For an amateur, I think Don Topel played brilliantly and he was just unlucky that Gavin Smith got the better cards.  Perhaps the one criticism  that I have of Don’s poker game is that he was a little impatient and played a few hands that he shouldn’t have.  He leaked a bit.

Easy to say afterwards.  Also in Heads up play you have to take it to your opponents, which he did, he played nice and aggressive.  Until he got dealt some ordinary hands.

Don is a likable fellow, someone everyone can identify with, even eating pizza whilst playing for a 1 million bucks and in front of millions of viewers!  Now that takes some doing.

What do you think Don did wrong?