Interview with Phil Gordon is now online

The interview with Phil Gordon is now online and can be found here



Big thank you to Phil for taking the time to answer these questions

On the email they sent to me they forgot to say who won the dvd for the best question - ill let you know when i know

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Make that an overwhelming 2 for 2 in the "I'm calling" column by the Pro's. Just a question or two for Fink. I remember you posting that you thought the Pro's would agree with you. I know its only 2 so far but are you surprised at all by their answers? Also, I feel you are one of the best players on this site and have the potential to go pro someday, do you feel you could ever change your mind on calling the All-In? Finally, If every pro we interview here at THF comes back with the same response as Phil and Liz did (Call) do you think you might have to take another look at your playing style regarding that situation?

bradys just interviewed Phil Gordon on anteup

You can listen to it here

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In response to my question to both Phil Gordon and Liz Lieu, who both gave simular answers:

5.) In NLHE the turn bet is probably the most critical bet.

Phil Gordon:
Answer : Flop bet is most critical. You have 5/7ths of your hand after the flop and that is only increased by 1/7th after the turn.

Liz Lieu:
In NL I would actually say the flop is the most critical bet. You will find out so much information there depending on what the other player’s do in response to you. In limit though, I would agree that the turn is the most critical bet.

Maybe I am phrasing the question wrong:

What I mean is the turn bet is the most serious bet...in other words, the pre-flop gives you information, the flop gives you more information...now you should be armed with a good amount of information to really decide on your hand, you have now seen 86% of your hand and have seen action by your opponent after they have seen 71% of their hand....do you now want to try and end the hand, do you want to now make a strong bluff, are you willing to fold now or do you want to set a trap or make a value bet.

That is what I mean about the most critical bet...it is no longer an information bet, but instead is a get serious acting bet.

i dont think pre flop raising gives you that much info

i see people raising the same with 88 as they do with KK. I think your impplying that the turn is where you the 'big bet' comes. Though, id have to agree that there are more hands finished by the flop than at the turn so it makes sense to say the flops the most critical bet

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in defense of my fold of the all-in on the first hand of the tourny, my logic is way different from the pros.

my 10,000 is quite a significant amount of money, to them its nothin, and they most likely get it paid for them.

however again i must re-emphasize that i would not fold everytime it would just depend on my gut feeling, how the player went all in, etc.

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I agree that a lot of hands are ended at the flop and I try to end them there myself....however I also find that a lot of opponents will call the flop to see just how serious you are and a strong bet at the turn might just convince them to fold or now you see that the board became scary or other factors that say now is the real decision time...many players just want to test on the flop, so how serious can you take them...the turn is a convincing bet...rather than an information bet.

Many players will call large bets with flush or str8 draws with 2 cards to come, but many will fall off when it is down to one card. Many will still try to hit an Ace at the flop, but will give up at the turn.

got an email back from them

and the winner is Jvelez

Jvelez - can you pm me your full name and address so that i can pass this on to phils webmaster. If you dont want to give out this info to me here i can give you the email to contact them yourselves

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Well, it makes sense to fold with only one card to come doesn't it? Your odds go down and your implied odds go down as well (as a call of a bet here almost PUTS you on a draw lowering your payout if you hit it). because of this, I often will call a flop bet and base my odds on one card to come, but my implied odds on 2 bets.