I dont want to be long so I will get to the point, the point is thinking at a higher level.
While I was doing the final table commentary ( bluff radio) at the WSOP 5k circuit event in Indiana a few months ago I was introduced to an online player called "Lilholdem". He had won the PartyPoker Sunday main event and had online cashes well over $300K in just a year. While on the money bubble, paying 18 out of 172 runners, lilholdem came across the following senerio:
It was "bubble time" (not hammer time snoops) and he stated that he was running over the table w/ raises and reraises preflop. Lilholdem had gone from an average size stack of about 100K to a stack of about 170K w/ blinds of 2k/4k w/ a 500 ante. It folds around to the cutoff who pushed allin for 12K, Lilholdem looks down at QQ in the BB and what does he do?
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Lilholdem decides to PASS!!!!!! Thats right, he passes for onther 8K to the short stack. He does not show everyone, just the guy next to him that I know. Are you kidding me, WTF is this guy thinking was exactly what I said when I was told this story for the 1st time! Why I asked myself? To continue the story I have to tell you that Lilholdem went on to win the thing and take home about $250K. So after he won I had to ask him about this play. Here is his answer.
He loved his table of weak players, he was making a killing on the "bubble" and he did not want the bubble to stop. I am sure there are other stories like this but this is the 1st time I actually saw it happen. He went on to tell me that he took his stack from 100k to 270K, all on the BUBBLE w/ out showing a card. The bubble lasted over 1hour and Lilkoldem just killed it. He also stated that he likes a few short stacks at his table because he feels they provide protection for his aggressive play. He usually does not tango w/ the short stacks.
For what its worth these are the type of stories that have opened my eyes to the "higher level of thinking"
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