What would you do? WSOP 2010

[TheTexan]

I was watching the final table last night on TV and they were looking back at a hand that brought one of the final players to the leader board on a call the commentators could not understand.

This is from memory but here is how it played out...

Player 1 has JJ
Player 2 has AA

Player one raises pre flop
Player 2 re-raises
Player 1 calls

Flop comes 9 10 Q

Player 1 checks
Player 2 bets heavy
Player 1 re-raises
Player 2 all in
Player 1 calls

Announcers call Player 2 the winner with AA

Turn comes something useless to both, like a 2

River comes 8

Player 1 straight
Player 1 wins

When asked Player 1 says he never put Player 2 on Aces, thought he was on a low pair....

So he wins on the river, over pocket aces with a straight.

Struck me how much like what happens here that is. I wonder how you would play this hand with the big re-raises....

[Pocket_Ducks]

AA shoulda folded

but serusly, the play does seem much aggressive...but the bit that got me confused was the guy with JJ claiming "thought he could have had small pair..."

I would have thought a better read would have been AK...so then, the play on the flop would have been justified (not for player 2, but in player 1's perspective)

Overall I'da done the same thing...playing for free

money tho, hmmmmssss......

kwak

[phattP]

Hi Tex..
Player 1 has to call the first reraise with pocket Js..unless there were other players calling in the same hand.
Heads up, JJ is a pretty strong starting hand and he can't know that the other guy isn't just trying to make a move on him.
Once the straight draw came on the flop, he was in a strong position to bluff even if he HAD put player 1 on AA.
As for his check-reraise..it's almost as if both players thought the other was trying to bluff and knock the other off a high pocket pair.
Player 2 maybe shouldn't have raised after the flop but just checked the turn and river.. what did he think player 1 was holding I wonder? Pkt Qs or even pkt 10s would have been a bad situation for him.
I think if I was player 1 I would probably have played it the same way and been happy to have been called a donk.But with my luck the river would have been a 3 lol..

[chuckster66]

Pocket Js and Im all in preflop I guess the comentators woulda had a cow!

[aceman666]

i hate jacks only play em with an higher facecard,but on this flop i would have called all in and kept my eyes crossed !

[Bonik]

Originally Posted by aceman666

i hate jacks only play em with an higher facecard,but on this flop i would have called all in and kept my eyes crossed !

yesterday I had pocket Jacks and flop brought K 2 J. I bet, my opponent calls, after the turn which was pretty useless 8, I bet heavily and he calls. I'm thinking he has 2 pairs K and 2 or KJ, so after the river which also was useless. I ALL INed he gladly accepted. and I lose. Lucky bastard had a pair of KK. and I lost 5 dollars ))