Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008

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Ziigmund gets called out

By Sean Lind

Today's high-stakes action is going down at RailHeaven, Full Tilt's infamous $500/$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em table. Here's yet another $200,000 pot.

Especially when you're playing online with the same players every day at nosebleed stakes, getting to know your opponents and trusting your reads are the most important thing you can do. In this hand, lolzcapaneo did exactly that to earn himself a pot just shy of $200,000.

This is actually an interesting hand in that lolzcapaneo literally can beat nothing but a bluff. He is not believing Ziigmund and is willing to pull the trigger on his read. Maybe this is an easy read-based play, but it looks like lolzcapaneo might have actually read Ziigmund's soul this time.

Full Tilt Poker: Game : 8439917469 - TABLE : RailHeaven (six-max) - $500/$1,000 - No-Limit Hold'em - Sat Oct 11 2008 - 4:58am ET

Table Setup
Seat 1 Genius28 ($292,452)
Seat 2 lolzcapaneo ($128,120)
Seat 4 John Juanda ($66,500)
Seat 5 Ziigmund ($175,190.80)
Seat 6 lady marmelade ($56,249)
lady marmelade posts the small blind of $500
Genius28 posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #5

Pre-Flop
lolzcapaneo has 15 seconds left to act
lolzcapaneo raises to $3,500
John Juanda folds
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund calls $3,500
lady marmelade calls $3,000
Genius28 folds

Flop [KK8]
lady marmelade checks
lolzcapaneo has 15 seconds left to act
lolzcapaneo bets $8,000
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund has requested TIME
Ziigmund raises to $21,300
lady marmelade folds
lolzcapaneo has 15 seconds left to act
lolzcapaneo calls $13,300

Turn [KK8] [K]
lolzcapaneo has 15 seconds left to act
lolzcapaneo bets $32,500
Ziigmund calls $32,500

River [KsK8K] [2]
lolzcapaneo has 15 seconds left to act
lolzcapaneo checks
Ziigmund has 15 seconds left to act
Ziigmund bets $40,000
lolzcapaneo has 15 seconds left to act
lolzcapaneo has requested TIME
lolzcapaneo calls $40,000

Showdown

Ziigmund shows [QT] three of a kind, kings
lolzcapaneo shows [3A] three of a kind, kings
lolzcapaneo wins the pot ($199,097) with three of a kind, kings

The more you look at this hand, the more you can see how lolzcapaneo is able to make the call. Ziigmund is a highly aggressive player; once he flat-calls lolzcapaneo's raise pre-flop, lolzcapaneo would put him on a range of hands that doesn't include any premiums or pocket pairs.

There is a chance that Ziigmund is mixing it up and has a real hand, but more often than not he's playing some sort of marginal hand, such as QT. The flop is great for lolzcapaneo if he doesn't believe Ziig has a king. The flop bet was a c-bet, to gain some information.

Once Ziig raises, lolzcapaneo apparently believes that Ziig is bluffing. lolzcapaneo calls and the third king hits the turn; lolzcapaneo now knows that there is a very good chance his ace is good.

If his pre-flop read of Ziig's range was correct, the only thing lolzcapaneo has to be scared of is Ziig holding an eight in his hand.

The deuce on the river is a blank, suggesting that lolzcapaneo was right in making the call on the river. If he has a read that Ziigmund does not have a king, the only thing he loses to is an eight or a better ace.

So the call may not be quite as ridiculous as it looks.

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