Poker Hand of the Week: 5/8/14You 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 13 players remaining in a $1,500 buy-in live poker tournament. With 746,000 in your stack, you are currently in fourth place overall. You are already guaranteed a payday of $7,148.
With the blinds at 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante, you have just under 75 big blinds to work with.
The tournament’s chip leader, a player with 1,235,000 who is known to open a wide range of hands, min-raises on the button to 20,000. You defend from the big blind with 10
4.
The flop comes down 953
and you check. Your opponent bets 20,000 and you check-raise with your flush draw to 75,000. Your opponent then reraises to 210,000. You have a total of 650,000 remaining in your stack.
The Questions
Do you fold, call or raise? What would be your reasoning for folding? Is it because you are getting the incorrect price to draw? If calling, what is your plan for the turn if you hit your flush? What is your plan for the turn if you miss? If raising, how much? What range of hands could you get your opponent to fold by moving all in?
What Actually Happened
Facing a raise of 210,000 holding 104 on a board of 953, George Medina opted to move all in for his last 650,000.
His opponent, Alex Greenblatt, took a few moments to think things over before eventually calling with 93
for top and bottom pair. The turn and river were the A 7
, giving the massive pot to Greenblatt.
Medina was eliminated in 13th place, earning $7,148. Greenblatt went on to make the final table and finish in fourth place, banking $38,585. The eventual winner was none other than Eric Blair, who pocketed $116,325 and the WSOP Circuit at the Lodge main event title.
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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