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
Over the past few weeks, I shipped across the pond to Rozvadov for my first time covering the World Series of Poker Europe. It really proved to be an interesting experience spending a couple of weeks in the rural part of the Czech Republic, walking into a casino in the middle of a tiny town and seeing €25/€50 PLO tables popping up everywhere like it was no big deal.