It\’s getting pretty clear that finally, in 2007, the pros are starting to explore the power of the Hammer. You can tell they are still a little tentative with it — and how can you blame them when bricks of money are at stake — but hey, they\’ll catch on and figure out the hand\’s nuances soon enough.
(Perhaps not coincidentally, I have given up the Hammer for Lent.)
Check it out … on this week\’s episode of High Stakes Poker, we get to see both Antonio Esfandiari and Mike Matusow dabbling in the dark arts of 27o. Frankly, neither of the hands are very dramatic … yet both are quite revealing:
ALT HED: Hammer after Dark