Tony G vs Tan Xuan

Triton Poker, Montenegro cash game, 2024 · The Small Blind Against the Straddle

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Montenegro’s big cash game

The Hand

J♠8♠Tony Gabout 1.5M
K♦4♦Xuanabout 1.9M
Blinds 1K / 2K, ante 5K
6♠5♠3♦Pot 55K
6♠5♠3♦10♥Pot 375K

Tan Xuan and Tony G (Antanas Guoga). Blinds 1K / 2K, ante 5K.

Before the Flop

  • Blinds 1K and 2K. Another player has the button.
  • Another player folds.
  • Xuan calls.
  • Another player folds.
  • Tony G raises to 24K.
  • Xuan calls.

The Flop

  • Xuan checks.
  • Tony G bets 50K.
  • Xuan raises to 160K.
  • Tony G calls. Why

    Tony G. A flush draw with two cards to come is worth a call, and calling keeps the draw in the hand without putting the whole stack on it yet.

The Turn

  • Xuan bets 382K.
  • Tony G moves all in. The famous decision
  • Xuan folds. Why

    Xuan. King-high with an open-ended straight draw beats only a bluff, and calling would put more than a million at risk on that.

    Tony G had jack-high. Xuan’s king was ahead.

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The turn

The Famous Decision

Tony G. Jack-high wins only if Xuan folds or a spade comes. An all in makes a one-pair hand put its whole stack at risk, and the flush draw still has a card to come if he calls.

The Result

Tony G wins the pot.

Why It Is Famous

In Triton’s Montenegro cash game, Tony G moved all in on the turn with jack-high, a flush draw, over Tan Xuan’s $382,000 bet. Xuan folded at once, and Tony G showed only his jack. He still finished the session down $1,350,000.

What to Take from It

An all in with a draw wins two ways: the other player folds, or the draw comes in.

Sources

What the sources do not say. Xuan’s turn bet is $382,000 in PokerNews and $380,000 in CardPlayer. Tony G’s stack is given only as about $1.5 million, and the size of his all in is not given. Xuan’s is worked out from the $1.3 million PokerNews says he had behind. Tony G posted the $4,000 straddle (PokerNews). The players who folded are not named.

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