Canadian teen wins PokerStars EPT Dortmund

February 4th, 2008
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Eighteen and a half years old, Michael McDonald has been playing live poker for only six months. Following the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour stop in Dortmund, Germany, he is now the youngest player ever to win an EPT stop. €933,600 richer from the 410 player €8,000 buy-in event, the teenager plans to go home to Waterloo before hitting EPT Copenhagen.

Rest of the final table:

2. Andreas Gülünay, Germany, €528,500
3. Torsten Haase, Germany, €307,000
4. Diego Perez Marco, Spain, €234,200
5. Claudio Rinaldi, Switzerland, €193,000
6. Johannes Strassmann, Germany, €152,000
7. Thibaut Durand, France, €120,200
8. Christian Harder, United Sttes, €85,500

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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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