Black's 2 donkey plays

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How could Barch ever assume that he would be in a coinflip? He's only in a coinflip with AQ and AK and KQ

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FYP

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which is there simply no way Black holds either of these hands given the raise, call, call action.

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Oh really? Why can't he call behind with KQs?

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I'm just not buying the argument that this was anything other than a poorly chosen moment for aggression.

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How many MTT final tables do you have? Much less at an event where buy-in is $1K+?

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NL is all about picking your spots, and Black didn't here. If you're going to represent strength, have to represent it from start to finish. Black himself says that he's either "raising or folding ," essentially announcing that his range is way lower than QQ-AA, AQ, AK.

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You are a level one thinker. Although I do agree that Black shouldn't have said anything and made it A LITTLE easier for Barch to call

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From Barch's perspective, once the logic has been deduced, a call is in order here. From Black's perspective, Barch could have had 88-TT, but you have to wonder the likelihood of Barch re-raising with that range given the action. QQ+ is more likely, IMO, and Black should have deduced this.

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Again, you show your MTT inexperience. If you have 99/TT/AQs/AKo/AKs here with 4.5 Million in chips, I think you have to raise it up and if you get everyone out, you now increased your stack by more than 20%.

Even if you call Black with AKs, you're a 3 to 1 favorite to win, but if you lose, you lose $400,000. And remember, the difference between 9th and 6th is/was $500,000 if I recall correctly.

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If you watch the telecast, you'll notice Black looks incredibly sheepish once the cards are turned and the chips are pushed over to Barch. He realized he made a bad read and picked a bad spot. It was a bad play.

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Black looked sheepish because he had to turn the cards over. I bet you he would show no emotion if he could muck his loser without turning the cards over.