Poker Hand Matchup: Sebastian Pauli vs. Pablo Gordillo

Outcome

Preflop, with the blinds at 15,000 and 30,000 and a 4,000 ante, Gordillo raised to 60,000 from the button, Pauli reraised to 170,000 from the small blind and Gordillo called. At the flop Pauli checked, Gordillo bet 155,000 and Pauli called. At the turn Pauli checked and Gordillo checked. At the river Pauli checked, Gordillo bet 505,000 and Pauli called.

Analysis

Gordillo found his hand strength suitable for absorbing Pauli’s three-bet knowing he would enjoy position later within the hand and that he wasn’t in a terrible a part of his range for opening the button with a raise. Pauli found himself within the unenviable spot of playing a weak Ace out of position, so he slipped right into a defensive mode. He had the good thing about a considerable chip lead over his opponent. Gordillo sought to make use of his position to pick out up the pot, but with a work of the flop and a mound of chips Pauli was ready together with his check-call at the flop. The turn card functioned as a scare card for both players, obviously four to the straight were now on board. Pauli was relieved his opponent check behind. Gordillo used the Ace at the river in addition to the coordinating straightening cards to run his bluff at the river, and he used some heavy bet sizing to deter a choice. The largest problem with this river bluff was that Pauli may have easily had the Ace, in any case it's the commonest holding to submit a reraise out of the blinds. Gordillo would have had better luck representing the straight at the turn. Gordillo lost 47% of his stack but continued his run to the overall table where he finished in 8th for £51,900. Pauli also made the overall table, where he defeated Kevin Macphee heads-up to attain his first major and £499,700.

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