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How Pateichuk's dream Flop turned into a Nightmare $880,000

Poker Club tháng 5 17, 2025

 

Hole Cards:

  • Volodko (SB): ♥K♥6 — King-high flush

  • Pateichuk (UTG): ♥10♥9 — Ten-high flush

Flop:

  • ♥J ♥8 ♥2 — All hearts!

🧠 Analysis

Flop Strengths:

  • Volodko flopped a King-high flush, which is currently the best possible hand, unless someone has Ace of hearts (which neither player does).

  • Pateichuk also flopped a flush, but it’s a Ten-high flush, which is dominated by Volodko’s hand.

This is a classic cooler situation in poker: both players have very strong hands, but one is significantly better.

Equity:

The equity percentages in the image confirm it:

  • Volodko: 90%

  • Pateichuk: 10%

Pateichuk’s only outs are extremely limited. For example:

  • A non-heart 7 and non-heart Queen could give him a straight flush draw, but even that wouldn't improve him past Volodko’s King-high flush unless the turn and river are perfect cards.

  • Basically, Pateichuk is drawing nearly dead unless some bizarre runout hits.

Stack Sizes & Pot:

  • Volodko (SB): 1.12 million chips

  • Pateichuk (UTG): 657k chips

  • Pot on flop: 109,000

  • Pateichuk has 22k to call a 40k raise

He’s getting a good price, but if the action heats up, he’s likely to go broke if he can't fold.

🔥 What Makes This Hand Interesting

This is a nightmare for Pateichuk. In his mind, flopping a flush—especially with connected cards like ♥T♥9—is usually gold. But he’s drawing thin against a bigger flush that’s already made.

This hand is one of those:

"You're not losing because you played it wrong... you're losing because the deck hates you."

🏁 Conclusion

  • Volodko: In a dream spot. Almost always stacking his opponent.

  • Pateichuk: In a trap. Unless he gets away (which is incredibly hard here), he’s losing a lot of chips.

This hand is exactly the kind of thing players refer to when they say:

“Man, I hate when the dealer gives me such a good-looking loser…”

And here is the result

🃏 Final Board:

  • Flop: ♥J ♥8 ♥2

  • Turn: ♦4

  • River: ♠5

No more hearts hit the board, so the flushes remain the key factor.

🎴 Final Hands:

  • Volodko (SB): ♥K ♥6 → King-high flush

  • Pateichuk (UTG): ♥T ♥9 → Ten-high flush

📊 Pot Size: 606,000

  • Pateichuk bet 275,000 on the river.

  • Volodko has 275,000 to call, with 1.02 million behind.

🧠 Strategic Breakdown:

Pateichuk's Line (UTG):

  • Probably feeling strong with a flopped flush, especially after turn and river blanks.

  • Betting 275k into a 331k pot on the river looks like a value bet… but he's value-owning himself hard.

  • There are several higher flushes possible (Q-high, K-high, A-high), but maybe he thought he'd get called by worse—or feared giving a free showdown.

Volodko's Situation:

  • Stone cold nuts aside from the unlikely A♥X♥, which no one has.

  • Facing a chunky river bet. Against a competent opponent, this screams value, not a bluff.

  • Still, with K♥6♥ on this board, he should be licking his lips.

🔥 What Happened Here

This is a textbook cooler:

  • Both players flop flushes.

  • No scare cards fall on turn/river.

  • Pateichuk thinks he’s ahead.

  • Volodko is loving it.

  • Pateichuk ends up drawing 100% dead and donating a big chunk of his stack.

🤯 Poker Equivalent of:

"Bringing a knife to a gunfight... and not realizing until you're bleeding."

🏁 Final Verdict:

  • Volodko: Played it slow and maximized value.

  • Pateichuk: Not a bad play, just brutally unlucky.

  • Dealer: Still public enemy #1 if you’re Pateichuk.

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