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If you substitute Gold in for PA in the hand against Farha it is the worst play ever. But because it is PA he is the best cash game player ever

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I can't help agreeing with this..., though I know he is a great player and Gold is a terrible player. I can't explain this play though.

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The only thing I can think of is that they have so much history, he knows that they'll be running it multiple times if Farha has anything and he'll win the pot if he doesn't. Very few times will he be very far behind and he'll get to run it multiple times if he does (so he won't lose the whole stack).

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Don't forget that Farha was just getting razzed a bunch by Doyle and the others about just checking his AA hand on the river. Its quite possible that PA thought Farha was steaming a bit and just chomping at the bit to put a move on him.