Poker Hand of the Week: 12/4/15You 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.
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The Scenario
There are 14 players remaining in a mid-stakes live poker tournament. You are in the money and sitting in fifth place overall with 2,190,000 at blinds of 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante.
You are under the gun and look down at A
A
and raise to 90,000. The action folds around to the chip leader with 3,710,000 in the big blind, who calls. The flop comes down Q9
5 and your opponent decides to be into you for 90,000.
You raise to 200,000 and your opponent reraises to 615,000. You have a total of 1,895,000 behind.
The Questions
Do you call, raise or fold? If raising, how much? If calling, what is your plan for the turn? Can you reasonably fold at this point in the hand? What does your opponent’s donk bet say about his hand range? Other than an ace, what are some good turn cards for your hand?
What Actually Happened
At the World Series of Poker Circuit $1,500 buy-in main event stop at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Brian Hansen went into the tank with his pocket aces facing a raise of 615,000 from Sean Berrios.
Hansen asked his opponent, “Did you flop a set on me?” Berrios replied, “It would appear that way, wouldn’t it? Or maybe I just have ace high.”
After Berrios agreed to show his cards after a fold, Hansen mucked his aces and Berrios revealed 99 for middle set.
Hansen survived the cooler to finish in sixth place overall, earning a $70,083 payday. Berrios went on to win the tournament, along with a WSOPC ring and the $347,192 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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