Poker Hand of the Week: Jason Koon vs. Charlie CarrelLet Us Know How You Would Have Played The Hand |
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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 Hand
At the PokerStars Championship Bahamas $100,000 super high roller event, sitting on more than a 3:1 chip lead heads-up, Jason Koon limped in on the button and Charlie Carrel checked his option from the big blind. The flop came down K
Q
2 and Carrel checked.
Koon checked behind and the turn was the 8. Again, both players checked. The river was the J and Carrel bet 400,000.
Koon then moved all in, leaving Carrel with a decision to make for his final 2,410,000 in chips, worth about 20 big blinds. Eventually, Carrel called off the rest of his stack, showing down K
7. Koon turned over Q
8, however, for two pair and the winning hand.
The Questions
What do you think of Koon’s preflop limp? What about his check on the flop with second pair? What about his turn check with two pair? Should Carrel have bet the flop with his top pair in an unraised pot? Should he have bet the turn? Was it wise for him to disguise the strength of his hand? Can Carrel realistically get away from his hand on the river? What hands are in Koon’s range that Carrel can beat?
The Aftermath
Carrel’s elimination in second place was still worth a whopping $1,191,900, the second largest score of his career. The young Brit now has just over $5 million in career live tournament earnings.
Koon picked up $1,650,300 for the victory, continuing a hot streak that started last summer and saw him finish 17th in the 2016 Card Player Player of the Year race. The West Virginia native now has $8.1 million in career live tournament earnings.
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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