Many may remember him as the moderator of a Mystery Hand Mission in July 2015 and all of our regulars know him as one of the nicest, friendliest, and most active members of our community.
In January 2016 @Advoghado took an active part in both the PCA Guessing Game and the Rounders discussion on RKH, making him the best candidate for our very first honorary certificate!
Dear Advoghado, the RKH team couldn’t thank you enough for your consistent and positive presence, involvement, and contribution to our community life! We hope to see as much and more of you in the future :)
The friendly competition for our next Ranking Hero of the Month award will pick up steam tomorrow with the launch of our Poker Movie Quiz and you can already earn ‘hero points’ (and the immeasurable gratitude of the team:) by submitting your interesting & fun multiple answer questions! Write to @Annie RKH or @Ina Rkh and share your trivia suggestions and ideas!
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kolecgoc 18 Feb 2016
:) Congrats ! Mate !
Advoghado 18 Feb 2016
Thanks all! :)
Let's make things a little more difficult for Mike with a paired board on the turn! What would you do if you were playing against Teddy KGB?
Analyze this! Rounders, Part III: What if?...
RKHstrategy on Rankinghero Hardly anything has been left unsaid about the final hand since Rounders' release some 18 years ago. Whether we like Mike's play or not, one thing is certain: the script made things all too easy...The Aussie Millions Swap Controversy
My husband and I celebrated our wedding at a London casino and some years later, pregnant with my third baby, I had my waters break in another casino a few thousand miles away :)
So as a poker-playing mom of three I can only sympathize with @Katrina Sheary and welcome as a nice gesture the TD's decision to let her husband @Peter Sheary replace her in the tournament after the birth of their baby between Day 1C and Day 2 of the Aussie Millions Event 1.
The story is like a modern-day episode of the popular British TV drama Call the Midwife, only the Aussie Millions 'called the TD' instead :) It has been widely reported and heatedly discussed ever since, often without a proper account of the facts:
According to Poker News Lve Reporting and PokerTube, Katrina entered the event on the third starting day and got through Day 1c with 38,500 chips. She duly went into labor AFTER the chips had been bagged for the night and gave birth to a healthy baby boy. The Tournament Director was informed on Day 1d and decided to allow Peter Sheary to take his wife's place (and chips) on Day 2. Peter survived the bubble and finished 25th for AUD 6,495.
Most importantly in light of the ensuing controversy, the decision was in perfect compliance with the following Aussie Millions rule:
At the discretion of the Tournament Director, an entrant in a particular Tournament (or Satellite) may nominate a substitute, provided the person nominated as the substitute has not already entered the Tournament (or Satellite).
And since the husband was NOT Phil Ivey and the tournament in question was neither a high-roller with super high stakes nor a prestigious triple crown event, I raise no objections in this particular case.
However, the practice remains questionable on principle and the valid question is, should there be such a rule at all? Can you think of other situations where it might be justly applied? And if you kindly stretch your imagination, perhaps even a situation involving Phil Ivey as the substitute?..
Where do YOU draw the line?
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And of course, congratulations to all the happy poker-playing parents of newborns out there!!! Dare we hope for a comment by our proud new dad @Pedro Canali :) ?..
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And here is the link to the original WSOP hand starring @Erik Seidel with an all-in on the river vs @Johnny Chan with a flopped straight!
https://youtu.be/KC_BETBgWxk
Johnny Chan vs. Eric Seidel 1988 WSOP Finaleyoutu.be
Analyze this! Part II: RKH takes on KGB!
RKHstrategy on Rankinghero Though our friend @Advoghado is of a different opinion ;), most of us would agree with @Jordan Hooper and @Socius that 'Mike played the hand perfectly' in light of what he knew about his...
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Do you think Mike would play any differently two decades of poker later?
Analyze this! Part I
RKHstrategy on Rankinghero #RKHstrategy #Rounders1 Rounders is probably the best-liked poker movie of all time and part of the 'initiation' of every ambitious poker beginner and fan. The final hand between Teddy KGB and Mike...The first topic in the proposed communal hand analysis on RKHstrategy will be posted in a few hours!
Meanwhile, here are some clues for those who haven't recognized the hand:
It is from a heads-up cash game, with $60,000 at stake!
It is from the pre-Moneymaker era.
While it is probably among the most watched poker hands ever, it is NOT from a TV poker show!
Our Hero, holding the 8♠9♠, is truly a good guy, while the villain couldn't be more villainous ;)
Perhaps @Jordan Hooper or @Pokerfisk would care to add more hints?..
Stay tuned and see you all on #RKHstrategy later today :)
Jordan Hooper 21 Jan 2016
Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker. #RKHstrategy
Check out the hand we will be talking about in our new mission! Does it ring any bells?...
New Challenge for Ranking Heroes!
RKHstrategy on Rankinghero It’s been a long time since we talked strategy on RankingHero and we’d like to start a discussion on a very famous hand featuring a flopped straight. Starting this Thursday, we’ll be asking a...Thanks for all the great guesswork, everyone :) Make sure you check back tomorrow for a new fun mission on RankingHero!
How well do you know your PCA? GGPCA Mission Results!
RKHguess on Rankinghero It all started with some 200 players on a luxury cruise ship in 2004. After ‘settling down’ on the happily named Paradise Island and @Atlantis Casino, the PokerStars Carribbean Adventure soon...The Best Wisecracks on Esfandiari's PCA Main Event Disqualification
Whether you're amused or outraged by Antonio Esfandiari's 'breach of etiquette' during the PCA Main Event, you will surely appreciate the creative burst of humor it inspired in poker conversations on the world wide web!
For those who haven't been following the news from Paradise Island, @Antonio Esfandiari and @William Perkins entered into a prop bet (amount undisclosed) that obliged Antonio to lunge everywhere for 48 hrs instead of walking. Driven to exhaustion, yet dead-set on winning the bet, at one point Esfandiari just couldn't make it to the bathroom and peed in a cup at (under:) his tournament table. This may have won him the prop bet but got him disqualified from the PCA Main Event. Antonio has since apologized publicly for making a bad judgement call and takes solace in the fact that he's only human but keeps on growing and learning.
http://www.pokernews.com/news/2016/01/2016-pca-main-event-day-2-23781.htm
https://www.reddit.com/r/poker/comments/40efre/antonio_esfandiari_disqualified_from_pokerstars/
So which one is your favorite comment - "He's relieved" or "Wow, he must be pissed"?.. While waiting for your own funny one-liners, guess I can only say...
Boys and girls, ONLY do this at home!
And now that you're up-to-date with the biggest PCA news, head for our #GGPCA page and play the Guessing Game on RankingHero!!! Question 3 coming up today!
Pablo14 12 Jan 2016
I think that what he did was also a kinda prop bet., but still it makes no sense and is totally disrespectful..
Adrien Bacchi 11 Feb 2016
Quite insane :)
