From Bob Silverstein

“At the time, there were about 40 out of the original 140 players remaining, and I was in the middle of the pack. The player to the left of the blog blind who had just lost a gib pot, went all-in. he clearly looked steamed and on full tilt. I had A-K suited and as the next six players folds I became more and more focused on my opportunity to take him out and move up the leader board.

Certain of my read, I called.  It was only after the player two seats to my left thought for a long time and then called me with his remaining chips that it dawned on me that two other players were still in the hand.  My correct read of the first player (he had K-10o ffsuit), combined with my excitement over moving up, literally blinded me to a part of the table.  The player to my left had pocket jacks, which proved to be the winning hand.”

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He later told me that had I gone all-in he wouldn’t have called me, but when I did not go all-in he correctly assumed I did not have a bigger pocket pain than him.  This oversight cost me most of my chips and I was soon out of the tournament. My excitement , overconfidence and exclusive focus on my own cards were all internal tells and I paid a steep price for failing to recognize them (I literally did not see a couple of key players at the table).