WSOP Final Table: "Official" News, Results, and Discussion

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Why did Hachem check CALL his straight ??? Why no raise ???

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He was value-calling the nuts.

[AngryCola]

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Why did Hachem check CALL his straight ??? Why no raise ???

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He was value-calling the nuts.

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It was clearly not the nuts.

[HesseJam]

Yeah, that's a good reason

[DougOzzzz]

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Why did Hachem check CALL his straight ??? Why no raise ???

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I'm not sure if it was the right play, but you have to figure there weren't many hands you beat that would call a raise with that board. You're usually only getting action if you're beat.

I may have raised, but I suck at tournament poker.

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I disagree. I think more than half the hands he calls with Hachem beats. This is 3 handed here and a straight is a monster hand. Tex certainly did not play like he had a pocket pair. If he didn't, then the only hand that Hachem loses to is Tx where the x is on the board. More likely, Hachem has trip T's if he calls. The straight is well concealed and I'd probably call a raise with trip T's... then again, I suck, so what do I know.

[djack]

Layne "And that's why you have 10 bracelets."
Phil "Nine. Don't rub it in."
Layne "Ha Ha HA"

[BlueBear]

I hear no audio commentary due to a crappy computer, but I'm guessing the commentators are talking about the excessively passive play... full of non-pot under-bets/raises.

[CCx]

"i would have raised with nothing there"

"and that's why you have 10 bracelets phil"

"9....dont rub it in"

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"and that's why you have TEN bracelets"
"nine"
"oh nine, sorry"
"Don't rub it in"

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edit: cripes, foiled again

[AngryCola]

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If he didn't, then the only hand that Hachem loses to is Tx where the x is on the board

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Really?

Even if Tex didn't have a PP the above isn't true, and you're basically only getting your raise called and winning the pot against the trip tens. That's a narrow range of hands to raise against.

[DougOzzzz]

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If he didn't, then the only hand that Hachem loses to is Tx where the x is on the board

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Really?

Even if Tex didn't have a PP the above isn't true.

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Sorry, AJ would have made a higher straight, but Tex almost certainly would have raised preflop with AJ.

Edit: I agree that Tex folds this with almost all hands, but I still think "just" trip T's represents a little over half of all his calls.