Poker Strategy -- Tom Dwan Poker After Dark Cash Game HandTom Dwan Discusses a Hand on Director's Cut Episode |
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“From 1995, I’ve played high limit. I’ve never played in a tougher game than this one.” — Eli Elezra
For the past two weeks, Poker After Dark ran brand-new episodes that featured a stacked, six-handed table of cash-game experts on NBC, and viewers were riveted. By the end of the two weeks, the players had upped the stakes from $200-$400 to $500-$1,000.
Like all PAD episodes, viewers tune in on weeknights at 2:05 a.m. ET, and for those who miss the week’s action, a special “Director’s Cut” edition airs after Saturday Night Live at 1 a.m. ET. In that episode, the players give their insight on the biggest hands of the week.
Review of the Hand:
Game:
Game: No-limit hold’em
Stakes: $500-$1,000
Ante: $200
Lineup:
Howard Lederer
Phil Ivey
Patrik Antonius — Button
Ilari Sahamies — Small blind $500
Eli Elezra (sitting out)
Tom Dwan — Big blind $1,000
Preflop Action: Patrick Antonius raises to $4,000 with K
Q. Sahamies calls with 7 6 from the small blind, and Dwan calls with A
2 from the big blind. The pot is now $13,000.
Tom Dwan: I had a hand where I can either reraise or call. Folding is not really an option with the A-2 of spades. I chose to call, partly because I just lost a few big pots. And I don’t think it’s a good hand to reraise with after just having lost a few big pots. I’d rather have a 7-6 suited or a good hand.
Flop Action Begins: The flop comes Q
6 2. Sahamies checks, Dwan checks, and Antonius bets $9,000. Sahamies check-raises to $27,000.
TD: Ilari is going to be weak here more than most players. He’s going to check-raise most of his strong hands also, so obviously he can have a strong hand here plenty of the time, but I had one of the perfect hands to bluff with, because I definitely can’t call, yet my hand has decent value where I can check-raise, and a hand like K-Q or K-6 could call me and I still have a decent number of outs. So, I chose to put in the third raise.
Flop Action Continues: Dwan three-bets to $55,800. Antonius folds, and Sahamies pauses, then calls. The pot is now $133,600.
TD: Ilari made a really surprisingly good call with just middle pair. I don’t know what to say other than it was a very good call. If other players had made it, I might say it was a bad call that got lucky, but as was evidenced by how long he thought and the fact the he’s a very good player and a very smart guy, he definitely had some reasoning behind the call other than, “Oh I hope Tom doesn’t have it this time.”
Turn and River Action: The turn is the 10
. Sahamies checked, and Dwan checked. The river is the 4. Both players check. The board now reads Q 6 2 10 4. Sahamies wins the $133,600 pot with a pair of sixes.
Ilari Sahamies: If Tom bet on the turn, I think I would have folded it, but I was lucky because he didn’t bet.
TD: I was extremely close to betting the turn, and in hindsight I should have. But unfortunately I chose not to, and he ended up winning the pot.
To view another Poker After Dark hand analysis on the first week of cash games with this group of players, find it in the news archives. PAD is continuing to air new episodes, and this week, “The Magnificent Six” is being featured in the classic winner-take-all tournament format.
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