LOL, I'm watching the final table now. They were going to do a deal with four players left. The short stack had an M of ten. With the deal he was going to make about 35k more. Everyone agreed to the deal, except the SS. He just said that deal doesn't work for me. So they resume play and he goes out the very next hand. Ha ha ha, what an idiot!! What is he thinking? It's not like you have an edge over anyone with an M of ten and being the SS on the table. He had a little FE, but still. Take the deal, and if you do come back and win, you get an extra 30k. Being a greedy idiot when he wasn't even in position of power cost him 35k.
This seems pretty idiodic on the surface....I wonder if it's a case where the money jump doesn't make that big a difference to the guy. It's easy to say I'd take the deal but then again I'm just a micro stakes wannabe. Maybe this guy is backed or is loaded and would rather have the shot at winning for the glory and the massive payday?
I'm against doing deals if I'm the big stack, because I feel I will win from that position more than I will lose. The big stack is the one that was pushing for the deal. Which is kinda a sign that he is scared to play short handed and he wanted to get as much guaranteed money as possible. The big stack ended up not winning, the guy that was in third when the deal went down ended up winning. So in hinesight, the big stack did make a good deal, cause he walked away with the most money.
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