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Hand Matchup Poker Quiz – What Would You Do With 5c5h In This Spot?

What Would You Do and Why?

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What would you do with 5c5h in this spot?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.

Each week, we’ll bring you a scenario straight from real life events in some of the biggest tournaments on the circuit. Card Player readers can use their CPsocial accounts to voice their opinions in the comments section below. You can also log in using your Facebook or Twitter page.

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THE SCENARIO

Blinds: 40,000-80,000 with a 5,000 ante

Your Hand: 5Club Suit 5Heart Suit

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 AClub Suit 10Spade Suit 9Heart Suit 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.

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