Hand Of The Day #33

Hollywood Casino - 03.18.10 - $340 NLHE Deepstack (20k): Level 7 (200/400/50)


I'm UTG with Kh Kc, and raise to 1400. Four players see the Flop of 7c 5d 2c. The SB leads out for 2500. He's been very active at this table, with lots of betting and raising. He's also catching a lot of big hands. We are the two big stacks at the table, but he's got me covered.

His 2500 bet is less than half the pot of 6450. He could be betting anything from Top Pair to Two Pair+ to some sort of draw. I'm not screwing around with this situation, and raise to 10k. One of the other preflop callers in Mid position thinks for awhile, and goes All-In for 12500.

It folds back around to the SB. He goes into deep thought, and starts talking through the situation. He seems to put me on AK, and just making a move. That would be a retarded move for me to make in this spot. Anyone who's been paying attention at this table would know that the SB doesn't like to fold.

After a full minute, the SB raises to 30k. Because he took so long to make this decision, I'm fairly positive that he's not hollywooding a big hand. I insta-ship All-In for 58500. The SB gets that "Oh, Crap!" look on his face. He thinks for about 30 seconds before making the call. He had to call because his raise to 30k made him pot committed. He just needed to call 28500 into a pot of 107450.

I show my KK. The SB has Q7s for Top Pair. The Mid player, who jumped in the middle of this pot, had 99. My KK holds up, and I scoop a pot of 135950.