Re: Give Arieh a Break
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Given Arieh's play, would someone PLEASE explain to me why calling with a big pocket pair is such a "bad play"
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I'm never happy getting in that much money in preflop with jacks. I realize that Arieh appears aggressive, but even he can pick up a hand. You might catch him moving in on you with tens or something like that every once in a while, but calling off your stack with jacks when you definitely are not in a position where you have to (as Dean was, his stack was pretty healthy if I recall) is not the optimal play imo.
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Josh thought a little too much of himself in my opinion.
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Agreed. But apparently he is skilled enough to back it up. I assume many excellent players have this same view of themselves. Maybe Arieh's mistake in this regard was simply being a bit too candid in his espn interviews.
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