Hand Dissection – Matt Graham



Coming off his bracelet win in the World Series of Poker $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout, Matt “mattg1983” Graham went on a tear toward the end of the summer of 2008. He picked up wins in the $33 rebuy on Full Tilt for more than $6,000 and the star-studded $215 Sunday Second Chance on Pokerstars for $53,330. Then on August 5th, Graham won the $109 rebuy on Pokerstars for $38,390. Graham took some time with PokerNewsDaily to go over a significant pot at the final table of his $109 rebuy victory. With play five-handed, Matt had more than half the chips in play and had been very active, as expected, at the table. Hand Setup: Seat 1: 204,403 chips Seat 2 (Villain): 240,549 chips Seat 3 (mattg1983): 1,146,389 chips Seat 7: 241,490 chips Seat 8: 379,669 chips Blinds are 6,000/12,000 with a 1,200 ante PokerNewsDaily: First, can you break down the table dynamics and your image at this point, especially with such a massive chip lead? Matt Graham: All four of my opponents are trying to outlast each other. I have opened essentially every pot folded to me and also 3-bet liberally. My image is extremely aggro but they haven’t played back at me much at all. Cards are dealt: Seat 7 folds Seat ...

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