[Zetack]

This hand looked odd to me at first. I mean, I'm playing to hit the flush so I'm not folding it when I get it. But the thing about that, is that I pretty much never, in this world of capped NL, play true deep stack poker.

So Doyle's put in about 35k so far, he's facing a $100k call and somewhere between 200K and 365k on the river. And he reads his opponent as strong (i.e. at the very least holding a flush) and he only has the third nut flush.

Remember that capped NL is a relatively new phenomenon. Doyle's played uncapped NL as his primary game for the bulk of his career. He's undoubtedly made a fortune against players willing to stack off in deep games with the third nuts. But he's not pot committed here, and its not a bad play to abandon his 35k rather than put 500K at risk against a man he knows also has a flush. Abd that's deep stack poker for you. There are more times you have to abandon the hand that you think may be best, than there are in short(er) stack poker.