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Champions manage pressure and maintain focus, allowing them to perform effectively under high-stakes situations.
This hand begins with the players seeing a highly coordinated flop for a four-bet, and the coordinated texture there heavily favors the out-of-position player's range. The in-position player who four-bet should be concentrated primarily around aces, although that becomes less true once stacks get past 200 big blinds, and playability becomes more and more important. Giselle54 responds to that setup by leading out for a small size, which seems fine with the second nuts and an extra blocker to straights,
Action DavyAzevedo opened to $800 with 8 7 and AntonioMiranda called with a mystery hand. The flop came A Q 6, giving DavyAzevedo double backdoors, and both players checked.