Corey Hochman Doubles Up After Jeff Platt Folds to a Post-Flop Four Bet

Photo:  Corey Hochman

After a flop of , three players check, and Corey Hochman bets 3,000 from the button. The small blind calls, and Jeff Platt check-raises from the big blind to 11,000. The middle-position player folds, and Hochman moves all in for 32,600.

The small blind four-bets all in over the top for about 115,000, and Platt goes into the tank, apparently stunned by the action.

Platt tanks for a while before he mournfully folds his cards, saying, “Please don’t show me two crazy bluffs.”

Hochman shows for a pair of eights with a queen-high flush draw, and the small blind turns over for an open-ended straight draw with a jack-high flush draw. Hochman needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card pairs the board with the , the river card is the , and Hochman’s hand holds up for him to win the pot with two pair, nines and eights, to double up in chips.

Corey Hochman  –  80,000  (133 bb)
Jeff Platt  –  24,500  (41 bb)

After the hand, another player asks if Platt folded a good hand, and he says he had the winning hand. Someone asked what he had, and Platt simply said, “I beat eights.”

Photo:  Poker Broadcaster Jeff Platt