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The trap

Johnny Chan vs Erik Seidel · WSOP Main Event · 1988
teaches: slowplaying · read as text
seidel
board
flop
turn
river
you
J♣
9♣
pot
not recorded
math
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1 / 7 · before the deal

1988 World Series of Poker, Main Event. Two players left, . You are Johnny Chan, the defending champion. Across from you is Erik Seidel.

the idea

cost of a free card = their chance to catch up × the pot

Slowplay when that cost is small and they’re likely to bet. Bet when their draws are live.

source

Played heads-up at Binion’s Horseshoe, Las Vegas, the final hand of the 1988 World Series of Poker.

Published histories disagree on some suits and say little about amounts. Suits here follow PokerListings; with the other published suits every number is the same. The flop bets are from PokerPlayer365. Stacks and the pot weren’t recorded, so they aren’t shown.

PokerListings history ↗ · PokerPlayer365 account ↗ · Wikipedia ↗

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