Poker Hand Matchup: Jamie Kerstetter vs. Mor Kamber
Jamie Kerstetter	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 10,680,000	60.8 %	31.52 %	95.45 %	Winner!
Mor Kamber	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 1,835,000	38.73 %	68.48 %	4.55 %

Posted On: Aug 13, 2024

Outcome

Preflop, with five players remaining and blinds of 40,000-80,000 with a big blind ante of 80,000, Jamie Kerstetter raised to 160,000 from the cutoff. Mor Kamber called from the big blind. On the flop Kamber checked, and Kerstetter bet 90,000. Kamber called. On the turn Kamber checked. Kerstetter bet 260,000, and Kamber check-raised to 600,000. Kerstetter three-bet all in, and Kamber called all-in for 1,505,000 total.

Analysis

This hand took place with just five contenders remaining in this year’s Ladies Championship, which meant that those left had all locked up at least $43,125 for their efforts. Jamie Kerstetter, a two-time WSOP Circuit ring winner and popular poker commentator, was the chip leader when the cards were dealt. She opened for a min-raise and it folded around to Mor Kamber in the big blind, who defended J-7 suited off of the second-shortest stack (Ceci Liao had just nine big blinds at the time). Kamber flopped a jack-high flush and checked to the aggressor. Kerstetter had hit top pair with the nut-flush redraw. She made a small continuation bet of roughly one-fifth pot and Kamber flat called. While Kerstetter should be firing with plenty of unimproved high-card holdings without much equity, she also will have plenty of combos that include overcard diamonds. Kamber might have elected to check-raise to extract value from those draws but instead disguised the strength of her hand with a smooth call. The turn brought the 6 to give Kerstetter an ace-high flush, while also adding an open-ended straight flush draw to Kamber’s kit. She checked again and Kerstetter bet roughly 42 percent pot. Kamber went for a check raise representing over a third of her remaining stack. While a jack-high flush is a strong hand in a vacuum, her approach might have been overly ambitious in this specific situation. Kerstetter is unlikely to fold any stronger flushes that she could have very well made on this turn and would likely fold plenty of her decent hands that are losing to a jack-high flush. As it was, Kerstetter was able to move all in for value. Kamber made a crying call for the remainder of her stack and found herself in need of either the 8 or 3 on the river. The other red eight showed up on the end instead and Kamber was eliminated in fifth place.