TournamentsSeptember 28, 2017·1 min read

Analyzing a Poker Tournament Hand from 2009: What Went Wrong?

The author has been playing poker tournaments offline for nearly nine years. The author played a tournament with a buy-in of €8,300 and managed to make it into the money. The author's opponent, Carter Phillips, had around 600,000 chips and was leading the tournament. The author had 145,000 chips with blinds at 3,000/6,000 and ante 1,000 when the hand began. The author called a raise from Carter Phillips with Qd Jd and analyzed the hand post-flop.

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