Archive | Brian Hastings

22 December 2009 ~ 4 Comments

Isildur1 says

I have never in my life studied hand histories. I have never studied books, or watched videos. I always have just played poker and played with every player who wanted to play me. To be honest, I never even studied my own hand histories. PokerNews: Isildur1 Speaks About his $4 million Loss to Brian Hastings [...]

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25 May 2008 ~ Comments Off

The Semifinals – part II

Coverage of the semifinals came to a screeching halt last night, as it turned out there would be a massive break until 10 pm European / 4pm Eastern today. I wasn’t aware of that and frankly, it was a major cooler, after so many hours of intense work at the keyboard. Anyway – we are [...]

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24 May 2008 ~ Comments Off

FT Heads Up: The Semifinals

After a break that felt like forever, the semifinals are finally on their way.This is the first real break since the tournament began 7½ hours ago, so I can’t blame anyone for taking their time. WTF?! FINALS…TOMORROW?! I’LL BE…SON OF A…! goodnite.

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24 May 2008 ~ Comments Off

FT Heads Up: Round 4 – action all around

After six hours of play, you’d think people were beat. Well they probably are, but none the less, the level of aggression has really picked up. Already within a few hands there’s been several big swings, and average pot size must be well over 5K (starting stacks are now 40K, starting blinds were 80/160). Ansky451 [...]

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24 May 2008 ~ Comments Off

FT Heads Up: Brian Hastings vs. Howard Lederer – Sudden Death

This match was decided in two key hands. Although Lederer seemed to have an edge on Hastings, he was no match when the monsters came out of the closet. Then right after, this hand closed the match:

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