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Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they’ll come up with dozens of different opinions. That’s just the nature of the game.
Each week, Card Player will select a hand from the high-stakes, big buy-in poker world, break it down and show that there’s more than one way to get the job done.
The Scenario
You have just made the final table of a big regional event and with 4,855,000, you are currently in third place overall. With the blinds at 40,000-80,000 with a 10,000 ante, you have just over 60 big blinds to work with.
The chip leader, an aggressive player with 5,575,000 or nearly 70 big blinds, raises to 170,000 in early position and you call behind him with 10
9.
The flop comes A 6 2, giving you a flush. Your opponent fires in a continuation bet of 225,000 and you call.
The turn is the 3 and your opponent checks. You check behind and the river is the 3
, pairing the board. Your opponent now opts to bet 455,000.
The Questions
Do you call, raise or fold? If you could replay this hand, what would you have done differently? How vulnerable do you feel that your flopped flush is and what could you have done to protect it? What kind of hand can your opponent be holding in this situation that you can beat? What kind of hand can your opponent be be holding that has you beat?
What Actually Happened
At the World Series of Poker Circuit main event at the Horseshoe in Hammond, Indiana, Josh Williams bet the river on a board reading A 6 2 3 3 and Shiva Dudani made a reluctant call with his 10 9.
Williams then showed 2 2
for a full house and increased his stack to 6,625,000. Dudani’s stack took a hit and he wound up finishing in seventh place for $62,438. Williams went on to win the event and the $385,909 first-place prize.
What would you have done and why? Let us know in the comments section below and try not to be results oriented. The best answer will receive a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription.
