Archive for April 19th, 2007

Once again, a big thank you to all the readers who offered some great analysis of this troublesome hand. However, unlike the K-K hand from last week, this case is not exactly of the open-and-shut variety. Half a dozen or more potential plays were offered up, all of which have sound reasoning behind them. Let’s look at this hand one more time:

There are ten players remaining in a 45 player SNG. Six are paid. Blinds are 250-500 and play is five-handed. Action is folded to you in the small blind and you hold the 8c-9s. You have 9200 chips and the big blind has 12,500. You complete the blind and the BB checks. The flop is the 5s-6c-9c. You bet 1,000. The BB raises to 2,000 and you call. The turn is the 5c. The pot is 5,000 and you have 4,600 left.

What’s your move?

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