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这是本版置顶的Phil Hellmuth专栏今天更新的文章,谈的是今年第一个星期poker after dark的一手牌。有些朋友好像不是太看置顶的帖子,所以我给转到这里。
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Poker After Dark Galfond vs. Durrrr
This hand comes from Week 1 of the 2011 version of NBC’s “Poker After Dark.” The six handed lineup featured some great players, both old school (Huck Seed, John Juanda, Phil Ivey, Erick “Edog” Lindgren) and new school (Tom “Durrrr” Dwan, Phil Galfond), and the format was a $100,000 buy in sit-and-go; winner-take-all. You can find this exciting hand on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVLwShjnNk0 This is the first time I have included a link to hand in my column, and I view this as a nod to the modern world!
With $600,000 in chips in play Durrrr had amassed $248,000, Phil Ivey was sitting in second place with $134,000 in chips, Galfond had $121,000, and Huck Seed was sitting on $97,000 in chips. With the blinds at $1,500-$3,000 Durrrr opened under the gun for $7,000 with Ad-5d, Ivey folded on the button, Galfond peered down at A-K and raised it up from the small blind making it $19,500 to go, and Huck Seed found A-Q in the big blind. At this point a lot of viewers must have been nervous for Seed, but somehow Seed managed to make a good read and fold A-Q to the aggressive youngsters. Durrrr called $12,500 more, and the flop came down 9h-3s-2s.
With $42,000 in the pot, Galfond bet out $17,000, and Durrrr decided to move all in! Galfond had $84,500 left, and he decided to call. With the chip lead on the line ($246,000 in the pot), Durrrr needed a five or a four. The turn card was a seven and the river was a ten, and Galfond had the chip lead.
Let’s take a closer look at this hand. Durrrr’s $7,000 min-raise is OK (the new school players like to keep their raises right above or at the min-raise level), and Galfond’s $12,500 reraise into a $17,000 pot is roughly a 75% of the pot reraise, and this is a little above the new school standard of 60% of the pot. Durrrr’s $12,500 pre-flop call with Ad-5d is fine as he had position on Galfond. But when you at home decide to make a call like that with A-5 suited, be careful not to blow all of your chips when you hit an ace, or a five. But also be careful that you don’t fold the best hand either! What I’m saying is that calling a reraise with A-5 suited is not great spot for an amateur to be in. Making that call can lead to some very tricky situations on the flop.
I like Galfond’s $17,000 bet into the $42,000 pot on the flop. Making a C-bet (continuation bet – where you bet on the flop no matter what hits after making the last raise pre-flop) is standard and 40% of the size of the pot is reasonable. Durrrr’s all in move here was a strong move. Presumably Durrrr thought that Galfond did not have an over pair and thus he thought that Galfond might fold A-K, or A-Q, or A-J; or that Galfond might have a hand like K-Q.
Galfond’s $84,500 all in call with A-K high was a great one! With the blinds at $1,500 - $3,000 and $84,500 left in his stack, Galfond could have easily folded his hand and he still would have had 28 big blinds left in his stack: plenty of bullets to come back and win from. If Durrrr had a pair like 4-4, or 9d-8d, then Galfond’s A-K would have been in bad shape (a clear fold). So Galfond’s call came down to whether or not he thought that his A-K high was still the best hand. Galfond thought it was, and he was right! One factor that made Galfond’s call a little bit easier was that there were a lot of draws possible out there (straight draws and a flush draw were possible on this flop), and he was a favorite over most drawing hands. |
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