Michael Addamo This is one of the craziest but equally impressive bluffs I have seen in a poker tournament! In this $300,000 buy-in at the 2021 Super High Roller Bowl we have two of the best players in the world battling it out: Michael Addamo and the controversial Jake Schindler ( click here to read PokerNews’ reporting on the cheating allegations against Schindler).
In this PokerNews strategy column, I discuss the poker strategy that you must consider when deciding to check-raise bluff on the river and what cards would be good to have to make great bluffing candidates.
In order to play a balanced poker strategy you must find hands that you can use as bluffs, and Addamo managed to pick the perfect spot and hand to do it with! Can Schindler find an epic hero call?
The hand kicks off on Day 1 with blinds at 1,000/1,500/1,500 and Schindler opening to 4,000 from early position with . Addamo then three-bet to a massive 28,000 from the big blind holding . Schindler called off of his stack of 283,000.
This three-bet size is not something I’ve seen the solver do, but Addamo has shown that he will frequently do strange things that his opponents don’t know how to respond to. I think he’s probably doing this with a range containing the best hands like aces and kings as well as some suited connectors thrown in there as bluffs.
I don’t think Schindler should ever be four-betting in this spot against a polarized range so I like the call. Jonathan Little analyzes a bluff by Michael Addamo Sorry, no real money games are currently available in your region, but you can play these Free Online Games The flop landed to give Addamo a pair of sevens but to keep Schindler ahead with his queens. Addamo continued with a bet of 19,000 and Schindler called, pretty standard action by both players.
The on the turn spiced things up as it improved Addamo to an open-ended straight draw and flush draw and he decided to check as Schindler checked back.
While the turn is excellent for Addamo’s exact hand, […]
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