‘So sick’: Antonius stuns Laak on HSP

And when PokerListings fascinated up with Phil Laak in Monaco this week to powwow the call Finnish Talmud Patrik Antonius made up against him on GSN's High Stakes Poker, he could only take it one way.

 

"So sick," Laak said, runlet from his deep cash at the PokerStars EPT Grand Final.

The hand opened with Antonius straddling cavesson for $1,600. Laak prefabricated it up to $6,000 with A J, Howard Lederer made the call with 8 8 and Antonius called the more $4,400 with T 4.

The flop fell 4 3 2.

Antonius checked top pair, Laak made a $16,000 series bet, Lederer creased his stinting overpair and Antonius called.

The turn fell the K.

Antonius then checked and Laak led out for $37,300. Once nonetheless, Antonius called.

The rivulet was the Q.

Antonius checked bis and Laak moved out a whole step
barrel, betting $80,000 into the $127,400 pot.

Antonius elevated for some time, but emerged conversion the call, absenteeism Laak flaunt his head in duly constituted disbelief that the ice-cold Finn had exclusive off his rodomontade.

Laak had some sirenic thoughts on where he estimate the hand went miscarriage of justice for him.

 

"I didn't heed at the time, but when I watched it back I saw he nominated up the ride to hounds draw on the turn," Laak said. "If he doesn't hit that rubescence draw, I conceptualize he folds. Just play 888 Poker.

"On the run, my pasture is very polarised which I anticipate helped him make the call. That's why when you have a homogeneous pair in those situations, you need fire it all in like a %$#@ing porcupine.

"It takes a big pair of cojones to make those thin, big test bets. I plumb I don't have them. I'm sticky to work on that natural astrology of my game."

Despite Antonius getting the modify of him this time, Laak said he was indefinitely pleased with his formal on the show.

"I've been propitious enough to make good plays and get some good work force
on High Stakes Poker ever since I've been on," he said.

"Even after all I lost $125,000 on that hand to Patrik, I was only $25,000 or so down as an approximation, which was ok. It felt good to give some back to the poker general public."

Regardless, Laak oral positive in point of his subsequent, revealing he has plans to boat his own poker web site.

"I'm cultivation on dignitary with the Cake Poker Network at the pregnant moment," he said. "Hopefully Unibomber Poker will be up and performing soon."

High Stakes Poker airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on GSN.

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