a loopy logy little hand

[Tommy Angelo]

"i'm sure he [the button] justified his play to himself as to wanting an overcall rather than not raising his friend on the river."

FWIW, there’s no not raising the river with the nuts between me and anyone. He justified his play verbally, right after the hand. He looked at me and said, "I really thought you had absolutely nothing." In that case, he played the hand perfectly in my opinion, in two ways, first by making a good read (he was wrong this time, but hey, that's the gappage thing) and second by sticking with his ongoing reads, right or wrong, in how he played the hand. The more I think about this hand, the more I see it as a well-choreographed dance performed flawlessly by everyone. But it's just as easy and understandable for someone else to think that everyone played the hand poorly at almost every opportunity. Funny game, poker.

Tommy