I Know What You Are Holding

Posted by wynn on Apr 2, 2010 in Great Reads, Table Talk | 0 comments

“I know what you are holding,” I tell my opponent who has to act behind me.

“Da fak you know wat I hod,” he tells me in Mandarin translated into English.

We are heads-up to the flop after he raised from $2 to $20 preflop.

I was in the big blind with K-10 h. The hand just felt right, so I called with a marginal hand out of position.

The flop came K-10-3. All diamonds.

I bet $60 hoping to take it down with top two pair.

My opponent raises me another $100.

I re-raise him back.

He pauses.

“You were ahead preflop and now you are behind,” I tell him. “I don’t want you drawing out on me.”

He glares at me. It just feels like he needs either an Ace or any diamond to beat me. Even though the math is in my favor, I can feel the beat coming.

“Look, you have Ace-King, probably with one diamond. Right?”

He grins.

“I have top two and don’t want you drawing out,” I continue.

“Ah fak. I fo,” he says.

I show the K-1oh.

He shows me Ad-Kc.

Dodged a bullet there …