High Stakes Poker...Ivey Vs. Booth

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tell me you are kidding about the "moran"...if not he didn't misspell, morAn.
I guess Aba said it best "lol", but no one at that level wants to be in a 300k pot when they are only about 60-70% sure they have the best of it. If anyone can say "I'll pick a better spot", it's Phil Ivey. Also, in PI's case, he wouldn't have to move down, but many players would have to, thus lowering their real $ win potential.

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I haven't read much HSNL, but this is very LOL.

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This is assuming he's always bluffing. He could make the same play had he made the straight he almost hit. If he wouldn't make this bet with a straight, then I would agree it would spewing chips, but if he would put Ivey all in with the straight he could have made, then that puts a lot of pressure on him.

I remember one the pro WPT tournaments, in a similar situation Eric Lindgren went all in, way overbetting the pot, when he made a big hand on the river. His opponent had almost nothing, just a small pair I think. He knew Lindgren would make that bet with only a complete bust or a big hand. He couldn't put Eric on a big hand, so called with a pair of 6's, or something like that. The all-in bet worked, and it worked to a large extent because his opponent knew Lindgren was capable of making the same bet on a bluff.

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The raise is 440 BBs approx back to Ivey. 440 BBs!! I think his fold is quite reasonable tbh.

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Why should the size of the raise matter? Ivey should fold because it's alot of money to call? Is that how you're justifying the fold? I don't think that's the logic winning players use in making big decisions.

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lol

[/ QUOTE ] The size of the raise matters if you like money.