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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Funny All-In - World Series of Poker 2008 WSOP
Poker - Insane first hand!
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My WBCOOP campaign is over!
WBCOOP Main Event
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WBCOOP Event #6 part 2
WBCOOP Event #6
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POKER....... As I know it.
Online Poker and Bad Beats
March Madness
On A Roll, Baby!
Slow Roll
My WBCOOP campaign is over!
WBCOOP Main Event
WBCOOP Event #6 part 3
WBCOOP Event #6 part 2
WBCOOP Event #6
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Straight Flush....No Good! How rare is it to hit a Straight Flush in Texas Hold’em? According to Betstarter.com Odds of Poker, the odds of hitting a Straight Flush is 1:64,974. In my 5 yrs or so playing the game, I finally hit one last night. Making a straight flush is like making a Hole in One in golf. But that is not my story here. The straight flush I made last night did NOT win the pot! Let me share to you my story. I was playing in the 100K guaranteed tournament at Big Ace last night. We were already deep in the tourney when my very “interesting” beat happened. I had about 30K in chips (average stack) and the blinds were 800-1,600 with an ante of 200. I was at the Big Blind position holding 3  7Four players limped in the pot. I checked. The Flop showed 8 J 9I just made flush on the flop. I made an almost pot size bet of 7,500. The bet I made was for 2 reasons, 1.) for an outright takedown of the pot, or 2.) to find out if anyone has a flush or is drawing for a bigger flush. The guy to my immediate left FLAT CALLS. This call kinda threw me off ‘coz he only had 14K total and the 7.5K call was more than half of what he had. All the others folded. Without doubt, he was drawing for a bigger flush. That was what I was afraid of, ‘coz if any spade shows up on the turn, he certainly would have me beat. The turn card showed a 10 I just made a straight flush! I checked hoping that he would bet his made flush. Sure enough, he bets 2,500. Again, the small bet threw me off, but I dismissed it ‘coz I knew I had the nuts. I raised him All In and he insta-called. I declared proudly, “I have a straight flush, Sir.” And his reply was “Me too.” He shows Q J Wow! How sick was that?! The river card was 2  That severely crippled my stack leaving me with just 8 BB’s. A couple of hands later, at the cut off position, I got an A Jand pushed All In my remaining stack, and unfortunately, the BB wakes up with A  K which was enough to end my poker adventure last night. |
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