[I.Rowboat]

I agree. I watched it again on yesterday's re-broadcast, and Doyle just played Lee like a fish. Lee bet when Doyle wanted a bet, called when Doyle wanted a call, and folded when Doyle wanted him to fold. He TOTALLY owned Lee, who is still a very fine player.

The absolute best line of the show, maybe of the series, is Doyle's dry, delayed response to Lee's all-in bet when Doyle flopped the nuy straight: "I call, by the way." (VVP's remark about Dolye having "played more hands of poker than Pete Lawson has eaten hot meals" was also pretty damn funny.)

The rest of the show was all cat, no mouse.

And I agree -- he came to win, and he patiently avoided playing BS hands until he was heads up, even though he had enough chips that he could have gambled earlier if he had wanted to. A clinic, indeed.

Very good stuff!