Jared Hamby Wins $500,000 at Five Star World Poker Classic

April 17th, 2007

Jared Hamby is taking the Bellagio’s Five Star World Poker Classic by storm.  In only five days, the Las Vegas native has won two events, for a total of $522,735.  Hamby is a well-known online player, frequenting the Bodog poker room as “TheWacoKidd”.

 

The first event Hamby won was a $2,500 no limit buy-in tournament with a prize of $223,780 for the winner.  Jeff Shulman, editor of CardPlayer Magazine, took second place.

 

Hamby was the champion of another $2,000 no limit buy-in tournament with 483 players and a grand prize of $298,955.  Kathy Liebert, a well-known player, claimed second place.

 

The Five Star World Poker Classic continues in Las Vegas with the $25,000 WPT World Championship that starts April 21st.


Article Credit: joyce

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Archive pick: Value betting the river, no limit hold em cash -

Game type: 1/2 No Limit Cash Game
Your image: Fairly Aggressive
Opponent's image: Solid, a little tricky
Your hand: As Qh

This hand is from the archives and originally appeared on 8/21/07. View the original quiz and comments here

The setup: You're fairly new to this table and you picked up a pot quick when you flopped a set and won a decent multi-way pot. You've been fairly active since, seeing a lot of flops cheap and playing for the win on the flop or turn in a couple of spots.

This hand you're dealt AQo UTG and you decide to limp. The button limps and both blinds play. You flop top pair:

Qd 7h 6d

The SB leads out for $6. The BB folds. You make it $24 and the button folds. The SB calls. The turn gives you two pair with the Ac. The SB checks and you pop $40 into $54. The SB flat calls.

The turn comes the 10c. The SB checks again. There's $134 in the middle. Do you value bet here and if so, for how much?


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