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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
There are six players remaining in a mid-stakes buy-in poker tournament filled with both seasoned pros and amateurs. With blinds of 300-600 with a 75 ante and a stack of 19,200, you are in fifth place with 32 big blinds.
The chip leader with 56,500, who also happens to be the best player left at the table, min-raises to 1,200 from under the gun and you look down at K
10
in the cutoff.
You decide to call in position and the big blind does as well. The flop comes K
73 and the big blind checks. Your opponent bets 2,000 and you call. The big blind folds.
The turn is the Q and your opponent checks. You have 16,000 remaining in your stack and the tournament’s shortest stack is sitting with 8,000. You are already in the money.
The Questions
Do you check behind or bet? If betting, how much? If your opponent calls your bet, what river cards will you bet for value and how much? Which river cards will cause you to check behind? If checking, what is your plan on the river?
What Actually Happened
At the 2013 WSOP Europe €1,000 Ladies Event and looking at a board of K73Q, Sherill Lindsey opted to bet 4,000 with her K10.
Her opponent, Jackie Glazier, called and the river was the 5. Glazier moved all in and Lindsey called off for her remaining 12,000. Glazier showed AJ for the nut flush and Lindsey was eliminated in sixth place, earning €3,800.
Glazier went on to win the tournament and her first career bracelet, along with the first-place prize of €21,850.
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.
