Analysis: WPT Mirage

Why did Steven Frederick blind himself out of the tournament with 5 and 6 players still remaining? How could Stan Weiss call a 3-bet AI with K5s with 4 players remaining against the second chipleader? The answers to such questions are usually difficult to answer, as mistakes of this magnitude are usually made by amateur players. However, Frederick claims himself to be a professional poker player. I guess he can claim the jitters as reason for his timidness at the final table, but I think he should have come more prepared for his first televised final table.

Speaking of prepared, Harry Demetriou came to play, giving himself a great opportunity of winning the title. In the early stages, Demetriou was relentlessly aggressive against Robert Mizrachi and somehow induced Weiss into making several poor decisions.

I was impressed with Demetriou's play throughout the final table, but I was left puzzled after watching the final two hands of the tournament.

Why did Demetriou call an additional 845K [after raising to 400K himself] with KTs and not elect to play for the remaining 1.4 million Weiss had left? He could have taken a shot as the 2/1 chipleader and raise AI, rather than simply calling in position. Remember, Weiss was first to act after the flop, or in this case, first to bluff.

I feel the manner in which Demetriou elected to to play the hand made the final hand very questionable.

With only the big blind invested and knowing Weiss was potstuck, why did Demetriou raise AI with K6o? Just the hand before, he invested nearly 1.3 million with KTs, declining to play for the remaining 1.4 million until seeing a flop. In the final hand, Demetriou invested his remaining 2 million with far less invested and a much weaker hand.

If he was willing to play relatively light on the next hand, I think Demetriou should have chosen to play for the additional 1.4 million with the KTs.