Ronnie’s River Jam had Vertucci in the Blender

Written by Tony Elliott | Published February 18, 2024 Ronnie’s River Jam had Vertucci in the Blender

Ronnie’s river Jam Has Vertucci Questioning His hand Strength

River bluff or Value bet?. After watching the hand a few times we are still still uncertain. David Tuchman was also left scratching his head unsure of Ronnie’s intention. Let’s take a look at the hand in question that occurred during a Thirsty Thursday stream at Hustler Casino Live. It was live streamed on Hustler Casino’s YouTube channel on the 15th February 2024. The hand was played between Ronnie Ebanks & Nick Vertucci with the blinds being $10/$20/$40 + a $20 BB Ante.

The action began with Tyler D ($4,920) raising it up to $100 from under the gun with 9 9 of Hearts 6 6 of Hearts this was instantly met by aggression as Ronnie ($7,220) in the +1 chucked in a 3-bet to $300. The rest of the table folded until it was Vertucci’s ($19,090) turn to act in the third blind. Surprisingly he just flatted with pocket Jack’s J Joker of Spades J Joker of Hearts this ultimately led to his downfall as he had no idea Where Ronnie’s hand strength lay. Tyler Put in an extra $200 and three way they went with the pot standing at $950.

Nick Continued to Play His Jack’s Slowly

The flop came down 5 5 of Spades 3 3 of Diamonds 5 5 of Clubs all low cards and both Ronnie and Nick must have been happy with their over pairs. Last to act Ronnie fired out with a bet of $500. Just like before Vertucci continued to play his Jack’s passively by just calling. Having completely missed the flop Tyler folded, heads up to the turn with $1,950 in the middle.

After another low card card landed on the board 9 9 of Diamonds Ronnie responded with a bet standing at close to three Quarters of the pot. $1,500 was the amount Nick was facing, he wasted little time reaching for chips and matched the bet. Off to the river they went with the pot standing tall at $4,950.

On the river was an over card Q Queen of Spades to the pair’s pocket pair, however neither player should have feared it, a hand like Ace-Queen King-queen did not make much sense. Once checked to Ronnie reacted with full force “All in” was his play for his remaining $4,920.

After a lot of pondering Vertucci laid down the best hand. Had he put out a 4-bet pre flop you have to feel this hand would have played out very differently. We still have no idea if Ronnie’s jam was a value bet or not, I guess only he knows the real answer to that Question.