Gigabet\'s thread
I think that this hand may be a perfect example of the idea Gigabet was talking about in his thread. With the blinds at 200/400, and the stack sizes as they are, I would say one 'block' of chips as Gigabet referred to them would be around 1200-1400 chips. Most players have around 1 'block' of chips in this hand except for curtains and aceneverlos. The amount of chips in the pot is around 1350 -- precisely what one 'block' is. Should curtains lose this hand, he loses about 550 extra chips than he would have had he folded. 550 is substantially less than one 'block', so losing this hand puts him in about the same shape as if he folded. Basically, the value of the chips in the pot exceeds the value that the pot odds would suggest due to the size of the blinds and stack sizes of the rest of the players at the table. Edit -- and the value of an extra 1350, one block of chips, greatly increases his chances of winning by allowing him to play much more loosely. This extra block of chips can effectively put pressure on the rest of the medium stacks by threatening their whole stack while providing little risk to curtains.
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