I have a couple of questions regarding Rounders:
What hand do you guys put KGB on in the following situations?
Sit 1: The final hand where Mike flops the nut straight. What is KGB sitting on? I know that pocket A's are the consensus, but really, if someone who was about to be whacked if they lost the game was saying things like "I might as well gamble or else I won't be able to forgive myself in the morning" with such a cavalier attitude, I certainly would have put him on a set or possibly even that straight. I know it's a movie, but that scene, despite its greatness, always angers me a little. KGB had slow-played his pocket A's earlier when he took Mike's bankroll and now he's grinning and talking smack (basically saying "HEY MIKE, I HAVE ROCKETS")... It was just out of character for KGB, and while the betting makes sense after the river card came up Ace (ostensibly giving Teddy the best set), him splashing the pot by raining a large raise after the turn does not. He's acting like he has the hand at that point, despite every indication that, at the very least, Mike has two pairs or a set, and possibly the straight. Again, this is a guy who is going to be getting whacked if he loses. That flop was 6-7-10 rainbow right? And Mike has 8-9 suited... If he's chasing the straight, he's chasing inside with 4 outs, or possibly 8 outs if he's open-ended assuming he has 85 or 54 (highly unlikely considering he raised pre-flop). I have to think that either Teddy was sitting on a set, himself and was using Mike's highly pressurized position to really lean on him. OR, he had A-10 (quite a risk to go with top pair, top kick, considering Mike's situation). OR (as at least a couple of my friends believes), he is on a stone cold bluff (again, using Mike's perilous situation as further pressure to fold). We'll deal with this hand first, before delving into a couple others.
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