I Keep Dreaming of This WSOP Hand...

[Pat Southern]

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I think I would actually check behind the flop to exercise pot control.

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Anyone have thoughts on this?

My immediate reaction is that, aside from getting sucked out on occasionally, I think a decent amount of turn cards are either I) tough to play correctly or II) action killers against hands like 99-JJ, 89s, A8s, etc.

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I dislike checking this flop because its so coordinated, if he was calling with a suited connector we're giving him infinite odds to hit a gutshot/openender and have no clue where we stand. What do we do if he pots a blank turn? what do we if he pots a 7? or a club? Furthermore, if you get checkraised on the first hand of the WSOP by an unknown internet qualifier for half a stack, its more than likely that he beats one pair, so you dont have to worry about getting bluffed off the best hand IMHO. Execute pot control on a later street, not on this flop.

[graydot]

Dump the hand on hte flop. There is little reason to risk half of your stack on the first hand on a flop like that.

[rockin]

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Dump the hand on hte flop. There is little reason to risk half of your stack on the first hand on a flop like that.

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Is this serious? What hands did this flop improve?

[graydot]

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Dump the hand on hte flop. There is little reason to risk half of your stack on the first hand on a flop like that.

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Is this serious? What hands did this flop improve?

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Not many at all. We are ahead most of this time. But when I get checked-raised for 4500 (we start with 10k right?) , I am going to look for a better spot to double up then with 1 pair

Edit: NVM I misread the reraise. I push

[rockin]

Seems less likely to be a set and more likely to be an overpair. That being said there are few drawing hands, but this flop is not very scary for a caller of a raise and a REraise (preflop).

[nath]

Well, if your kings aren't beat, your opponent is an idiot. Dangerous assumption to make on the first hand.

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Well, if your kings aren't beat, your opponent is an idiot. Dangerous assumption to make on the first hand.

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but...

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Villain in this hand is wearing a Party Poker tee-shirt.

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[rockin]

Agreed. Tricky situation. Good thing it's only a dream. Now, wake up.

[kutuz_off]

We all need to find out the following:

How many 2+2'ers qualified through PartyPoker. How many qualifiers total Party is sending to WSOP. This is absolutely essential information that many of us will need at some point during the tournament.

[adanthar]

Related to the last post, what you are really asking is "What is the ratio of tricky and/or reasonable TAGs to total idiots at this year's WSOP?"

Answer: "Enough for me to go broke here and feel good about it."