Lateral Thinking Boosts Latimer's Stack
The hand that did it:
Latimer opened with
, as you do, and another gentleman three-bet. Latimer four-bet, Mr. Gentleman called, and they saw a
flop. Latimer bet out and Mr. Gentleman called, and they saw a turn.The turn was a very favourable
and Latimer now checked. Mr. Gentleman bet 12,500, Latimer check-raised to 28,000, and finally Mr. Gentleman went all in for another 35,000 or so. Latimer called, and discovered that Mr. Gentleman was holding a mere
for a gutshot, which absolutely failed to come in on the river. Oops.Mr. Latimer is feeling pretty good about things now.