Alongside the tournament action at the 2012 Aussie Millions, the Crown Casino staged a Million Dollar Cash Game for some of the biggest names in the poker world. Team Titan’s Sam Trickett was one of the players and according to media reports, he came away from the table with a substantial profit.
“Already Sam Trickett is a big winner, finishing yesterday’s action up over $260,000”, Bluff Europe reported on January 27th.
“In a match that featured the likes of Patrik Antonius, Jason Mercier, Daniel Negreanu, and Daniel “jungleman12” Cates, Trickett managed to chip up to the tune of six figures,” the magazine reported.
PokerNews interviewed Sam on his high stakes cash game. When asked how his first session had gone, Sam told the news site, “Pretty well. I was running really good. I flopped loads of big hands, like three of four sets, but hardly won any big pots with the hands I flopped....I don't regret anything, I played every hand well and did OK. It's a shame my opponents didn't hit a bit more when I was hitting, but it was still a good session and a big win."
PokerNews asked Sam what was the biggest pot he played. Sam told the news site of one particular hand he played against Daniel “jungleman12” Cates.
“I three-bet with ace-queen suited from the small blind, Jungleman called and the flop came nine, ten, jack rainbow. I check-called like 21 - maybe getting this wrong - $21,000 I think I check-called. Turn was a two of diamonds or something and I think he bet $52,000. I check-called again. The river was an eight and I moved in for like $125,000 and he called. So, that was a pretty big pot.”
Sam said he was happy playing the high stakes games. “Even since I've started playing in these tough games, I've been doing well. I didn't think I'd get there this quick, but I always thought I could get to this level in poker and I'm pretty happy to be playing in these games now.”
