Poker Hand Of The Week: 9/13/13You 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
You are three-handed for a major tournament title, but are currently the tournament’s short stack with 990,000. The blinds are 40,000-80,000 with a 10,000 ante, giving you a little more than 12 big blinds. There is 9,005,000 total in play and the chip leader has an overwhelming 6,700,000 of it, leaving the third player short stacked as well with just 1,315,000.
You are already guaranteed to win roughly 18 buy-ins for your deep run so far, but outlasting one more player gives you 26. The winner takes home 39.
The other short stack folds his button and you complete from the small blind with J
2. The chip leader then checks his option from the big blind. The flop comes 7
64. You have 900,000 remaining in your stack.
The Questions
Do you check or bet? If checking, what is your plan if your opponent bets? What if he checks behind? If betting, how much? What are the ICM (Independent Chip Model) implications of betting or checking? Is this the type of flop where you are looking to get all of your chips in the middle, or does the small pot size force you to play more conservative?
What Actually Happened
At the EPT Barcelona €10,000 buy-in High Roller event, Jean-Noel Thorel decided to open shove his last 900,000 holding J2 on a flop of 764.
His opponent, Daniel Negreanu, instantly snap called with 53 for a flopped straight. The turn and river fell K
7
and Thorel was eliminated in third place, earning €181,500.
Negreanu then went on to suffer some setbacks en route to a second-place finish, banking €263,800. The winner was Thomas Muhlocker, who picked up the title and a €390,700 payday.
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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