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Originally Posted by elendil200
Lol at blaming preperation. You get in there and play. Terrible is just terrible.
I am not blaming it, just stating it as a factor among many.
Even if Mike's prep had been perfect and they both had a totally even run of cards, he was still disadvantaged by Cate getting hands and advice on her phone. Yes he could have planned to counter this by doing the same, but you have to point the finger more at the organisers for not thinking through this element of the event more carefully.
I really think you would see a totally different game if both players are playing properly in the dark with no previous hands or strat fed to them on their phones.
Without this added assistance I think a massive chunk of competent small stakes NLHE on line players would be 50/50 against her in a live HU match, which is why I say someone like a fired up, better prepared Mike Dentale playing for even higher stakes, in a better structure and on a level playing field would be a totally different proposition. Sure he is not one of those on line players but he has better results than most over a biggish sample in live MTTs so clearly has skills in that arena that are and/or can be adaptable to HU.
Clearly if Cate is in the dark about how he is playing pre flop and on all streets then she could make a lot of errors. The same is true in reverse of course but in the match they just had she might as well have been George W Bush when he was wearing that wire and being fed the script of a speech he was making.
Let's take away the wire and see how she does.
Last edited by SageDonkey; 03-21-2017 at 06:20 PM.