Poker Hand of the Week: 7/30/14You 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 35 players remaining in the biggest tournament of the year. You currently have a stack of 5,210,000, which is right around the average stack. With blinds of 50,000-100,000 with a 10,000 ante, you have 52 big blinds to work with.
The action folds around to you in the hijack seat and you look down at A
Q. You minraise to 200,000 it folds to the button. The button is perhaps one of the best three players remaining in the tournament, based on his past tournament results and has 12,370,000 in his stack. He is known for being aggressive, but doesn’t often make too many mistakes.
He three-bets to 500,000. Wanting to take back control in the hand, you four-bet to 1,200,000. He calls and the flop falls A
54
. You have 4,000,000 remaining.
The Questions
Do you check or bet? If betting, how much? If checking, what is your plan if your opponent bets? Do you check-raise? Do you check-call and wait for a safe turn card? Your opponent three-bet you in position and then just called your four-bet. What does that say about his hand? Is it safe to give him a free card?
What Actually Happened
At the 2014 World Series of Poker main event after seeing a flop of A54, Peter Placey opted to move all in for his last 4,000,000 holding AQ, despite the fact that the pot was only 2,630,000.
His opponent, Martin Jacobson, snap called with AK, leaving Placey drawing thin. The turn was the 2, giving him additional chop outs to the wheel, but the river was the 6, ending his tournament run.
Placey finished in 35th place for $230,487. Jacobson went on to make the final table. He is currently in eighth place.
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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