PokerNews · Jun 6, 2017
Jonathan Little Faces a Check-Raise Holding Top Pair, Good Kicker
Jonathan LittleToday I want to discuss another interesting hand I played early on during the $10,000 buy-in World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic, a freezeout tournament (i.e., no re-entries).
It was still the first level (blinds 50/100), and the hand began with a loose-aggressive player opening to 300 from under the gun. I was next to act with , and as I discuss below I could see either folding or calling here — in this case I called.
Both blinds also called (making it four-way), and the flop came . It checked to me. I bet 800 into the 1,200 pot, and the small blind folded. But the big blind check-raised to 2,000, then the LAG player sitting UTG (the initial preflop raiser) called.