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
For this week’s hand, we take a little bit of a departure from the normal tournament coverage and venture into the world of high-stakes cash games.
During the tail end of the 2015 World Series of Poker, the ARIA Resort & Casino held one of the most buzzed-about events in poker’s recent history — the Super High Roller Series.