Daily Hand Quiz

Seda’s line to this point suggests a mediocre made hand that’s looking to extract relatively thin value. You probably wouldn’t be surprised if he turned over a weak ace or a rivered two pair. If he had a very strong hand, you’d expect a bit more pot building / protect betting on the turn. Making this river raise with complete air, while certainly not impossible, is not nearly as probable as making it with a medium strength hand.

After you call, there’s 62k in the middle. I think you need a raise that gives your opponent a good price but is also large enough that it plants a little doubt in the back of their mind. Putting another 50k or so on top ought to accomplish that, and I imagine that you’ll get looked up fairly often- plus, it’s large enough that you don’t miss out on a ton of value when seda actually has a very strong hand he’d be willing to call more with.

What actually happened: Ivey raised to 64k and seda called. Ivey showed the straight and seda mucked.

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Biggins wins!

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Was there ever a doubt?

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Looks like everyone is getting this one right. Sometimes you just gotta sell it…

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High stakes poker is mental

This single had is way in excess of my entire net worth ;]

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6s7s would’ve broken your heart huh?

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I don’t disagree with the Staff Analysis, but I might consider only min-raising or raising by 25K or so here. I’m worried that raising 50K pushes out the opponent who might otherwise call. After all he certainly sees the straight draws on the board.

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