06-06-2009 12:26 UTC-12

Extra Book Equity

donpeters

Barry Greenstein was all in preflop with his tournament life on the line holding {J-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

{10-Diamonds}

. His opponent held a dominated {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

{3-Spades}

. The board ran out {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{7-Diamonds}

{A-Spades}

{K-Diamonds}

to give Greenstein the double up and put him back up over 14,000 chips.

"You wanted the book, didn't you?" chimed one of the players at the table to Barry's opponent in the hand. "There's some extra equity with the book on the line."

Tags: Barry Greenstein