More info from Macau: Ivey wins big, Ted Forrest and Jeff Lisandro join the game

• Author: News
• Filed under: Gossip, Jeff Lisandro, Phil Ivey, Ted Forrest, Tom Dwan, durrrr
• Date: Nov 15,2010

Matt Savage’s thread about Macau’s huge cash games has gained great interest on 2+2 forums. Now the user “Tom Hall” shares some insider information about the games. Matt Savage confirms the reliability of “Tom Hall” as he plays in the same ring sometimes.

There’s even a picture from the game. Tom Dwan grinding

“Tom Hall” begins his message by saying that he is the one who invited Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey to play the APT Macau Main Event and the big cash games.

He then continues to tell that the game is somewhat private, but the Chinese businessmen love the challenge and are more than happy to play against the top poker professionals, then he adds “the days of Brian Rast just turning up and winning a few million US$ are definitely over.”

Few notes from the “Tom Hall’s” 2+2 message:

• All the businessmen are somehow related to the gaming business and they found poker two years ago. Some of them are really good, while some are really bad.
• They (the businessmen) like the action, so they love to play against players like Tom Dwan. They don’t like tight players and have agreed to raise the stakes to get more action.
• They want to play against players who buy-in with their own money, not staked money.
• The biggest pot from the past days have been around 1,5 million euros.
• One of the players is known as “All-In” and like his nickname suggests, his play style is really entertaining.
• The session lengths are legendary. They might last for 20-30 hours, then they’ll have a six hour break and then the game is up again. These sessions last for 5-6 days straight.
• One of the players won’t move from his seat at all - not even to toilet, not to get something to eat or drink, he won’t even change his posture. He just takes a look at his hole cards and plays for 8 hours straight.

Sounds really juicy. The latest news is that Phil Ivey made a $2 million winning session!

Dwan and Ivey are playing against two locals in the main game, while Jeff Lisandro and Ted Forrest are playing at an another smaller stakes table.

Source: Pokerista.net, 2+2