Cowboys for Cantu

[user4144]

Brandon Cantu from earlier in the Series

I was fortunate enough to watch Brandon Cantu play in the recent World Open, and with access to the hole cards I was able to witness all his crazy plays first-hand.

There are very few players in the game who, at virtually any point, could have any two cards, but Cantu's one of them, and it makes him a highly entertaining player to watch as you never knew what he's going to do next.

In his last hand here today, however, he had the goods, and made a fruitful value bet on the river to extend his stack to circa 65,000 in chips.

It was an unknown player who kick-started the action, his limp under the gun for 300 sparking British WSOP hero James Dempsey to raise to 1,100.

Just one seat along, Cantu asked for a count ("I started the hand with 12,000," came the reply), before nonchalantly throwing in a raise to 3,200. Without any hesitation, under-the-gun made the call to put the pressure back on Dempsey.

Clearly tortured by the decision that lay ahead, Dempsey sank his head into his hands and utilised his season pass in the think tank. Eventually he emerged to fold his hand, leading two a two-way flop of {8-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} {4-Spades} .

Despite the preflop action, the flop and {4-Diamonds} turn were checked down, but Cantu decided to fire out a bet on the {3-Spades} river, dropping a red 5,000 chip onto the felt. Despite showing reluctance, his opponent called, before mucking to Cantu's {K-Clubs} {K-Hearts} .