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Raise your game / Ring game strategy / The Ivey league: Phil Ivey cas...
Could you bluff Aces off with a three-barrel move holding 5c-Tc?
Probably not. But then again you re not seven-time WSOP bracelet
winner Phil Ivey!
In Alex Martin s recent article Messing about on the river , he talked about Phil
Ivey s incredible river play in season four of the Million Dollar Cash Game. As
one of the best cash game players in the world Ivey is a great role model to
learn from, so let s take a look at a few of the situations that cropped up in this
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big live televised game. The Million Dollar Cash Game has $300/$600 blinds
with a running ante of $100 to juice the pot even further.
The game is seven-handed and Ivey limps under the gun with Ah-4d, only for
Patrik Antonius to instantly raise it up to $2,700 with his Ks-Th. Neither are
premium hands but Antonius is well aware that Ivey s range is wide here, and if
he can get it heads-up he has a hand with pretty good value, as well as
position and the lead in the hand. Behind him he has only Chris Ferguson and
Allen Cunningham, both of whom are excellent players but definitely two of the
tightest at the table. If any of the looser players come in (Tom Dwan, Mike
Matusow and Ivey) he ll have position on them throughout the hand. The action
folds to Ivey who makes the call.
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It s these worries that Ivey seizes on with one final $30,000 bet, showing that
he s not afraid of what Cunningham is holding. Ivey knows he can t win by
checking and knows that Cunningham s calling range has to be tight. Even with
an overpair it s incredibly tough to call. If Ivey was betting anything from the
flop it would be the Nine, the Six or the flush draw all of which have his
pocket Aces beaten. Cunningham mucks the winning hand.
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