Poker Hand of the Week: 1/29/16You 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 seven players remaining in a $100,000 buy-in high roller tournament, and only six will make the money, guaranteeing a minimum payday of $281,260, making this is huge money bubble.
You currently have a stack of 472,000 at blinds of 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante, giving you just over 39 big blinds to work with. No player at the table has less than 30 big blinds, so everyone is relatively deep.
The hijack, a player who is currently on a hot streak with a stack of 750,000, raises to 28,000. You look down at 9
9
on the button and decide to call. The blinds fold and the flop comes down J105.
Your opponent checks, and you check behind. The turn is the 8
, giving you an open-ended straight draw. This time, your opponent bets 40,000. You call, and the river is the A.
Your opponent checks. There is currently 168,000 in the pot and you have 402,000 behind.
The Questions
Do you bet or check behind? If checking behind, how often do you think you’ll win at showdown? Given your opponent’s line, what are some hands in his range you can beat? What are some hands in his range that beat you? If betting, how much? What better hands can you expect to fold?
What Actually Happened
At the 2016 Aussie Millions $100,000 buy-in High Roller event, Sam Greenwood was holding pocket nines on a board reading J1058A and opted to bet 121,000 into the 168,000 pot.
His opponent, Fedor Holz, tanked for more than a minute before eventually folding QJ, giving Greenwood the pot.
Jason Koon was eliminated on the money bubble shortly afterward, and both Holz and Greenwood made the money. They will be the two shortest stacks returning to the final table when it resumes on Saturday.
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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