From 2018:
Here were my comments on the hand:
PRE-FLOP. Ho's hand is incredibly face-up. Call from the BB there pretty much has to be JJ/TT/99 and not much else. A hand that can't raise but can't fold.
FLOP:
*Farrell. What does he do w/ two Black Aces? I'd argue that he'd have to Check/Fold w/ two Black Aces, b/c he flopped so bad.
W/ his exact holding, he has a dynamic hand that has many possibilities. I'd argue that his action very much looks like AK(o) w/ EITHER the Ace(H) or King(H).
Think about it. There's NO WAY he's trying to fold out the world w/ AK(Hearts), if he flopped the Nuts w/ a re-draw to the Super-nuts Royal.
*Ho. Ho's fold is what came under scrutiny, and rightfully so. See my comments above. If Farrell somehow flopped a flush w/ AK/AQ/KQ, he's not going to blow away the field.
I think she has to call. You can't be so narrow as to give Farrell credit for JJ (which is possible).
*Kempe. People criticized Ho's fold, but I'd argue that Kempe's fold was bad, too. See my notes about Farrell's holding. You just shouldn't be so quick to give him credit for flopping the universe.
Other than flopping a 9, I'd argue that Kempe's flop is ALMOST as good as one could hope for. Like top 20% of possible flops.
He has Pair w/ gutshot to a Straight-Flush. Surely he has to be drawing very live. I ran the numbers vs Farrell holding JJ...and even THEN, Kempe would be getting 90-cents on the dollar.
*Bicknell. After two folds, I think Bicknell is the one reasonable fold. Fair to not feel comfortable w/ TPTK after all that action in front.
POST-HAND. I heard Farrell interviewed about this hand. He said that he knew the flop smashed some of his opponent ranges. Ergo, it's very likely that he could be up against a flopped set. Understand what he's saying. Not in his wildest dreams did he think he'd get a set to fold...he was just taking his equity!
Here were my comments on the hand:
PRE-FLOP. Ho's hand is incredibly face-up. Call from the BB there pretty much has to be JJ/TT/99 and not much else. A hand that can't raise but can't fold.
FLOP:
*Farrell. What does he do w/ two Black Aces? I'd argue that he'd have to Check/Fold w/ two Black Aces, b/c he flopped so bad.
W/ his exact holding, he has a dynamic hand that has many possibilities. I'd argue that his action very much looks like AK(o) w/ EITHER the Ace(H) or King(H).
Think about it. There's NO WAY he's trying to fold out the world w/ AK(Hearts), if he flopped the Nuts w/ a re-draw to the Super-nuts Royal.
*Ho. Ho's fold is what came under scrutiny, and rightfully so. See my comments above. If Farrell somehow flopped a flush w/ AK/AQ/KQ, he's not going to blow away the field.
I think she has to call. You can't be so narrow as to give Farrell credit for JJ (which is possible).
*Kempe. People criticized Ho's fold, but I'd argue that Kempe's fold was bad, too. See my notes about Farrell's holding. You just shouldn't be so quick to give him credit for flopping the universe.
Other than flopping a 9, I'd argue that Kempe's flop is ALMOST as good as one could hope for. Like top 20% of possible flops.
He has Pair w/ gutshot to a Straight-Flush. Surely he has to be drawing very live. I ran the numbers vs Farrell holding JJ...and even THEN, Kempe would be getting 90-cents on the dollar.
*Bicknell. After two folds, I think Bicknell is the one reasonable fold. Fair to not feel comfortable w/ TPTK after all that action in front.
POST-HAND. I heard Farrell interviewed about this hand. He said that he knew the flop smashed some of his opponent ranges. Ergo, it's very likely that he could be up against a flopped set. Understand what he's saying. Not in his wildest dreams did he think he'd get a set to fold...he was just taking his equity!
