tennis. They started bringing up the no limit player. Eric Lindgren stated the Phil Ivey was number one. Most people seemed to agree with this for tournaments but Barry didn’t think as much. Barry stated that the people on the table had great results but they were beating lesser opponents.

The question was brought up if it was important? Eric was very excited about the idea of having a #1 player in the world. Barry seemed more to believe that it was not important and nobody would ever have a true answer. Barry kept talking about how tournaments change it and cash games are never included. He keeps saying how tournaments take some of the skill away.

John talked about how you need to be able to adapt the situation. This truly shows who could be the greatest poker player in the world.

The facts were that Barry seemed to be the only one against having a number one player. Most understood that the ranking would be subjective but a fun title. They also saw how it could bring exposure to poker and to that player. Barry seemed believe that there was importance to this at all. Makes me believe that he is loving just being able to take over cash games and not worry about the tournament life.

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This version of Poker Roundtable had Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, and Layne Flack.

Phil starts how with talking about how people have a quicker learning curve and continues on with how many hands that you can play quickly. Chris and Layne both talk about how people are able to learn quickly.

Chris shows that many of the best players are from the internet. Also many of the players in the World Series of Poker come from online. He continues on that at first people snubbed their nose at these players. Then as times went on and more and more of these players kept winning it didn’t become a bad thing.

Phil and Jennifer talk about how you can feel more comfortable playing online. You also can discuss and watch the best players in the world online. Online you are also able to watch many of the top players all day long. This allows people to pick up on things quicker than they ever could before.

Howard talks about how it’s a different way to read players online. He speaks of betting patterns instead of just reading people’s body images. There are set of betting tells that get shown online. Also there are specific online tells and this can then help you when you play with people.

Phil talks about how players are looser online. This is because there are so many hands and people get aggressive because they get impatient. Howard talks about how much more information is out to players because of the internet. Lots of the secrets are out there instead of being hidden like they had been in the past.

Howard keeps on with this that when he got started there was only one book to read. He didn’t even know that there were professionals in Las Vegas. Now people have this information at the tip of their fingers.

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This roundtable was filled up by Howard Lederer, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth Jr., Phil Gordon and Clonie Gowen. There was an instant chemistry between Daniel and Phil. They were taking shots from the introduction.

Daniel started off by stating that people can be dangerous with slow playing. People get caught off by slow playing cards that shouldn’t since there not that strong. He goes on to state that you should only be slow playing really strong hands.

Clonie was next further stating this point that people can get to cute with the slow play. Often time’s people get beaten that way.

Phil was stated to be the gutsiest of the slow players. He talks about that it’s a traditional thought not to slow play with high pairs. Phil said that he just starts reading people instead of having a system. He knows he won when the players checks at the end.

Daniel says it’s harder to slow play than be aggressive. This was because you have to wait it out and understand more of the table instead of just the cards.

Phil Gordon talks about having a reason for slow playing. He talks about the opponent needing to catch up and Phil said trying to sniff out of a bluff. They all agreed that it is important to understand why you can catch someone with slow playing.

Clonie talks about how all players need to have this trick up there bag. They talk how aggressive players need to slow player from time to time. This is a great change up. The discussion goes on about how you always need to mix up your play.

The tip of the table was that if a player checks late with a lot of money on the board you need to be wary. Often times these players will be trying to get you in deeper.

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Today’s guests on Poker Roundtable where Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, Ted Forrest, Eric Seidel, and David Grey. The conversation was about playing with the big stack.

Ted Forrest was talking about how it was hard for him to protect his stack once he had it. He goes on that he was trying to chase and force people out and stealing blinds. Annie stated that people often think that they need to take out all the short stacks. This is not necessary though. You should let the short stacks knock each other out. You can lose a lot of money when you are trying to knock everyone out.

David Grey tries to intimidate people but still have action. You need to be aggressive but at the right moments not just over reaching.

They discuss that you don’t want to appear over aggressive. Sometimes showing the cards proving that you have the cards when people are folding can keep people from going after you.

