Phil Hellmuth专栏

unbelievable... although i'm not a huge fan of ur "table style", but u're undoubtedly one of the best players in poker history. Welcome and looking forward to your posts.

Hello China!  My name is Phil Hellmuth jr., and I am a professional  
poker player.  I have written a New York Times best selling book  
("lay Poker like the Pros") on poker strategy and tactics, and I  
write a regular once a week column that is being translated and posted  
here at zhiyoucheng.com.  I know the ins and outs of Texas Hold'em,  
and I will share some serious knowledge with you in this column.  My  
columns are also current, relevant, and fun!

Players like Johnny Chan, David Chiu, and I prove that poker is a game  
of skill.  We keep winning poker tournaments--and money--month after  
month, year after year, decade after decade!  Chan has 10 World  
Championships of poker, second place only to me with 11.  The  
popularity of poker has never been higher.  Chan and I are known  
throughout the world for our poker skills.  Poker is a game of beauty  
and strategy.  Hello to my fans in China!

let me try to translate it for Phil. 我来翻译一下吧。

世界扑克系列大赛欧洲赛

九月末，世界上几乎所有的扑克高手都聚集到伦敦莱斯特广场的帝国赌场，去赢取百万奖金以及一条WSOPE（世界扑克系列大赛欧洲赛）金手链。整个扑克界毫无异议地认为，每条WSOPE金手链都是让人梦寐以求、货真价实的。当然，几乎每个伟大的扑克选手都想要金手链！主赛的买入费是10000英镑，折合约16000美元，第一名的奖金则超过1百万美元。

我拿出了惯常的恶作剧本领，打扮成凯撒的模样坐在敞篷马车上，大模大样地行驶过伦敦市中心的十个街区——从滑铁卢到莱斯特广场！当时，双层巴士从我身旁隆隆而过，成千上万的人在街上用相机拍摄这一景象并试图搞明白到底是怎么回事，而各个摄影师也在我身旁抓拍不停。。。没错，我是觉得自己有点傻，应该说是很傻。。但我振作精神并扮成凯撒，因为我觉得这是个很有趣的入场形式，对我有好处，对扑克也有好处。当我到达帝国赌场时，我被11名穿着白色罗马服饰的模特领入场，那个部分太有意思了！各个扑克网站都有我当时入场的图片和视频。

到达赌场后，我将我的思考模式从扮演凯撒切换到打出伟大的扑克，也许我应该说我试图完成这一切换。你们可以看出，最近我并没有发挥出我的最高水平，而这是因为过去两年我在尝试各种不同的战术。我已从紧和耐心的战术逐渐转向更松更具侵略性的战术，并获得了好坏不一的结果。今年我虽在WSOP赛中进了六次钱圈，但没有一次进终桌，这种情况还是十年来头一次出现，天哪！用草花8-草花7跟别人的加注、再加注的问题是，很多时候你把自己置于一个非常困难的境地，并需要做出更多的决定。当翻牌出现J-8-2时，你是跟别人的押注呢还是弃牌？当然，草花8-草花7时不时地能为你赢下巨大的底池，但更多时候你会被这种牌坑了。毋庸置疑，这种同花连张会导致巨大的起伏。我不喜欢巨大的起伏。我喜欢做一块坚硬的石头！当我把大量筹码加入底池时，我喜欢给对手展现非常强、有时是无法击败的牌。我喜欢在强位出击，而不是在弱位或是不确定的位置。

在WSOPE上，我用10s-7s从UTG的位置加注，结果有4个人跟。翻牌是10c-9d-6s，我决定向$3000的底池押注$1500。在我后面的那位绅士加注到$3000，其他人均弃牌。我的筹码只剩$8500，而这位先生是个非常松的选手，于是我决定奉陪到底，全押！他跟了并亮出10-9，妈的！现在我需要在剩下的两张牌中拿到8或是两张黑桃。转牌是张奇迹般的黑桃8，现在即使河牌是黑桃9，我的对手也无法赢了，因为那将给我一个同花顺！结果河牌是一张无害的8，让我觉得能继续呆在比赛里真是非常幸运。我也重新评估了我的玩法。以前我能连玩几天而从不全押，而现在我却在第一天就全进！所以，我将回到我的非常紧的“经典Phil”策略，扑克界小心了，在未来几年，你们需要相当多的炸药才能把我从扑克比赛中炸出！

