So I get to the shootout table, and there's Johnny Chan
by Adanthar on 06/12/07
The good news is, other than a 5K event tomorrow that I'm undecided about playing, there's nothing else on the schedule until Friday. Time to catch up on sleep and win a few more satellites.
Today's featured $525 satellite hand:
On the second hand of the tournament, two people limp, an Asian guy in LP makes it 100 (I feel like the stereotype is *always* true here and he's going to be super LAGgy) and it winds up being 4 ways to a K
9x 4 board. It checks to the Asian guy, who overbets the pot and gets two quick calls. Turn 5x; both people check, the Asian guy shoves for 1.5x the pot, the first one folds (what can he possibly have had?) and the second thinks, then calls another overbet shove with 8 5. Sadly, he misses and KJo is good.Today's featured "how live poker is different" hand:
Later in that same level, two people limp and a woman player in MP makes it 100 (uh oh.) The Asian guy, now with a mountain of chips after busting one more person, calls, as do the limpers, one of whom is a pretty decent younger guy that has to be a winner here.
Flop 9
7 
5 . It's checked to the woman, who bets 2/3 into 3 people (uh oh.) The Asian guy instantly min-CR's and the decent limper insta cold calls. The woman then takes roughly half a second to shove her stack in. The Asian guy clearly has a tough decision, hems, haws, and finally checks his hole cards one more time before resignedly calling.The limper now says "I have a straight flush draw, T
8" and tanks himself. IMO, he should have instafolded here even with the something like 4:1 odds he had, because that last hole card check was obviously diamonds. He mentions the possibility out loud, but finally resignedly calls; sure enough, the Asian guy turns over A Q. So, yeah, time to catch up on sleep and work on a few projects. The Rio will still be full of bad beats tomorrow :)
Comments
EdmondDantes says
I'm probably showing my naivete here, but why would the T8 fold here? If Asian guy had re-raised pre-flop, you could give him credit for the A big, but with his LAGgy style and the way he was laboring with the call, he could have just as easily had 43d, 76d or something even more marginal like, A9 with the A, yes? Even if he's missing diamond outs, T8 would still have decent equity in the hand. As it was, he was a 2:1 dog to the AQ with (it sounds like) better odds than that to call. I'm probably bumming but calling there and then tossing you a startled look when Asian guy flips up 87.Edmond
06/17/07
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