HSP: Benyamine vs. Esfandiari

[xker17x]

he call/check dark on the turn meaning hes chcking no matter what the river is but thts not really giving a free card its just giving AE a chance to bluff or value bet all the action goes down on the turn which was the two giving DB two pair and AE a wheel gutter

[whangarei]

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he call/check dark on the turn meaning hes chcking no matter what the river is but thts not really giving a free card its just giving AE a chance to bluff or value bet all the action goes down on the turn which was the two giving DB two pair and AE a wheel gutter

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Well it's both -- he is giving a free card, as well as a chance to pick off a river bluff or bad value bet. I guess there are several tradeoffs, assuming DB plans on calling any river bet:

-----------------call/check------------------push
DB good -- free card, induce bluff -------- win pot
AE good -- may save $ if scare river ------ lose $100K more

Just looking at this beautifully formatted chart I have to conclude that DB was not convinced he was good. I'm sure he thought he was probably good, but nowhere close to certain of it.

[stigmata]

I have only seen a few episodes of this..... but whats the general consensus of opinion on the standard of play?

It just strikes me (from the little I have seen) that most of you guys would have an edge in this game just playing in effect a pretty solid ABC TAG game.

[ActionFreak]

that may be true for the first two seasons but the lineup in a couple of the season 3 shows was very tough.

[Kala1928]

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It just strikes me (from the little I have seen) that most of you guys would have an edge in this game just playing in effect a pretty solid ABC TAG game.

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It probably seems that way because the guys playing have played a lot with each other and do not play abc vs each other.
And then again playing poker is playing abc for most parts.

[iesu19]

to explain antonios play on the turn i think he was hung up on a tell he picked up flop/preflop/both about david beeing weak and the turn card making any change to situtation was out of question

[SilentNoise]

hands like this show how HSP is so blatently rigged between certain players and then they get their money back or something. im sure players like sbrugby aren't in on this secret otherwise he'd be spilling the secret all over the internet forums.

[trambopoline]

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hands like this show how HSP is so blatently rigged between certain players and then they get their money back or something. im sure players like sbrugby aren't in on this secret otherwise he'd be spilling the secret all over the internet forums.

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Dude, you're right. It all makes perfect sense now....