Tragically Amir Vahedi has died in Las Vegas, Nevada due to complications with his blood sugar levels. He was a diabetic. Those of us who were drawn to the poker world through the World Poker Tour and ESPN's coverage of the WSOP remember Amir fondly as one of the first notable LAG (Loose Agressive) players - coining the now infamous poker phrase 'If you want to live you can't be afraid to die'. He was referring to being willing to put your tournament life at risk at any time to advance you chip position.
I can't remember the source but there is another famous quote about Amir saying that between Howard Lederer and Amir Vahedi you would naturally want to have Howard at your table in a tournament, even though he may have a higher expectation, as you can know what to expect from him. You never knew what Amir was going to do.
Even before Gus Hansen popularized playing any hand from any position, Amir Vahedi was mixing it up and taking advantage of live nits. A style of play I used to model my own style of play.
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A big field for a small buy-in was what organisers of the $1,000 No Limit Hold Em Event #3 hoped for and boy did they deliver. A whopping field of 6,012 players sat down for the so-called Stimulus Special, a record for any event other than the WSOP Main Event. Read more »
Saudi born American Rami Boukai outlasted a field of 453-runners to claim the $2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha event and with it prize money of $244,862. The 26-year-old battled his way through a final table lasting nine and a half hours before finally seeing off Najib Bennani to seal his first bracelet win. Read more »
1,459 runners bought in to $1,500 No Limit Hold Em Six-Handed Event but in the end it was American Ken Aldridge who claimed his first WSOP bracelet. Aldridge, known as Teach, won an epic heads up battle with Carmen Cavella to take the first prize of $428,259. Read more »
Phil Ivey, widely considered by many to be the best poker player in the history of the game, has cemented that opinion further by taking some time out from cash games to win his sixth WSOP bracelet and his first since 2003 in NL 2-7 Draw. Read more »
A big field for a small buy-in was what organisers of the $1,000 No Limit Hold Em Event #3 hoped for and boy did they deliver. A whopping field of 6,012 players sat down for the so-called Stimulus Special, a record for any event other than the WSOP Main Event. Read more »
A big field for a small buy-in was what organisers of the $1,000 No Limit Hold Em Event #3 hoped for and boy did they deliver. A whopping field of 6,012 players sat down for the so-called Stimulus Special, a record for any event other than the WSOP Main Event. Read more »
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