whatever you want to call it, a sham, a pointless exercise or just plain sad that arizona hand recounted more than 2 million votes in the state s most populous county is just with at the finish line but the end in phoenix may be the beginning of something similar in other states. reporter: on the day the so-called arizona audit announces it has essentially completed a hand review of the maricopa 2020 ballots, she toured the floor for the first time. while this looks like an official visit by the most powerful senator in arizona, don t believe it, says liz howard. so what s happening here, is this an you had a it? no. this is not an audit. it is a partisan review. if the consequences of this event weren t so scary, it would
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Covering live poker tournaments for a living affords me the opportunity to see countless thousands of hands played out, many of which offer interesting and potentially valuable insights into how players â both amateurs and professionals â play the game. In this ongoing series, Iâll highlight hands Iâve seen at the tournaments Iâve covered and see if we can glean anything useful from them.
The Scene
A few months back, I got the assignment to drive a few hours into Iowa to cover
As it happened, my good friend
Nick Pupillo would make a deep run to the final table and was still in it when six players remained. He d already locked up $31,716 and was playing for $162K up top, so the stakes were getting big for everyone involved.
High Stakes Poker. Some called it the greatest fold in the history of the show.
At their essence, many folds are exercises in great discipline and hand reading skills. This one, however, was a bit different. This one came down to one thing: table talk. And it wasn t the experienced live pro talking his way into the correct play. Instead, the tables turned as the online legend used table talk to outwit the man ostensibly far more comfortable live.
Here, we ll take a look at how that happened and what lessons can perhaps be learned.
The Hand
The whole thing is just really great theater, so rather than describe the hand in full detail, I ll just leave this video, which comes courtesy of the PokerGO YouTube channel.
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