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Phil Hellmuth专栏
Magical Spades or Ugly Spades?
Recently I was playing in a monstrous $400-$800 blind no limit Hold’em game. After Antonio “The magician” Esfandiari limped under the gun, another player limped, and I limped in with Ks-2s in the cutoff (one position right of the button). The flop was 7s-6h-5s, the player in the big blind bet out $5,000, the magician called, and I called. The turn card was the 8s, which looked pretty magical to me as I made the second nut flush! The player in the big blind checked, the magician bet $10,000, and I opted to call. The other player folded, and the last card was the 3d. Now the magician bet $30,000, and I decided to just call while I said, “Well, I cannot fold, and I’m not going to raise it up.” The magician showed the As-Qs, and I thought to myself, “So sick, what a cooler!”
Let’s take closer look at this hand. The magician used a play that I use myself sometimes, when he just called with the As-Qs before the flop. The power of this play is that oftentimes you can hit a huge hand, and have your opponent completely buried. Like when it comes Q-10-3, and your opponent has a queen. Of course, by not raising it up pre-flop and winning the $1,200 in blind and antes risk free, you open yourself up to losing the hand, or to even getting buried when it comes Q-10-3, and your opponent has Q-10. The standard play would be to raise it up pre-flop with As-Qs under the gun. My $800 call before the flop was a little bit loose, but it was OK. The magician’s call on the flop was standard, although a more aggressive line would have him raising it up on the flop with his flush draw and two over cards. Still, I favor the call. Why raise it up on the flop, only to have an opponent reraise with trips, or two pair, or a made straight? If your opponent does have one of these hands, then you’re a big underdog to win the pot. My call on the flop was standard. On the turn, I like the magician’s $10,000 bet, and my call was actually a little weak. Most players would have raised it up with a king high flush right then and there. I mean, what are the odds that your opponent has an ace high flush? It is more likely that he has a smaller flush, a straight, or even trips, and you want to try to extract more money out of one of those three hands! I mean, you could lose a lot of action if the last card is a spade, or pairs the board (you may even lose the pot to a paired board!). So the best play here is to raise it up when Antonio bet out on the turn, but in my case I thought that a likely hand that the magician may have been holding was the As-Xs. I mean, the magician did limp into the pot in first position, and he did bet out on both streets after he hit his flush. Also, a raise eliminates the other player, who may well have been drawing dead by now. The magician did have the ace high flush, so my “Weak call” turned out to be a great play! I love the magicians $30,000 bet on the river. There was nothing I could do about the $30,000 call. In fact, I would sooner raise it up, then fold this hand. The magician could have easily have had a queen high flush, a smaller flush, or even a bluff (considering our history together). It was a sick hand, but it could have been worse for me, if the magician checked on the turn or the river. So as it turns out I lost the minimum, but $50,000 sure doesn’t sound like a “Minimum” number to me!! |
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