High Stakes Poker: Revenge Is Sweet

Previously on High Stakes Poker, Barry Greenstein  (pictured right) went up against Tom "durrrr" Dwan, who held pocket aces, and managed to take down the $548,700 pot with the conclusion that "Math is idiotic" since he was a huge underdog.

This time it was Greenstein who held pocket aces and Dwan taking his
sweet revenge. The hand for the largest pot in the history of High
Stakes Poker began with Peter Eastgate making it $3,500 pre-flop with
his .

Greenstein
sneaked a glance at his cards only to find pocket aces and raised to
$15,000. Action turned to Dwan who held and Gabe Kaplan commented: "It's hard to predict what a person who lives in durrrr land is gonna
do in this position, so I'm not even going to speculate."

Dwan opted to make the call and Eastgate did the same. The flop came and Dwan let out with $28,700. Eastgate folded, Greenstein
fired back a $100,000 raise and Dwan re-raised to $244,600.

Greenstein
thought for a second and shoved enough to put Dwan all-in. They agreed
to run the board once and Greenstein even offered Dwan to take a
couple of hundred  thousands back but Dwan politely declined his offer.

The turn brought , which cut Greenstein down to a slim hope of catching a case ace. The river card was and Dwan took
down $919,600, the largest pot in High Stakes Poker history.

Sixth episode of High Stakes Poker featured more than a few interesting
clashes  at the table, besides the one between Greenstein and Dwan.

One
of such was a hand in which Daniel Negreanu (pictured left) and Ilari "Ziigmund"
Sahamies held the exact same hand, Negreanu with and Sahamies with .

The
board read in that hand and both players agreed to chop the pot right
away, with Negreanu saying they'd have to see the turn card before the
chop if Sahamies didn't have a flush draw, too.

The following
hand was also the last one for Negreanu on the show, as he decided to
quit after it and even though he had lost quite a lot of money, he handed his remaining chips to the dealer. Action
began with Sahamies raising to $4,500 with and Negreanu making the
call with .

The flop came and Sahamies made a
continuation bet for $8,000. Negreanu decided to slow play his hand and
just called. With a little bit help from the deck, Sahamies forged
Negreanu's departure as a came on the turn.

A $27,000 bet came
from Sahamies' corner and Negreanu raised to $102,400. After
Sahamies quickly called, Negreanu knew it was over but concluded that
there was no way he was going to fold his hand, even though he expected
Sahamies to have a six.

The river came and the $232,500 pot went to Sahamies. Negreanu quit
after this hand, which makes it the first exit on High Stakes poker
this season.

Seven
new faces are expected on Sunday, April 12, including Antonio
Esfandiari, Patrik Antonius, Howard Lederer, Phil Laak, Joe Hachem and
"The Simpsons" producer Sam Simon. Negreanu will also return to the
show, in hopes of seeing less hatred from the deck.