Patrik Antonius has been a high stakes winning player for years. He has a gift for gauging his winning edge well as he has won millions playing both live and online poker. That same keen assessment carries over in the multitude of side prop bets that many high stakes players entertain will add to their activities. His edge seems to have gotten him banned from Macau, while in the U.S. he collected one prop Sunday against fellow high stakes poker player Brandon Adams.
Rui Cao, the Chinese born French poker player, wrote in his blog on Limpers.com that he has been playing live in Macau over the last year quite a bit. He said the private games that he plays in involve tons of action with 5M HKD (~500k Euros) are common place and daily swings of 10M HKD (1 million Euros) are pretty standard.
Cao said most of the regulars are wealthy Chinese businessmen and poker players who are very protective of the game. While they allowed Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, John Juanda, and Patrik Antonius to play the game, it seems that Antonius has been virtually banned from the game because he played a little too tight and won too many props from the other players.
Cao has also been one of the most active online players with over $1.3 million in winnings on PokerStars in 2011, up over $500k in June alone. Full Tilt Poker results have been much more swingy though, after taking a shot against Patrik Antonius where he lost over $800k. He has since recovered much of that against other players.
So while Antonius may be banned from playing in Macau due to his perceived tightness and constantly winning props, that hasn't prevented him from making advantageous prop bets in Las Vegas.
Sunday, Antonius collected on one tennis prop he had with Brandon Adams at the Las Vegas International Tennis Centre. Antonius bet $295k if he lost to collect $30k if he won against Adams. Despite a supposed sore ankle, Antonius dominated. He won 6-0 6-1 proving too tough across the board.Adams conceded "I should have played more high pressure matches. Match play for money is like a different game; I'm not used to playing when juiced up."The question remains if Patrik Antonius can continue to find opponents willing to overestimate their edge on the Finn or will they like the Macua players stand up and refuse to engage him where he excels.
Rui Cao, the Chinese born French poker player, wrote in his blog on Limpers.com that he has been playing live in Macau over the last year quite a bit. He said the private games that he plays in involve tons of action with 5M HKD (~500k Euros) are common place and daily swings of 10M HKD (1 million Euros) are pretty standard.
Cao said most of the regulars are wealthy Chinese businessmen and poker players who are very protective of the game. While they allowed Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, John Juanda, and Patrik Antonius to play the game, it seems that Antonius has been virtually banned from the game because he played a little too tight and won too many props from the other players.
Cao has also been one of the most active online players with over $1.3 million in winnings on PokerStars in 2011, up over $500k in June alone. Full Tilt Poker results have been much more swingy though, after taking a shot against Patrik Antonius where he lost over $800k. He has since recovered much of that against other players.
So while Antonius may be banned from playing in Macau due to his perceived tightness and constantly winning props, that hasn't prevented him from making advantageous prop bets in Las Vegas.
Sunday, Antonius collected on one tennis prop he had with Brandon Adams at the Las Vegas International Tennis Centre. Antonius bet $295k if he lost to collect $30k if he won against Adams. Despite a supposed sore ankle, Antonius dominated. He won 6-0 6-1 proving too tough across the board.Adams conceded "I should have played more high pressure matches. Match play for money is like a different game; I'm not used to playing when juiced up."The question remains if Patrik Antonius can continue to find opponents willing to overestimate their edge on the Finn or will they like the Macua players stand up and refuse to engage him where he excels.
