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Old 10-09-2007, 10:08 PM
sweetjazz sweetjazz is offline
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Default Re: WSOP on ESPN thread (10/9 - ME Final Table)

As donktacular as Rahme's play with KK ended up being as the cards lay, it's a pretty tough hand to play given the stack sizes and his preflop raise amount. (But it's hard not to 3bet preflop because he is getting so much value there, if anything he could have raised more preflop.) Even if he leads out on the flop, what does he do when Jerry calls? Jerry could have Jx 8x a draw. What does he do when Jerry pushes (especially given his perception of Jerry's play)? With that flop, his hand has about 50% equity against Jerry's range and the pot is about half the size of his remaining stack, so it's not really an easy hand to play. That said, the check/raise was pretty nasty because his hand is close to the cutoff of Yang's calling versus folding range (except of course Yang calls all draws as well).
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