WPT Final 6 (Clearly Official 5 Diamond Day 5 Thread)

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Gigabet knows there's going to be a lot of bullying by the big stacks, with the blinds so high. He basically risked half his stack, to send the message that people who move in on him better have a hand, because he will call them down.

Although I'm sure he was hoping he'd have 2 live cards.

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yep - pretty much the same philosophy that Gus Hansen made popular during the first 2 seasons of the WPT.

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Hey, you can't argue with success. haha.

<b>Hand #62</b> - Patrik Antonius has the button in seat 2, Dicken raises to $300,000, Pedersen moves all in for $1.2 million from the small blind, and Dicken calls with Q-J. Pedersen shows Ah-Js, and he's in a dominating position to double up here.


The flop comes Ac-9c-9d, and Pedersen solidifies his lead with a pair of aces. Dicken needs something runner-runner to survive, but the turn card is the 3s, and he is drawing dead. (The meaningless river card is the 5s.) Rehne Pedersen doubles up to over $2.5 million in chips.

CHRIST GIGABET.

[ononimo]

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<b>Hand #62</b> - Patrik Antonius has the button in seat 2, Dicken raises to $300,000, Pedersen moves all in for $1.2 million from the small blind, and Dicken calls with Q-J. Pedersen shows Ah-Js, and he's in a dominating position to double up here.


The flop comes Ac-9c-9d, and Pedersen solidifies his lead with a pair of aces. Dicken needs something runner-runner to survive, but the turn card is the 3s, and he is drawing dead. (The meaningless river card is the 5s.) Rehne Pedersen doubles up to over $2.5 million in chips.

CHRIST GIGABET.

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calling w/ dominated hands is not a successful long-term (or short-term) strategy.

He finally has a hand....

Hand #65 - Doyle Brunson has the button in seat 6, and Dicken moves all in for about $800,000 from the small blind, winning the blinds and antes. Dicken shows pocket sevens as he collects the pot.

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calling w/ dominated hands is not a successful long-term (or short-term) strategy.

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Neither is folding everytime an aggressive player raises at a short-handed table with huge blinds.

[ononimo]

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calling w/ dominated hands is not a successful long-term (or short-term) strategy.

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Neither is folding everytime an aggressive player raises at a short-handed table with huge blinds.

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we're not talking about just the QJ hand, sir.
like punker said, i like Gigabet as much as the next guy, but you can't tell me he isn't getting his money in badly A LOT.

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calling w/ dominated hands is not a successful long-term (or short-term) strategy.

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Neither is folding everytime an aggressive player raises at a short-handed table with huge blinds.

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we're not talking about just the QJ hand, sir.
like punker said, i like Gigabet as much as the next guy, but you can't tell me he isn't getting his money in badly A LOT.

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Yeah, I agree. Sorry if my post came off as mean. I was just trying to say I think it's hard to criticize final table play in a situation like this without being there to understand the thought process (I'm def. not saying you're doing that, though. Just sayin'...)

[ononimo]

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calling w/ dominated hands is not a successful long-term (or short-term) strategy.

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Neither is folding everytime an aggressive player raises at a short-handed table with huge blinds.

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we're not talking about just the QJ hand, sir.
like punker said, i like Gigabet as much as the next guy, but you can't tell me he isn't getting his money in badly A LOT.

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Yeah, I agree. Sorry if my post came off as mean. I was just trying to say I think it's hard to criticize final table play in a situation like this without being there to understand the thought process (I'm def. not saying you're doing that, though. Just sayin'...)

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very fair point ... however, when you consider the size of the pot before the re-raise (about 600K) and the fact that he had to call another 900K more, it's not clear that calling with QJ was the right play in that situation.