Jennifer Shahade welcomes author, poker player, science writer and commentator Alex O’Brien to the GRID. The two break down a hand from Jennifer’s final table at the Women’s Summer Festival, where she held Ten-Eight Offsuit in the big blind. The table had been nine handed for over an hour, and when the button opened, Jennifer made the ambitious call. When the flop came J9A rainbow, she check called a bet with her straight draw. A brick four completed the rainbow and after the action went check check, a deuce on the river came, leaving Jennifer with a choice: give up or bluff with her ten-high?

Alex and Jennifer also revisit a hand that they played together at the tag team event of the WSOP, where they played as the “Write-Offs.” The conversation also touches on Alex O’ Brien’s book, The Truth Detective: Lessons from Poker on Risk, Reward and Imperfect Information, and what it can teach us about the bluff to value ratio in life and in poker.

Now that Jennifer and Alex have discussed ten-eight offsuit, 83 hands remain on the poker GRID. Also see Peter Jetten discuss Ten-Eight here.   Browse other hands and see what’s left at: https://thepokergrid.com/episode-finder/

Links mentioned in the show

Alex O Brien’s book the Truth Detective  (UK links to her book.)

PokerStars Women’s Summer Festival full replay with comms by James Hartigan, Joe Stapleton and Caitlin Comeskey

Women’s Summer recap by Jennifer on her substack

Hippodrome Live Channel

Alex and Jennifer at the Tag Team Champs  

Alex’s hand from the Women’s Winter Festival against Georgina James

Alex O Brien’s article for poker.org with strategy analysis by Dara O’Kearney  

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