Poker Hand of the Week: 12/18/14You 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.
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The Scenario
There are nine players remaining in a tournament and only seven will make the money. You are currently in third place with a stack of 1,552,000. The blinds are 15,000-30,000 with a 3,000 ante, giving you 51 big blinds to work with. One player has just three big blinds remaining. Another short stack has 15 big blinds.
The chip leader, who has a stack of 2,803,000, raises to 75,000 from early position. You look down at K
K
in the hijack and decide to call. The small blind, who has a medium stack of 1,400,000, calls as well.
The flop comes down Q
77
and the small blind checks. The initial raiser bets 130,000 and you call. The small blind folds and the turn is the J.
Your opponent bets 220,000 and you call once again. The river is the 8 and your opponent bets 375,000.
The Questions
Do you call, raise or fold? If raising, how much? What worse hands do you expect to get called by? What range of hands is your opponent representing? Do you regret not raising on an earlier street? How does the bubble affect your decision? Do you feel you made the maximum by slow playing your hand?
What Actually Happened
At the EPT Prague Super High Roller event, Stephen Chidwick opted to call with his pocket kings on a board reading Q77J8.
His opponent, Leonid Markin, could only show down Q8 for two pair. Chidwick’s superior two pair took down the pot and temporarily gave him the chip lead.
Chidwick went on to finish in third place, earning €355,070. Markin rebounded from the hit to his stack to win the tournament, banking €771,360 and his first major tournament 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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