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Double-Up or Out...
You’re a recreational poker player, and it’s always been your dream to play in the WSOP. You don’t drink anymore; you gave up smoking; you save every last penny you get that doesn’t go on food or bills. You have no social life now because everything you do is funnelled towards buying a seat at the Main Event.
Then one day, after all the sacrifices and the years of putting the rest of your life to one side, you can finally afford it. You throw down your $10,000 and take your seat. You know you won’t get another chance. You are soaking up the atmosphere. It’s amazing. You’ve never felt – or seen – anything like it. You’re in the big blind for the first hand. The action is folded around to the small blind, who immediately jumps out of his seat and shouts: “I’m all in!”, and pushes his entire stack over the line. You look at your cards. Aces.
You look around the room at the sea of faces. This is where you want to be.
What do you do?
Then one day, after all the sacrifices and the years of putting the rest of your life to one side, you can finally afford it. You throw down your $10,000 and take your seat. You know you won’t get another chance. You are soaking up the atmosphere. It’s amazing. You’ve never felt – or seen – anything like it. You’re in the big blind for the first hand. The action is folded around to the small blind, who immediately jumps out of his seat and shouts: “I’m all in!”, and pushes his entire stack over the line. You look at your cards. Aces.
You look around the room at the sea of faces. This is where you want to be.
What do you do?
Comments
If your dream is to watch other people play it, stand on the rail drinking beer and save yourself 10 grand.
Presumably your dream is to win, not say that you folded every hand until you bust on day two. If you don't call, you've just paid $10k for a chair in the amazon room for a day or two. You're not playing poker.
Lol. Yes, we know we are ahead going in (unless he has aces too), but would you not factor into your decision the sacrifices you have made to get there at all? If he gets lucky, you're out. That's not as big an issue deeper into the tournament, because you have had some play, so I'm wondering if the overall experience is worth more than the call.
You get to look back on your play through the years and say "I got to sit there for two days." You also have to tell yourself "I made decisions I knew were bad and gave myself no chance of winning, just because I wanted to be there for a few more hours."
Is that how you want to remember your one big shot?
And yes, obviously hypothetical!
And Rancid - that would be one of the worries!