No Limit hold 'em poker to benefit the Oakland A's community fund. 64(?) players initially (in any case eight tables generally eight players) at 1500 chips, now down to four tables of 6-7 per table. The final eight would each get an autographed baseball*; the final four would each get something in envelopes(seemed to be tickets, not cash).
*- Two particular autographed baseballs had been auctioned separately and went for $200-250, but I think those were Dennis Eckersley level of fame and I didn't catch who the poker award winner autographs were from.
Blinds at 200-400, Hero started the hand with 4500 in the SB. A shortish stack limped, the table's big stack (just over 7K) limped, two people folded, Hero picked up A6o and pushed, BB and first limper folded, second limper asked for a chip count.
Getting 57 to 41 he called with JTo. By pure chip EV it's (narrowly) the right call for the range he should expect from a SB push. (It didn't occur to me to try to give off a tell of having a monster hand; I probably couldn't reliably pull that off anyway.) Tournament EV, on the other hand... see post title.
Oh anyway the point of the story, a jack rivered. For analysis purposes it doesn't matter which of the five cards was a jack, but in real life chronology after the four that weren't... oh well, handshake, nice hand, good luck, etc.
Posted by Matt Bruce at June 22, 2008 11:17 AM