Blast Tyrant

Yes, true, I believe Chris knew it was a bad call, the question is, how does a pro who is a well thought-out disciplined player make that kind of bad play with the title on the line? He fights through 5 peeps heads-up and then proceeds to make a very poor decision 3 hands into the deciding match? I just find it very hard to believe.Blast Tyrant

I can't believe he makes that call with 9's and 2's when someone like Hellmuth is making that bet that early in the match. If Chris was running reverse psychology plays through his head and puts Phil on an outright bluff, semi-bluff or top pair, I still believe he is going way too far at that point in the match. I think it was just three hands into the second match with blinds at 4k-8k and a starting chip count of 640k. He loses and it's over. He doesn't even have top two-pair and the board has a straight and a flush possible. I just can't believe he made that call at that stage and the cham

DownSouth7,At 14 you have a lot poker trials ahead of you and I wish you luck. Do not let throwing pot odds out the window against bad players be a trial you fail. Pot odds should always be considered. Bad players pay off good players by not considering pot odds and their % chance on winning a pot. And against bad players you need not take chances by drawing at hands not giving you proper pot odds to do so. Against good players, you sometimes have to take chances with not so proper pot odds at the right times to gain a chip advantage to give yourself an increased chance to win the tournament