Poker Hand Matchup: Davidi Kitai vs. Marc Wright
Davidi Kitai	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 5,780,000	60.15 %	91.52 %	84.09 %	Winner!
Marc Wright	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 3,415,000	39.4 %	8.48 %	15.91 %

Posted On: Apr 23, 2012

Outcome

Final table, seven handed, with the blinds at 30,000 and 60,000 and a 5,000 ante, Wright raised to 125,000 from early position, Kitai reraised to 285,000, Wright called. On the Flop, Kitai bet 235,000, Wright called. On the Turn, Kitai bet 550,000, Wright went all-in, Kitai called.

Analysis

This was a marginal shove from Wright on the turn for a few reasons. Primarily because A-X is the most common reraising hand out of the blinds, putting a paired Ace squarely in Kitai’s range. Secondly Kitai didn’t seem fazed by his opponent’s call on the flop, having promptly led out on the turn. Combined with his preflop three-bet and flop play, that’s three indications of strength, further configuring Kitai’s holding with the Ace. Additionally, Wright’s shove of 2,890,000 on the turn accounted for 48 big blinds. He had started the hand in 3rd of the remaining 7 players. This chip position would have given him plenty of time to pick better spots, or the opportunity to go after shorter stacked opponents. It simply wasn’t necessary for him at this time to try and force a fold from an opponent who had him outchipped and likely held the Ace. Finally Kitai had already demonstrated a tendency to call down his opponents. If Wright wanted to go after Kitai, the time to do it would have been to simply raise the flop and make a much cheaper position bluff. Kitai deliberated, and ultimately comforted by the 39 big blinds he would retain if he lost the hand, made the nice call. Kitai still had to fade Wright’s double belly buster draw to the straight, but once he dodged the Nines and Kings he eliminated Wright in 7th, for E97,000 – the largest cash of his career.