A Hand Matchup from the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event
Theo Jorgensen	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 11,655,000	59.17 %	42.53 %	25.0 %
Soi Nguyen	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 9,355,000	40.29 %	57.47 %	75.0 %	Winner!

Posted On: Jul 29, 2010

Outcome

With the blinds at 40,000-80,000 and a 10,000 ante, Brandon Steven raised to 225,000 from late position, Jorgensen called in the small blind, Nguyen called in the big blind. After the flop, Jorgensen checked, Nguyen checked, Steven bet 525,000, Jorgensen called, Nguyen raised to 1,500,000, Steven folded, Jorgensen reraised to 4,000,000, Nguyen went all in, Jorgensen called.

Analysis

Jorgensen and Nguyen defended against the late-position preflop raise, with the flop giving Jorgensen the nut-flush draw while Nguyen held top pair. They each checked it over to Steven, who fired the continuation-bluff. Jorgensen called with 2.4-1 pot odds, while Nguyen punished both with a check-raise. Steven quickly mucked, but Jorgensen took the unusual line of reraising. This uncommon sequence of check-calling one player’s bet while then reraising another’s check-raise in a single betting round did not slow Nguyen, who promptly committed the remainder of his stack in spite of his marginal kicker. It appears Jorgensen found it difficult to sell his story given his initial flat-call, despite the massive reraise to 4,000,000. Instead of facing a raise from Nguyen for 975,000 more on a pot of 3,315,000 (3.4-1 odds) for his flush draw, he now faced another 5,120,000 for the pot of 14,410,000 (2.8 : 1) Jorgensen’s decision to tangle with Nguyen, who had already check-raised in spite of Jorgensen’s flat-call, with the forceful reraise to 4,000,000 seems like a poor alternative to pursuing the flush draw with the attractive but still substantial call of 975,000 more. Nguyen found it that easy to get 114 big blinds in on a one-pair holding against his Danish neighbor, who felt priced into the call with the flush draw in spite of the serious threat to his chip position. A fold would have left Jorgensen with 7.4M at this point, a loss with 2.3M, and the win 19.5M. Jorgensen had made his bed and was bound to call due to the pot odds and the monstrous pot size, but his initial line of flat-calling while then reraising a check-raise proved unsuccessful. Nguyen adapted to the scary bet-sizing and faded the clubs and the ace to become chip leader. Jorgensen’s stack slipped from 145 to 28 big blinds on the hand, and he eventually busted in 30th, for $255,242.