Poker Hand Of The Week: 7/25/13You Decide What's The Best Play |
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Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they’ll come up with dozens of different opinions. That’s just the nature of the game.
Each week, Card Player will select a hand from the high-stakes, big buy-in poker world, break it down and show that there’s more than one way to get the job done.
The Scenario
There are 21 players remaining in the biggest tournament of the year. You are sitting with 4,125,000, which is among the shortest stacks remaining. With the blinds at 100,000-200,000, you have just over 20 big blinds remaining.
A player with 12,400,000 raises to 400,000 from early position and you call on the button with A
10
. One of the chip leaders in the tournament calls from the small blind and the big blind folds. The flop comes down 532 and the small blind checks.
The initial raiser bets 600,000 and the action is back on you. You have 3,695,000 remaining in your stack.
The Questions
Do you call, raise, or fold. Do you have enough fold equity left in your stack to move all in? Given that you haven’t made your hand yet, should you be folding and waiting for a better opportunity? If you call, what is your plan for non-club, non-four turn cards? Does the presence of the small blind change your decision?
What Actually Happened
Facing a bet of 600,000 from Fabian Ortiz on a flop of 532, Jay Farber elected to move all in holding A10. Mark Newhouse folded from the small blind and Ortiz called after about 30 seconds in the tank.
Ortiz showed 99
for an overpair to the board, but the turn and river fell 2
10, giving Farber the nut flush and a timely double up.
Ortiz was eventually eliminated in 17th place, earning $357,665, but Farber went on to become a member of the November Nine 2013 World Series of Poker final table.
What would you have done and why? Let us know in the comments section below and try not to be results oriented. The best answer will receive a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription.
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