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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 | Make Money with the Big Guys... | 
Learn all the tricks of the pros...and then play them at Poker School.
I sat down with Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu. There were other players, but those were the only pros at the table. They stared at me hard, but I wasn't scared. I stared back. Then, I tipped my hat.
The dealer dealt us all. I looked around the table at everyone else. They were using the same trick so I just looked at the guy with the action. He looked at his cards and then rubbed his chin. He's got something. He threw just enough in to keep him in the game.
The next guy with the action looked at his cards. He threw them away as soon as he saw them.
It was Phil Ivey's turn. He looked at his cards, made his bet and the game went on that fast. No tells at all from him. No tells at all.
The next two players folded and Negreanu chatted like he was at a baseball game. It felt like it literally took hours to get him to decide what he was going to do. He looked up at the ceiling. He looked at me. He looked at Phil and then he looked at his chips. He scratched his head. He laughed at his own jokes.
If he wasn't a pro, I would have told him to make a decision a long time ago. But, I like watching Negreanu do what he does. There's a reason he's a pro.
He finally raised the bar and I raised him. Everyone folded but Phil. It was Phil and I head to head. He had put me on tilt a few hands ago and I was trying to get him back.
He went "All In" and I knew what he was trying to do. He was trying to bully me out of my hand. I had a pair of 10s with an A, K, and 10 on the board. Phil wants to go All In right now. He's bullying me.
Well, if I called him that would leave me still in the game. It would double him up, but I would still live to play another hand. Plus, I have 3 10s and a possible straight coming. I call.
He shows a 6 and a 7. I show my pair of 10s. He doesn't even flinch. He doesn't even sweat.
Dealer deals a 9. Wow, Ivey's getting close. But, I still have a chance at a straight too. It comes down to a J or an 8 to win this hand.
Suddenly, my alarm clock goes off and I jump up in a cold sweat. There's no way to know if I was going to win now. But if I know how my mind works, I can't beat Phil Ivey even in my own dreams.
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