*Official* WPT Mirage Poker Showdown thread

[DemonDeac]

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Same blind level, Minneapolis Jim has nearly 500k and raises the 20k BB to 66k w/ JJ. Eli Elezra is next w/ AK and (having Jim covered) makes it 195k. Scotty has K4 (yes, K4) and thinks and asks Eli how much he has behind, then lays it down. Back to Jim and he moves in for 276k more to Eli who quickly calls.

Flop 973. Turn Ace. River bricks and Jim is out in 6th for $94,507.

Mike Sexton, upon Jim's exit says that maybe Jim should have flatcalled the raise and moved in on a ragged flop.

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yea, i think the stop-n-go woulda been the best option here

[Tyler Durden]

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John raises to 60k w/ 64s, folded to Lee who flatcalls.

Flop 985r. Lee checks and John bets 135k. Pot is now 275k. Lee thinks and thinks and mucks.

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Lee with 77, if anyone thinks that's relevant. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Oops!

[ClassicBob]

Kaplan just calling the 225k bet on the turn seems like a horrible play.

[jar]

I really wish the gutshot hit on the river. Kaplan deserved to lose that hand.

[Tyler Durden]

I totally missed the preflop action of the hand between Gabe and Eli but I think Lee raised.

Flop QJ5 two clubs. Gabe checks and calls w/ AQ. Eli has K9.
Turn bricks, Gabe checks and calls for 225k. River bricks, Eli checks behind and Gabe takes it.

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Scotty raises the 30k bb to 85k w/ QJ. Next to act John reraises to 260k w/ 88. Back to Scotty and he calls for 175k, he still has the chip lead.

Flop 966. Scotty checks and John bets (pot is 580k) 300k. Scotty folds after some thought.

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15k/30k/3k.

Eli has AK and raises to 95k. Lee folds A3 on the button. Scotty folds and John has AQ in the BB. He raises to 330k. 235k to Eli and he thinks for a while (John has Eli covered) and moves in. 748k more to John, nearly all of his stack. John decides to, getting almost 2 to 1, muck faceup. Eli doesn't show.

[3rdEye]

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I was surprised by Scotty's instacall there. Did he really think John Juanda was making a move on him that early? I think it was more of a psychological tactic, baby. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Based on what I've read/seen of Juanda he'd try to resteal there with worse than A9s a lot of the time. I think if I had the chips Scotty did, I'd quickly call as well, both for "psychological reasons" and because I think I'd be ahead or 50/50 enough of the time to make it +EV.

[3rdEye]

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I like the fold to John's big flop bet with the gutshot and two overcards out there.

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I thought for sure he'd c/r the flop. That would have been my line against someone as aggro as Juanda. I probably would have c/raised about 1.25 of the pot.

[Tyler Durden]

Scotty picks up JT on the button and limps in. John mucks K3 in the SB. Gabe checks w/ Q9.

90k in the pot.

985r. Gabe checks and Scotty bets 100k, Gabe quickly calls.
Turn 9. Gabe checks his trips and Scotty checks his openender.
River is an 8. Gabe bets 250k into 290k and Mike doesn't like it. Scotty folds.

[ClassicBob]

Watching Kaplan play his first two hands have been pretty painful.

[jar]

I'm no NL tournament player, but I don't like Kaplan's play at all so far. In that hand, I probably make a small bet at the pot to either get some value or get scotty to come over the top. Say 100k into the 290K pot. Does this make any sense?