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Originally Posted by Mr Rick
So I have mixed feelings here. I prefer the c/r to my original plan of betting out 180k. I think I would rather just jam the turn than check (to minimize losing to AK and especially flush draws). But the checking has another benefit in that it can induce 88-TT to make a small value bet on the river if not on the turn. Either way it was extremely gutsy on the bubble.
Gutsy, definitely. Reckless, even moreso. I think he put himself in jeopardy of stone bubbling the Main with 70bbs, which would’ve been a complete disaster.
He certainly maximized his gains on the hand, but how sick (nauseating, not cool) would it have been if one second after he said ‘all-in’ the villain said ‘call’ and flipped over 66/76s/56s/77/55/44/33/etc.
It seems to me like OP might have felt a bit lost in the hand and kind of spazzed when the pot got really big. It’s a totally understandable feeling considering the circumstances and I’ve done it too many times to count, but I really think the CRAI was a blunder.
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Originally Posted by deuceblocker
It is a major leak if you are not treating it the same. You should not be effected by the stakes, and should not play so high that you cannot make objective decisions because of the stakes.
This is true in theory, and every video on YouTube says the same thing, but the reality is that most of us aren’t pros and nearly all of us don’t usually play $10k tournaments, but the Main Event is special and so we do fire this one when we can. Thousands of other players do the same thing. What % of players do you think are playing their normal stakes or within their comfort zone when they fire $10k to play the Main? Not many.