It was a tight table, but the presence of very short stacks and big money jumps can make people fold AJ to a three-bet. Might not be objectively correct but I'm sure we'll see worse in bigger comps
This surely a rub?!
Oh absolutely not! Quite the opposite. I meant it as a riposte to the post that was slagging off the standard of play. I watched it on the live stream and enjoyed it. If I thought it were rub-worthy I would have found something else to do! I've seen a few finals where there are a few aggro players but this one was a bit more tense: players were agonising over decisions and you could feel the emotions. It was great.
The point I had made so poorly was that it is easy to pick a couple of hands and conclude that the standard of play was sub-optimal (lol @ "horrific" btw) and therefore not worth watching. But from a few hours of watching the action, I enjoyed it and the fact that the players were playing relatively tightly added an interesting dynamic.
I certainly don't regard that as a criticism and wouldn't want it to be taken that way.
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