I blame Jake Schindler

[Robert Laird]

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We are in the WSOP Main Event, midway through Level 13. We are about 600 eliminations away (and 5 hours away) from the money, and the average stack in the tournament is somewhere around 225K. I started Day 3 with about 80K in chips and do not have enough chips to fold my way to the money. I’ve been picking spots and hanging tough. In this hand, I have Jake Schindler on the button to my big blind. It folds to him and he flats, and the SB calls behind. This is the first limped pot the table has seen all day in 5 hours of play. I check. I flop a flush draw and get check-raised. I turn a pair to go with it and get jammed on. I call off my stack against two-pair, brick, and get eliminated. Very weird hand. Schindler told me it was the right call, but I don’t know considering the situation. I’m just curious what you guys think. The fact it was a limped pot really through everything off on this hand. I led my draw because I really didn’t expect a check-raise from the SB and I wanted to set my price/fold out some ace highs. Should I have just bet-folded my draw? Should I have folded to the jam even though I picked up equity?

• This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Robert Laird.
• This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Robert Laird.

[John S]

I’m not a tournament expert by any means, so take this for what it’s worth:

I think pre-flop and flop are standard for you. I like the lead on the flop since you can easily win the pot here, and I think you have to call since you have a lot of great turn cards that can some. When he raises though, what sort of range does this player have?

That two isn’t the best for you. Yeah, you improve, but the only thing it changes is now you are ahead of the ace high flush draw (unless it’s A4). I suppose it’s possible he has a bluff here, or a worse flush draw, but I think in most cases you’re behind or he’s got the better draw.

I guess I just feel you’re behind here way more than you’re ahead, and is it worth risking your main event life on that? It’s a tough spot, but you’ve still got about 27bb post flop, I think you can find a better spot than this.

[Robert Laird]

I tend to agree. 🙁 I’m going to continue to blame Schindler. If he raises, I fold; if he folds, SB raises with his KT and I fold. Who knows if I grind my way through the bubble, but still … ugh.

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