Can someone explain this to me? --> EPT Monte Carlo

jdAA88jdAA88
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I was reading some of the Live Updates on cardplayer when I came upon this:

"After five players limp before him, the reigning PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final champ Gavin Griffin raises to 900 in the cutoff. The player on the button reraises to 4,000, and action folds to Griffin. According to a report from a player at the table, Griffin then commented that he had the odds to make the call, and he called all in and showed Q-5. His opponent turned over A-K. Griffin didn't get any help from the board, and he missed his chance to defend his title by being eliminated on day 1B of this year's event."

My question is, why would Griffin make this play with Q-5 for his tournament life?

Comments

  • g2g2
    He was probably short-stacked and the raise to 900 committed him.

    /g2
  • PinheadPinhead
    Notice they never mention how many chips he had, just that the other player re-raised to 4K. Gavin might have had less than that remaining and been committed to the call
  • GrahamGraham
    If his stack was only at 4k he was on the short stack. Starting chips are 15k
  • BlondeFishBlondeFish
    From what I read, there were six limpers and short-stacked Gavin tried to steal by raising to 925, leaving only 1400 chips. He made the correct crying call against the re-raise, believing that his Q-5 cards were live and getting the proper odds.

    Since he was pot-committed anyway by putting in 40% of his stack, it would have been better to have gone all-in if he wanted to steal the ~900 pot.
  • jdAA88jdAA88
    Oh okay, that clears things up! Thanks
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