Poker Hand Matchup: Igor Yaroshevskyy vs. Peter Tran
Igor Yaroshevskyy	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 1,730,000	85.58 %	72.02 %	100.0 %	Winner!
Peter Tran	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 4,055,000	14.04 %	27.98 %	0.0 %

Posted On: Mar 12, 2015

Outcome

Preflop, final table, ten handed, with the blinds at 15,000 and 30,000 and a 5,000 ante, Yaroshevskyy raised to 60,000 from early position, Edward Ochana called in middle position, Tran called in the cutoff seat, Mike Leah called in the small blind, and Anthony Zinno called in the big blind. On the flop Leah checked, Zinno checked, Yaroshevskyy bet 200,000, Ochana folded, Tran called, Leah folded, and Zinno folded. On the turn Yaroshevskyy checked, Tran bet 300,000, and Yaroshevskyy called. On the river Yaroshevskyy bet 265,000, Tran went all-in, and Yaroshevskyy called and was all-in.

Analysis

Yaroshevskyy may have been muttering to himself after his preflop min-raise was called by a series of opponents, unnerved to find his premium hand suddenly in a five way-pot. However he was quickly comforted by a flop that brought him top set. While he had flopped the nuts, the board offered both flush and straight draws and there was no shortage of opponents in the hand so it was a great time for the preflop raiser to submit his continuation bet rather than try to get fancy and trap. He found a customer in Tran with an open-ended straight draw but the remaining players mucked. Any concerns Yaroshevskyy may have had about live draws were removed on the turn, which gave him Queens full and no need to protect his hand by leading out. He correctly assessed his opponent Tran was both splashy and aggressive and drawing completely dead. Rather than take the free river card, Tran made a position play semibluffing with his draw while hoping Yaroshevskyy’s bet on the flop was simply a continuation bluff. After check-calling the turn, Yaroshevskyy led out with some interesting bet sizing on the river. Yaroshevskyy was hoping for value, but the micro bet also mimicked a defensive blocker play that his aggressive opponent might mistake for weakness. Tran made a busted draw play, putting his opponent all-in. After running excessively well on the way to the final table where he started with a commanding lead, Tran’s fortunes began to change as he lost 42% of his stack on this hand. Yaroshevskyy took an excellent line through the hand and utilized some crafty bet sizing on the river, playing both his cards and opponent perfectly for full value.