Well, as if there were any doubt, durrrr has really found his personal Bermuda-triangle in Isildur1. In the session they just finished, durrrr got busted at one table after another and in just over one hour and 15 minutes he had had enough, dropping $800K in the process.
Durrrr hits top set which holds up to win a $402K pot.
Durrrr won the largest pot of the day, but it is probably not something he takes comfort in right now, The hand was very easy to play from durrrr’s point of view, since he knew he had the best of it all the way through, but it seems like Isildur1 made a very bad read on the flop. Of course, it is his style to be aggressive in a lot of spots, but this one seems to be ill timed. Granted, durrrr doesn’t need to have aces every time he 4-bets preflop, but I haven’t seen him make too many 4-bets on bad hands either. This time, it was obviously not the right decision on Isildu1’s part, but he got it all back and more later on.
Isildur1 flops the nut straight and gets durrrr to move in on the turn with a fkush draw. $325K pot.
This seems to happen a lot in this match. Durrrr making a move at the wrong time, and being dominated time and again. Of course it is lucky that Isildur1 flops the nuts, but he has a uncanny ability to make durrrr pay him off. That his hands stand up in the end is a nice ability to have as well. It is hard to criticize durrrr’s play here, though, since he figured to have quite a few winners if he got called, but once again he didn’t get there with his draw.
Durrrr flops top set, but Isildur1 sucks out on the turn with the flush draw. $315K pot.
It might be easy to draw the conclusion that Isildur1 is a better player than durrrr, and perhaps he is, but he has been running very well in critical hands as well. This hand is a good example of this fact. Flopping a gut shot straight flush draw, it is impossible to criticize Isildur1 for going with this hand, but durrrr with his top set is a considerable favorite to win the pot.
Once the heart falls on the turn, I am sure that durrrr was suspecting that he was up against a flush, but checking and folding was not a good alternative in this spot. Better then to protect the hand in case Isildur1 had some kind of a wrap draw. If durrrr new for certain that Isildur1 had a flush on the turn, the correct play would have been to give up the hand, but as I mentioned, there is no way he could have been sure about this, so his play seems to be the right one.
So, what should durrrr do next? In my opinion, he should swallow his pride and leave Isildur1 alone. I am 100% sure that the results in these matches are not reflective of the true difference in playing strength between these two players, but sometimes you just have to acknowledge the fact that someone has got your number. Heads-up play is so much a psychological battle, and there is no doubt that Isildur1 holds a significant advantage in that department right now. I am also sure that there are a lot of players who would like to challenge durrrr now that he seems more human, and he can probably find some easier games that the ones Isildur1 will offer him. I don’t know durrrr, so I have no idea about his ego, but while it is important for a poker player to be confident, it is equally important to stay away from the felt when you know that you are at a disadvantage. Only time will tell which path durrrr wants to follow.
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