In our Poker Hand of the Week we analyze the most interesting and spectacular hand from High Stakes Poker Season 12 Episode 1 between Jennifer Tilly and Justin Gavri.
Poker Hand of the Week Setup
The first episode of High Stakes Poker Season 12 featured Jennifer Tilly, JRB, Andrew Robl and Justin Gavri among others.
The game in question is No-Limit Texas Hold’em $200/$400 with a mandatory straddle, so basically $200/$400($800. Jennifer Tilly has Justin Gavri covered at the start of our Poker Hand of the Week.
Poker Hand of the Week Action
Preflop:
The mandatory straddle to $800 is on. Justin Gavri raises from early position to $2,000 with 6♥5♥.
Jennifer then picks up A♥Q♠ on the button and iso-raises to $7,000. Justin Gavri decides to see a flop. Pot Size: $15.400
Flop:
And what a flop it is! 7♠4♣7♥ is giving Justin an Open-Ended Straight Draw and Jen Ace-Queen high, which often is the best hand here.
Gavri checks, and Jennifer consequently makes a continuation bet of $7,000.
Now the hand gets interesting, since Justin check-raises to $21,000 and Tilly comes back over the top to $60,000. Gavri calls and just like that there are $135.400 in the pot.
Turn:
The J♦ turn helps no one, and both of them proceed cautiously by checking. Pot Size: $135.400
River:
That doesn’t apply to the Q♥ on the river as it makes Tilly a strong made hand, while Gavri’s straight draw busts.
The only way Justin can win the hand with six-high is by betting big and that is what he does by announcing All-In for $60,000.
Unfortunately for him, Jennifer Tilly has hit a big river and can’t fold to this sizing. She calls and wins a huge $256,000 pot.
Poker Hand of the Week Analysis
Sich hand and move by Tilly. Let’s take an in-depth look at this spectacular poker hand.
Preflop is standard. Justin has a nice suited connector, Tilly a big Ace in position and an easy 3-bet. Gavri understandably calls as his hand plays well postflop. I would feel more comfortable being in position though.
A Suited Connector out of position is less valuable and can mean trouble. The 7s4h7c flop is great for Justin though as he picks up an OESD.
He checks to Jen, who makes a standard cbet of a little bit less than half pot. Justin then check-raises 3x with his straigtht draw, which I like a lot as it looks really strong, often wins you the hand, and if not then you still have outs.
It is important to note that there is already $135,400 in the pot and Justin only has $60,000 (44%) behind. So you could defintely argue that he is pot-committed and that 4-bet shoving would have been the better play.
However, Jennifer Tilly decides to make a big move by 3-betting large with only Ace-Queen high. Justin is getting too good of a price and calls.
A big turn is coming up, but the Jd doesn’t change the board and, given how big the pot already is, both of them take their foot off the gas pedal and it goes check-check.
The Qh on the river isn’t a blanl through, since it makes Tilly Top Two Pair and a strong made hand.
It is music to her ears, when Justin Gavri shoves for $60,000 and, given that the All-in is for less than half pot, Jennifer has a very easy call here.
Poker Hand of the Week Conclusion
Very lucky runout for Jennifer Tilly, who made a big move at the right time and hit a big river.
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Nevertheless, Justin Gavri also made a mistake by calling the flop with only 44% pot behind as he was committing himself.
Instead, he should have 4-bet shoved the flop, which would have looked insanely strong and Jen would most likely have folded Ace-high.
Shoving the river for 44% pot size after checking the turn, reduces your fold equity to a minimum and isn’t a good play.
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