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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
It is only the second hand of a major televised poker tournament final table with six players remaining. With a stack of 3,170,000 and blinds at 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante, you are sitting in third place overall.
You are dealt 8
7 and raise from the hijack position to 105,000. The button, a player with 3,345,000, reraises to 210,000 and you make the call.
The flop comes down 10 6
3
and you check your gutshot straight draw. Your opponent checks behind and the turn is the 2.
After picking up the flush draw, you decide to bet 335,000. Your opponent then raises to 800,000. You have 2,620,000 behind and you are covered.
The Questions
Do you call, fold, or raise? If calling, what is your plan on rivers where you hit your draw? What is your plan on rivers where you miss your draw? What type of hand could you put your opponent on that would warrant a fold? What does your opponent’s flop check say about his hand? If raising, how much? Are you too deep stacked to move all in?
What Actually Happened
On a board of 10 6 3 2 a the 2013 WPT L.A. Poker Classic main event, Danny Fuhs decided to call with his 8 7.
The river was the 7
and he checked. Paul Klann thought it over for a bit before deciding to check behind, turning over K K for the overpair and the winning hand.
Fuhs ended up finishing in fourth place, earning $316,650. Klann rode the momentum from that early pot to a first-place finish and a payday of $1,004,090.
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.
