Sam Farha Vs Patrik Antonius at High Stakes Poker

Sam Farha is one of the most colorful poker players, and due to his aggressive and fun style, he has millions of fans around the world. It doesn’t matter if he wins or loses, his jokes, grace and cigarette in his mouth always make him fun to watch.

In the next hand, Farha faces another heavyweight player, Patrik Antonius.

The blinds are $ 400 / $ 800 with a $ 200 ante. Farha is a super aggressive and laid back player who raises almost every hand with any two cards. This time it has QdKd. This hand is way better than most of your raised hands. It increases to $ 4200. Antonius is next to act and he only has Jh9h but he knows Farha very well, so he decides to make a play with Farha. With a reraise, Farha could fold immediately. If he doesn’t fold, Antonius has a speculative hand with potential straight and flush draws, where he could win a big pot later on. Antonius goes up to $ 16,000, all other players fold, but Farha wouldn’t be himself if he didn’t make an instant call. The jackpot is $ 34,200.

The flop is: 6d3c9d. Antonius hits a top pair with a moderate kicker, Farha has two top cards and a king high flush draw. Farha has a 53% to 47% advantage over Antonius at the moment (9 cards for a flush draw plus 6 top cards make 15 outs). Farha checks and Antonius comes out with $ 20,000. A typical continuation bet of just over half the pot with high pair where Antonius thinks he’s ahead and wants to see where he stands. Farha thinks fast and raises the check to $ 100,000. Now comes a surprise. Antonius thinks for almost half a minute and decides to go all in with a pair of nines. Gabe Kaplan doesn’t even have time to react and comment on the action because Farha announces a call in a second.

They decide to run it four times. The first time the 3d comes to complete Farha’s flush, but the 9c on the river is one of four remaining cards to give Antonius a full house. This means that Antonius wins a quarter of the entire pot. The second time, Farha flushes again, but Antonius can’t get it out (5dAh). Both players have won once so far, when the last two meetings come. 2s6h gives Antonius two pairs and a 2-1 lead. The last time 4s5h comes to the table it means that Antonius wins 3-1 and takes three-quarters of the pot.