Poker Hand Matchup: Iaron Lightbourne vs. Blake Bohn

Outcome

Preflop, with the blinds at 25,000 and 50,000 and a 5,000 ante, Lightbourne called from the small blind, Bohn raised to 110,000 from the massive blind, Lightbourne reraised to 450,000, Bohn went all-in, and Lightbourne called.

Analysis

Bohn submitted a regular raise together with his Ace after Lightbourne limped in from the small blind, but Lightbourne pushed back with a limp-reraise line. Bohn didn’t pause to look at his opponent or deliberate. He quickly moved all-in. Lightnourne had successfully baited his opponent along with his preflop limp with Big Slick, and had Bohn all-in and dominated. Nearly all of the time this pattern of weakness followed by a sudden reraise from an opponent in one betting round means strength, but players like to believe such lines are stubbornness or an opponent playing back at them. This was not really an effortless case of ego clouding Bohn’s judgment, but rather Bohn that specialize in his own hand strength while not pondering his opponent’s line or potential range. A HUGE bluff-reraise while out of position to an identically sized stack can be an optimistic tackle Lightbourne’s line. Bohn moved all-in, demonstrating that he was not bluffing along with his initial raise, but Lightbourne was ready with a handy guide a rough call. The flop was great for Lightbourne, but Bohn pulled out the bad beat as he turned a lucky gutshot straight to broadway leaving Lightbourne drawing dead to a chop. Lightbourne lost 87% of his stack at the hand, and was left with just 7 big blinds. He ultimately finished in 15th for $31,395. The huge pot carried Bohn to the general table, where he later finished in 5th for $213,999.

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