A Hand Matchup from the 2012 EPT Monte Carlo
Jason Somerville	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 66,000	65.99 %	27.78 %	15.91 %
Andrew Badecker	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 422,500	28.19 %	69.49 %	84.09 %	Winner!

Posted On: May 14, 2012

Outcome

With the blinds at 1,500 and 3,000 and a 400 ante, Phil Ivey raised to 7,500 from under the gun, Badecker reraised to 24,000 from the button, Somerville went all-in from the big blind, Ivey folded, Badecker called.

Analysis

Badecker submitted an aggressive reraise on the button against Ivey, hoping to shut down all of Ivey’s light openings while discouraging the blinds from overcalls. Somerville announced a real hand however with his all-in, leaving Badecker caught with a marginal hand and a substantial investment already in the pot. Badecker had to know he was behind here with his raggedy Ace. He knew Somerville could expect a call due to the pot odds, so this would not be a great spot at all for Somerville to bluff his remaining stack into an under the gun raise and a three-bet. Quite likely Somerville had a pocket pair or a superior Ace, both of which would dominate Badecker’s holding. Badecker faced 41,600 more for the pot of 101,800, receiving 2.4 : 1 pot odds. Coupled with his tremendous chip position of 140 big blinds, he decided to spot Somerville the lead and in essence go for the bad beat. Badecker promptly flopped his kicker, leaving Somerville in need of the Ten for the broadway straight or the Queen for the better pair. Neither came, and Somerville was eliminated out of the money. Badecker extended his run into 12th place, for €66,500.