Poker Big Game
PokerStars Big Game Week 5
Trying to turn a profit in the PokerStars Big Game is no joke and nobody knows this better than Week 5 Loose Cannon Aaron Jensen. Hailing from Seattle, Aaron was had more poker experience than all previous Loose Cannons, but even with his extra skills, he couldn’t leave the game in the black. He’ll have to go back to grinding a PokerStars Bonus Code.
As with all the Loose Cannons, Jensen had made his way to the table by winning a series of freerolls on the PokerStars Download. Once he’d proved his skills online, he cut together an audition tape and sent it off to PokerStars HQ. Successfully vetted, he was handed a $100k stack and chips and a seat with the pros. If he had managed to build on that stack the profits would have been his, but a gaggle of the game’s top minds were on hand to help prevent that eventuality. This is tougher than any game he’s ever likely to play at best online poker sites.
Aaron was planning to fund his big day with Big Game profits, but his wife-to-be will have to scale down the wedding budget a notch or two. After having his tricky play picked off by Scott Seiver, who spotted some poker tells and called him with Ace-high, he tangled for the final time with Daniel Negreanu. With a few pre-flop raises out of the way, the flop of K-9-7 prompted an all in from Jensen with nothing more than A-Q. The Daniels Room Poker proprietor thought for a moment and made a tough call with J-9 middle pair. No crazy cards came on the turn or river, leaving Jensen to pack his bags and return home dejected.
Aaron Jensen wasn’t the only player to leave the table during Week 5. Well known wildman Tony G began the week in high spirits, but quickly had his dreams crushed. His biggest hit came against Vanessa Roussou, who took him to town for a $192,000 with pocket rockets. Despite hitting two pair on the flop, an Ace on the turn put him way behind. A card that gave both players a full house on the river was the worst thing he could have asked for. The winnings were shipped to the PokerStars Marketing Codes pro. With no money to hand Tony was forced to ask Daniel Negreanu for a $100,000 loan. Even with that extra boost, he couldn’t stop the leak and he was soon back to $0 and on his way home. His replacement was the rambunctious Phil Laak, who joined a table which also included Lex Veldhuis.
Hand Converter analysis clearly indicated that most active player was Scott Seiver. He threw chips into almost every pot and usually came out ahead. One particular hand had Daniel Negreanu confused for around 10 minutes as he went through his thought processes in detail for the camera. Daniel managed to wrench himself to a good fold, managing to figure out that his 6-6 was behind to the two pair Seiver quietly held. Phil Laak managed to upstage Danny by wandering over to host Amanda Leatherman to correctly predict Seiver’s hand. Scott is a well known player on us poker rooms, so it was no surprise to see him doing well.
The winners and losers at the end of the week were as follows:
Scott Seiver (+ $251,200)
Vanessa Rousso (+ $131,500)
Todd Brunson (+ $47,300)
Phil Laak (+ $40,800)
Daniel Negreanu (- $4,600)
Lex Veldhuis (- $87,900)
Aaron Jensen (- $100,00)
Tony G (- $278,600)
