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Originally Posted by Ridge
I might have missed what stage in the tournament this was in. Was it late, middle, or early? that does have an impact as well. I just have trouble not stacking off with quad aces when there are so many other hands that he calls with and losses. Also, I don't know either of these player, they may be well known pros or something. Against your average donk of an opponent, I'm stacking off 9 out of 10 times..
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It's day 1a of the main even tof the wsop, and since the final is in November, I would have to say this is the "earliest" possible "early" in a tournament.
Don't think that you are stacking off with quad aces. You are stacking off with the second nuts. What those are don't matter. Another straight flush example would be a board of Js5d4d3d2d it would be folly for a person to REraise in the river with AdKd. Sure the person would have a straight flush, but it's just the second nuts, and the best hand an opponent can have is the fourth nuts (Qd), so you are extremely unlikely to get called on the stack off bet, except when you lose -- and when you lose you are eliminated from the main event of the WSOP. This again makes the reraise hopeless. People just don't see themselves going home saying "oh I called a big REraise on the river with the sixth nuts."
(Or what about a board of AdKdQdJd2s... would you REraise allin with 9d8d??? Again this situation allows you to be called by the FOURTH nuts when the above scenario only allows the SIXTH nuts to call and lose.)