World Series of Poker Europe

In Late September almost every great poker player on the planet descended on the Empire Casino—in Leicester Square--in London to try to win millions of dollars and a WSOPE (World Series of Poker Europe) bracelet.  The poker world pretty much unanimously agreed that each of the four WSOPE bracelets would count as a coveted WSOP bracelet, and almost every great poker player wants bracelets baby!  The main event was a 10,000 pound buy in, or around $16,000, and it paid over $1 million for first.
I pulled my usual shenanigans and rode 10 blocks through the heart of London--from Waterloo to Leicester Square--in a chariot, dressed as Caesar!  It was pretty weird, and way over-the-top, to be riding through the streets with double decker busses whizzing by, thousands of people on the streets snapping photos and wondering what was going on, and paparazzi running alongside…And yes, I did feel a bit stupid, and I felt like it was too much, but I manned up and played Caesar because I think my entrances are fun, good for me, and good for poker.  When I arrived at the Empire I was walked into the tournament by 11 models in white Roman dresses, and that part was a lot of fun!  There are videos and pictures up of my entrance at all of the poker sites.
Upon my arrival I turned my mind from playing Caesar to playing great poker, or I should say that I tried to turn my mind towards playing great poker.  You see, I just haven’t been playing my best poker, primarily because I have been trying different tactics over the last year or two.  I have migrated away from tight patient tactics, and gone towards looser more aggressive tactics with mixed results.  I still managed to make six cashes at the WSOP this year, but I made zero final tables for the first time in like ten years, ouch!  The problem with calling raises and reraises with the 8c-7c is that you put yourself in a tough position most of the time, and playing these types of hands puts you in a spot where you have to make more decisions.  Do you call a big bet when it comes down J-8-2, or fold?  Of course, occasionally the 8c-7c yields a huge winning result, but more often you can get buried with this hand.  There is no doubt that playing these suited connectors causes huge swings.  I don’t like huge swings.  I like being a steady rock!  I like showing my opponents super strong, sometimes unbeatable hands when I put my big chips into the pot.  I like to play from a position of strength, not weakness or uncertainty.
Meanwhile, at the WSOPE I raised it up with 10s-7s under the gun, and was called by 4 players.  The flop was 10c-9d-6s, and I opted to bet out $1,500 into the $3,000 pot.  The gentleman behind me made it $3,000 to go, everyone else folded, and I decided that I had to go with this hand, as I only had $8,500 more, and this gentleman was a very loose player.  Thus I moved all in, and he called me and showed me 10-9, ouch!  I now needed an eight or two spades to hit on the next two cards.  The turn was the miraculous 8s, and now my opponent couldn’t even win with the nine of spades as it would make me a straight flush!  When the river was another harmless eight, I felt very fortunate to still be in the tournament.  I also reevaluated this style of play.  I used to be able to go days without ever being all in, and with this style I was all in on Day One!  So now I am going back to my super tight “Classic Phil” strategy, and look out poker world, you’re going to need some dynamite to knock me out of a poker tournament the next few years!

主要是想考验一下那个让北京mm教他英语的人是不是真心为了学英语，哈哈。。。我们都是在国外呆了很久的大老爷们吧？中文不敢说，但英文应该都比那个北京mm强多了。 [s:167]

晕死，又来一个。搞得跟翻译比赛似的，这不存心让我这样的土鳖丢人么！

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刚看见。。我可以晚上有空来翻译一下，现在要去吃晚饭了。

mardiego,pkducks,pipi...怎么一天打鱼，三天晒网了？ [s:167] 又辛苦大家了。谢谢！

Translation:

（这是我一个月前写的，不是很新了，但值得一读）

拥有十四枚奥运金牌的扑克选手！

我充满敬意地观看了2008年夏季奥运会，而迈克尔·菲尔普斯的夺金风暴更是让我赞叹不已。某一天菲尔普斯能遥遥领先取得胜利，而第二天他则会和队友在接力赛中与对手拼到最后一秒种——要知道他们的对手曾在训练中游出世界最好成绩。尽管儿子们大声抗议，我还是把他们拎到电视机前观看每一场比赛，因为我知道我们正在见证一个史诗般奇迹的诞生。终于，那场无法用言语形容的比赛上演了。整个世界都在一遍又一遍地观看比赛镜头重播，而观众们仍然频频摇头，无法相信看到的这一切。菲尔普斯的确落后，但他不知怎么使出了一招自创的半次击水动作，以发丝般的优势击败了塞尔维亚名将查维奇。我看了七八遍重播，我的儿子们也兴奋异常。八场比赛，八枚金牌，真让我无语了。

当菲尔普斯也是个扑克爱好者的消息逐渐传到扑克界时，很多玩家开始关注。在奥林匹克结束几个月后，菲尔普斯邀请我在拉斯维加斯见面。我曾和不少世界各地的名人见过面，而菲尔普斯是第一个让我成为追星族的人！他扑克知识的丰富给我留下了很深的印象，而第二天他更是在凯撒宫赌场举办的一场300多人的扑克赛中进入了终桌。我试图让菲尔普斯参加Ultimatebet.com举办的Aruba扑克经典赛，不过他还没拿定主意。在此，我决定在专栏中向大家介绍他在另一场比赛中介入的一个大锅。

