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Old 10-19-2005, 02:39 PM
Lloyd Lloyd is offline
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Default Re: Hellmuth\'s AK hand

Phil comes back raving after that guy who can't spell pohker puts a bad beat on him. First hand he plays (at least it looks that way on TV) he raises. I think Magriel thought Hellmuth could be on just a little tilt and even if he's raising with a decent hand might just lay it down since Magriel's raise is committing Hellmuth's entire stack. So it's reasonable to think that given the range of hands Hellmuth could be raising with that he'd fold to that large of a re-raise. Particularly since Hellmuth is known to lay down some big hands. And if Hellmuth pushes, Magriel hopes to at least be "off to the races".

Think about it, Hellmuth put all of his chips in the pot with AQ knowing that Magriel had odds to call. What hands is Hellmuth ahead of? AJ? Hellmuth made a bad decision here.
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