I will make no comment on how she played that hand - I didn't just win over half a million dollars in a poker tournament. It was a great run for her and she shouldn't be remembered this year for how she played that hand.
Exactly. She probably did something right to make it this far. And as Doug Polk said in his analysis of the hand, was this really such a bad spot to try to pull off a big
bluff? Are there not many players, who would drastically overfold in this situation, because they want to make the final 9? And perhaps also because she is a woman, and the assumption is, she would never be
bluffing in this spot?
Not saying that I would have played the hand like this. I would honestly probably have folded on the turn, because I would not want to commit so many chips and then hate most rivers, if I faced further pressure. But I am not the one, who just won $600.000, and Kristen has great results, so who I am to be a judge about this hand? Also I cant help feeling, that if a male player try to pull a big bluff but get caught, then people tend to be rather forgiving, because "at least he had balls". But when its a female player, then a lot of keyboard warriors think, its the worst play ever.