{"id":1715,"date":"2019-02-21T09:23:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T09:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.coinpoker.com\/tr\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:28:50","slug":"melika-hand-analysis-p16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/tr\/melika-hand-analysis-p16\/","title":{"rendered":"High Stakes Hand Analysis with Pro Player Melika Razavi P16"},"content":{"rendered":"

High stakes regular, magician, pageant queen, and CoinPoker ambassador Melika Razavi loves hitting the cash game tables. To give our community some insight into her pot-winning strategies, Melika will walk you through two great hands step-by-step.<\/b><\/p>\n

Hand #1<\/h2>\n

Almagenio<\/strong> limps from the small blind with 25. I decided to just call with\u00a0\"\"\"\"\u00a0off-suit as my hand was not too strong.<\/p>\n

\"Melika<\/p>\n

The flop was \"\"\"\"\"\".<\/p>\n

This is a dry board with some straight draws. Almagenio<\/strong> checks and I decided to check back with bottom pair as it\u2019s not a hand I would bluff with and has some showdown value.<\/p>\n

The turn was a\u00a0\"\", giving me a second pair.<\/p>\n

I decided to bet 2\/3 of the pot, denying my opponent pot odds for his draws. Also, he never folds weaker pairs to this bet. Almagenio<\/strong> then puts in a minimum raise, which could be a semi-bluff with a few draws.<\/p>\n

I decided to call, allowing him to make some big bluffs on the river with missed draws.<\/p>\n

The river was a\u00a0\"\"\u00a0– a complete blank.<\/p>\n

Almagenio<\/strong> then bets 350 into a pot of 300. This is an overbet that I can\u2019t fold with my 2 pairs, so I call. \u00a0My opponent shows a straight with\u00a0\"\"\"\". Sometimes we just have to pay the better hand, but it’s always good to avoid losing too much in the process.<\/p>\n

Hand #2<\/h2>\n

I started this hand by raising jeef666<\/strong> pre-flop to 30. I use bigger sizing because \"\"\"\"\u00a0plays very well heads-up post-flop against most of our opponents\u2019 range, plus I\u2019m out of position.<\/p>\n

\"Melika<\/p>\n

The flop was \"\"\"\"\"\",\u00a0a wet board with flush draws and some straight draws.<\/p>\n

I decided to check with the intention to call with 2 overs and a backdoor flush draw. jeef666<\/strong> checks back and we go to the turn.<\/p>\n

The turn gave us a \"\", giving me top pair.<\/p>\n

I decided to bet 2\/3 of the pot. I used this sizing as it doesn\u2019t give our opponent pot odds to call for his draws. jeef666<\/strong> raises 40, which he could be doing with many draws so I couldn\u2019t fold just yet.<\/p>\n

I called and the river was an\u00a0\"\".<\/p>\n

The river card completes some straights in my opponent\u2019s range, and betting here would lead to more trouble than good. So I decided to check back instead. jeef666<\/strong> puts in a very small bet of 30, which I had to call given the pot odds and the missed flush draws.<\/p>\n

jeeef666<\/strong>\u00a0showed\u00a0\"\"\"\"\u00a0and I took down the pot with a pair of Kings.<\/p>\n

Check out more hand analyses by poker pro Melika Razavi:<\/strong><\/h3>\n