My example regards a hand in this tournament:
World Series of Poker, Event 29, Seven-Card Razz However this is a semi-hypothetical hand to (a) more clearly demonstrate the principle involved, and (b) because I can"t remember the exact details.
The hand before the hand in question - this happened:
Jen Harman"s stack just took a huge hit, leaving her in critical condition going into the money in this event. With Jen driving the action most of the way and calling down her opponent"s bets on the last two streets, she showed 2-3-5-6-7 but was outdone by the A-3-4-5-7 on the table across from her.
courtesy of www.pokerlistings.comThe example hand was this hand:
Jen was sent to the rails shortly after courtesy of the British cowboy Jon Woodfield.
courtesy of www.pokerlistings.comThe tournament was down from 341 to 23 players, so everybody was in the money.
The limits were $2k,$4, antes $500, buy in $500, average stack about $60000.
The 4 players involved were:
(1) the buy in (who doesn"t really factor much)
(2) Hank (possibly not his real name, but he was American, he had a short but not critically short stack)
(3) Jen Harman (absolutely critical stack, only about a couple of big bets left)
(4) and Jon "the British cowboy" Woodfield (Chip leader)
On 3rd street the betting was raising just enough to put Jen Harman all in (this is where the buy in exited pretty quickly)
On 4th street I bet Hank called.
On 5th street I bet Hand folded.
The cards were largely irrelevant, lets say Hank had a made 9 low and I was drawing to a 7 low.
My questions to you are:
(a) Why did I bet and not check it down?
(b) Why did Hank fold?
I know the answer to (a). For (b) I know why I was betting and why I thought he
might fold - but I don"t know for sure, so any other theories are more than welcome as they could point the way to strategies to use in the future.