WSOP Hand Review: Should Bonomo have called the third barrel against Strelitz?
We review another hand from this year's WSOP. This time, did Justin Bonomo get outplayed prior to his bracelet victory?
Earlier this month Justin Bonomo finally won his first WSOP bracelet in the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Max Event.
However, he didn't have it all his own way in the final. Prior to his $449,980 first place victory, he tangled with Daniel Strelitz three-handed in the following pot, where he fell victim to a triple-barrel bluff.
The hand plays somewhat as expected preflop and on the flop, with Bonomo bluffcatching with second pair.
However, when the Ace comes on the turn, should Bonomo have called the second barrel?
When the river bricks, should Bonomo have called the river bet, given it was both quite small, and that he had already called the turn.
What range should Bonomo be putting Strelitz on, given he bet all three streets?
Well played by both men - Rodgethat
On the flip side being Bonomo I think it's a fairly easy call on turn with Q10, we should assume Strelitz is not going to be betting his Qx/Kx hands on the turn than the ones that has 2pair or better. We also block a few of those combos ( KQ,AQ,J10 ) and he also may even elect to pot control Ax some amount of the time. There are still a lot of semi bluffing combos in his range given 2 flush draws which i think is he going to barrel a very high % of the time. On the river we have to barrel if we are Strelitz but I would prefer going with a larger sizing, we are bluffing to get mostly Qx to fold which I think is a big part of Bonomo's range here. This sizing could be some kind of game flow/leveling war which may be the reason he elected to go this sizing, as a outsider watching on the live stream though I would go bigger. Bonomo - I am not sure of the relative stack sizes or ICM considerations simply because I don't have all the information to work with but as someone viewing on the live stream it looks like it's a call simply given the price. Think Strelitz's river range given his line is Ax, 2 pair, sets, missed flush draws. I don't mind Bonomo's fold here since it's pretty close and Q10 is almost the bottom of our range, I'm sure he had much better reasons for folding given his read on Strelitz. Well played by both in my opinion. |
On the turn I prefer betting over checking back if I'm Strelitz because we have more AX in our button opening range then Bonomo will have in his defending range, Bonomo will be 3-betting all of his strong AX preflop. So this is a card that helps our range more than Bonomos. plus we have a decent amount of value betting hands here as well.
Rodgethat
Bonomo might have called a bigger bet - Asaban
On the turn Strelitz decides to do a second barrel, which is fine, because a scare card hits the board and he picks up equity at the same time. Because Bonomo knows that his opponent is likely to 2nd barrel his hand, he can call again. The river is a blank. Strelitz chooses a great sizing that signals a value bet to his opponent. I think Bonomo might have called a bigger bet, because the flushdraws busted and he had a decent hand. As played he was sure to face a value hand which he would lose to with his hand. |
It's a 6-max event. Therefore history is even more important than usual. With three players being left in the tournament there should be a lot of history amongst those two players.What do you think?
Do you agree with one of our coaches? What did you think of the hands? Would you have played it differently to either man? Let us know in the comments box.
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