Best Hand Won
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $20.00 BB (6 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from PokerSavvyPlus.com
SB ($3733)
Hero (BB) ($2918)
UTG ($2394)
MP ($2100)
CO ($2000)
Button ($5294)
Preflop: Hero is BB with J
, 8
1 fold, MP bets $60, CO calls $60, 2 folds, Hero raises to $240, MP raises to $480, 1 fold, Hero calls $240
Flop: ($1030) 3
, 2, 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $220, Hero raises to $2438 (All-In), MP calls $1400 (All-In)
Turn: ($4270) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)
River: ($4270) 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)
Total pot: $4270 | Rake: $3
Results:
Hero had J, 8 (flush, Jack high).
MP had A
, K
(one pair, threes).
Outcome: Hero won $4267
Yep, I’m ahead post-flop:
Board: 3s 2c 3c
Dead:
equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 53.283% 52.83% 00.45% 523 4.50 { Jc8c }
Hand 1: 46.717% 46.26% 00.45% 458 4.50 { AdKh }
To be honest, I think Villain’s getting a little carried away with trying to induce action from me pre-flop. He’s a little on the nitty side, so I don’t think he’s folding to a 5-bet often at all. At that point, all he’s doing is telling me he has a monster while pricing me in to see the flop. I’ve written before about the importance of charging for information. Can’t fault his call on the flop, though. I think bet-calling is far and away his best option on this flop.
Praz Bansi Wins Second WSOP Bracelet
I’m
embarrassed to say that I’d never heard of Praz before I played with him during this year’s PCA, but I could tell immediately that he was a great player. He has this intense table presence that you rarely see, where you can tell he is studying everything that happens at the table, considering all of his options, and fighting for every pot he possibly can. Getting involved in a pot with him was intimidating, so it was no surprise how many blinds he was able to steal.
Like I say, I’m embarrassed I hadn’t heard of him, because it’s clear to me that he’s soon going to be recognized as a top-tier player. He final tabled the most recent WSOP Europe and now has won his second bracelet in a huge field $1500 NLHE tournament. I’m looking forward to seeing more of Praz, but hopefully not at my tables.
Underbet -> Spaz Out
I get a lot of questions/comments about my underbetting, which is understandable since it’s one of the more non-standard plays in my arsenal. I think this hand illustrates one of the many advantages of such a play, which is inducing spazziness from hands that otherwise wouldn’t give you action.
Villain is extremely aggressive, and up to this point I’d been letting him push me off of a lot of small pots:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $4.00 BB (2 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from PokerSavvyPlus.com
BB ($419.10)
Hero (SB) ($428)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 6, 6
Hero bets $12, BB raises to $38, Hero calls $26
Flop: ($76) 6, K, 5 (2 players)
BB bets $52, Hero calls $52
Turn: ($180) K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
River: ($180) 10 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $68, BB raises to $329.10 (All-In), Hero calls $261.10
Total pot: $838.20 | Rake: $0.50
Results:
Hero had 6, 6 (full house, sixes over Kings).
BB had 8, A (one pair, Kings).
Outcome: Hero won $837.70
To Catch a Bluff
My latest poker strategy article, Bluff Catching, is now appearing in the June issue of the 2+2 Internet Magazine. Here’s the hypothetical that kicks off the discussion:
I had a nightmare last night that I was playing high-stakes heads up no-limit hold ‘em with Phil Ivey himself. I knew he had picked up a tell on me that revealed the approximate strength of my hand as strong, marginal, or weak, but I didn’t know what it was or how to stop doing it.
The river had just completed a possible flush, and the final board read 5
8
T
2
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