Rope A Dope Poker
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Finnish player Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies is one of the most experienced and most interesting players in high-stakes poker online – and he's not exactly faint of heart when it comes to big moves.
Sahamies is an expert in PLO and he’s known to make exceptional plays.
In our Hand of the Week this week, though, he goes down an unusual path but unfortunately his opponent AckmaJin is in total control.
The Hand
The stakes are $100/$200 Pot-Limit Omaha and effective stacks are $58,000, which corresponds to 290 big blinds.
AckmaJin opens from the button to $434. Sahamies has
He re-raises to $1422. AckmaJin calls and the flop comes
There's now $2,844 in the pot. Sahamies checks, AckmaJin bets pot and gets a call. The pot is now $8528.
The turn is the
Sahamies checks again and AckmaJin makes another pot-size bet. Sahamies calls again and the pot has now grown to $25,580.
The river comes
Now Sahamies takes the lead and bets the pot. AckmaJin raises him all-in and he calls.
AckmaJin shows for the nuts. He wins a $115k pot.
$115k pot goes the other way.
Hand Analysis
Pre-flop AckmaJin raises with what is a very nice hand for heads-up PLO. His best-case scenario is to flop a set with the nut-flush draw (which is exactly what happens).
Sahamies in the big blind also holds a very strong hand. He has a pair of kings, an ace, and a nine that is the same suit as one of the kings and could make him the second nut flush.
As both players are very deep, position is paramount in this situation. Still, Sahamies’ re-raise is nothing to sneeze at.
After the flop Sahamies is interestingly playing rope-a-dope. With an overpair and a draw to the second nuts most players would follow suit here with a continuation bet. Sahamies doesn’t have position and instead goes for pot control.
For his opponent AckmaJin, of course, the hand pretty much plays itself. He finds the perfect flop – set plus nut-flush draw – and he bets pot on the flop and turn.
Sahamies has no chance of knowing how far he is behind. Actually, his equity is only 9% and 5% on the flop and turn, respectively.
His play, however, would make a lot of weaker hands bluff. He's also drawing to the second nuts, which is very valuable in a heads-up match.
Maximum Punishment on the River
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If the river is a blank he would have either called another pot bet or maybe even folded to keep his losses to a minimum.
However, the flush comes in and now Sahamies takes over the initiative with a big pot bet.
When AckmaJin goes all-in Sahamies gets 5-1 pot odds which means he only has to make the correct decision one in five times to make it profitable.
Of course, AckmaJin’s play smells like the nuts but the pot odds are so good that Ilari can hardly fold.
Classic Case of Bad Luck
Basically Ilari Sahamies does everything right in this hand and shows he's very capable of mixing up his play with a less-aggressive style.
He just got very unlucky because his opponent completely dominated his hand from the flop onwards and a lot of Sahamies’ outs were poisoned.
The draw came in, the Finn made the infamous second best hand and it cost him dearly.
A classic case of bad luck!
The rope-a-dope is a boxingfighting technique commonly associated with Muhammad Ali in his 1974 Rumble in the Jungle match against world heavyweight champion George Foreman.
In many competitive situations, 'rope-a-dope' is used to describe strategies in which one contender draws non-injuring offensive punches to let their opponent fatigue themself. This then gives the contender an advantage as the opponent becomes tired, allowing the contender to execute devastating offensive maneuvers and thereby win.
Technique[edit]
The rope-a-dope is performed by a boxer assuming a protected stance (in Ali's classic pose, pretending to be trapped and lying against the ropes, which allows much of the punch's energy to be absorbed by the ropes' elasticity rather than the boxer's body). The boxer keeps their guard up and is prepared for the incoming blows while looking for opportunities to counter punch their opponent, who by mounting an offensive may have left themself open to counters. By being in a defensive posture and being prepared for the incoming blows, the boxer decreases their chances of being caught with a clean flush blow, as ideally a significant portion of the punches will land on the boxer's hands and arms, or will miss completely as a result of the boxer slipping the punch. Additionally, if the opponent lacks stamina, their power will decrease throughout the fight as they lose energy, and essentially 'wastes' many punches into the boxer's guard.
