Poker Players Defy LogicHave been playing a bit on Stars today, when an interesting situation developed.
It"s a satellite for the Sunday Warmup ($215). $10 entry, hyper-turbo, 4max. It was paying 4 seats, and 3 places at $20.
Down to 6 players (2 tables of 3), and the two shortstacks are on the same table (me being one of them). I knock out the other shortie, and am now playing heads up on my table with a guy who just has me covered, but we are both sitting on about average chips.
I"m thinking, well, we can both just fold here, and grab a seat each. One of the three players on the other table are bound to go out before we are forced to be allin due to the blinds.
But, oh no, he shoves allin, first hand on my big blind. So, next hand, I shove allin with Q9, and he makes the call with KJ. I bink a 9 and cripple his stack. I knock him out two hands later, and he walks away with $20, opposed to a certain $215 seat.
Am I missing something ? Should I not be thinking the way I do in these situations ? Or did he just play the situation really badly himself ?
I can kind of see his logic of shoving. How can I call without premium at this point on the bubble. But if he is going to do that, how can I not call, otherwise with stack sizes of around 9k, and blinds at 600/1200, I am going to be stuffed if I don"t play.
Oooooh, the complexities of poker.
