Episode #98: AnteUp! Game Show

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Fasso played Alex Trebek as the intrepid hosts faced off in an intense battle of who knows more worthless poker trivia. You'll have to listen to the podcast to find out who won, but we will tell you that it wasn't a blowout!

Play along at home. Here are the questions (answers will be posted in the Comments section of this post):

GENERAL POKER KNOWLEDGE (loosely defined, you might say)

1. Which of these poker-playing actors has been quoted as saying "the game exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great"?
a. Gabe Kaplan
b. Walter Matthau
c. Telly Savalas
d. W.C. Fields

2. What was the first WSOP prize?
a. $25,000
b. a bracelet
c. the winner's weight in gold
d. none of the above

3. We all remember that Stu Ungar won the WSOP main event in 1980, 81, and 97. But he also has a Series bracelet from 1983. What was the event?
a. Razz
b. Pot Limit Omaha
c. Seven Card Stud
d. Limit Hold Em

4. What is the name of Vince Van Patten's poker novel?
a. The Rembrandt Call
b. The Puccini Raise.
c. Flop the Nuts
d. The Picasso Flop

5. You are all-in against two red aces. You have the best chance of winning with:
a. 78 hearts
b. JT clubs
c. 89 clubs
d. 78 spades

6. Who finished second in the WSOP in both 1985 and 2000?
a. Jesus Ferguson
b. Dewey Tomko
c. Bill Smith
d. TJ Cloutier

7. Who was the first European player to win a WSOP bracelet?
a. Gus Hansen
b. Thor Hansen
c. Devil Fish Ulliot
d. Carlos Mortensen

8. Which Omaha 8 hand has the best chance to scoop?
a. A234 all hearts
b. TTA3 four suits

9. Who is the chip leader going into today's final table at the Five-Star World Poker Classic?
a. Scott Fischman
b. Carlos Mortensen
c. Gavin Smith
d. Paul Lee

10. This poker player was born on New Year's Eve, 1928.
a. Hebert O. Yardley
b. Johnny Moss
c. Amarillo Slim
d. Brian Sailor Roberts

ANTE UP KNOWLEDGE (you'd think we'd know more about our own show)

1. On Show 29, the first of the New Year's resolutions shows, which one of these was not one of Scott's resolutions?
a. Be more disciplined
b. Blog more
c. Learn a new game
d. Read a book

2. On that same show, which one was not one of Chris' resolutions?
a. Blog more
b. Be nicer when with family
c. Enter more tournaments
d. Get better at limit hold em

3. On Episode 55, Joe Sebok explained his father's toughness with a story of an injury Joe suffered:
a. playing Yahtzee
b. on the basketball court
c. playing touch football
d. at the poker table

4. After Kenna James achieved success at smaller stakes limit Hold Em, he moved up the ladder and continued to win but then hit a wall and lost his confidence at what level?
a. 40-80
b. 20-40
c. 50-100
d. 30-60

5. Jennifer Harman said it was "amazing to watch" this player put others on tilt.
a. Phil Hellmuth
b. Mike Matusow
c. Jean-Robert Ballande
d. Freddy Deeb

6. Mark Seif said his new infant Sarah:
a. had seen over 20,000 hands on Absolute Poker
b. was signed up for a play-money account online
c. has a poker chip mobile
d. is nicknamed "Sarah Slim"

7. Johnny Chan asked the hosts for their favorite:
a. poker game
b. gambling destination
c. color
d. food

8.  When Greg Raymer was struggling to cash in tournaments early in his career, a friend give him this advice:
a. Play tight early, then more aggressive
b. Keep track of BB won/lost each level
c. Keep track of chip stack relative to average stack
d. Fold low pocket pairs in early position.

9. Episode 88: Best poker lines. "Must be a peach of a hand:"
a. Tilt
b. Cincinnati Kid
c. Rounders
d. Tombstone

10. Razz Episode 39: The Bard opens with some lines from:   
a. Hamlet   
b. Romeo and Juliet
c. Timon of Athens
d. Macbeth

LIGHTNING ROUND

1. In season one of the WPT, this player won both the Five Diamond Poker Classic and the L.A. Poker Classic.

2. Covering the 1981 WSOP, The Biggest Game in Town has been called "the best book ever written on poker." Who wrote it?

3. Give me the name and the nickname of the player who bets "quack quack."

4. According to Joe Navarro, which is a high confidence tell, a pursed lip or a hidden lip?

5. According to the Pet Peeves show, what really burns Mike's toast?

6. In suit rankings, spades are highest. Which suit is next highest?

7. In the SS/2 chapter on Triple Draw, Daniel Negraneau says don't leave the gate without a what?

8. True or False? Phil Ivey has more bracelets than Huck Seed.

9. The film The Cincinnati Kid was directed by Norman Jewison. Which director was fired off the film a couple weeks into shooting? Hint: He also directed Straw Dogs.

