Re: The pot was actually 450...there were running antes
Well, the point of the "Gap Concept" relies on the idea that people are extra protective of their stacks in a tournament environment since if they win, they are done. In an environment like PokerStars, where if you flame out early in a tournament, there's probably another one starting in 10 minutes (or a 2 table sit-n-go), perhaps it has less credence. Perhaps the players who play tournaments 40+ hours/week (as I imagine anyone who ranks highly must) figure that they are justified in taking 50-50 risks, since if they go out early now, they can just sign up for another one almost immediately.
This is probably even more tru if playing 2 tournaments at once. You take big risks to double up in both of them. If one pays off and the other doesn't, you're not too upset about it since you don't have to split your attention anymore.
All that said, his call was still horrible, since his *best* possible outcome is that he was a slightly less that 50% shot, since he could easily have been against a better ace or a pair better than 8's.
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