Who would you rather be?

[DKNY]

Who would you rather be? The guy who makes the right play and loses, or the guy that makes the wrong play and wins.

Of course the best feeling is when you played the hand perfectly and won, but there is some sort of comfort or satisfication knowing that you did everything right in that hand but still lost the pot. I'm not sure if this feeling is better than making the occasional bad or loose call and catching a miracle card to win.

A hand that comes to mind is Moneymaker's 88 vs Brenes's AA. Would anyone rather be Brenes at that point?

[OffTilt]

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Who would you rather be? The guy who makes the right play and loses, or the guy that makes the wrong play and wins.


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I take no satisfaction in getting sucked out on, it's extremely frustrating. Even though I know I'll get my money back in the long run, there's a good chance I won't get it back from that particular guy in that session. I would much rather catch the lucky break.

Obviously you have to play smart in the long run to win, but if the question is would you rather play well and lose (be unlucky) or play poor and win (get lucky) on a given hand, I'd rather be the fortunate one.

OffTilt

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[CrackerZack]

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A hand that comes to mind is Moneymaker's 88 vs Brenes's AA. Would anyone rather be Brenes at that point?

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And out of the tournament with no money? No

[baggins]

correct me if i am wrong, but wasn't Brenes in the money when he busted out?

[CrackerZack]

Not sure, but 15K vs chip leader and guaranteed at least that.... seems like an easy decision.

[Blue Sky]

I want to be the guy who makes the right play and wins but who also gets just as lucky as anyone else when I make a bad play.

I play a solid game and get sucked out on all the time, so when I catch a break I take the chips and never look back. Sure there has been a time or two when I have felt bad about cracking A's but I've never had anyone return chips to me when they crack mine.

It really doesn't matter though. If they have to continuly make miracle hands to beat you, you're going to win more from them then they can suck out on you.

[CMangano]

I would rather make the right play and lose.

As far as the Moneymaker Brenes hand, this is not even close. In a tournament all that matters is how many chips you have. I would rather spike my 2 outer than knowing I lost with the best possible hand.

Ask Jason Lester how he felt after he spiked his 2 outer on the end.

[CrackerZack]

I'm sure lester felt just fine collecting 4th place money instead of going out on day 3.

[Homer]

A hand that comes to mind is Moneymaker's 88 vs Brenes's AA. Would anyone rather be Brenes at that point?

Before or after the 8 comes on the turn? [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

I think anyone who says they'd rather be Brenes is lying. At that stage in a tournament of that magnitude, I'd rather make a bad decision and get lucky than make a good decision and get unlucky.

-- Homer

[rigoletto]

Hmm... I think this question only makes sense to tournament players!