Poker Strategy -- Carlos Mortensen Busts Daniel Negreanu at LAPC Main EventMortensen Breaks Down Elimination Hand and Gives His Read of Negreanu's Hand |
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Though he plays a very limited tournament schedule, 2001 WSOP main-event Champion Carlos Mortensen makes the most of every opportunity, and more often than not, you can find him at the final table.
During the 2010 L.A. Poker Classic series, Mortensen went on a tear and rivaled three-event winner Al Barbieri for Player of the Series honors.
In event No. 28, a $1,000 rebuy tournament, Mortensen bested the field of 317 for the victory and a $273,500 payday. A week later, he went deep in event No. 44, finishing ninth.
Then in the main event, Mortensen navigated his way through the field of 745 to the final table, where he came just shy of another television appearance, busting in ninth place for $100,128.
During his run, Mortensen took out fellow big stack Daniel Negreanu to put himself at the top of the leader board. In this poker strategy article, he breaks down the hand and offers up his opinion of what Negreanu held.
The Hand
| Event — Blinds/Antes | LA Poker Classic | 1,500-3,000 with a 500 ante |
| Player | Daniel Negreanu | Carlos Mortensen |
| Chip Count | 123,000 | 367,000 |
| Hand | ? | 7 7 |
Daniel Negreanu raised in the cutoff to 7,000, and Carlos Mortensen reraised to 21,000 from the button.
The blinds folded, and Negreanu made the call. The flop came down 10
7
5, and Negreanu checked. Mortensen bet 20,000, and Negreanu called.
The turn was the K, and both players checked. The river was the K, and Negreanu checked once again. Mortensen then moved all in, and, after a few minutes in the tank, Negreanu called all in for his last 82,000.
Mortensen rolled over pocket sevens for a full house, and Negreanu mucked his cards. After the hand, Mortensen was up to 499,000 in chips.
The Analysis
Carlos Mortensen: Daniel came in with a 7,000 raise. So, I have pocket sevens, and Daniel has approximately 120,000. I decided to reraise to 21,000 in position. The blinds folded, and Daniel [seemed to be deciding whether] to maybe move in or just call.
He finally decided to call. I didn’t want to check, because he might suspect I have a big hand. Daniel checked, and I bet small, like 20,000.
He called and had like 80,000 left. He didn’t have a big hand like jacks or queens, because I think he would reraise me before the flop. He didn’t have hand like set of tens, because he will raise me on the flop, so I think he had to have a hand like pocket nines or eights.
The turn was a king, and I know that was a bad card for him, and he checked. I didn’t want him to fold, so I checked to trick him and look weak, hoping he would bet on river.
He decided to check the river, and I thought it would look like a bluff if I moved all in, like I was trying to take the pot from him. He tanked for like five minutes, and he finally called, but he didn’t show his hand. In the end, I think he called me with a middle pocket pair like nines.
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