Strategy Snapshot: Buried Under the Robl

A rare full-table, high-stakes six-max game provides the fodder for today's snapshot, with two fearless young guns - Andrew Robl and Di Dang - pushing big bets at each other.

Players: Andrew "good2cu" Robl vs. Di "Urindanger" Dang

Game: $200/$400 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em, Full Tilt Poker

Stack Sizes:

Seat 1: Andrew "good2cu" Robl ($57,188)
Seat 2: Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galafond ($46,596)
Seat 3: palatino ($38,761.50)
Seat 4: Chris "Genius28" Lee ($94,950)
Seat 5: Brian Hastings ($34,797)
Seat 6: Di "Urindanger" Dang ($157,599.05)

The button is in seat #1

(Hand history and stack sizes from MarketPulse Biggest Pots section.)

The Setup

This hand comes from a rare $200/$400 six-max game with a full table. The hand starts out with Chris Lee folding under the gun. Brian Hastings then raises to $1,400. Di Dang immediately three-bets to $4,800.

Andrew Robl on the button cold-calls the three-bet. The blinds and original raiser Hastings all fold.

Robl and Dang take a K J 7 flop heads-up. Dang bets out $9,200 and Robl raises to $33,333. Dang then goes all-in over the top for a total of $57,466 and Robl calls off his last $19,055.

Dang turns up A A and will need to dodge spades and a ten versus Robl's A Q.

When the turn brings the 3, Dang is drawing dead with his pocket aces. The river brings the inconsequential 3 and the $116,373 pot is sent to Robl.

The Breakdown

Full Tilt red-name pro Brian Hastings raises it up to $1,400 from second under the gun. He likely has a fairly decent hand here - a player of his caliber wouldn't raise up complete trash from early position.

Di Dang three-bets instantly with A A. This is a fairly strong three-bet and the other players know that. Players do three-bet light, but usually from late position. A raise from early position and an insta-reraise, like this, generally screams strength.

Andrew Robl is next to act on the button with A Q. He is now facing an early-position raise and a reraise. His hand is very strong and in a different situation could even warrant a four-bet.

Because Dang's raise screams strength, Robl elects to just flat-call on the button and play poker on the flop. The call itself is a sign of strength, as any hand worth playing here would likely be just called. AA, KK, QQ would not be four-bet either, so a call is almost more scary than a four-bet.

The blinds fold, as does Hastings. Hastings is not willing to play out of position against two players showing a lot of strength.

So they go heads-up to a flop of K J 7. Dang continuation bets with his A A. He has an overpair to the board and no reason to believe that he is beat.

Robl: No way in a hundred million years he's folding.

Robl flops a gut-shot royal flush draw. This is a combo draw and is extremely powerful.

If Dang only has a pair of kings or worse, Andrew could have as many as 15 outs. At worst he has 12 outs to the nuts. He elects to fast-play, as you should with a combo draw, and raises to $33,333.

Dang is unmoved by the reraise and shoves all-in with his overpair. Robl has to call $19,055 in a $97,318 pot. Getting almost 5-1, there's no way in one hundred million years he is folding.

He snap-calls and binks the 3 on the turn. The river brings the meaningless 3 and $116,373 finds its way into the stack of one Andrew "good2cu" Robl.

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