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A classic review of Day 7 of Triton Cash Game Invitational I, played on 10 August 2024 at the Maestral in Montenegro; the official report is dated 11 August. Standard 52-card NLHE cash, eight starting players, $2,000/$5,000 blinds and a separate $5,000 big-blind ante. No straddle in this hand; 1BB=$5,000. Tan starts with 200BB in the small blind, Ni with 100BB in the cutoff. Matched initial depth is 100BB. The ante is paid once, not once per player, and is not credit against a call.

Every contribution and pot change

REPORTED HAND / VISUAL REPLAY

Tan Xuan K♦T♦ vs Andy Ni 7♠7♣

Tan XuanSB
Andy NiCO

Community cards

Flop
Turn
River
  1. 01Forced contributions1. Tan Xuan (SB)｜small blind 0.4 BB｜added now +0.4 BB｜pot 0 → 0.4 BB
  2. 02Forced contributions2. Big blind (not individually named) (BB)｜big blind 1 BB｜added now +1 BB｜pot 0.4 → 1.4 BB
  3. 03Forced contributions3. Big blind (not individually named) (BB)｜separate big-blind ante 1 BB｜added now +1 BB｜pot 1.4 → 2.4 BB
  4. 04Preflop4. Uninvolved early seats (grouped zero change) (early seats)｜fold｜added now +0 BB｜pot 2.4 → 2.4 BB
  5. 05Preflop5. ST Wang (HJ)｜raise to 3 BB｜added now +3 BB｜pot 2.4 → 5.4 BB
  6. 06Preflop6. Andy Ni (CO)｜call to 3 BB｜added now +3 BB｜pot 5.4 → 8.4 BB
  7. 07Preflop7. Button (not individually named) (BTN)｜fold｜added now +0 BB｜pot 8.4 → 8.4 BB
  8. 08Preflop8. Tan Xuan (SB)｜raise to 12.4 BB｜added now +12 BB｜pot 8.4 → 20.4 BB
  9. 09Preflop9. Big blind (not individually named) (BB)｜fold｜added now +0 BB｜pot 20.4 → 20.4 BB
  10. 10Preflop10. ST Wang (HJ)｜fold｜added now +0 BB｜pot 20.4 → 20.4 BB
  11. 11Preflop11. Andy Ni (CO)｜call to 12.4 BB｜added now +9.4 BB｜pot 20.4 → 29.8 BB
  12. 12Flop12. Tan Xuan (SB)｜bet 15 BB｜added now +15 BB｜pot 29.8 → 44.8 BB
  13. 13Flop13. Andy Ni (CO)｜call to 15 BB｜added now +15 BB｜pot 44.8 → 59.8 BB
  14. 14Turn14. Tan Xuan (SB)｜bet 28 BB｜added now +28 BB｜pot 59.8 → 87.8 BB
  15. 15Turn15. Andy Ni (CO)｜call to 28 BB｜added now +28 BB｜pot 87.8 → 115.8 BB
  16. 16River16. Tan Xuan (SB)｜announced all-in to 144.6 BB｜added now +144.6 BB｜pot 115.8 → 260.4 BB
  17. 17River17. Andy Ni (CO)｜all-in call 44.6 BB｜added now +44.6 BB｜pot 260.4 → 305 BB
  18. 18River18. Tan Xuan (SB)｜uncalled amount returned 100 BB｜added now −100 BB｜pot 305 → 205 BB
Reconstructed from the linked reports. Official facts, reproducible accounting and conditional range reasoning are separate. Unreported rake is not invented. No App action-EV screenshot or exact solve is supplied. Uninvolved folds are grouped without claiming individually reported names or timing.

1 | Cold-calling before facing the squeeze

ST Wang opens A♥8♦ to 3BB from the hijack and Ni calls. Tan squeezes K♦T♦ to 12.4BB, adding 12BB after his 0.4BB small blind. Wang folds and Ni adds 9.4BB. The flop pot is 29.8BB. Uninvolved folds add zero; the report does not identify every early folder or their precise order.

The squeeze can pressure a cold-calling range and collect dead money while retaining suited playability. It also builds an out-of-position pot against stronger continuations. Completing or folding deserves comparison rather than calling KTs an automatic value squeeze. Ni retains set potential and some showdown value, but paying 9.4BB is not cheap pure set-mining: only 87.6BB remains and further bets are possible.

