[M.B.E.]

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Why didnt u just bet the turn?

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At that point the small stack was still in the hand. The small stack was the only one of us who really had an incentive to take risks, since he needed to increase his stack to win, while the other two of us just needed to avoid decreasing our stacks too much.

My first priority on each hand was trying to prevent the small stack from increasing his stack. Therefore, if the small stack is still in the hand, I want the big stack to be in the hand as well -- since hopefully the big stack can win the pot if I don't. If I had bet the turn, it might have caused the big stack to fold while the small stack called, which would have been terrible for me if I did not improve on the river.