Patrick Braga, a regular crusher at Playground Poker Club, picked up a chunk of chips. 4,200 in chips were invested pre-flop by Stephan Richer, Adam Carlton and Braga. On the flop, Carlton passed, Richer put out a small 3,200 bet, and Braga called before Carlton raised it to 14,500. When Richer folded, Braga tanked for some time. He finally called.
The turn was checked by both, and Carlton passed the action once more to Braga on the river. Braga looked at his chips, thought for a bit, and shoved his remaining 35K or so. Carlton didn’t take too long before throwing his hand away.
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The fun thing about this hand is the wide range of possible strong hands that Braga could have after calling the flop raise, from Carlton’s perspective. If he decided that Carlton was on the weak side, he may very well have called with the sole intention of hammering a future scare card. Who knows with this player!