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 — both amateurs and professionals — play the game. In this ongoing series, I’ll highlight hands I’ve seen at the tournaments I’ve covered and see if we can glean anything useful from them.
The Scene
It’s the final table of Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed at the 2015 World Series of Poker. This event drew a field of 1,651 players, of which just three remain — Idan Raviv, Iaron Lightbourne, and Manoel Filho.