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Old 11-06-2007, 08:10 PM
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Default Re: High Stakes Poker thread (11/5 - 500k buyin - Spoilers expected)

To watch underaged internet nerds discussing live HS poker is cute and entertaining as always.
It`s as comical as a kid trying to teach his father how babies are made.

I`m not gonna comment on the Doyle/Jamie hand and Doyle`s AK pf fold against Barry`s TT because when I consider all the factors both cases didn`t look very unusual to me.

I like to comment on something that WAS unusual though.
None can deny that Antonio played the AA hand against Barry like a retard.
Some people in this thread tried to explain it as playing with scared money etc.
More likely is that his strategy for this session was to stay away from confrontations with the better players at the table and focus more on Jamie and especially Guy.
But even if you consider that he still played the hand horribly.

So I`m gonna point out something that was probably overlooked.
Antonio played on every HSP season so far and IIRC every time he had AA he lost big pots with them.
I don`t know how superstitious he is but he might have thought: "Here we go again..."
It`s a long shot I know but I also do know that many live pros are affected by superstition to the point that it screws up their game from time to time.

As for the billionaire dude:
On top of being a level 1-2 thinker he is also a huge tellbox.
Vegas HS live pros must love this guy.
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