Moving All-In on a Draw with Jennifer Harman
Team Full Tilt��s Jennifer Harman analyzes a hand where she��s short-stacked with a big draw in no-limit hold'em.
I want to take a look at a hand that I played on Poker After Dark. The blinds are 600/1,200, and I have around 15,000. I��m playing with Scotty Nguyen, Ken (an online qualifier), Daniel Negreanu, and Phil Hellmuth.
Daniel limped on his button. Phil put on his glasses and also decided to limp. I had K?10? and didn��t believe that Daniel or Phil had a hand because they both limped, and I didn��t think Phil would trap with any kind of good hand in this spot. I thought about raising, and then Scotty said ��punish them,�� and I kind of lost concentration and just checked. It might not have been a good raise anyway since I was short on chips.
The flop was A?J?6? and Phil led out for 2,000, so I had to decide what I was going to do. I feel that since I��m short on chips I do have to move in. I don��t think I can just call here with such a big draw and I��m not that big of a dog here to most hands in this spot. If he has three aces, I still have 30 percent equity in the pot; if he has ace-queen, it��s almost a coin flip, and if he has a jack or a six, I��m probably a favorite against most jacks and sixes.
You could call it a semi-bluff, but if I moved in here and got called, I��m still in a good spot and am either a favorite or a small dog. So I felt it was a good spot to move in. I was short-stacked, so I needed to find a good spot to double up. Plus, he could still lay his hand down �� so I��ve got a good chance to pick up some valuable chips.
Phil ended up having a pair here, but since it was just the six, he decided to lay it down, and I was able to pick up the chips right there without having to make my draw.
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