Re: View: Guy is the nicest guy on the planet (or the dumbest)
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shaniac,
"I'd like to think that if the stake meant that much to me that I'd either 1) not show up and play 1) not shove allin with the nut flush draw OR 3) not accept Guy's charity. Seems lame to have it all ways."
I dunno, I think you could say pretty similar things about big buyin tournament poker with all the people who are sponsored/staked/have deals/trade etc. In this case, they did the variance reduction (ok fine, in this case also a nice gift from a billionaire) after the fact rather than beforehand, but it's the same thing really - people playing in games far bigger than they can really afford bankroll-wise on their own.
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You make a valid point, I guess, but it seems a little bit off, because he didn't take a conscious "variance reduction" approach, he made the highest-possible variance play and then received an unexpected gift/bailout (but I suppose that describes a lot of tournament pros, too) and did it DURING the hand.
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