re: Poker Misery

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I mean I don't get why he called, but why did you go all in with so little in the pot?

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ive got roughly 16 BB'S left and there was 12.6k in the pot. i had raised 4xBB the previous 2 hands and taken down both pots which is why im sure he called thinking i was just making a move. in reality i wanted the call i had him CRUSHED he just hit a 2 outer to frick me.


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btw just from the little talking ive done with BG ive gone WAY longer in these tourney's. this one was 1600 people i believe.

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6 handed, he only had 100,000 in chips, with 600 antes and 3000/6000 blinds, there is really only one option, if you get any decent hand, you go all in.

If he raises to 20-25K, he's pot committed and will be going all in regardless, so it is the only play.

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Who is BG?

And what was the details of the tourney? Buy in? Where'd u finish? In the money? How much?

Just curious, lol.

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BG Lanoix he used to post here and knows John Dolan.

$2.20 buy in..lol i made the money finished 23rd and won $21.07 and there were 1906 entrants.

the risk/reward is better for me right now financially with tourney's than cash games. i can lose it all in a cash game

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the risk/reward is better for me right now financially with tourney's than cash games. i can lose it all in a cash game

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Yea, that's the draw of tournies as well. Lower buy ins and if you do well, you can play off of a couple of bucks for hours.

And they're just more fun to me, even though I'm horrible at em for some reason.

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before talking to BG i could never envision myself folding AJ on the button to a raise

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I think I'm on the opposite end as you. I don't know what my problem is. Maybe too conservative?

i basically never ever seen to chip up and I'll win a couple of small pots or maybe double up early on, but my stack usually just slowly dwindles down until I'm forced to go all in with a marginal hand and bust out.

That's how it goes almost every tourney I play in.

i really am conservative for the most part. i got "wild" at the beginning and called a min raise in middle position with JT and hit 2 pair on the flop. guy had AA and was PISSED to say the least.

again what are the odds? it's just us two left btw.


PokerStars Game #47641176917: Tournament #297708094, $3.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2010/08/03 1:10:22 CT [2010/08/03 2:10:22 ET]
Table '297708094 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Jovial86 (6770 in chips)
Seat 2: infamous337 (6730 in chips)
infamous337: posts small blind 100
Jovial86: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to infamous337 [Td Kc]
infamous337: calls 100
Jovial86: raises 300 to 500
infamous337: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [Ts Ad Kd]
Jovial86: bets 800
infamous337: calls 800
*** TURN *** [Ts Ad Kd] [3c]
Jovial86: bets 2000
infamous337: calls 2000
*** RIVER *** [Ts Ad Kd 3c] [3h]
Jovial86: bets 3470 and is all-in
infamous337: calls 3430 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (40) returned to Jovial86
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Jovial86: shows [Ks Ac] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
infamous337: shows [Td Kc] (two pair, Kings and Tens)
Jovial86 collected 13460 from pot
infamous337 finished the tournament in 2nd place and received $8.10.
Jovial86 wins the tournament and receives $13.50 - congratulations!
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13460 | Rake 0
Board [Ts Ad Kd 3c 3h]
Seat 1: Jovial86 (big blind) showed [Ks Ac] and won (13460) with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 2: infamous337 (button) (small blind) showed [Td Kc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Tens

Also, and you can correct me if I"m wrong here PokerChamp...

I know his opponent was gonna play top 2 pairs to the end regardless, but given the situation, I don't think calling the raise, calling the flop, and calling the bet on the turn is the correct play.

It seems at some point, you have to get some info and make a move, not just 3 straight calls, no?

Like I said, dude was gonna call any raise I'm sure, but that's not really the point in this instance.

breaking the hand down completely i would raise on the button nearly everytime with K10 heads up unless i felt like limp re raising an aggressive opponent. this would have let you know where he was at pre flop as he would have re raised your raise most likely.

I dont mind the call on the flop as to looking at one more card to make sure an ace or queen or jack doesnt peel off and put you in a bad spot as a hand such as KJ may want to gamble with you on the flop but not the turn(lots of morons out there)

i would def. ship the turn in a heads up situation if you are unlucky enough to be beaten at this point then oh well.

the way the hand was played out by the river you have to fold imo. as any ace beats you and by the way he bet out the hand he had an ace minimum by the time it got to the river

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I normally don't share bad beat stories

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this is a good policy and you should stick to it.