Triton Poker’s “Mystery Hand” Keeps Viewers Engaged

Top Set against? Tritons Mystery Hand creates a Fantastic Viewing Experience

Triton Poker in partnership with GGPoker has introduced the “Mystery Hand” in their coverage of the Cash Game Invitational in Montenegro. It is not only a fun way for viewers to engage in the hand but also breaks up what can be a repetitive viewing experience. Unlike tournaments, there is no climatic finish in cash games, elements such as mystery hands keep viewers engaged.

Let’s take a look at this mammoth pot that occurred between Elton Tsang & Ferdinand Putra. As if the mouth-watering $1,000/$2,000/$5,000 blinds were not enough to create monster pots, Elton Tsang ($640k) 99 straddled from UTG to $4,000. In the +2 Andy Ni raised it to $11,000 with offsuit Broadway cards Q10. Ferdinand (1.4m) called in position, he was the player whose hand was the mystery.

As the Straddler, Elton’s hand was pretty strong, He chucked out a huge 3-bet to $55,000 with his pocket Nines. The initial raiser Andy folded, and it was now back on Ferdinand who made the call. There was $129,000 in the middle going to the flop.

Top Set for Elton!

The flop was well-connected 896, with a flush draw in the mix too. Needless to say, Elton must have been ecstatic with his set of Nines. Just what could Ferdinand have here? If an overpair, Tens would be the most likely given the action thus far. First to act, Elton had no intention of slow playing on such a wet board. He led out with a smallish bet of $30,000.

His opponent responded with a raise to $85,000. Tsang unfazed and loving the action, chucked out a 3-bet to $170,000. After a little thought, Putra jammed “all in”. At the time of writing, I had no idea of Ferdinand’s holdings, just like the viewers I had to speculate. J10 Would be quite the action hand, Top set would not be too far in front. As it turns out, his holdings… 97 giving him a pair of nines and an up and down straight flush draw. As Predicted, Tsang was not a huge dog to win the colossal 1.3 million pot. But a favorite nonetheless with 55% equity.

the board ran out kindly in Elton’s favor, the 3 followed by 6 was enough for the player from Hong Kong to scoop the huge pot. Hands up if you guessed 97.