The latest HSP9: The actress cleverly crossed the card to raise, and Gaigo had no choice but to lose the big pot

The hand comes from the latest episode of Season Nine' High Table Poker, where American actress Jennifer Tilly beat GagGarrett Adelstein to win the biggest pot she's ever won on the show.

The game's blind level is $500/$1,000, both players have a deep amount of code, the effective chip is 324 big blind, and Gaigo's yard is the first.

Before the flop

Tilly made a very loose open pool with Q5 in the CO position to raise to $3,000, a total of three callers, namely Gaigo with 87 in the button position, Dan Niu with 65 in the small blind position, and Poison King with K9 in the big blind position. Pot size: $13,000

Flop circle

Four pots, flop 867, very wet decks. After the previous player passes the card, the combined dip c-bet of combo draw is $10,000, and the top two pairs of Gaigo are raised to $30,000, and DanNiu and Poison King fold.

Guy top two bumps into Tilly listening to the same flower and two heads straight, and the odds of winning are 550.

Tilly had two options: she could call or raise because her hand had a good winning percentage. However, since Gaigo had more chips than she did, and both of them had deep yardage, she decided to call. Pot size: $73,000

Turn the deck

Before the transfer was issued, Tilly went straight through the cards. The transfer card issued J, and neither of them had any increase in strength. Guy placed a $55,000 bet (73% of the pot), which is a good bet size. Tilly Crosscard - Call. Pot size: $183,000

River card circle

The 3 issued by the river card allowed Tilly to complete the flush, but she decided to cross the card first. Guy places $100,000 and Tilly passes -- raises $236,000.

For Guy, to win this $519,500 pot, he only needs to throw in another $136,000, and the pot odds are 4.8:1. But after a while of thinking, Guy realized that his cards could not be won and decided to fold.

In this way, Tilly won the $519,500 pot with his cards.

Hand analysis

Let's take a look at this very interesting hand street by street.

Tilly made a very loose open pool raise with Q5s in the CO position before turning over, and Gaigo's call on the button bit was even looser, probably because he felt that Tilly was a weak player on the table, and he could beat her with a position advantage after the turn.

After the flop is issued, the players who enter the pool have a medium card or a listening card, and The combined listening card Tilly makes a relatively large c-bet. This damp deck has multiple listening cards, and in order to prevent the opponent from completing the listening card later, Gaigo, who hits the top two pairs, has to raise the stake. Tilly, who can call or place an annotation, chose to call.

Before the transfer was issued, Tilly went straight through the cards. The J issued by the transfer did not change the situation, and Gaigo very correctly bet 75% of the pot. Tilly still had two paths: either call or cross the card - raise it all. She opted for a more conservative approach, which is to call.

The river card drops a plum blossom, and Tilly completes the same flower, making the hand interesting. Tilly decided not to bet on value, but to choose to pass the cards. This style of play is actually good or bad, because if the opponent also passes the card, then Tilly loses value, but at the same time, the opponent may also be deceived by the weak card played by Tilly and will bet or bluff.

In fact, from Guy's point of view, this step should be directly followed by a card, three flushes on the card, and Tilly played very much like listening to the same flower throughout the hand.

At this time, Gaigo should ask himself, if he bets, what kind of cards will the opponent hold to call but will not beat him? There aren't many such cards, because even most super pairs will be discarded, and it is more reasonable to say that Pocket 9 (because Phil Ivey and Poison King both discarded a 9), AJ, and A8. In addition to these three cards, any other card that the opponent dares to call, such as Flush, Junko, and Dark Three, will defeat Gaigo.

Surprisingly, Guy decided to bet $100,000 in value. Tilly almost immediately crossed the card - the full amount of the bet shows that Tilly's card is very strong, and it is almost impossible to be a bluff.

At this time, for Gaigo, although the pot odds are very good, he really can't win the value cards in the opponent's range, so he finally decided to fold.

brief summary

Every player has to learn to play cards - raise, and this hand is the best example. Pass-over-raises can maximize value in two ways: your opponent will place a bet with a weak card, or will directly bluff.

In addition, passing-and-placing will make you unpredictable and will force your opponent to pass the card when the card is ahead. However, in this hand, Gaigo made the mistake of not passing the cards in the river card circle. His value bet puts him in an awkward position, the opponent passes the card - the bet is all down, but his cards can't beat the value cards in the opponent's range.

If Gaigo crosses the cards, this hand can save him a loss of $100,000.