Re: WSOP on ESPN thread (10/23 - $50K Horse - Parts 3 and 4)
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Yeah the play looks uniformly awful. Everyone is trying to preserve their stacks, there's no aggression, it seems like they have a rule to never go more than one bet postflop, it's always check-bet-call or bet-call , no raises without the nuts. Nobody's bluffing and they all seem to chase really badly early in the hand and just instafold if someone bets the river. So so bad.
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This could be WAY off, but its just a theory I had while watching the episode. I think everyone wants to win this tournament SO bad that its skewing their play a little toward the passive side. They try to preserve as much of their stack as possible waiting for that big hand so they can fuel back up. Negraneu seemed REALLY distraught when he busted out, much more than in the ME it seemed. A bit of an apples to oranges comparison but I think its a little valid.
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