POTD #34 A Deepstack Hand vs a Shortstack Specialist
When I revisit the online poker hands played during COVID, I’ve chosen to open the posts by writing about how much I lost, but the day I’m revisiting today is a really special day. This might be (after accounting for swaps, selling action, etc.) the biggest personal losing day I’ve ever had online. I put in $152k in buyins, and I cashed for nothing, nada, zip, zilch. After accounting for all my swaps, I got a rebate of $12,480. All in all, I played 24 tournaments and lost $140k. Today’s hand comes from the highest-stakes tournament I’d play all day; it’s from the first bullet of a 25k that I ended up two-bulleting. It’s a tricky hand where a normal heuristic-- don’t bluff the river on flush boards without a flush blocker-- is contradicted, and I missed a pretty easy river bluff and ran into a hand that would have almost certainly folded to a bet.
The Tournament: GG $25k Sunday $5M, blinds 1800/3600/450 (ante), 8-handed.
Preflop: It folds to me in the LJ and I open A♣️3♣️ to 8,640 off ~166k, it folds to Sean Winter in the BB who covers me and defends
Flop (22,680): Q♠️Q♣️9♠️ Sean checks, I bet 5,670, Sean calls
Turn (34,020) 4♥️ Sean checks, I bet 28,800, Sean calls
River (91,620): J♠️ Sean checks, I check. Sean wins with A♦️9♥️
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