"Where is Mike" PP promotion

[Kovner]

So I'm just playing on PP with "Summary without chat" turned on when all of a sudden I get a notice in red
"FloorPerson: Hello everybody. I'm Mike O' Malley, FloorPerson for Party Poker" (or something like that)
<slight delay then...>
FloorPerson: You are all going to be part of the "Mike, Where Are You?" promotion! All you have to do is stay in the next hand till the showdown (don't fold your hand), and you will win $500!!

Here's the next hand...


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

MP ($539.62)
Button ($199)
Hero ($386.25)
BB ($72.25)
UTG ($197)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of $1.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls $2, Button calls $2, Hero (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($8) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, MP checks, Button checks.

Turn: ($8) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP bets $5</font>, Button calls $5, Hero calls $5, BB calls $5.

River: ($28) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, MP checks, Button checks.

Final Pot: $28


I contemplated pushing on the river cuz they have to call me, but 2 of the guys said stuff like "is this for real?" and the other guy is a guy I've played with a lot and barely knows english. I didn't have enough confidence that these guys were smart enough to call with absolute nothing. Heck, a guy folded preflop!!!!!!!
I guess I was being a little nice, too.

[La Brujita]

holy crap that's a weird promotion and dude I'm nice but I push and smile.

[Kovner]

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holy crap that's a weird promotion and dude I'm nice but I push and smile.

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Yeah, I think it was a mistake. Part of it was what I was playing too many tables to really think about correct "Where's Mike" strategy. Not really something I've formulated.

[mostmighty]

but well......was it a true promotion and u got the 500 dollars??

[miami32]

how could you not push?

[Iq75]

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holy crap that's a weird promotion and dude I'm nice but I push and smile.

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yeah, you cant leave that sort of ev in to table

[MTBlue]

Its pretty much a no brainer. You have basically the pure nuts and some guy promising to pay everyone at the table off to call you.

[BluffTHIS!]

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Where is Mike?

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That's what everyone on 2+2 would like to know. He promised to come back and discuss software and other issues after the last upgrade but didn't keep his word.

[GrannyMae]

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holy crap that's a weird promotion and dude I'm nice but I push and smile.

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fo sho

[Prodigy54321]

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I contemplated pushing on the river cuz they have to call me

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I'd like to see the look on MPs face when you screw him out of $400

but seriously push guy...$500 is great but $1000 is better [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]