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Originally Posted by James C K
I'm not convinced the raise pre-flop is losing. And, if he had a read of weakness, then it's 100% understandable. But maybe he should have made it a little bit smaller then more easily folded to the shove.
I assumed it was losing just based on what a computer sim would say. But given the factors involved, and how tight Hellmuth can be it might only be losing a little or even be winning. I have no idea.
Another poster made a good point that Hellmuth is very trappy. If he had AA, how would he play? So his re-raises may be a high concentration of goofy stuff. Not sure how Foxen views it.
Anyhow to summarize:
1. Poker player makes an aggressive action, which may be losing but maybe not much
2. Poker player gets caught with his hand in cookie jar and calls getting more or less priced in
So not much of a big deal other than we know had the hand gone the other way the verbal tirade would be immense