Toddy Takes it Down

Kudos to Toddy the Schector for 2nd place in the $100 + $9 limit hold em tourney on PartyPoker last night. And kudos to brother Big for his guidance along the way. Toddy is a limit master, consistently cashing in SNG's and multi-tables. He won a Pokerstars tourney earlier last week. Toddy was faced with a dilemma late in the tourney. He had 87k chips, the chip leader had 178k, the 2nd place guy had 97k, 4th place guy had 27k. A chop was proposed where Toddy would receive $2100, about 2nd place money. If he played on, first place paid out $3500, 2nd paid a little more, 3rd place paid $1500. So the potential upside was $1500, the downside - $600, though more if Toddy dropped to 4th, albeit unlikely due to the 4th place guy's chip count. After initially questioning Toddy's decision to chop, I commend him on the decision. It was 130am, he had been playing 3.5 hours, and he was physically and emotionally exhausted. It may sound odd that a man is tired from 210 minutes of watching and clicking; trust me, it takes a lot out of you. Also, the blinds were very high in the tourney. One big hand - the guy flops a set, he has an overpair to your overpair, he gets lucky, etc - and you're out. Or you play on for the next hour at least (especially in limit) to get it over with. Congrats to Toddy on his 2k night.    - farfel