Ethics

Another Crazy Poker Hand

By Ed Brayton

Here's a crazy hand I played on Friday night at the casino. It's a $1/$2 no limit hold em game and I'm in the big blind with As Kh (the ace of spades and the king of hearts). The player to my left raises to $15 preflop and only has about $75 in front of him. At that point I immediately plan to reraise him all in, but then the player on the button raises to $45. I think for a moment and decide that since I'm out of position I'm just going to call that bet and see what the flop brings. The player to my left calls as well.

The flop comes out A 10 5, all hearts. I've got top pair with the top kicker plus the nut flush draw. The player who reraised on the button has been playing pretty tight poker so I'm putting him on the following range of hands: AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK, AQ. I don't figure he puts in a reraise with any hands other than those. So I decide to bet out right into him and find out where he's at. I bet $70, about half the pot.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on July 05, 2009 (boomark / email).