Phil Hellmuth专栏

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Playing the Cards

I have been playing too many hands for awhile now, and it has yielded zero wins, but a few chip leads.  Consistently playing 8c-7c--and similar suited connectors--for raises and reraises, causes some big swings.  So if you want to play this way, strap on your seatbelt, you have a turbulent ride ahead of you!  Basically, be prepared to be eliminated on Day One in events that are designed to eliminate 10% of the field on Day One—like has happened to me on at least a dozen occasions in the last 14 months.  Then, occasionally, you will also have the chip lead after Day One—this happened twice.  The problem with this style of play is the frequency with which you end up going all in.  Yes, the 8c-7c is terrific when it comes down 8-7-3, but how about when it comes J-8-3 and your lone opponent has K-K?  Sometimes you end up losing so many chips early, and because you are playing lots of pots (you have a loose table image), when you do move all in with your A-K, J-J, or K-K, you get called by the A-Q.  Congrats, you have A-K vs. A-Q, but still, you’re all in on Day One!
So now that I was out there on the “Playing too many hands” kick for over a year, it was only natural that I over-adjust to the play super tight and “Make one move per hour” strategy.  I started this strategy in Aruba.  I folded suited connectors for a raise, or a reraise, and I rarely bluffed.  I would, on occasion, reraise with a hand like K-Q suited, but only when I thought that it was the best hand.  This style kept me out of trouble on Day One, where I ran up my starting stack for $15,000 to $50,000 completely risk free—my double up hand I limped with As-Js under the gun, flopped a flush, and doubled up against two players who were drawing dead.  On Day Two I ran horribly, but not in any one given pot.  I think that I had one pair of pocket kings, no straights, no sets, no flushes, and no other big pairs!  Still, I managed to break even for the day, to never be all in the entire day, and thus end the day with around $50,000.  Zero all ins in two days: playing super tight does have its advantages!  On Day Three I finally played a coin flip with pocket jacks vs. their K-Q suited (the guy played horribly to even be in that pot).  Then I picked up A-A, vs. their K-K and their Ac-Kc, and was able to get all in, only to lose some of my chips (the K-K won with a river king, but I had more chips than he did).  Finally, with 54 players left, and 45 getting paid, I moved all in with Ah-Kh, and ran into A-A; good day, Phil!
Still, I was encouraged.  It felt like the old days where I was getting all of my money in pre-flop with A-A, K-K, A-K, and occasionally Q-Q.  The problem with this strategy is that it depends on the cards.  The strength is that you can, with some effort, make it through whole days without ever being all in.
Going into the $15,000 buy in World Poker Tour tournament at the Bellagio, the Festa Al Lago, I decided to make roughly one over-the-top move per hour.  I figure that the over-the-top move works around 75% of the time anyway, but for me it works almost 90% of the time (because of my reading ability).  And with a starting stack of $60,000, in the middle of Day Two, I found myself effortlessly folding hand-after-hand.  It felt good!  Late in Day Two, with the blinds at $800-$1,600, I put $45,000 of my $60,000 starting stack in the middle with my A-K to their Q-Q, but I lost.  Then one hour later I was all in for my last $20,000 with my A-K to their J-J, and I lost.  So since switching back to super tight poker, my last four big pots I was all in pre-flop with A-K, A-A, A-K, and A-K.  I lost all four, but so what?  This is Phil Hellmuth poker!

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玩牌

我现在玩了太多的起手牌，几乎没什么盈利，不过偶尔能当上筹码领先者。经常玩8c-7c这样的同花连牌，并且raise和reraise，
就像做过山车一样起伏很大。如果你想这么玩，最好系上安全带，你将拥有一个颠簸的旅程！虽然正常情况下比赛第一天
只淘汰10%的牌手，但你得做好准备成为其中一个，就像我，过去14个月里有十几次都是这样。偶尔你会在第一天结束后
成为筹码领先者————我干过两次。这种玩法迫使你不得不经常allin。是的，FLOP出来8-7-3时，8c-7c显得很不错，不过如果
是J-8-3而你的对手是对K是你会感觉如何？你早早地损失大量筹码，然后你用A-K,J-J,K-K全押，结果你的对手会用A-Q之类的跟你。
这是你玩了太多牌，并且拥有一个松的桌面形象。祝贺你，你的A-K碰上了A-Q，但无论如何，你还是不得不在第一天就押上全部的筹码！

