Poker Hand of the Week: 6/11/16You 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.
The Scenario
There are eight players remaining out of a massive field of more than 21,000, so it’s safe to say you are already in the money. For your $565 investment, you are already guaranteed $118,937. However, there is $1 million up for grabs for the winner of the event.
With 18,150,000 in chips, you are currently in second place overall. The blinds are now 250,000-500,000 with a 50,000 ante, giving you 36 big blinds to work with. There are currently a couple of short stacks at the table hovering around 10 big blinds.
From under the gun, you look down at A
J and decide to raise to 1,000,000. The action fold around to a player in late position with 10,850,000, and he reraises to 2,200,000.
You think it over for a bit before calling and the flop comes down 74
3. You check, and your opponent bets 1,600,000. He has 7,000,000 in chips behind.
The Questions
Do you call, raise or fold? If calling, what is your plan for the turn? If raising, how much? Do you think you are ahead or behind? If behind, how many outs can you count on? If ahead, how do you extract maximum value? How much does the top heavy payout influence your decision?
What Actually Happened
In the 2016 World Series of Poker Colossus event, Ben Keeline opted to raise all in holding AJ on a flop of 743.
His opponent, Christopher Renaudette, goes into the tank for several minutes before eventually folding pocket tens. As it turns out, Keeline’s two over cards and flush draw was a 55 percent favorite to win the pot, but Renaudette still should have called with his pocket tens given his equity and the pot size.
Renaudette held on long enough to secure a sixth-place finish, earning $201,151. Keeline took the pot and rode that momentum to the title, a bracelet and the $1 million 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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