You might still have some friends who don’t really get what’s so interesting about poker. Or what poker really differentiates from all other forms of gambling. Those guys really have to watch the greatest players of this game some time. Just like you watch old tapes from Diego Maradona when you want to see some excellent soccer tricks, you watch memorable moments from Phil Ivey when you want to see some excellent texas holdem strategy.

I selected such an historical moment for you when I was watching some more poker of the Monte Carlo Millions. Ivey goes to the flop with Q8 of hearts against Paul Jackson’s 65 off. Let’s watch what happens on the flop:

What you see after the flop, is poker’s best player doing his job. Ivey gets reraised by Jackson TWO times, you got to give the amateur credit for this moves. But in the end, nobody fools around with the greatest player of all time. Ivey has the best nothing, and he plays it like the best nothing. Absolutely awesome.