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Originally Posted by scottyno
She's obviously at least pretty good at poker and has lots of professional friends, so I don't understand why it wasn't grilled into her head before the biggest poker opportunity of her life that in this format, even though a 40k pot might be the biggest pot she's ever played, that you just can't ever run it twice there in this format. Or maybe they did and she just got caught up in the moment.
She is fairly new to playing poker, but as you said she has a lot of professional friends. Chris Moorman & Katie Lindsay was her neighbours before, and she obviously has a lot of other friends that also takes the game seriously. I also heard on a podcast that she has primarily been a cash game player.
Despite this, I thought she played pretty bad and I didn't see many hands that would indicate she actually has a lot of winning strategies in her arsenal. It's obviously possible that she was nervous and couldn't quite handle the lights/attention. That does however seem unlikely given her extensive YouTube-background, as well as being a podcast host. She seemed afraid to value bet properly, and obviously the strategy with running it twice towards the end is absurdly bad when she needs two double ups to be in profit.
Honestly also think she could have gotten away from KTo in her bustout hand. She only had 1700 invested and although people know she has to gamble I don't think KTo stands up well when both Lex and especially Jen have potted behind her. There was still a couple of hands left after, if I remember correctly (even if they only showed the last one).
Overall I like the concept, but they are spending way too long on introductions and other fluff. The show also gets a lot more interesting if you have a cannon that goes after it a bit more.