It is true that you can't win a tournament, doing a lot of laydowns, but you have to fold some hands if you believe that you are hit, as even maniacal that Pro David Pham showed that he is capable of this leg of the World Series of Poker $ 10000-buy-in main event in 2009.
With blinds at $ 50-$ 100, the player in season 8 open-raised $ 250.The player in the 10th place called, how did the small blind. Pham called the big blind with 3-5 of hearts, having to put in only an additional $ 150 in a pot of $ 850, better than the odds of 5-1 on the type of hand that can break opponents play big cards.
The flop came 6-K-5, Rainbow, giving bottom two pair Pham. all four players controlled.
"I don't want to carry out and have people call me," said Pham, who earned more than 8 million dollars in prize money. "I don't know what they are or where I was. When everyone checked, I knew I had the best hand. "
Came the turn of 8 of diamonds.The small blind verified. Pham made $ 700. Only the player in 8th place called.
"By leader came out, I could have taken the pot," said Pham, nicknamed "The Dragon". "When he flat-out drew, I put it in his pocket Queens or taken or-8 suited, because he raised preflop, but the King may have made him fear."
The River came from the 8 of hearts. Pham verified.
Pham "Rio falsified me," he said. "If he had a pair of Pocket [top 5s], was beaten. If he had a King, was beaten.I was sure that he does not have a King-or perhaps K-10 K-J--because I think he has bet on the flop immediately catch and don't let people ".
The player in posto 8 bet $ 1.125. Pham folded.
Pham "I believed I was beaten," he said."I didn't want to leave bets and have him call me and I would have lost some more chips".
The player in posto 8 said that he had A-K of Spades, but it doesn't show your cards.
Even so, there was Pham said, "many hands that could have beaten my two pairs. When he bets $ 1.125, I knew he had. If he had bet $ 1500 or $ 2000, can be more complicated to me maybe I think he was bluffing".
"Usually when people invest more, they are trying to steal it. they don't want to make a small bet that you can call if they're bluffing."
Rainbow:A flop of three different suits.
Steve Rosenbloom is a sports columnist for the Chicago Tribune and the author of the book "The Best Hand I Ever Played."He can be contacted at
srosenbloom@tribune.com.
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