Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008

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Jepsen refuses to jettison

By Sean Lind

Some of the biggest names in online poker sat for a nosebleed Hold'em session this week, with multiple pots nearing half a million each.

The one player not to miss such an online session is Tom Dwan, aka durrrr. Not only did durrrr sit for the duration of this bloodbath, Dwan raked in some monster pots, at one point sitting with a stack of over $700,000.

One of the players to butt heads with Dwan more than once over the course of this session is the Full Tilt pro Peter W Jepsen. Jepsen got involved in two roughly half-million-dollar pots against durrrr, and each took one down.

Here's one of the two hands in question:

 

7925628338 TABLE : RailHeaven (six-max) $500/$1000 - No-Limit Hold'em - Wed Sep 3 2008 - 10:06pm ET

Table Setup

Seat 1: OMGClayAiken ($44,953)
Seat 2: elmariachimacho ($194,285)
Seat 4: Peter W Jepsen ($607,262.55)
Seat 5: durrrr ($236,726)
Seat 6: just_the_nuts ($70,244)
just_the_nuts posts the small blind of $500
OMGClayAiken posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #5

Pre-Flop

elmariachimacho folds
Peter W Jepsen raises to $3,500
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
just_the_nuts adds $50,000
durrrr raises to $11,300
just_the_nuts folds
OMGClayAiken folds
Peter W Jepsen has 15 seconds left to act
Peter W Jepsen calls $7,800

Flop [AK6]

OMGClayAiken adds $156,047
Peter W Jepsen checks
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $16,300
Peter W Jepsen has 15 seconds left to act
Peter W Jepsen calls $16,300

Turn [AK6] [8]

Peter W Jepsen checks
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $43,700
Peter W Jepsen has 15 seconds left to act
Peter W Jepsen has requested TIME
Peter W Jepsen raises to $579,662.55, and is all-in
durrrr calls $165,426, and is all-in
Peter W Jepsen shows [34]
durrrr shows [AA]
Uncalled bet of $370,536.55 returned to Peter W Jepsen

River [AK68] [K]

Peter W Jepsen shows a pair of kings
durrrr shows a full house, aces full of kings
durrrr wins the pot ($474,949) with a full house, aces full of kings

Jepsen didn't make a huge mistake in this hand, but a small one. He knew that he needed to hit the flush to win, but had no idea how large a hand durrrr had. Jepsen made a semi-bluff for all of durrrr's chips, hoping to win by bluff, or hit the flush on a call.

Unfortunately for Jepsen, the flush never completed, leaving Dwan's set of aces the best hand.

Jepsen could have gotten away from this hand cheaply, but with the chances of him hitting his flush combined with the chance of durrrr folding, I feel his move could be +EV long-term.

The pot he lost to durrrr was worth the almost identical amount, leaving him even for two of the largest pots on the day.

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