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A Hand Matchup From The 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event |
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Darvin Moon |
Win Pre-Flop | Win Post-Flop | Win Post-Turn | |
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Starting Stack: 60,185,000 
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64.71 % |
5.66 % |
9.09 % |
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Antoine Saout |
Win Pre-Flop | Win Post-Flop | Win Post-Turn | |
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Starting Stack: 10,690,000 
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34.77 % |
94.34 % |
90.91 % |
Winner! |
Posted On: Nov 11, 2009
Final table, nine-handed, with the blinds at 150,000-300,000 with a 40,000 ante, Saout raised to 750,000 from the cutoff seat, Moon called in the small blind. On the flop, Moon bet 2,300,000, Saout raised to 6,750,000, Moon reraised all in, Saout called.
Moon elected to call Saout’s late-position raise out of his small blind. However, defending with weak aces against talented opponents while out of position can be a risky proposition. Moon made a play for the pot by leading out on the flop; however, Saout had flopped two pair and promptly raised. Moon’s opponent had now invested more than 70 percent of his stack on the hand, and Moon had nothing but air on a board that figured to hit his opponent. Given the action, the board, and the obvious pot-commitment of his opponent, Moon’s efforts to use the leverage of his bigger stack were ill advised. Moon picked up a wheel draw on the turn, but Saout’s two pair held up on the river. Moon unnecessarily doubled up a dangerous opponent, and the leverage of his big stack would have been far more effective preflop.