在尝试了一年的“啥牌都玩”风格后，我又开始紧手玩法以及“一个小时得瑟一把”的策略。我在Aruba开始的。在对手raise和reraise
后，我会扔掉同花连牌，很少去诈唬。偶尔我也会用KQs去reraise，但一定是在认为自己牌占优势的情况下。这种风格让我平安度过
比赛第一天，并且四平八稳地把我的筹码从15000搞到了50000。有一把牌我在枪口位置用As-Js溜进来，flop到了一个同花，两个对手
最终没有成牌，使我成功翻倍。两天内我从未allin，超紧手玩法的确有它的优势！在第三天，我用对J和对手的KQs赌了一把（这
哥们玩的不咋地）。随后一把我拿到了A-A，俩对手拿K-K和Ac-Kc，我们allin，这把牌损失不大（河牌K使得K-K赢，不过我比他的
筹码多）。最后，在只剩54个人的时候（45个人进钱圈），我那Ah-Kh全押，碰上了A-A。表现不赖，Phil！

我仍然深受鼓舞，就像原来我在翻牌前用A-A,K-K,A-K全押，偶尔也用Q-Q。这种玩法得靠牌，但优点是只要你稍微用心就能不用
全押就能在比赛中顺利前进。参加Bellagio 15000美元买入的WPT比赛时，我决定每个小时得瑟一把。一般来说75%的情况下这种
玩火都会有效，但我能达到90%（因为我的读牌能力）。在第二天中期，我有60000筹码，无所谓地一直在扔牌。感觉不错！在
第二天比赛晚些时候，盲注达到了800-1600，我用A-K和对手的QQ全押，损失了45000筹码；一个小时后，我用A-K全押了自己的20000
筹码，输给了J-J。自从我重新回归超紧手策略以来，我的最后四次全押分别用了A-K,A-A,A-K和A-K。我全输了，但又怎样？这就是
“Phil Hellmuth poker”！

Playing the Cards

I have been playing too many hands for awhile now, and it has yielded zero wins, but a few chip leads.  Consistently playing 8c-7c--and similar suited connectors--for raises and reraises, causes some big swings.  So if you want to play this way, strap on your seatbelt, you have a turbulent ride ahead of you!  Basically, be prepared to be eliminated on Day One in events that are designed to eliminate 10% of the field on Day One—like has happened to me on at least a dozen occasions in the last 14 months.  Then, occasionally, you will also have the chip lead after Day One—this happened twice.  The problem with this style of play is the frequency with which you end up going all in.  Yes, the 8c-7c is terrific when it comes down 8-7-3, but how about when it comes J-8-3 and your lone opponent has K-K?  Sometimes you end up losing so many chips early, and because you are playing lots of pots (you have a loose table image), when you do move all in with your A-K, J-J, or K-K, you get called by the A-Q.  Congrats, you have A-K vs. A-Q, but still, you’re all in on Day One!
So now that I was out there on the “Playing too many hands” kick for over a year, it was only natural that I over-adjust to the play super tight and “Make one move per hour” strategy.  I started this strategy in Aruba.  I folded suited connectors for a raise, or a reraise, and I rarely bluffed.  I would, on occasion, reraise with a hand like K-Q suited, but only when I thought that it was the best hand.  This style kept me out of trouble on Day One, where I ran up my starting stack for $15,000 to $50,000 completely risk free—my double up hand I limped with As-Js under the gun, flopped a flush, and doubled up against two players who were drawing dead.  On Day Two I ran horribly, but not in any one given pot.  I think that I had one pair of pocket kings, no straights, no sets, no flushes, and no other big pairs!  Still, I managed to break even for the day, to never be all in the entire day, and thus end the day with around $50,000.  Zero all ins in two days: playing super tight does have its advantages!  On Day Three I finally played a coin flip with pocket jacks vs. their K-Q suited (the guy played horribly to even be in that pot).  Then I picked up A-A, vs. their K-K and their Ac-Kc, and was able to get all in, only to lose some of my chips (the K-K won with a river king, but I had more chips than he did).  Finally, with 54 players left, and 45 getting paid, I moved all in with Ah-Kh, and ran into A-A; good day, Phil!
Still, I was encouraged.  It felt like the old days where I was getting all of my money in pre-flop with A-A, K-K, A-K, and occasionally Q-Q.  The problem with this strategy is that it depends on the cards.  The strength is that you can, with some effort, make it through whole days without ever being all in.
Going into the $15,000 buy in World Poker Tour tournament at the Bellagio, the Festa Al Lago, I decided to make roughly one over-the-top move per hour.  I figure that the over-the-top move works around 75% of the time anyway, but for me it works almost 90% of the time (because of my reading ability).  And with a starting stack of $60,000, in the middle of Day Two, I found myself effortlessly folding hand-after-hand.  It felt good!  Late in Day Two, with the blinds at $800-$1,600, I put $45,000 of my $60,000 starting stack in the middle with my A-K to their Q-Q, but I lost.  Then one hour later I was all in for my last $20,000 with my A-K to their J-J, and I lost.  So since switching back to super tight poker, my last four big pots I was all in pre-flop with A-K, A-A, A-K, and A-K.  I lost all four, but so what?  This is Phil Hellmuth poker!

