World
Poker Open - Day 17
Today
was a day for curiosity and curious things.
In the $2000 No Limit tournament today
I saw one player go all in with pocket
6's before the flop only to be called
by pocket Aces. Flop came 6-5-A with no
6 on fourth or fifth street.
I
was watching the final table of the $2000
Limit Holdem today. They had just returned
from break and playing 2-4 blind and 4
chip - 8 chip limit, each chip was a $500
check. The small blind was in for the
2 chips and had 10 more. It had been raised
to 8 by the time it got back to him. He
cut out the 8 and then cut the remaining
4 but with his hand still on those chips
obviously thinking to go all in or not.
Then he took back all but his two original
chips and paused. I thought this was curious.
None of the tournament officials were
around as this was the first hand after
a break. None of the players nor the dealer
said a thing. The player ended up calling
the 8 and betting the remaining 4 after
a flop of 6-6-2. I wonder if he had decided
to throw his hand away preflop with only
the two chips out there if he would have
gotten away with doing so.
In
a time frame of less than 10 minutes,
I saw a player bust out at the final table
tournament and then go over and do the
same to his stack in today's tournament.
Must have really wanted to play live action
I guess.
Finally
it was break time at the final table with
only three stacks left.
One
had 120,000. One had 50,000. One had 18,000.
Assuming blinds were 1500 and 3000, a
reasonable pay out structure and that
there is no great difference skill wise
between the players, what would you as
the big stack (120,000) prefer to be playing
right then, limit or no limit?
That's
it for now. Still plenty of time to make
it down here and be a part of our final
event starting Wednesday the 23rd and
ending Sat the 26th. Don't forget to enter
your guess on who the winner will be in
the RGP World Poker Open contest. Taking
entries until 12:01 am CST Wednesday Jan
23rd.
Gary (G-man) Philips
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