Jungleman’s Flop Fumble: Seven-Deuce Lacks Bite
If you are a regular viewer of streamed cash game poker you have no doubt seen the Deuce-Seven game. Players who play a controlled game can turn into complete maniacs, often it is not the additional antes up for grabs that create the action, it’s the thrill of winning the pot with the worst hand in poker. The bounties are just the icing on the cake. Let’s take a look at a recent hand that Dan “Jungleman” Cates played at Hustler Casino Live in Cyprus, where he limps from UTG with Seven-Deuce off-suit.
The action was live streamed on Hustler Casino Live’s YouTube channel on the 27th of November, with blinds of $200/400 + a $400 BB Ante.
After Jungleman ($136) Limped from UTG with 7
2
, four further players joined the hand including Ghoji ($211,300, cut-off, J
7
) creating a $2,400 pot going to the flop.
Five-Handed and Not a Single Pair Insight!
Not a single player had connected with the flop 3105, better still no one had a pair in hand, this could be a case of whoever bets first wins. Third to act Jungleman bet out with a small bet of $500, an unlikely bet to take the pot down, although it did narrow the field down. With Jack-high Ghoji felt compelled to call the small bet. Getting fantastic odds for the cheap turn Handz ($197,600, BB, KQ) called as well. Three players to the Turn with $3,900 in the middle.
After the 9 on the Turn, Handz and Ghoji picked up a gut shot. Like before Cates bet out again, this time with a little more conviction. Both opponents called the $2,000 bet, which unbelievably created a $9,900 pot with no player yet to have a pair.
Bingo! The 8 made Ghoji’ a Jack-high straight. Now Jungleman is a far superior player than me that is without doubt. And being such an admirer of his game it pains me to throw any criticism his way. That being said, Dan oh why didn’t you bet with more conviction on the flop? His bet gave Ghoji the perfect price to peel a card and it has come back to bite.
Once again Dan’s bet sizing was small, he led out for a mere $1,200. Ghoji’s response was to try and get maximum value with the hand he believed to be best. Unfortunately for him though his opponents had nada and found the easy folds. Would you have played Dan’s hand differently?
