Partypocker – Case Study 3
Posted on March 30, 2009
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www.partypocker.com – In this instance, we have a Holdem tournament, with the second person to act holding (Ax,Kx). This player decides to limp in with 7 players behind them. Four call, and so five players see the flop of (7c,As,10d). The small blind then raises 300 into the pot, the big blind folds, and our player with (A,K) flat calls. One other player behind also calls, and the turn falls (3). The small blind then raises 600, prompting our player with (A,K) to move all in for 4,000 more. the other player in the hand as well as the small blind, call. The small blind shows (10,3) for a turned two pair, and the third player shows (A,9) for a single pair with a worse kicker than our player with (A,K).
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I should firstly say that I have no idea what the player with (A,9) was thinking calling an all in reraise with this hand on the river, but primarily, it is a perfect example of how to horribly misplay (A,K).
Being early to act is never the most ideal situation, but with (A,K) I feel you have to raise here preflop. This will eliminate all the players that might be holding complete muck… (10,3) for instance. If our player raises preflop, the loose and foolish call by our (A,9) player on the river clearly tells us he would probably have called a bet preflop no matter what the size. The (10,3) would muck and (A,K) would win a nice pot against (A,9). Fortunately for our (A,K) man, he gets another chance to win that pot after flopping an Ace. Again, he passively flat calls allowing whoever else wants to see a turn to come along for the ride. If he reraises strongly the (10,3) almost certainly folds, and the (A,9) calls. After he goes behind on the Turn though, our (A,K) man decides this is the right time to shove all in. He turns over the worst hand, loses all his chips, and you have to say, gets exactly what he deserves. Partypocker.com
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