Gigabet's inspiration is not making me any friends (low content)

[Rduke55]

I wasn't all-in, I had 1300 behind.

[Jbrochu]

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but we're not talking about having the same thought process; we're talking about making dumb plays. go and pull the archives on Gigabet's hand and take a look at it. it's no amount of reasoning that's gonna make me see that hand he played as a stroke of genuis.

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When I play home game tournaments with blind structures similar to SNG's with my casual poker poker-playing buddies, and get caught all-in with trash late (when clearly it's the correct +EV move), no amount of explaining the concept ever seems to sink in. All they can grasp is that I went all-in with two crappy cards and they see it as a dumb play. (BTW - I only try to explain what I'm doing to good friends I'm trying to teach.)

I'm not saying you are wrong for sure about the particular hand in question, but wouldn't you agree that clearly my friends are wrong about concepts we take for granted?