This week's educational poker hand comes from a $2,000 buy-in side event — a turbo NL tournament. In this one I flop a huge hand, giving us an opportunity to talk about bet-sizing and value betting.
The blinds were 500/1,000 with a 100 ante, and at the table I had a big stack of around 65,000. It folded to me in the hijack seat where I was dealt and I raised to 2,500. The player in the big blind — a tight-aggressive player — had about 22,000 to start the hand and he called, bringing the pot to 6,400.