10. He played "The Matador" on the series Tilt.

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

1. It takes a 5 or a 10 to make a straight. In Hold Em you are dealt 5/10. There is one straight you can't make, what is it?

OTHER TOPICS

VEGAS, BABY!: Chris, Scott and Fasso will be Vegas the first week of July for the World Series of Poker. All three have pledged to play an event: Fasso in Event #46 (Stud 8), Scott in Event #51 (SHOE) and Chris in Event #49 (No-Limit Hold'em). Chris and Scott will also attend the WSOP Academy, and of course will roam the Series as members of the working media. We'll likely record the show out there, and of course would love to have an AnteUp! MeetUp if some of you will be out there. We can get a $4.95 steak dinner at Ellis Island.

AIPS: We hailed the success of forceweaver, who wins Event #4: Razz, and of course give Scott his props for taking his "74 chips and a chair" all the way to the Final Table. Get all the details at the previous post.

BARNEY FRANK, POKER'S HERO: The Massachusetts congressmen introduces the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act, which would allow licensed and regulated online gambing in the United States, with a few exceptions. Read more two posts down.

UNCLE JUNIOR'S POKER GAME: It was sad, yet very funny, to see Uncle Junior rule over the psych ward poker game on the Sopranos this week. Maybe we'll switch to buttons in future AIPS events.

OMM: Surprise! Columbo folds his JJ, but we get to see the hand play out as a caller goes to war with the limp-raiser.

HAND OF THE WEEK

Like Columbo, Greg from Fontana, Calif., struggled with JJ this week, but Greg took it all the way to the end. At a $2/$4 limit game at San Manuel Casino, Greg gets the pot capped preflop, then hits top set on the flop. Capped again, the board pairs on the turn, giving Greg top boat. Greg's called, and then the river brings a Queen. Greg and his opponent raise back and forth (no cap on heads-up raises), and Greg loses the pot to pocket Queens. Ouch.

Our advice: Be careful how much you escalate it on the river when you're holding less than the nuts, even in a loose $2/$4 game.

Comments

[Scott Long]

Here are the answers:

General Poker Knowledge
1. b, 2. d, 3. c, 4. d, 5. d, 6. d, 7. b, 8. b, 9. d, 10. c

Ante Up Show Knowledge
1. b, 2. d, 3. b, 4. a, 5. c, 6. a, 7. c, 8. b 9. d 10.d

Lightning Round
1. Gus Hansen, 2. A. Alvarez, 3. Paul Magriel, X22 4. pursed, 5. Check-raisers, 6. Hearts, 7. Deuce, 8. True, 5-4. 9. Sam Peckinpah, 10. Michael Madsen

Double Jeopardy
Nine-high straight (you'd have to use your 10, making it a 10-high straight)

[Boil dunce son]

Scott- sorry you have to blame me for the Picasso flop question, you got off to a slow start and Chris was Hyper competitive, "It's part of what he is"

Chris- You gotta thank me for the Picasso Flop question which made the margin of victory. That sorted out the Sharks from the fish - you are the ultimate Ante Up trivia Monster.

;-)

[Erwin Blonk]

So the FLO/8 will be saturday lunch time, which it dinnertime CET. Well, I'm hungry for some revenge and dinner is a bigger meal than lunch, unless you're Italian or Spanish.

[Chris Cosenza]

Thanks Boil! And I was slow playing the whole way, I didn't want Scott to feel bad to get embarrassed. 8-)

[Aquaman]

Loved the show. The lightning round made the quiz show portion, so if this becomes an annual event more “ringing” in please! (You have to give Scott a chance to redeem himself next year.)

[Gambit]

Very entertaining, most interactive show since the "Are you a degenerate gambler?" quiz.

Maybe next time one player can "ding" in verbally and one can "buzz" in verbally to avoid breaking each others fingers.

Do you guys know when you'll be in Vegas? I haven't looked at the schedule to see when the events actually are that you'll be busting out of er playing in.

depending on family obligations i could try to head out there for a weekend and try to meet up. I'd love to check raise Mike again! ;-)

Michael

[SlickSlySpy]

I live in Vegas. Have to get the Ante Up Nation to the home game here. AIM is SlickSlySpy and email is same at aim.com if anyone is interested in donating. :-)

[Boil dunce Son]

Exciting to hear you're playing the WSOP, is anyone of youplaying a Razz event? I guess your expectation might be better in NLHE though maybe the smaler Razz event might give you a better chance of a final table.