Strategy with Kristy: Jason Lavallee Discusses a Queen-High Call
The latest guest on the Strategy with Kristy podcast is Canadian poker pro Jason Lavallee, a successful tournament and cash-game player both live and online. He recently won the PokerStars European Poker Tour London High Roller event for £357,700. During the final table, he played an interesting hand which resulted in him calling a river bet with queen high. Lavallee shares his thought process.
Here is the hand as written by live updates author Rich Ryan:
Level 23: 15,000-30,000, 4,000 ante
Jason Lavallee raised to 60,000 in middle position, and two players called — Carla Sabini on the button and Sorel Mizzi in the big blind. The dealer fanned 8♥9♦3♠, Mizzi checked, and Lavallee examined Mizzi's stack before tossing out a continuation-bet of 78,000. Only Sabini called.
The turn brought a second three — the 3♥ — and Lavallee checked. Sabini quickly pushed out a small stack of pumpkin T25,000 chips, making it 100,000 to go, and Lavallee called.
The K♠ completed the board, Lavallee knuckled again, and Sabini immediately reached for chips. She fired out 160,000 (less than 30% of the pot), and Lavallee chuckled before calling. Sabini showed Q♦10♦ for a busted gutshot draw, and her fellow countryman tabled Q♣J♣ for a better queen-high.
One of the biggest leaks of non-experienced players is that they usually don't value bet light enough. Just in general, they play a little bit too polarized. They'll bet their really big hands or their absolute air, but they won't really know what to do the middle part of their range.
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