i am pokermax
My name is Vic de Guzman. I am an amatuer poker player from the Philippines.
Though I play a lot of poker, both tournament and cash games, I still do not consider myself as a professional player. However, I consider myself a student of the game, eagerly learning and appreciating this mind-blowing card game. I am known in the Philippine Poker scene as POKERMAX.
Why POKERMAX? A lot of people say that I bring so much action at the tables.
I've had some Poker Tournament success in my 5+ years playing poker,
namely, Champion of the 2nd season of the POKER BAR TOUR (2006), 2009 Filipino Poker Tour Champion wherein I bested a field of 667 (the biggest field in Asia) with a prize pool of 6 Million pesos, Champion of the 1st Rotary Charity poker event, 48th place in the 2009 Asia Pacific Poker Tour in Cebu, and several other tournaments wherein I placed in the money. I am currently a regular player at the Manila Bay Poker Club at the Mall of Asia and The Big Ace Poker Club in Mandaluyong.
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You Make The Call - World Series of Poker 2008 WSOP
Daniel Negreanu is the Poker God?
Funny All-In - World Series of Poker 2008 WSOP
Poker - Insane first hand!
You Make The Call - World Series of Poker 2008 WSOP
Daniel Negreanu is the Poker God?
Funny All-In - World Series of Poker 2008 WSOP
Poker - Insane first hand!
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Pocket Aces 1 I'm sure there have been a lot of horror stories about pocket Aces being cracked. I myself have not been spared of this situation. However, my first pocket Aces story (I have several) is not about a bad beat. Its about a situation that involves Chip Stack management, bubble, and surviving in a major tournament. This situation happened in, by far, the biggest tournament (in terms of field) in Asia. This was the Metro Hi-5, wherein 667 participants, including some notables like WSOP Bracelet winner Isaac Galazan, Poker Pro Isaac Mizrachi and Filipino Champs Neil Arce and Kent Del Rosario. Let me set-up the scenario. Less than 20 minutes left before the end of Day 2 of the 4 day event. I had about 40K in chips, while the average chip stack was about 55K. Not so bad, right?! Before looking at my cards, the UTG (under the gun) went All-In with 12K. The next guy Calls. He's got around 80K. The guy after him goes All In as well with 32K. Two guys after him folded. Now its my turn. You guessed it, Pocket Aces!! Its been said a lot of time that Pocket Aces would most likely be cracked whenever 2 or more people are in the pot. That's exactly what's going on in my mind in this situation. This tournament is particularly special 'coz its the biggest tournament held in the Philippines, probably in the whole of Asia as well, and finishing good in this tourney would be life-changing. One could make an argument for either calling and risking one's tournament life or folding and surviving Day 2 with a relatively good stack. Here is a situation where 2 guys were already All In and another guy who seems interested and could possibly afford to call because of the pot odds. I can easily call the 12K but the 32K All In would really hurt me. In the end, I decided to go ALL IN and put my poker fate on 2 Aces. But before I did so, I made a little speech on "why I should NOT be involved anymore,... blah, blah, but I am going All In as well, coz if I bust out and my hand gets cracked at least I have a story to tell". I did my little speech to make the other 3 people (the Button, SB and BB), who still has to act after me, to fold their hand, and for the UTG+1 to fold as well. I don't want people to get the crazy idea of calling 'coz there's pot odds for them. The speech worked and they all folded. The UTG+1 had JJ. Now its a 3-way All In; Player 1 - QQ Player 2 - AK Me - AA Flop - 2, J, 7 Turn - 10 River - 3  Had I not made the speech, the guy with JJ would have called, and my Aces and my tournament life would have been over and done with. I went on to Day 3 among the Top 10 in the leaderboard and ended up winning this event. Check out the write ups on this tourney; |
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