Poker Hand of the Week: 10/3/14You 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
You are at the final table of a mid-stakes regional poker tournament. There are eight players remaining and you are sitting with 614,000 at blinds of 12,000-24,000 with a 4,000 ante. There are two players with over 1 million in chips, but everyone else at the table is hovering between 400,000 and 650,000.
You are already guaranteed at least $12,272 from your initial $1,500 buy-in, but the winner will take home $106,101 making the tournament payouts a little top heavy.
About 30 minutes into the final table, the action folds around to you in the hijack and you raise to 55,000 with the K
Q. The big blind, a player who started the hand with 594,000, is the only caller.
The flop comes down K
6
4 and your opponent leads into you for 65,000. You raise to 150,000 and your opponent responds by moving all in for 535,000. You have him slightly covered by less than a big blind.
The Questions
Do you call or fold? What factors would you be looking for to find a fold in this situation? How does the flop texture influence your decision. Your opponent called a raise out of position and then led into the preflop raiser. What does that say about his hand strength. Does the fact that the majority of the final table is short stacked change your decision? How do you go about making a live read of this nature?
What Actually Happened
At the WSOP Circuit main event at the Imperial Palace in Biloxi, Corrie Wunstel was faced with a decision holding KQ on a flop of K64.
Wunstel made the call and saw that he had Lance Jones and his KJ dominated. Unfortunately for Wunstel, the turn and river ran out 3
J and he was left crippled.
Wunstel was shortly after in eighth place, earning $12,272. Jones went on to finish in fifth place, taking home $26,422. The eventual winner was Mohammad Moeini, who banked $106,101 for defeating the field of 301 players.
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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