Interesting Cooler endgame situation

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For those who haven't played these, the final five in a Cooler STT win double their stake, the other five get nothing. Going into this hand, we're down to six players, so one more to be eliminated. ***** Hand 1211029373 ***** 150.00/300.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit) - 26 August 2008 01:11:18 Cooler (Real/Tournament) Seat 2: mii911 (7559.00) Seat 3: EdsonCanoe (1645.00) Seat 5: liowig (0.00) Seat 6: PLslapdash (1710.00) Seat 9: FSPKR (1255.00) Seat 10: imlennon (1483.00) mii911 post SB 150.00 EdsonCanoe post BB 300.00 ** Deal ** mii911 [N/A, N/A] EdsonCanoe [N/A, N/A] liowig [N/A, N/A] PLslapdash [6d, 2h] FSPKR [N/A, N/A] imlennon [N/A, N/A] *** Bet Round 1 *** liowig All-in 1348.00 PLslapdash Fold FSPKR Fold imlennon Fold mii911 Call 1348.00 EdsonCanoe Call 1348.00 *** Flop(Board): *** : [10d, 4s, 3c] *** Bet Round 2 *** mii911 Bet 300.00 EdsonCanoe Fold *** Turn(Board): *** : [10d, 4s, 3c, Kd] *** River(Board): *** : [10d, 4s, 3c, Kd, Ks] *** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00 Total Pot: 4044.00 mii911 [Qh, Qs] Two pair kings and queens Win: 4044.00 EdsonCanoe Fold Win: 0.00 liowig [Ad, Js] Pair of kings Win: 0.00 PLslapdash Fold Win: 0.00 FSPKR Fold Win: 0.00 imlennon Fold Win: 0.00 After the hand, EdsonCanoe called mi911 an idiot for betting on the flop. Was he?

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Re: Interesting Cooler endgame situation

After the hand, EdsonCanoe called mi911 an idiot for betting on the flop. Was he?

Yes! If Edson wins the hand, then mi911 effectively wins the tournament. By getting Edson to fold, he is losing his own win equity. The added chips are pretty insignificant that he wins if he gets Edson to fold a winning hand that wasnt beating liowig. Having said that - the error for mi911 is probably a pretty small one - it's hard to see him not winning the tournament. In mi911's shoes I'm probably raising all in pre flop 100% of the time with any 2 cards for unopened pots - because the other 5 are so close - they should probably all fold 100% of the time, even with aces!! However that strategy for mi911 is probably a mistake too - just folding everything should win you the tournament 99.9999% of the time - it's hard to see any actions increasing your equity..... To get such a large stack, I would be pretty confident mi911 is a pretty bad player and has made some large mistakes earlier in the tournament :unsure