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a couple of things.

i don't get why helmuth loves the insurance thing - it basicaly makes it alot harder to be a winning cash game player when you are giving up alot of equity, as DN says - 'do you hate money'

on a related note, he had the best hand, he paid insurance to cover getting sucked out on, so to the people who say he owes BA money, if it was part of the deal, shouldn't helmuth actually get paid for it since he got sucked out on. am i off the mark here?

jamie golds non valuebetting is laughable, he is a horrendus player. whenever he bets the river it is nuts or air (obviously 90/10 air/nuts). you can pretty much call any river bet with A high against him and win money.

Jman - i think he was uncomfortable there, but that he had a massive edge in the game. i play alot online, and am very comfortable, but i rarely go to a casino. when i go there i am playing against strangers and although they are always bad, they can be intimidating. he made a pretty bad mistake with the T7s hand though.