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I am not sure I have ever seen any poker player play as bad as Scotty did last night. There was no need to make the moves he tried to make last night.

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His hand in isolation sucks... but...

MAYBE SCOTTY HAD A READ?!?!

Maybe he thought his opponent wouldn't play a set in that manner. Maybe Scotty had previously only check-raised huge with an awsome hand and Scotty figured his opponent would have to lay down top pair. He was using his big stack as a club.

We don't know all the details. Please remember that we only see a tiny fraction of all the hands played.

He made a 'bad' play only because it didn't work out. If his check-raise got his opponent to fold a King, we would all be praising Scotty.