Video Discussion - Hellmuth/Matusow Weird Chop + The Grinder Sucks Out
Is chopping a big pot pre-flop with another players money in it acceptable poker behaviour? Hellmuth and Matusow appear to think so. Also, what happens when you float Hellmuth with air and then hit the 'get there' button? Find out and chat inside.
In the first clip from a Poker After Dark cash game, we see Matusow and Hellmuth involved in a massive pot with some of Peter Jetten's money in the middle along with the blinds.
Seemingly unwilling to play the hand out, the two pros agree on a pre-flop chop, leaving just some loose change in the middle.
What do you think of what happens here? Is there any point in playing the game if you're just going to play scared? Is this bad for the game?
Now for our second clip. Imagine you flop two pair and your opponent decides to float your flop bet with air only to pick up a draw on the turn and then get there on the river, now imagine you're Hellmuth. Oh oh.
Watch as Hellmuth makes the right fold to a raise by Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi on the river, only to be shown half of The Grinder's 'impossible' hand, much to the amusement of Matusow.