However, a boxer employing this tactic must have a great chin and great ability to withstand punishment to be able to withstand the punches that do get through the boxer's defenses and land. Offensively, the boxer employing this tactic will look to exploit mistakes made in his or her opponent's attack by countering if the opponent has left himself or herself open. They will also look to mount short bursts of offensive attacks in between their opponent's attack, being sure to immediately get back in their defensive posture as to not leave themself open to a counterattack. Despite the name, the boxer does not have to be against the ropes in order to rope-a-dope the opponent.
Origin of the term[edit]
According to photographer George Kalinsky, Ali had an unusual way of conducting his sparring sessions, where he had his sparring partner hit him, which he felt 'was his way of being able to take punishment in the belly'. Kalinsky told him: 'Do what you do in a training session: Act like a dope on the ropes.' Ali then replied: 'So, you want me to be a rope-a-dope?'[1]
According to Angelo Dundee, Kalinsky told Ali: 'Why don't you try something like that? Sort of a dope on the ropes, letting Foreman swing away but, like in the picture, hit nothing but air.' The publicist John Condon popularized the phrase 'rope-a-dope'.[2]
Notable fights[edit]
The maneuver is most commonly associated with the match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, known as 'The Rumble in the Jungle'. Foreman was considered by many observers to be the favorite to win the fight due to his superior punching power. Ali purposely angered Foreman during the match, provoking Foreman to attack and force him back on the ropes. Some observers at the time thought that Ali was being horribly beaten and worried that they might see him get killed in the ring.[citation needed] Writer George Plimpton described Ali's stance as like 'a man leaning out his window trying to see something on his roof.' Far from being brutalized, however, Ali was relatively protected from Foreman's blows. Norman Mailer described the advantage of Ali's rope-a-dope this way: 'Standing on one's feet it is painful to absorb a heavy body punch even when blocked with one's arm. The torso, the legs, and the spine take the shock. Leaning on the ropes, however, Ali can pass it along; the rope will receive the strain.'[3] Ali's preparation for the fight, which involved toughening himself up by allowing his sparring partners to pummel him, contributed to observers' sense that Ali was outmatched. But Ali took advantage and won the match when Foreman became tired from the punches he was delivering.
Manny Pacquiao used the strategy to gauge the power of welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto in their November 2009 fight. Pacquiao followed the rope-a-dope with a knockdown.
Nicolino Locche, an Argentine boxer nicknamed 'El Intocable' (The Untouchable), used this technique extensively throughout his career. He would get against the ropes and dodge nearly every single punch until his opponent would tire, then he would take him down with combinations.
'Irish' Micky Ward used this strategy during many of the fights in the later part of his career. Ward would wait for his opponent to become fatigued and would hit with either a left hook to the body or other combinations. This strategy led him to the junior welterweight championship of the WBU, where he took the belt from Shea Neary.[citation needed]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. often used this technique in his bouts, as he demonstrated in his August 2017 fight against Conor McGregor.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Notes
- ^Gardner, Ralph (2013-10-01). 'Madison Square Garden's Eye'. Wall Street Journal. ISSN0099-9660. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^Dundee, Angelo; Sugar, Bert Randolph (2007-10-22). My View from the Corner. McGraw Hill Professional. ISBN9780071596565. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^Mailer, Norman (1997). The fight (1st Vintage International ed.). New York: Vintage International. p. 191. ISBN9780375700385. OCLC36647872.
- ^Eligon, John; Mather, Victor (2017-08-26). 'Mayweather vs. McGregor: Highlights From Every Round'. The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-10-28 – via NYTimes.com.
Bibliography
- Hook, Jason (2001). Muhammad Ali: The Greatest. Raintree Steck-Vaughn. ISBN9780817257170.