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There is one thing you are forgetting about this hand. Haveson has a huge reputation as being a VERY tight player. Juanda knows this and this early in the tournament you can be fairly sure he is tossing JJ/AK away to a re-reraise of that size from Haveson. With his reputation, it can only mean KK or AA.

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Wasn't actually forgetting it, just didn't know it. I've only seem Haveson play a very few hands on TV. I'll take your word on it. It seems if you had that tight an image that your opponents are folding premium hands to your 3rd raise that would be easy for you to exploit. If you're saying he's not smart enough to do that, again I'll have to take your word on it.

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I have no idea if Haveson is smart enough to do that, but I have never seen him make any sort of tricky/weird play. When he has entered a pot, it has always been with a pair or premium hand.

I think it may come down to lack of imagination/innovation more so then lack of intelligence. He is just a super tight rock who doesn't really change his style up a lot.

John D'Agostino was interviewed in the 2nd hour of the coverage and was asked about Haveson. He basically said that you want to play lots of small pots with him and no big pots because in a big pot, he is always holding a huge hand.