Poker Hand of the Week: 4/23/16You 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 32 players remaining from a starting field of 1,222. You are already guaranteed a payday of $19,711 from your initial $3,500 investment. The blinds are currently 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante, making your stack of 970,000 worth 48 big blinds.
A player with 1,270,000 in chips opens with a raise to 40,000 from early position. The button calls and you look down at 10
2 on the big blind. You call, and the flop comes down Q10
3
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You check, and the original raiser puts in an 85,000 continuation bet. The button folds and you call. The turn is the Q and you check again. This time, your opponent checks behind.
The river is the Q
. There is 330,000 in the pot and you have 840,000 remaining.
The Questions
Do you check or bet? If betting, how much? What range of hands do you put your opponent on? What worse hands will call a value bet? If checking, what is your plan if you face a big bet? Are you checking to induce a bet from a worse hand, or because you want to see a cheap showdown?
What Actually Happened
At the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, Brian Yoon was holding 102 on a board reading Q103QQ and opted to bet 200,000.
His opponent, Cate Hall, made the call with KK and took down the pot. Yoon survied long enough to secure a 15th-place finish, good for $39,577. Hall eventually went on to finish in ninth place for $65,404.
The eventual winner was Justin Young, who earned his first WPT title and the $669,161 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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