Poker Hand of the Week: 8/14/15You 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
There are 11 players remaining in a live tournament and with 371,000, you are in good shape sitting in fourth place overall. The blinds are currently 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante, giving you 61 big blinds to work with.
The action folds around to you on the button and you look down at K
K
. You raise to 14,000 and the big blind calls. The big blind just recently doubled up to a stack of 201,000 after being one of the shorter players left in the event, but will defend his big blind with a wide range of hands.
The flop comes down 109
8
and the big blind checks. You fire in a continuation bet of 20,000 and the big blind check-raises to 46,000. Your opponent has 140,000 behind his raise and you have him covered by 170,000.
The Questions
Do you call, raise or fold? If raising, how much? If calling, what is your plan for the turn? Is this a way ahead, way behind situation? If so, what is the best course of action? Are you looking to shut out any straight draws or allow them to continue to fire on non-threatening turn cards?
What Actually Happened
At the 2015 WSOP National Championship, Gevork Kasabyan was facing a raise to 46,000 on a flop of 1098 and opted to just call. The turn was the 2 and Vincent Moscati bet 103,000.
Kasabyan then raised, putting Moscati all in for a total of 140,000. Moscati quickly called, tabling J7 and Kasabyan realized his pocket kings were drawing dead.
Moscati doubled up and Kasabyan was left with just under 30 big blinds. He was eliminated shortly afterwards in 11th place, earning $25,010. Moscati finished in fifth place, taking home $83,716.
The eventual winner was Loni Harwood, who banked $341,599 and her second career WSOP bracelet.
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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