Hand Matchup Poker Quiz – What Would You Do With 5c5h In This Spot?What Would You Do and Why? |
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Card Player documents some of the most talked-about hands in the poker world with Poker Hand Matchups. Getting the analysis of a hand is great, but we’d like to see what you, the reader, would do if you got the chance to sit down with the pros.
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THE SCENARIO
Blinds: 40,000-80,000 with a 5,000 ante
Your Hand: 5 5
Stack Sizes: You (5.94 million) Villain (5.595 million)
The Action: At the final table of a major tournament you are heads up. You raise to 160,000 from the button and the Villain calls. The flop brings A 10 9 and the Villain checks. Assuming no reliable short-handed reads or hand history with your opponent, what do you do?
YOUR OPTIONS
Option A: Check
Option B: Bet small (160,000-200,000)
Option C: Bet medium (201,000-280,000)
Option D: Bet big (281,000-350,000)
Comment below as to what you would do and why, and then find out what the real players did in the actual hand using the Poker Hand Matchups.