Hi poker madness,

Something really strange happened to me the other day…

I was playing in a big cash game, blinds $50/$100, with some of the best players of this country. It was in a dark , underground room where only the greatest may play and the hottest girls can look. The whisky and cigar smoke was as natural as the blue sky outside before I got a suited Queen-Ten in the cut off and raised three times the big blind with only folding people in front of me. I only got a call from the big blind who was well-known as a fearless, dangerous and agressive player. I nipped a little whisky before the flop came J-9-4 rainbow and he checked. I bet small and he instantly raised me as I expected, and I called. The turn was the Ace of spades and he made a big bet and I called, hoping for a 8 or King. The pot was already over $5000. The tension was high with every stare at the table. Before the river came, I saw here. She was gorgeous as hell, long curly red hair, a black dress which suited her voluptuous perfectly. She really took my breath away as she nodded secretly towards me as I was stunned and not even noticed the 8 of clubs on the river. He went all-in for another $8000 and I immediately shipped my stack in and turned over the absolute nuts. She came to me and gave me the most perfect kiss ever as I don’t even cared about the money. Which is why playing poker is clearly a game of skill !

I’ve never had a better sleep for a whole week ! But there was work to do as we are down to the last twenty players in my list. From now on I’m going to present them with only two at the time. So it’ll get more exciting and I’ve the opportunity to say more about each player. Let’s meet them…

(20)   =>   ERICK   LINDGREN

> Erick A. Lindgren

> born 11/08/1976 in Burney, California (USA).

> resides now in Las Vegas, Nevada.

> Nickname : ‘ E-dog ‘

> won 1 Bracelet (’08 Mixed Hold’em)

> won 2 WPT-titles (’03 Ultimate Poker Classic/ ‘04 Party Poker Million III)

> was named season 2 WPT Player of the Year and 2008 WSOP Player of the Year.

> plays online at Full Tilt Poker as a member of TeamFullTilt.

> has  almost $7,400,000 in Live Tournament Winnings (until 2009).

Erick was a excellent football and basketball star in high school and he’s a former blackjack dealer at the casino. He has Swedish ancestry, regarding both his first and last name. Erick is well-known as one of the best tournament players alive. He has already 23 cashes in the WSOP and 16 cashes in the WPT with 5 WPT final tables and as I’ve mentioned earlier 2 World Poker Tour titles. He also won Professional Poker Tour in 2005, the Full Tilt Poker.net Poker Pro Showdown event in 2006 and the big hold’em event at the Aussie Millions in 2007. Erick wrote his own book on poker : ‘ World Poker Tour, Making the Final Table ‘ . Besides playing live, he’s a very good online player which he proved as being the first Full Tilt Pro who won a FTOPS event. Mr. Lindgren is a very friendly, sportive, funny and calm person following the words of his peers.

(19)   =>   SAM   FARHA

> Ihsan Farha

> born 1959, Beirut (LIB).

> resides now in Houston, Texas (USA).

> Nickname : ‘ Mister Cool ‘

> won 2 Bracelets (’96 Pot Limit Omaha/ ‘06 Limit Omaha 8/B)

> became 2nd at the WSOP Main Event in 2003 after losing in heads-up against Chris Moneymaker but still won a cool $1,300,000 with his second place.

> won over $ 2,300,000 in Live Tournament Play (until 2009).

Sammy graduated with a degree in business administration from the University of Kansas before moving to Houston to work for his brother. He decided to become a full time Poker Professional in 1990. He moved to the USA after the Lebanese Civil War. Sam is also a former pinball and Pac-man specialist. He appeared at the first four seasons on the GSN series High Stakes Poker, but he was refused for the fifth season. A great shame because he was one of the most popular and extraordinary character in the game who always was ready to gamble and very agressive player at the table. He likes the big Omaha cash games the most and he’s working on a book, televised poker series and a video game. Besides all that Mister Farha is a spokesman for Harrah’s casino in Las Vegas and he made a cameo appearance in the poker movie ‘Lucky You‘. Sammy is probably wildly known for his appearance. He’s always dressed nice in a suit, looking very cool and smooth with his unlit cigarette and maffia hair style backwards.

So that were the two players for this week. I didn’t run that good on Everest NL Hold’em cash games in the beginning, losing all my stack even playing the smallball poker strategy. But now I switched over to the PLO game and I make profit every day, almost back at my starting stack. I’m really starting to be good at the Pot Limit Omaha game and there are indeed a lot of fish. Just wait for your moment, only playing the nuts or second nuts and play it very agressive and You’ll win most of the time. See You next week !

Cheers,

J.M.