Poker Hand of the Week: 4/17/15You 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’re nearing the end of day one in a two day regional tournament. You’re still quite a bit away from the money bubble and with 47,900 in chips, you’re among the shorter stacks left in the room. The blinds are currently 1,200-2,400 with a 400 ante, giving you about 20 big blinds to work with.
A player with 82,000 in chips raises from under the gun to 5,500 and you are next to act. Looking down at A
10, you make the call. The action folds around to the cutoff, who has 115,000. He three-bets to 12,500 and the original under the gun raiser calls.
You also call and the flop is K
66
. Everyone checks to the turn, which is the 5, giving you the nut flush draw. The under the gun player checks. You have 35,000 remaining in your stack and the pot size is currently 44,300.
The Questions
Do you check or bet? If checking, what is your plan if the cutoff bets? What if the cutoff bets enough to put you all in? If the cutoff checks behind, what is your plan for the river? If betting, how much? Should you bet maximizing your fold equity by moving all in even though there is just one card to come? Is this the best spot to gamble considering your stack size relative to the field?
What Actually Happened
At the 2015 Card Player Poker Tour Choctaw main event, an unknown player decided to move all in for his last 35,000 holding A10 on a board reading K665.
His opponent in the cutoff, Chan Pelton, called quickly, having slowplayed A
K. The third player in the hand folded. According to the Card Player Poker Odds Calculator, the unknown player would win the hand 18 percent of the time.
Instead, the river was the 10, shipping the pot to Pelton. Pelton would go on to win the tournament, along with the $130,445 first-place prize.
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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