News: WSOP Hand Review: Should Reinkemeier have called with Aces?

Pleno1 and mbml give their views on the recent Scott Seiver vs Tobias Reinkemeier One Drop hand, plus we want your opinions too.

Once again our coaches dissect a big hand from the 2014 WSOP and want to get your views on it too.

In the last week or two, this big bluff from Scott Seiver against Tobias Reinkemeier has gone viral. It was, of course, in the $1 million Big One for One Drop, which would naturally change the nature of the hand with the pressure of the buy-in.

In particular this hand caused a lot of debate because Scott Seiver was so surprised his opponent folded Aces, he almost looked disgusted, even though it won him the hand.

But was it as bad a fold as Seiver seemed to think?

It depends on the stage of the tournament

It really depends on the particular tournament stage and we can't look at this hand in a vacuum.

On the bubble, I would fold this and feel good about it.

In the money however, it's rather a bad decision.

Pleno1

Don't slow play Aces then fold

Pretty terrible fold

You should never slow play Pocket Aces with the intention of folding unless the board turns out ugly (Four-flush or four-straight). Also Seiver could easily value bet worse (KK and AQ).

Seiver's play was fine. I think many people will just check raise a nut flush draw often so flushes aren’t a huge part of the big blind's range given the preflop positions.

You can’t go too wrong jamming an eight-out draw here, the big blind folds 77-TT, perhaps some weaker Qx hands like KQ or QTs without the club.

mbml

Do you think this was a bad fold? How much do you think the size of the buy-in affected the decision? Let us know in the comments.