Dan Harringtons FT Huge raise w/ 26o. 2004 WSOP Main Event question.

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why is this hailed as a great play. I'm sure that opportunity would come again when he had better cards,and we wouldn't have to ask whether or not he would call all in with one of the worst hands in poker.doesn't seem much better to me than one of those low limit Party players who pushes 27o and then flashes it like he's Doyle Brunson.

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-I'm pretty sure he didn't flash his hand to the table... just wrote about it later.

-He had some sort of tell/information that allowed him to put Arieh and Raymer on marginal hands and knew that neither of them could call him if his read was correct. Arieh had K9, and Raymer had A2. Keep in mind that his image helps him greatly.