The Poker Play Part II: Melanie WeisnerWeisner Follows Up Hand Description With Strategic Money Bubble Discussion |
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In part I of This Poker Play, Melanie Weisner describes an important hand from a World Series of Poker event. In part II, she discusses the importance of the bubble and making her opponents sweat.
Rebecca McAdam: How useful is the bubble in terms of more experienced players using it to their advantage?
Melanie Weisner: The bubble is incredibly important to tournament play and more experienced players will be able to utilise it as an important time for chip-accumulation as a lot of weaker players will adjust their play for the worse as they are extremely worried about making the money.
It is definitely a time when I try to prey on the weaker players at the table or the players overly concerned with making the money. It’s also a time where a lot of people will make very big stack errors i.e. raise/fold stacks they shouldn’t because they will still raise but not want to commit their tournament life, or flat way too shallow because they don’t want to commit themselves preflop etc..
It is definitely a time when I capitalise on weakness to accumulate chips. If there are a lot of aggressive players at the table, there’s that dynamic to play off as well (you can pick some good three-bet spots to players that are opening a ton trying to get through the scared money etc.).
RM: What did you think when your opponent said he had sevens? (Find out the hand information here)
MW: I wasn’t very happy because given his check back on the turn, I put him on a hand that was two pair at strongest. I’d expect a set to bet the turn most of the time.
RM: When he was tanking and asking you questions, did you engage in conversation with him at all? Do you usually in these situations?
MW: I didn’t. I just let him sweat basically. I didn’t think talking would get him to do one thing or the other really so I just decided not to engage. I do engage when I think I can manipulate the person into doing what I want them to do.
RM: Did your opponent make it through the bubble and regain composure or did he end up tilting his way out of the event?
MW: He made it! [Laughs] The bubble burst after that hand as we were hand-for-hand. I think he did a good job of regaining composure but he just seemed defeated after that point.
Melanie Weisner, a 25-year-old poker pro from Houston, Texas, ended up cashing in 14th place in this event for $24,679. The winner in the end was Arkadiy Tsinis. The fun-loving, intelligent American has done well in both online and live events and has quickly become a force to be reckoned with on the international scene. Only recently, at this season’s European Poker Tour London, she scored a fourth place in the £5,000 no-limit hold’em heads-up event for $31,260 and a third in the £1,000 no-limit hold’em event for just under $24,000. At time of writing, Weisner’s lifetime winnings total $533,087 but at such a young age, the poker world is indeed her oyster.
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