I was introduced to shisha few years ago in Moscow and now regularly smoke, drink mint tea and eat baklava when relaxing.

Tom Riding asked me on Facebook: Tony, what’s the worst hand you have ever played?

The worst hand I ever played was in WPT Malta. I was in the money. I had vs with a raise coming from a middle position. I called in the small blind and managed to get all-in on the river with the board . Total pot was 900k – a massive chiplead at that stage of the tournament.

It’s important to lay down such hands on the river. I overplayed and managed to be all-in without having any real showdown value.

The correct way to play this hand post-flop would have been to just check-call all the way and lose perhaps 25% of my stack. I just called pre-flop but check-raised on the flop. This made the pot way too big on the river. I ended up having to call 150k more with 750k in the pot.

Maybe I could lay down on the river but ideally more value is had to just check-call all the way, inducing the bluff and creating value. The big issue and problem was that I took on the chipleader Matt Giannetti, who ended up winning the event.

What’s the worst hand you have ever played?

I just made the money at WSOPE and won the $100k bet vs James Bord! Watch the video below.

I also got my first ever WSOP penalty! This is how PokerNews saw it:

Tony G gave out a big cheer and pumped his fist as he knew his full house was the winner and he would double up. The dealer had other things in mind though.

The dealer quickly swiped Tony G’s hand, not seeing his full house and only seeing Boujenah’s spade flush. Right when the dealer did this, Tony G began yelling at the dealer about incorrectly killing his hand.

One of the things he said was, “How can you be so stupid?” as he was clearly upset the dealer almost cost him the pot because he was was now buried in the muck and only Boujenah’s hand was on the table. Everyone else at the table made sure to pipe up and tell Tony G they all saw it and that it was fine, he’d win the hand.

The floor came over and checked in on the situation. Because of what Tony G said and his rant, he earned himself a one-hand penalty.

I am really looking forward to playing the Caesars Cup event. I am humbled to be selected in the top 5 players in Europe.

I will play my A game all the time, this is going to be so much fun for me. I want to tear them yanks apart and then have Zasko eat their flesh.

The Caesars Cup is going to be a meat fest – I already have the tactical and strategic plans of Team America leaked by one of my spies. They are planning to use the nippy Chihuahua Negreanu for the heads-up. Watch the video:

More details: Bring on the Americans!

I love basketball. I played it a lot over the years at a pretty high level, I still play a little bit. I killed them the other day, perhaps a change in games is needed? Could I become a superstar basketballer?

I have a reasonable shot. I had a lot of bets over the years making long-range shots outside the court.

Basketball is a great sport. I am heavily involved with Lithuanian Basketball Federation, I am the head of the national basket team. I know a lot of the NBA players that I spent a lot of time with here and there.

I love the game. Hear me talk about basketball in the PokerNews Podcast below:

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I called all in and Andrew Robl didn’t hear me (PokerNews hand report). He was wearing a pair of Dr Dre’s Beats headphones!

Live poker should be about banter, fun and social engagement. Tell you what, let me buy some headphones so I can zone into another zone – a bomb went off next to me and I didn’t hear it, I needed the noise cancelling.

Hear this verbal declaration – on your bike!

Full post: A shameful example of a modern internet player

PokerStrategy is nice to me in Top 5 Tony G Trash Talking Videos. Calling me “the most entertaining player to watch” and “the king of trash talking”. Here’s one of the top 5 trash talking videos:

What is your favourite trash talking video of mine?