Crapped on the Head and Kicked in the teeth part 2
I walk to the car, try to metaphorically wipe the bird crap off my shoulders and contemplate how my bankroll got severely lightened on the day. I recall the fun hands where I got hurt, such as the one when I raised preflop and got a few callers. Flop was 882. I fire out an almost pot size bet and I get a caller. Turn is another 2. I make the same bet and get a call. River is 6 or so. I check, he checks. I show 99. Dealer is about to hand me the pot as he shows 7-2. He points to the deuce for her benefit and the turned full house. At first I think he's doing it for me rubbing it in a bit. My frustration is evident and I fire him a look, then I realize who is dealing, and see that she still almost swept me the pot. She of the 8 deals per 30 minutes and two mistakes per down. You know who she is. The dealer you are suprised to see every time you play there thinking she'd be fired. Still, I wanted to be angry at the dude as even though he wasn't showing me up he was destroying
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Did I just read that right you halfway defended that Vanessa selbst play? You are second in chips at the final table and you get reraised by the CHIP Leader,all in 5-2 really? Maybe you are not so tight afterall.
Am I defending her play? Maybe not halfway. I had forgotten she was second in chips, and I trust you are right about that, but i still see there is an opportunity for that kind of bluff. What hand do you call with? Aces and nothing else. I
I've also seen an interview (Wicked Chops may still have it up) after her heads up run this year where she says she just did the same thing--successfully. So I'm not sure it was the play itself that embarrasses her maybe the wrong situation to apply it.
The timing was bad, but I'm not sure how many people at a final table will call with less then Aces in that situation. The fact that she is second in chips to the chipleader, to me makes it even more likely he folds everything but Aces, because why jeopardize himself if he's dominated. Easier to lay down and play another hand.
Yes, there are plenty of donkeys that will call off their chips with less than Aces but to attempt such a bold (or maybe stupid bluff) I would hope you'd be very careful in picking out your target.
Again, I'm not claiming to know if Selbst was trying that or not, but I could see that as her strategy. Didn't a guy at the N.O. circuit event a couple of years ago lay down Kings to a bluff in just that situation?