Poker After Dark thread (Week of 9/24 - Rivals Week)

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I can't believe no one has discussed Hellmuth's butchering his A2 hand. Why the hell didn't he just raise on the flop instead of calling $7k with bottom pair? He's trying to trap? Blah, blah, blah. That's his shtick every PAD and if he seriously thinks that's the way to win this format then he's the stupidest 11 time WSOP bracelet winner ever. What card was he really hoping to see on the turn except the obvious ones?

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Could someone tell me what happened in this hand?

The NBC website won't show this clip "in my area".

NM. They're showing the clip in the director's cut.

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To the best of my recollection 5 players and both Hellmuth and Sheik have over the $20K with Sheik covering Hellmuth. Sheik raises PF (maybe $4200?). Hellmuth has A2 and calls. Flop is something like 862 rainbow. Sheik bets 7k. Hellmuth simply calls. Turn is a J. Sheik goes all in with his J9 and Hellmuth goes on his rant about how he was trapping, blah, blah, blah. As if the 12K or so that was in the pot wasn't enough to have taken down with a push so he has to trap. He folds. He's short stacked with about 11K.

Also, Sheik had been very aggressive since the beginning (granted he was getting hit over the head with the deck), but he hardly ever had to show.