Poker Hand Matchup: Barny Boatman vs. Scott Seiver
Barny Boatman	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 13,050	71.62 %	79.19 %	65.91 %
Scott Seiver	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 26,900	23.7 %	16.57 %	27.27 %	Winner!

Posted On: Apr 23, 2012

Outcome

With the blinds at 75 and 150, Seiver raised to 350 from late position, Boatman reraised to 1,125 from the big blind, Seiver called. On the Flop, Boatman bet 1,000, Seiver called. On the Turn, Boatman bet 2,000, Seiver called. On the River, Boatman went all-in, Seiver called 8,925.

Analysis

Seiver was strong in his range when he opened from late position, so he quickly absorbed Boatman’s three-bet from the blinds and proceeded to the flop. Boatman attempted to maintain control by leading out, but Seiver called with his trailing Ace-high. Boatman tried to shut down the floats on the turn with a second tiered bet, but Seiver had picked up the backdoor Queen-high flush draw and called the 2,000 for the 6,325 pot with his draw and overcards. When the fourth club peeled on the river, Boatman tried to capitalize on the scare card and moved all-in. He was carrying a healthy 59 big blinds heading into the river, and risking his tournament life to recoup his relatively small previous bets. Seiver was probably only concerned with Ac-Jx, but once he replayed the hand in the tank he saw through his opponent’s desperation and made the nice call with his third nut flush. Boatman’s 59 big blinds after the turn had a lot more upside for future hands than in this scare card bluff, and this was obviously a marginal spot very early in the tournament. There were certainly easier targets at his table than Scott Seiver, whose 6 career titles and $4.8M in tournament winnings speak for themselves.