谢谢mardiego的翻译。
这是mardiego朋友第三次义务翻译了。我们希望论坛里的朋友能帮忙尽量分担一下翻译。翻译的好坏并不重要，不追求职业翻译的信达雅，只要能把大致意思让不懂英文的朋友明白就可以了。

谢谢mardiego的努力，下一篇我来翻吧，这两天正好比较空。

[s:171]  再下下篇我来翻。

城里热心朋友真多！谢了。

[s:171] 我在城内多受教导，受益匪浅，只恨没早来一步！

城里热心朋友真多！谢了。

Just saw the picture in a magazine :  Caesar and 11 models in white Roman dresses.    The Caesar really has hairy legs.

World Series of Poker Europe

In Late September almost every great poker player on the planet descended on the Empire Casino—in Leicester Square--in London to try to win millions of dollars and a WSOPE (World Series of Poker Europe) bracelet.  The poker world pretty much unanimously agreed that each of the four WSOPE bracelets would count as a coveted WSOP bracelet, and almost every great poker player wants bracelets baby!  The main event was a 10,000 pound buy in, or around $16,000, and it paid over $1 million for first.
I pulled my usual shenanigans and rode 10 blocks through the heart of London--from Waterloo to Leicester Square--in a chariot, dressed as Caesar!  It was pretty weird, and way over-the-top, to be riding through the streets with double decker busses whizzing by, thousands of people on the streets snapping photos and wondering what was going on, and paparazzi running alongside…And yes, I did feel a bit stupid, and I felt like it was too much, but I manned up and played Caesar because I think my entrances are fun, good for me, and good for poker.  When I arrived at the Empire I was walked into the tournament by 11 models in white Roman dresses, and that part was a lot of fun!  There are videos and pictures up of my entrance at all of the poker sites.
Upon my arrival I turned my mind from playing Caesar to playing great poker, or I should say that I tried to turn my mind towards playing great poker.  You see, I just haven’t been playing my best poker, primarily because I have been trying different tactics over the last year or two.  I have migrated away from tight patient tactics, and gone towards looser more aggressive tactics with mixed results.  I still managed to make six cashes at the WSOP this year, but I made zero final tables for the first time in like ten years, ouch!  The problem with calling raises and reraises with the 8c-7c is that you put yourself in a tough position most of the time, and playing these types of hands puts you in a spot where you have to make more decisions.  Do you call a big bet when it comes down J-8-2, or fold?  Of course, occasionally the 8c-7c yields a huge winning result, but more often you can get buried with this hand.  There is no doubt that playing these suited connectors causes huge swings.  I don’t like huge swings.  I like being a steady rock!  I like showing my opponents super strong, sometimes unbeatable hands when I put my big chips into the pot.  I like to play from a position of strength, not weakness or uncertainty.
Meanwhile, at the WSOPE I raised it up with 10s-7s under the gun, and was called by 4 players.  The flop was 10c-9d-6s, and I opted to bet out $1,500 into the $3,000 pot.  The gentleman behind me made it $3,000 to go, everyone else folded, and I decided that I had to go with this hand, as I only had $8,500 more, and this gentleman was a very loose player.  Thus I moved all in, and he called me and showed me 10-9, ouch!  I now needed an eight or two spades to hit on the next two cards.  The turn was the miraculous 8s, and now my opponent couldn’t even win with the nine of spades as it would make me a straight flush!  When the river was another harmless eight, I felt very fortunate to still be in the tournament.  I also reevaluated this style of play.  I used to be able to go days without ever being all in, and with this style I was all in on Day One!  So now I am going back to my super tight “Classic Phil” strategy, and look out poker world, you’re going to need some dynamite to knock me out of a poker tournament the next few years!