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47k in pot, giga leads for like 40k....antonius makes it 400k more, yeah its a pretty huge overbet.

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are we even sure they got the pot size amount right? damn useless reporters.

Re: Gigabet making a run at Bellagio ME
 

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47k in pot, giga leads for like 40k....antonius makes it 400k more, yeah its a pretty huge overbet.

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We don't know darrell's image or patrik's image (though I have heard that Patrik is one of those Scandinavian laggish mofos), so it is a little hard to stick PA on a hand range given the flop push. However, logic would say he either had a big draw or a pair plus draw, something weak @ SD but with huge FE on the flop.

I bet KJs was about the best hand DD was expecting to see, no?

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so whats the verdict? GigaDonk or GigaGenius?

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post flop i think its a good call. preflop who knows what was going on with the dynamics between the two of them.

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post flop i think its a good call. preflop who knows what was going on with the dynamics between the two of them.

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Based on the recap, looked simply like a typical steal/resteal type of situation, where Giga was probably getting plenty of odds to go ahead and see a flop.

As for the flop play, image and that stuff doesn't matter at all. The only thing he really has to answer is if Patrick will play a set in that manner. Still takes guts to call though.

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The only thing he really has to answer is if Patrick will play a set in that manner.

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Suppose Patrick had flopped a set? Seems to me like a good move might be to overbet with a monster in this situation against a thinking opponent, especially if you think your opponent likes his hand (knowing gig's bet amount here might help). Or is this move -eV in the long run? Even if so, doing it every now and then for metagame value couldn't possibly hurt.

For Gigabet, I bet the decision to call comes down more to the odds Patrick actually flopped a set than the way he's playing it. And the odds are very low considering Gig flopped 2p and Patrick *apparently* didn't push back very hard with a vulnerable hand like JJ preflop (w/o knowing the preflop raise amts).

And you can almost certainly eliminate J7, J5 given the preflop action. So Gig had to have him very likely on a flush draw+. Man what a gutsy call in that position in the tourney.

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Doesn't seem that gutsy to me... That scandanavian is a LAG, or so people say, and coulda been reraising with a lot of hands. One hand beats him: JJ, 55 and 77 are too unlikely. I think this is a very very easy call post flop. I wish I knew what the positions of the players were preflop to maybe understand if Gig's raise was from the button (making the reraising range even bigger) or if Gig was doing this from an earlier spot.

Give him tonight or maybe a day or two, he'll probably tell us what he was thinking. Gig is usually cool about talking about his tourney hands. Then we can have the full picture.

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"Darrell Dicken eliminates Dewey Tomko"

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Joanne J.J. Liu $893,000 0 0
Joe Cassidy $840,000 0 0
Darrell Dicken $685,000 0 0
Patrik Antonius $600,000 0 0
Alan Goehring $470,000 0 0
Jeff Rine $457,000 0 0
Joe Sebok $450,000 0 0
Barny Boatman $395,000 0 0
Chris Bell $395,000 0 0
Eskimo Clark $390,000 0 0
Can Kim Hua $340,000 0 0
Terri Evanowski $277,000 0 0
Doyle Brunson $275,000 0 0
Davood Mehrmand $275,000 0 0
Loi Phan $265,000 0 0
Frank Vizza $265,000 0 0
AVERAGE $264,285 0 0
Phil Laak $260,000 0 0
David Levi $255,000 0 0
James Van Alstyne $250,000 0 0
Michael Gracz $225,000 0 0
Kevin Song $170,000 0 0
Barry Greenstein $160,000 0 0
Mads Andersen $160,000 0 0
Alex Prendes $160,000 0 0
Dewey Tomko $155,000 0 0
Michael Yoshino $135,000 0 0
Raja Kattamuri $135,000 0 0
Gabe Thaler $130,000 0 0
Don Zewin $127,000 0 0
Steve Rassi $115,000 0 0
Peter Costa $110,000 0 0
Denis Ethier $90,000 0 0
Matt Smith $87,000 0 0
Michael Tait $80,000 0 0
Dennis Waterman $80,000 0 0
Marco Traniello $63,000 0 0


Edit: This was before the Tomko KO

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Joanne J.J. Liu $893,000 0 0
Joe Cassidy $840,000 0 0
Darrell Dicken $685,000 0 0
Patrik Antonius $600,000 0 0
Alan Goehring $470,000 0 0
Jeff Rine $457,000 0 0
Joe Sebok $450,000 0 0
Barny Boatman $395,000 0 0
Chris Bell $395,000 0 0
Eskimo Clark $390,000 0 0
Can Kim Hua $340,000 0 0
Terri Evanowski $277,000 0 0
Doyle Brunson $275,000 0 0
Davood Mehrmand $275,000 0 0
Loi Phan $265,000 0 0
Frank Vizza $265,000 0 0
AVERAGE $264,285 0 0
Phil Laak $260,000 0 0
David Levi $255,000 0 0
James Van Alstyne $250,000 0 0
Michael Gracz $225,000 0 0
Kevin Song $170,000 0 0
Barry Greenstein $160,000 0 0
Mads Andersen $160,000 0 0
Alex Prendes $160,000 0 0
Dewey Tomko $155,000 0 0
Michael Yoshino $135,000 0 0
Raja Kattamuri $135,000 0 0
Gabe Thaler $130,000 0 0
Don Zewin $127,000 0 0
Steve Rassi $115,000 0 0
Peter Costa $110,000 0 0
Denis Ethier $90,000 0 0
Matt Smith $87,000 0 0
Michael Tait $80,000 0 0
Dennis Waterman $80,000 0 0
Marco Traniello $63,000 0 0


Edit: This was before the Tomko KO

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How come Joe Cassidy isn't in bold?

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Joanne J.J. Liu $893,000 0 0
Joe Cassidy $840,000 0 0
Darrell Dicken $685,000 0 0
Patrik Antonius $600,000 0 0
Alan Goehring $470,000 0 0
Jeff Rine $457,000 0 0
Joe Sebok $450,000 0 0
Barny Boatman $395,000 0 0
Chris Bell $395,000 0 0
Eskimo Clark $390,000 0 0
Can Kim Hua $340,000 0 0
Terri Evanowski $277,000 0 0
Doyle Brunson $275,000 0 0
Davood Mehrmand $275,000 0 0
Loi Phan $265,000 0 0
Frank Vizza $265,000 0 0
AVERAGE $264,285 0 0
Phil Laak $260,000 0 0
David Levi $255,000 0 0
James Van Alstyne $250,000 0 0
Michael Gracz $225,000 0 0
Kevin Song $170,000 0 0
Barry Greenstein $160,000 0 0
Mads Andersen $160,000 0 0
Alex Prendes $160,000 0 0
Dewey Tomko $155,000 0 0
Michael Yoshino $135,000 0 0
Raja Kattamuri $135,000 0 0
Gabe Thaler $130,000 0 0
Don Zewin $127,000 0 0
Steve Rassi $115,000 0 0
Peter Costa $110,000 0 0
Denis Ethier $90,000 0 0
Matt Smith $87,000 0 0
Michael Tait $80,000 0 0
Dennis Waterman $80,000 0 0
Marco Traniello $63,000 0 0


Edit: This was before the Tomko KO

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Poker gods please spare us the Phil Laak Show at the final table.