High Stakes Poker

High Stakes Poker on GSN is the #1 poker on TV to watch to learn how to play, bar none. Why you ask? I believe that J-Dags said it best in an interview during the 4/2/07 episode when he stated that it's not like Tournament Poker where you can shove all of your chips in, force a call and HOPE that your hand stands up in a showdown.

HSP allows you to see some pre-flop strategy, especially betting patterns with all sorts of hands, limp with a monster, hope for a raise and pounce on the poor sucker ( that's what I love to do), or raise with garbage, get a caller with an obviously better hand, hit a monster flop and felt the guy as he asks for a marker, you see it all. From Jesus Ferguson playing as tight as a 17 year old virgin, or Sammy Farha playing as loose as a trick turner from Liberty Ave.

Our hero, Daniel Negreanu, is the best example of how to vary your game when the situation calls for it. In a lot of situations, he'll play almost any hand, but when there was $4.5M on the table, he was looking for the monster to double up. We've seen him hit big with 10-7 off, we've seen him flop quads, and we've seen him bluff a pair of Q's when an ace hit the board. We can all learn from our hero.

Watch and take notes from High Stakes Poker every Monday night 0n GSN, I know I will, so watch out for the big bluff.