2 | A half-pot flop bet and its customers

On 8♣5♣T♥ Tan bets 15BB into 29.8BB, 50.34% pot; Ni calls to make 59.8BB. Top pair with a king kicker can seek payment from weaker tens, some eights, pocket pairs and draws. Those are conditional range categories, not measured frequencies.

Checking protects a checking range and retains weaker hands; betting smaller may obtain thinner calls. The actual size can concentrate the continuing range. Ni’s sevens trail tens and eights. One 7♣ is not an immediate flush draw, only backdoor club potential. A call needs credible unpaired bets and later give-ups, not just an aggressive-player label.

3 | The Q♦ changes both hands’ relative strength

Tan bets 28BB into 59.8BB, 46.82% pot. Ni faces 87.8BB and needs 28BB; calling makes 115.8BB, a static 24.18% price. KT is now second pair. Two hole-card diamonds plus Q♦ do not constitute a one-card flush draw.

A second barrel needs worse paying hands or equity that folds. If stronger hands dominate the continuing range, checking for showdown becomes more attractive. Ni’s 77 now faces a range that squeezed and bet twice. Folding avoids further exposure; calling requires a river plan. Since more money can go in, the static price is not a complete turn-EV verdict.

4 | River trips with clubs completed

The T♣ brings trips for KT and completes clubs. The pot is 115.8BB and Ni has 44.6BB, an effective SPR of about 0.385. Tan announces 144.6BB all-in, but only 44.6BB can be matched: an effective bet of 38.51% pot, not 144.6BB of risk for Ni.

KT loses to flushes, full houses and some stronger tens. Its value case needs calls from queens, weaker tens or other worse made hands. Ni’s actual call shows a customer in this instance, not a universal calling range. Checking can retain bluffs; a small bet can pursue thinner value; an effective shove can be compared if worse hands pay. No solved shove frequency is claimed.

5 | Ni’s decision: remove the unmatched 100BB first

The broadcast shows $1,302,000 after including Tan’s $723,000 shove: 260.4BB. Ni can call only $223,000, or 44.6BB. Tan’s unmatched $500,000 returns, without a side pot. The relevant current pot is 160.4BB; calling makes a final 205BB. The price is 44.6/205=21.76%, not a fraction of a pot still containing the returned excess.

Ni has tens and sevens, but loses to many eights, queens, tens, higher pocket pairs and flushes. Count credible bluffs and thin value within this three-street line, not all possible starting hands. The 7♣ removes some flush combinations and can affect other candidates; its effect is not automatically favorable. Against the sole all-in opponent, only fold or call is legal.

With folding now defined as zero, incremental call EV is expected pot share ×205−44.6BB, and Call−Fold must lie between −44.6 and +160.4BB. The previously invested 55.4BB is sunk, not a new folding loss. Ni calls and loses to K♦T♦, but the showdown alone does not establish a unique optimal strategy.

6 | Fix the node before adding an action line

The priority node is Ni facing the river shove: 7♠7♣ on 8♣5♣T♥Q♦T♣; 160.4BB current effective pot, 44.6BB to call and 44.6BB matched remaining. Tan before betting instead faces a 115.8BB pot, zero to call and 44.6BB effective behind. These are different decisions.

Master Mode supports an action line. Hold positions, pot, stacks, ranges and sizes fixed when comparing outputs with and without history. Do not give Ni knowledge of KT or insert T♣ into a turn decision. Unsupported eight-handed, ante or sole-opponent-all-in states are model limitations, not exact-hand solves.

Official facts, reproducible accounting and conditional range reasoning are separate. Unreported rake is not invented. No App action-EV screenshot or exact solve is supplied. Uninvolved folds are grouped without claiming individually reported names or timing.

Review in the App

Poker Coach’s Master Mode supports an action line. Fix a node, compare legal action EV and check range/model coverage. Distinguish relative losses, whole-hand profit and unmatched covering chips.

Hand review questions

Why does the squeeze add 12BB?

Tan already posted 0.4BB, so 12.4−0.4=12BB. Ni previously paid 3BB and adds 9.4BB.

Use 260.4BB or 160.4BB as the river pot?

For Ni’s 44.6BB call use the 160.4BB effective current pot. The broadcast total includes 100BB that cannot be matched.

Is 21.76% the required bluff frequency?

It is the required expected pot share. It equals a bluff fraction only when all bluffs lose, all value wins and ties are absent.

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