People also forget how easy to lose the big stack and be gone completely. It can go in only two or three hands so you are not invincible.

Annie keeps discussing how the big stack often times get suckered into losing their chips quicker than they thought. She really was one of the highlights of this episode. She goes on to say how the big stack will get caught up if they are the big blind or they think that they can knock you out if they are lucky.

This went back to Ted Forrest discussing how important it is for players to protect these stacks because of this. The general consensus was that you should not get overly aggressive just because you have the big stack. This was more to the fact when bringing this up with tournament play.

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This round of Poker Roundtable had Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, and Layne Flack. The first thing they talk about staying within their limits.

Chris Ferguson talks about the reason for knowing when to quit is more tied into how you are playing. The reason many of these people start losing lots of money is because they lose focus on their style of play. They get too frustrated on losing and then there game slips.

Phil Ivey says that many people quit too early when winning but stay to long when they were losing. He says many people go broke too often because they are determined to win their money back. He also says that this is his biggest weakness but his biggest strength is that he keeps playing when he is on a role. He can go up to 30 to 36 hours.

Jennifer talks about how when you are winning you need to take advantage of the people losing. This brings up the mental part of the game. They all seem to agree when you get on a role people are often intimidated and you don’t even need to show your cards to win. People get worn down and begin to concede to easily. Phil really hammered this point down.

Howard talks about how playing can start wearing on people over time. Howard says that you could set down rules so you are more comfortable in the game.

Jennifer tells new players that they are allowed to walk away when you are losing. This is because you are always able to go back to the game. This leads to everyone agreeing that you don’t always have to play that next hand. It often times can be beneficial just to walk away so you can regroup.

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On the run of Poker Roundtable the panel was Howard Lederer, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth Jr., Phil Gordon and Mike Matusow. The conversation quickly goes to aggression.

Daniel though that people play with how they are if you are aggressive than be aggressive if you are passive you will play passive. Mike Matusow talked about how he needed to take away aggression because many people are too aggressive. Howard talks about how amateurs are just trying to knock out the pros.

Phil Gordon talks about how many of these players just want to take out the pros. Phil Hellmuth talked about how they want the story. He also talks about how these people trying to get on television with Gordon talked about how they are trying to be validated.

Daniel Negreanu talks about how these people are looking to make these big moves like they see on TV. The problem is that they are not skilled enough these moves and then turn around and make the wrong moves.

Mike Matusow talks about how they are trying to build up to the bluff. Mike says how people get to aggressive on each hand. The process to setup for a kill takes long amounts of time.
Dan talks about how most of the game looks mundane. He mentions on how TV makes it look like they have to make the move quick but cut out the work involved. Often times then people get stuck not seeing the whole picture.

Howard talks about being over aggressive is better than being too passive. He says that the pros get frustrated because the players are to wild and aggressive. Phil Hellmuth talks about how much pressure it can be since all of the amateurs are taking their swings.

Mike Matusow was the only one that didn’t seem to be taken back by amateurs coming after pros.

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Discussing items today on Poker Roundtable is Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Layne Flack and Jennifer Harman. The main focus on the video here has been when it is appropriate to get out of your comfort zone. Chris Ferguson was the first to weigh stating that it is important for people not to jump out of their comfort area. He approached this because players will end up many times spending too much money in one hand and then be stuck.

Jennifer Harman was on the other hand mentioning how getting out of your comfort zone can help your play. If you lose that big hand you can go back to be being conservative and keep grinding until you are back up.

Next up on the agenda was bringing up tournaments. When players enter a tournament there is going to be a time that you are going to have to get out of your comfort zone if you have a chance to win. The benefit of this is that you are not going to be risking your bankroll. Only thing on the line is the money in the tournament. They further discuss on how you will raise your game by playing in tournaments because people are more focused.

In the last part of the discussion they go over the pressures of the big matches. Layne Flack was discussing on how it was beneficial for him with the pressure. He noticed that he understood how they played more then his opponents understood him the first time at the final table.

