3 hands from the Main Event..
Hand 1 and Hand 2 vs same villain. Antonio Esfandari’s wife. I assume that she has been coached by Rast and Antonio. This is the first time I have seen her play a big time event. Rest of the table seems decent, I have by far the most lifetime tourney success than anyone.
HAND 1: Start of Day 2 and I have 66k at 300-600-100. I open 9♣ 9♦ to 1500, UTG1 (75k), Mp1 (80k) and button (50k) call, V1 in BB moves in for 12k. Hero?
HAND 2: UTG1 (75k) opens to 1300, V1 on button (30.9k) calls, sb (50k) calls. I have Q♦ Q♠ and 3 bet to 7500 from BB. UTG1 tanks for a while and calls. Button back ships all in. SB folds. Pot is 48100, 23400 to call. Just over 2-1 or about 32.7% equity needed.
HAND 3: At 300-600-100 UTG (75k) to $1300 2 calls in field, MP1 (50k) HJ (55k) I (21.3k) call???? CO A♠ 3♠
FLOP: T♠ 6♥ 7♠
Checked to me I bet 3500???? into 7700, sb to 10,500 all fold to me. 21,700, 7k for me to call. I call?????
TURN: 3♣. he bets all-in pot is 38.2k 9.5k for me to call..
Comments
In hand 2, unless button is super tricky you rate to have the best hand. Pushing there seems right because UTG had his chance to reraise. You have been agro at every action.
In hand 2, I'm also getting it in. I wouldn't suspect villain to flat a big pair against an EP raiser on the button. You're getting the right odds against KK/AA/AK, and I'd suspect she's even wider than that.
Maybe I'm a big nit, but unless I know the players behind me rarely squeeze, I might fold preflop. There's this cascade of calling going on, and I'd worry about getting squeezed behind. And even if we don't get squeezed, we're up against a UTG open in a multiway pot.
As played, I do like the flop bet to try and fold out other ace-highs, but I think you can size smaller. I might bet 2K or something like that. Should accomplish the same thing as 3500.
After that, I think the hand plays itself. Next time bink your spade.
Hand 2: I think we can flat from the BB here and take a flop. As played I view this slightly differently. Yes I think we’re getting a price to continue, but it’s so close. Since you’re one of the better players I feel you can fold here and find a better spot.
Hand 3: I’m torn here, I think betting or checking can be right. I like just checking because if I get check raised I’m going to be forced to make a tough decision, but if you feel like you can get it through then go for it. I don’t think the sizing is wrong, but I think we have to fold to the c/r. I feel calling here just commits me to seeing this though.
Hand 2: I would get all-in. You are certainly not thrilled about it, but I think the price is too good. Also, given this somewhat similar situation has occurred twice in a short period of time, you can start to assume she shoves in these spots more than most.
Hand 3: You can either bet or check the flop, depending on how often you expect to get raised. If you think you are unlikely to get raised, betting is quite good, but getting raised is quite bad. Assuming you bet, I think calling the raise is the only viable option, especially if you know the opponent will blast all-in on most turns. As played, you can fold the turn unless for some reason you think his range is extremely draw-heavy. That said, I found that most players were not too inclined to play their draws aggressively, making a fold the play I would make.
What about preflop in Hand 3?
Bart
Hand 2. Interesting, sucks QQ is premium. He can definitely have AA or KK here, but he can also have TT and JJ, sometimes AK AQ. Shipping