Cynn's trip kings against Miles's queen-eight, 2018 WSOP Main Event
By hand 442 of the final table, Cynn and Miles had played almost 200 hands heads-up. Cynn raised the button to 9,000,000 with K♣J♣ and Miles three-bet to 34,000,000 with Q♣8♥.
Cynn called and flopped trips on K♥K♦5♥. Miles bet 32,000,000, paired his eight on the 8♦ turn, and moved all in for his last 114,000,000. Cynn called, and the 4♠ river gave him $8,800,000.
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The two hands
- John Cynn held KJs, king-jack suited: its equity, flop odds and what the charts do with it.
- Tony Miles held Q8o, queen-eight offsuit: its equity, flop odds and what the charts do with it.
How it is graded
Each player gets the grades they would see if they imported this hand. The preflop charts are built for six players, so these heads-up preflop grades are marked approximate. After the flop, the grader uses a solved pack when the board and stacks are close enough. Otherwise it uses equity against a typical range, or leaves the decision ungraded. Each grade shows its source.
Miles's stack is his ante plus his bets. The reports put the total chips in play at about 390,000,000. Cynn is assigned the remainder here; that establishes that he covered Miles, rather than an exact stack.
John Cynn's decisions
John Cynn holds 0bb
Preflop
The action to you
- You () post the small blind of 0.5bb
- Seat 2 () posts the big blind of 1bb
You () raise to 2.3bb
· Min-raising is the main play: min-raises 95% and limps 5%.
Approximate: the charts are for 6-handed tables, and this hand was 2-handed.
The action to you
- Seat 2 () raises to 8.5bb
You () call 6.3bb
· Calling is only a 35% play here: raises 65% and calls 35%.
An grade.
Flop
The action to you
- Seat 2 () bets 8bb
You () call 8bb
No solved flop is close enough to this board.
Turn
The action to you
- Seat 2 () bets 28.5bb, all-in
You () call 28.5bb
· · 0bbCalling is the best play: you're getting 2.2:1, need 32% equity and have 87%.
87% equity against the Regular range.
Tony Miles's decisions
Tony Miles holds –
Preflop
The action to you
- Seat 1 () posts the small blind of 0.5bb
- You () post the big blind of 1bb
- Seat 1 () raises to 2.3bb
You () raise to 8.5bb
· never 3-bets here: it calls the min-raise 100%.
An grade.
Flop
The action to you
You were first to act.
You () bet 8bb
No solved flop is close enough to this board.
Turn
The action to you
You were first to act.
You () bet 28.5bb, all-in
· Betting is only a 10% play here: The equity rule checks 90% and bets 10%.
Approximate: graded by the equity rule, not a solver: 51% equity against the Regular range, bet for value from 60%.