Finally they went out to show that you need to get out of that comfort zone at times. They all seemed to enjoy the feeling and then further more embrace the concept. They all agreed that it was the best way to improve there games in the long run.

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Today we are discussing the importance of bluffing with Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Layne Flack.

Chris Ferguson discussed how great the bluff was and the feeling of it. He goes over how deception is smiled upon only during poker. Layne Flack went on to say on why this is why people keep coming back to the game.

Jennifer Harman goes on to say it was easier to bluff as a woman. She states how many men don’t expect women to bluff since many women just go for it when they have the cards. On the other hand she states on how many women can be run over by aggressive men players.

Layne Flack and Howard Lederer got going on how sometimes people think they are bluffing but actually have the highest hand. Layne though this happened him about 90% of the time while Howard stated that is important to bluff when you don’t have the cards also.

Chris goes on speaking about not making the mistake of betting on medium strength hands. Often times it is beneficial to check and see if that hand gets strength instead of chasing. I was then amazed about how position didn’t seem to matter to them as much when it came to bluffing.

Phil discusses the importance of the bluff. He states that you will never win versus quality players without being able to bluff. He also shows that is can be beneficial to be caught from time to time. All of the members agreed that losing on one bluff could set you up to get paid ten times in a row.

They finished of the discussion talking about the best bluffer on the table. It came down to Phil being better on the small hands while Chris taking the winner in the big hands.

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This version of Poker Roundable had Howard Lederer, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth Jr., Phil Gordon and Clonie Gowen. They started off with the image that you are trying to present.
Phil Gordon starts off with stating that you want to look as a tight aggressive player. According to Gordon this allows you to be able to bluff and making people less confrontational. He claims this to be his poker playing style.

Dan talks about how Phil Ivey states that you need to change up your table image from table to table. Dan keeps going on to state that you just need to understand the advantages you get by using a certain image.

Phil Hellmuth starts off with stating how likes to appear as a tight player. He talks about how he does some ridiculous bluffs to change that up over time. He shows how Dan has changed his style over the years.

Clonie shows how difficult it is to change gears for many new players especially with all of the books stating to be conservative.

Dan reminds us to show that you need to be unpredictable. Once people understand your game then you will start losing.

Phil Gordon goes on to state that his tight aggressive show is great because it gives him so much leeway. He states on how he can change up with the table but he stays in his consistent table image.
Howard goes on to state how important it is to understand your image. This way you know what other people are thinking about you and then how you can use it. Phil Hellmuth reminds us that we still need to focus on reading people.

Clonie talks about how being a women helps with her image. The reason for this is that most players are men and people have more knowledge in reading them. Also many times players will change their style against women.

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In this episode of Poker Roundtable includes Howard Lederer, John Juanda, Erick Lindgren, Kristy Gazes and Barry Greenstein. This show is focusing on reading players.

Erick starts off talking about how people show that they are an amateur quickly. They will fumble their chips and show nervous tells. Barry talks about of the internet has made players better and its harder to read people. This is because they understand the game but they might not be comfortable at the table. People can play thousands of hands online but not understand the nuances of a live table.
Howard goes on to shows how people who play online have tells with their cards. With online play many players will hit the fold button up once they see their cards. He noticed how this translates to live poker than many of these players will push the cards to the side from the beginning because they know they are going to fold. He tells people it can be advantageous to not look at your cards until it’s your turn to act.

Barry talks about how people show many tells over time. When tournaments happen they can get away with these tells once but it might be enough for them.

Kristy goes on to state how important it is to watch all the players. She recommends ear phones or glasses to keep themselves focused when starting out. Barry talks about when you are out of a hand that you need to read the rest of the table. Howard emphasizes that you can win a tournament by learning a tell from when you weren’t even involved in the hand by paying attention.
Erick talks how it is important to watch your opponent. He goes on to judge people by their demeanor and how they play. Barry shows how similar players can have similar tells.

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