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Originally Posted by shinja59
How do people not get why he would do that? Let's break it down:
- In terms of tournament equity its obviously horrible.
- In terms of bracelet bet equity and the implicit notion that every event he plays is essentially a winner-take-all for at least a couple million, then its a total slam dunk.
Thus, it serves his purposes to try to get lucky and build up a big stack or to bust so that he can focus on the other tourney he's currently deep in. He probably had less than fifteen minutes to try to accomplish this, so playing (or in this case shoving) every hand is massively +EV for his bracelet bets regardless of whether he busts or runs it up.
I understand that perfectly, and I agree about his equity.
In fact, I'm really surprised that no one doesn't feel even a little uneasy about poker pros entering multiple events at the same time and trying to get lucky. Imagine if a lot of people were doing this and half the players in a given tournament were at the table 15 minutes every 2 hours, and were going all-in every hand during those 15 minutes... Poker would be so well served if it became common practice.
I know it will probably never catch on because not that many players can afford it. But I hope you understand that, while I perfectly understand Ivey's perspective, I don't think it should be considered like a good thing. No hate.