Posted by The Captain | Filed under The Pros Speak
In all of the excitement that goes with the WSOP, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that a lot of action takes place at the side-games going on elsewhere during the Series. While the side-games don’t see the same media coverage given to the larger tournaments, it doesn’t mean that they aren’t loaded with memorable moments.
While he’s most recently made headlines for taking down the $10K Pot-Limit Hold ‘em event and earning his first bracelet, Nenad Medic’s been playing the side-games around the WSOP for several years now. Looking back, a lot of his experiences stand out, but there was one in particular that he shared with us. In his own words, here’s what Nenad had to say:
There’s always good side-action running during the WSOP, and there’s one hand that I remember in particular. Before the 2005 Main Event, I was playing in a really juicy 50/100 No-Limit Hold ‘em game. The table was pretty deep and, if I recall, I was sitting there with somewhere between 50 and 60K.
I’m a pretty aggressive player, and the guy that I ended up against in this particular hand was extremely aggressive. I was on the button, and when the cards came I caught K-Q. Somebody else had called, so I just went ahead and smooth-called. The guy in the big blind – the opponent who I got into action with – just checked.
The flop showed K-Q-4, two of them hearts; my King and Queen were black. When it got checked around to me, I bet about 1K. Like I said, my opponent was very aggressive, and he immediately raised it to 5K and the other guy folded. Obviously, I put him on a big hand. The read that I had on him pretty much told me that if I raised, he was going all the way with his hand and would make a big shove. I figured that if he did that, I’d be in a tough spot. He had me covered, and I didn’t want to get into a position where I had my whole stack called off. Holding the top two pair, I made the decision to play a smaller pot, so I just called and waited to see what would happen.
The turn was the Qh. Of course, this was the perfect card for me since it gave me a house and also put the flush out there in case he was on a flush draw.
He led out with about 8K. The way he and I had been playing, I put in a raise knowing that he would go after it if he had the nut-flush or some other strong hand. With that in mind, I made it about 24K to go. He thought about it for a while before pushing and putting me all in. When we flipped them over, it turned out that he was holding pocket fours for a set – obviously a very hard hand for him to get away from. As it turned out, the river didn’t matter.
So it all worked out very well for me. At the time it was the biggest pot that I had played – somewhere around 110-115K. For me, that was a really memorable hand.
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