What do you do, & why?

[tikay]

did he flat call to encourage more players into the hand- given that he wants to go on and win the whole tourney- i.e top heavy structure. he's hoping for a reshove in essence as JJ 5 handed is a super strong hand and with a virtual treble though puts him on course to get there by knocking out not one but 2 players?

No, he certainly did not wish to encourage more players into the hand.

Nor did he want a re-shove. But he got one.

[Hairydude]

Did he call because the guy to his immediate left was telling a long joke he had already heard, but he did not have the heart to tell him he had heard it and it wasn't that funny anyway, so instead he called the bet in the hopes that it would give this jabber mouth a decision to make and thus, distract him from telling the joke?

is that the one about the penguin??

[tikay]

Did he call because the guy to his immediate left was telling a long joke he had already heard, but he did not have the heart to tell him he had heard it and it wasn't that funny anyway, so instead he called the bet in the hopes that it would give this jabber mouth a decision to make and thus, distract him from telling the joke?

No - but your best effort yet....

[gatso]

did he pass and then when one of the other shorties shoved stand on his seat and shout laddddddddddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr?

[Pawprint]

Tomorrow, I'll do the Reveal, & the reasons given for the play. And I'll send a Link to our Hero, (a well-known blonde) who, I hope, will comment on the play.

Please tell me when you say tomorrow, you mean one minute past midnight.   

[AndrewT]

Did he call to make his hand look stronger (discouraging the shove), knowing that because of his image (or whatever) only QQ+ pushes behind him, meaning he can get away from the hand when he knows he's beat?

[  ] I feel confident with this reasoning.

[Laxie]

Flat calling also tells the rest of the table you have a damn good hand here and they'd better have a monster if they want to tangle.

Someone DID decide to "tangle"......

No Way he flat calls and folds after unless he's seen enough from the tangle person in previous hands to suggest a fold.  

[DaveShoelace]

Did he wake up and it was all a dream?

[tikay]

Try to think about......

1) WHY we Raise to Isolate, in this type of situation.

2) And then, consider if the standard reasons for Iso-Raising are appropriate at THIS Stage of a Main Event Final, with these stacks.

It's deviant thinking, & it may be well wrong, but it set my mind thinking. It's deffo not ABC thinking, as I know it, anyway.

Everyone who heard the tale afterwards was surprised by our mans logic train. And most - not all - agreed.

My jury is out, on it, but I liked the thinking. But then I'm a super-nit. He is most certainly not!

[gatso]

were the jacks that he had not cards at all but the funny things shaped like caltrops from the game with the bouncy ball?

[George2Loose]

Was it so in future situations he could flat call with marginal hands without having to iso shove.

Example: Another shortie shoves, he dwells and called with A9 KNOWING someone has to have him beat when they reshove because he's flatted with a huge hand like JJ?

[Laxie]

My head hurts.

[Hairydude]

My head hurts.

+1

[tikay]

Flat calling also tells the rest of the table you have a damn good hand here and they'd better have a monster if they want to tangle.

Someone DID decide to "tangle"......

No Way he flat calls and folds after unless he's seen enough from the tangle person in previous hands to suggest a fold.  

Sorry Dawn. He DID flat-call, & then Fold.

Several peeps arond the Table, including James Akenhead, then named the re-shovers hand precisely. And got our mans hand completely wrong!

[Hairydude]

Did he call to make his hand look stronger (discouraging the shove), knowing that because of his image (or whatever) only QQ+ pushes behind him, meaning he can get away from the hand when he knows he's beat?

[  ] I feel confident with this reasoning.

So does that mean this reason above is correct??

P.s I dont think you can wait another 47 minutes to reveal- we're all tired(well I am) and want to go to bed!!!