[celiholic]

i read half of this thread and it pretty much all junk ! credit for Private_Joker and JokersAttack for good insights, and share to all ppl. hsp is not jus entertainment poker, most ppl are just not good enough understand their plays in general. these are great great example for 2, 3, 4 levels of thinking thru-out each hand, if you are able to notice it.

fwiw

gold vs doyle hand:
- most good player at hsp read gold like a book, and gold = fish but not equal a donk. he usually jus talk about the big game, how he bluff blah blah blah, and he jus correct himself after seeing the hands afterward.. did u even seen him stone cold crai bluff...etc ? NEVER ! he only make small bluff which good players will call him with 3rd pair / no pair nut
- as most good poster note, doyle made a good fold imo. gold was extremetly strong, he was only playing his hand (0-level, flush = nut). doyle played a little deceptively, bet flop, overbet turn, gold never like never put doyle on the flush, i think he only put doyle on a set/pair and act like he is bluffin in his bet. doyle played good and somehow induce gold to overplay his hand. put 80-90% of 500bb+ deep with 3rd nut is not smart, reversed implied odd. gold played like he had the nut, and dolye was right, dolye also stated that he might fold a winner, but he can't do nothin cause gold are not good enough for doyle to understand him completely. so folding and find a better spot to stack the fish rather then gamble againts gold's range (q to 8 hi flush) is more +ev ?

antonio vs barry hand:
- barry played the hand wrong which induce antonio to slowroll, he didn't intent to do it and he seriously was finding a fold.
- barry was using his previous image to vb his 2 pair all the way, and was wrong about antonio's range (Axs), he wasn't aware that antonio was playing this tight.
- antonio was thinking on the 2-3 level, limp utg (tight image), a84 monotone, he c/c turn k, and barry STILL bet when q hit on river. antonio can easily have ak, aq w/ or without fl draw, set, etc. antonio was thinking what can barry vb here ? not much .. right ? fl, 2pair and set ! so .. but there is still too much combo for 2pair and set, that why he called.
- not raising is a good play, since barry was famous for crazy crai, 3 barrel, overbet bluff! POT CONTROL againts a unpredictable aggro tough player is not bad at all imo.

antonio was playing scare money(nit):
- players position matter alot in deep stack nl, look at who's seating beside antonio !!!


deep stack nl is not as esay as you think, set over set, flush over flush, in a 300bb+ game is not a cooler ! stack ppl with those setup is not automatic imo.