盲注已经升到$500-$1000，ante是$125，玩家A从枪口位置全押$5000，他的牌是K-6杂色，后面的人均弃牌直到位于小盲位置的菲尔普斯，菲尔普斯持有9h-9d，也推入了所有$29000筹码。位于大盲位置的玩家B陷入沉思，不久之后，他丢入$28000跟了这个全押，手里的牌是A-7杂花。翻牌出来是10-9-6。这对菲尔普斯的一对9来说相当理想。转牌是J，这意味着河牌出现8或者Q的话，菲尔普斯将会输掉。唉，河牌真是张8。。

让我们更为仔细地分析一下这手牌。我不喜欢玩家A在枪口位置的全押。我肯定会弃牌。下一手他将处于大盲位置，谁知道那时会发生什么呢。也许某个后位的玩家会用2-2或Q-J加注，或者干脆就是bluff，那样的话玩家A很有可能赢得一个$10000的锅。或者，A可以连续在大小盲注弃牌，当他回到庄家位置时虽只剩$3000筹码，但还有7次机会。菲尔普斯的$29000全押是个很不错的行动，因为他只需担忧处在大盲位置的玩家B。实际上菲尔普斯给玩家B发出了明确的信息：“我有手强牌！”我不喜欢B的跟牌。显然他忽略或是误解了菲尔普斯传达的信息。无论如何，B目前为止只在池底投资了$1000，跟牌需要用A-7杂花再投资$28000。如果“大嘴”Mike Matusow看见玩家B的这个跟牌的话，他一定会大声嚷嚷：“你疯了吗？！”

菲尔普斯具有相当不错的扑克天分，如果十五年内他赢得几条WSOP金手链，或者是19到24枚金牌时，你不必感到惊奇。对了，今天我还向他提议用我的一条WSOP金手链换他的一枚金牌，但我猜他是不会同意的！

(This one was written a month ago. Not current, but worth a read)

                                            14 Gold Medals and a Player Too!

I watched the 2008 Summer Olympics with awe, and no small measure of amazement as Michael Phelps won gold medal after gold medal.  One day it was Phelps by a country mile, the next day Phelps relay mates ran down their opponents at the last possible second, even though those opponents were the fastest in the world in their discipline!  At first, over their loud protests, I made my sons come and watch each race on television, knowing that we were witnessing something truly special on a historical and a global scale.  Finally, there was the race that defies explanation, where Phelps won a race that the world watched the replay of, over-and-over, and yet still we were left shaking our heads in disbelief.  Phelps was beaten, but somehow he used a half-stroke, a move that no one would coach, to beat Cavic by literally, a fingernail!  When I watched this replay seven or eight times, my sons were very happy to be in the room watching with me.  Eight races, eight gold medals, what else can you say?
As news filtered to the poker world that Phelps was a poker player, and a fan of the poker world, the players took notice.  Then a few months after the Olympics ended, I was in Las Vegas when Phelps asked to meet me.  I have met some of the biggest celebs in the world, but Phelps was the first person that I was completely star struck by!  Also, I was impressed with his knowledge of Texas Hold’em, and the very next day Phelps made a final table in a tournament at Caesars Palace with over 300 entrants.  Currently I’m trying to get Phelps to go to Ultimatebet.com’s Aruba Poker Classic tournament, and he is on the fence.  Meanwhile, Phelps played a big pot in a tournament the other day that I decided to write up here in my column.
The blinds were $500-$1,000, with a $125 a man ante, Player A moved all in--in first position--for $5,000 with K-6 off suit, everyone else folded and then Phelps moved all in—in the small blind--for $29,000 with 9h-9d.  Player B--in the big blind—tanked for a moment, and then called $28,000 more with A-7 off suit.  The cards went on their backs, and the flop came down 10-9-6.  What a great flop for Phelps, and his pair of nines.  The turn was a jack, which means that Phelps could now lose to an eight, or a queen on the river.  Alas, the river was an eight!
Let’s take a closer look at the play of this hand.  I do not like Player A’s all in move under the gun with K-6.  I would greatly prefer the fold!  I mean, he would have been in the big blind the very next hand, and who knows what could happen then.  Maybe someone in late position would have raised it up with 2-2, or Q-J, or a bluff and Player A could find himself a favorite to win a $10,000 pot.  Or maybe, Player A could have folded both blind hands and still had $3,000 left when he took possession of the button, where he would have had seven hands to choose from.  Phelps $29,000 move was a good one, as he only had to fear Player B in the big blind.  In fact, Phelps sent a clear message to Player B, and it was, “I have a strong hand!”  I hate Player B’s call here with A-7.  He obviously didn’t hear Phelps message, or interpret it very well.  But regardless, Player B had only $1,000 in the pot, and it was $28,000 more to call with A-7 off suit.  If Mike “The mouth” Matusow saw Player B make that call, he would shout, “Are you insane!?!”
Phelps has a ton of poker talent, and in the next fifteen years don’t be surprised to see him win a few WSOP bracelets to go along with his, oh say, 19 to 24 gold medals!  By the way, just today I asked Phelps if he wanted to trade one of my WSOP bracelets for one of his gold medals, but I don’t think he’ll go for it!!