‘SeaLlama’ has been battling non-stop in the high-stakes no-limit hold’em games on CoinPoker, and for the past week, that player has tackled their biggest challenge yet. Few, if any, players are more daunting opponents than Linus ‘LLinusLL0ve’ Loeliger. But SeaLlama is taking a shot at the king, and the players have endured six-figure swings for the past week.
Loeliger has gotten the better of it, according to CoinPoker’s results. Not all of the hands have come against each other, but it appears the players mixed it up at least four times in the past week. Overall, Loeliger has gotten the better of SeaLlama, winning approximately $112,000 thus far. The play has mainly come at $100/$200.
Monday’s action was some of the most tame in terms of results. Loeliger won, but only about $4,000, a pittance at those stakes. Still, he turned some raggedy holdings to large wins after three-betting them and playing out of position, no easy feat. Today’s high-stakes review examines two such hands.
Loeliger Check-Raises Second Pair All-In And Gets Value
Playing normal 100-blind stacks, SeaLlama raised to $500 and Loeliger three-bet to $2,100. SeaLlama called and they took an 8♦7♣3♠ flop. Loeliger continued for a pot-sized bet ($4,200) and SeaLlama called to bring the Q♠ turn.
With just a hair over a pot-sized left to play for, Loeliger checked. SeaLlama went for a tiny bet of $2,700. Loeliger shoved all in for $13,700, and SeaLlama called.
Loeliger showed 8♥6♠. His eights were ahead, but he had some cards to fade as SeaLlama had 9♠7♠ for a pair and a flush draw. The players ran it twice. Neither the 5♣ nor the 2♥ improved SeaLlama.
LLinusLL0ve vs. SeaLlama at $100-$200 NLH. pic.twitter.com/rELpV7Yi7F
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Hand Analysis
A hand like 8-6 offsuit figures to be one of the worst hands Loeliger three-bets, but he finds himself in a decent situation after the flop with top pair. These rainbow boards with some connection typically call for larger, more polar bet sizes, and that’s exactly what Loeliger comes with, betting pot.
SeaLlama has no choice but to call. Any raise would commit him, and would be narrowing Loeliger’s range down to mostly hands that are ahead of second pair with a bad kicker. At the same time, folding a paired hand isn’t really an option.
After the turn brings an overcard that shouldn’t improve either player very often, Loeliger checks. SeaLlama could check back or bet small for value and protection. He opts for the latter, only to see Loeliger jam.
Second pair with a flush draw has too much equity to bet-fold, so SeaLlama has to call and hope Loelieger has a hand like [invalid notations] or improve to a winner.
Loeliger’s hand holds after two bricks and he gets massive value with a measly pair of eights.
SeaLlama Bluffs Off, Loeliger Calls Down Light
This hand featured the same preflop action as the prior one — SeaLlama made it $500 on the button, Loeliger reraised to $2,100.
This time, Loeliger sized down with $1,000 on the A♦7♠4♥ flop, and SeaLlama called. As a result, the pot was worth $6,200 heading to the 8♥. Loeliger checked and SeaLlama fired $4,650. Loeliger called, setting up a stack-to-pot ratio of almost exactly 1. The 6♦ put four to a straight on board.
SeaLlama slammed the last $14,950 in. Loeliger called with 9♦7♣, and the pair was good as SeaLlama held 10♥6♥ for a missed backdoor draw that turned into a losing pair. Another pot of more than $40,000 went to Loeliger.
More SeaLlama vs. LLinusLL0ve $100-$200 action. pic.twitter.com/CZ8NEMQr4n
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Hand Analysis
Again, Loeliger has a hand near the bottom of his three-betting range, and he again pairs up. This time, it’s only second pair, and he sizes down on the flop accordingly.
Betting a quarter of the pot forces SeaLlama to defend hands as weak as backdoor holdings like 10♥6♥ if they don’t want to get run over. To that point, the 8♥ is as good as SeaLlama can hope for, bringing considerable equity with two backdoor draws. With no showdown value and a good draw, this makes for a great bluffing opportunity, but Loeliger doesn’t go anywhere with second pair.
Things get very interesting on the river. SeaLlama has a hand that can occasionally win at showdown against unpaired flush draws like K♥Q♥. That’s a pretty good argument for checking.
On the other hand, he probably has his worst one-pair hand on the river — a pair of fours would likely just check back the turn. SeaLlama went for the bluff instead of taking the hand to showdown.
Loeliger’s hand is weak, but it’s got some good bluff-catching properties. It blocks a pair, it blocks the nut straight, and it doesn’t have any hearts in it. He looks SeaLlama up and gets rewarded.
