Observed $5000 HU: What the hell!

[FeNeF]

Apologies for raw HH, converters won't accept observed HHs.

Can someone explain how the hell that call, not to mention the rest of the hand, can possibly be even close to +EV? I understand that these tournaments play wildly differently to anything I play but this just seems ridiculous..

PokerStars Game #4953458115: Tournament #24844023, $5000+$100 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2006/05/16 - 12:29:17 (ET)
Table '24844023 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Striker 10 (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: Fanning (1500 in chips)
Striker 10: posts small blind 10
Fanning: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Striker 10: raises 100 to 120
Fanning: raises 180 to 300
Striker 10: calls 180
*** FLOP *** [8d Qd 4h]
Fanning: checks
Striker 10: bets 200
Fanning: calls 200
*** TURN *** [8d Qd 4h] [Tc]
Fanning: checks
Striker 10: bets 300
Fanning: raises 700 to 1000 and is all-in
Striker 10: calls 700 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [8d Qd 4h Tc] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fanning: shows [4c 6h] (a pair of Fours)
Striker 10: shows [Ad 7h] (high card Ace)
Fanning collected 3000 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3000 | Rake 0
Board [8d Qd 4h Tc Js]
Seat 1: Striker 10 (button) (small blind) showed [Ad 7h] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 2: Fanning (big blind) showed [4c 6h] and won (3000) with a pair of Fours

[studebakerhawk]

there is no answer to this question

[Whose2know]

he probably owed the guy 5000

[jba]

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he probably owed the guy 4900

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FYP

[PartyGirlUK]

IIRC Striker 10 used to be a huge donator in the stars 100/200 game. Likely explanation is that he SUCKS.

[daryn]

tilt happens.

[TheHome]

Striker is the best online omaha8 player and has absolutely killed the ub 3 6. He is aswell good pot limit omaha player. Holdem aint his best game, and especially not NL. Aswell he tilts occasionally and is bit of a gambler. But still I wouldn't call him a huge donator in the stars 1 2 fixed holdem game, or say that he sucks.

[X-Man]

Players at this level probably play together alot....Fanning must have a (censored) good read on this guy!