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Superman looks at his cards, worried: Did I act nervous enough?

 

📌 Players & Hole Cards

  • Sandor: A♠ K♣ → King-high flush (with K♣)

  • Superman: 7♣ 6♣ → Straight flush (5♣ 6♣ 7♣ 8♣ 9♣)


📌 Board

9♣ – 5♥ – 5♣ – J♣ – 8♣


📌 What each player made

  • Sandor: His flush is K♣ J♣ 9♣ 8♣ 5♣ → King-high flush

  • Superman: His flush is 9♣ 8♣ 7♣ 6♣ 5♣ → 9-high straight flush, which beats all regular flushes (including King-high)


🧠 Strategic Analysis

Sandor’s perspective:

  • When holding K♣, this is one of the strongest possible flushes in this situation (only beaten by the A♣ flush or a straight flush).

  • Given how rare straight flushes are, Sandor might find it very hard to fold here unless he reads something very suspicious in Superman’s line or betting pattern.

Superman’s perspective:

  • Superman has the absolute nuts — the straight flush is unbeatable on this board.

  • His job is to get maximum value. By appearing nervous (as the caption suggests), he might induce Sandor to call or even raise.


⚠️ Key Point

This is a classic cooler:

  • Both players hit monster hands.

  • Sandor’s K-high flush would normally be good against almost anything except a straight flush or an A-high flush.

  • Superman’s straight flush is so rare and strong that this is just Sandor being unlucky.


📝 Summary

👉 Sandor made a King-high flush — a hand that would win almost always.
👉 Superman made a straight flush — the best possible hand on this board.
👉 Unless Sandor is a superhero mind reader, this hand was destined for him to lose chips.

🧠 Strategic & Psychological Commentary

  • Superman has the nuts or near-nuts by the turn. Despite this, he’s shown weak body language to induce a call (classic reverse tell).

  • The caption jokes about his "acting depth" — pretending to be nervous to bait Sandor into calling.

  • Sandor, with a strong starting hand but no improvement on the board, is in a difficult bluff-catching position. If he suspects a busted draw or weak hand, he might call — but if he reads the four clubs correctly, he should fold.

And here is the result


Sandor call and lose $29,690 Pot

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