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I've built a good stack (top 15% - 20%), cruising and this happens against only player at table who covers.  We are in the money but field is massive with about 1600 left.  $18K up top.  I have no reads on oppo as i was moved to table 20 hands prior.  I have been opening at least twice a round though so he may feel i am active and can be 3-bet light.  I basically jam to fold out Ax diamond draws and think i am gonna be called with worse (10-10, J-J and QQ).

thoughts? is it a spew? can i play this better? 50p? trivial?


PokerStars Hand #89344237183: Tournament #2012110011, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (700/1400)
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: tonitonchev (52644 in chips)
Seat 2: crulBaddy (21190 in chips)
Seat 3: P-Man70888 (104976 in chips)
Seat 4: HERO (98005 in chips)
Seat 5: kju123 (88272 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: Huulio8 (158441 in chips)

tonitonchev: posts the ante 175
crulBaddy: posts the ante 175
P-Man70888: posts the ante 175
HERO: posts the ante 175
kju123: posts the ante 175
Huulio8: posts the ante 175
crulBaddy: posts small blind 700
P-Man70888: posts big blind 1400

*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to HERO [Kc Ks]
HERO: raises 1400 to 2800
kju123: folds
Huulio8: raises 2800 to 5600
tonitonchev: folds
crulBaddy: folds
P-Man70888: folds
HERO: raises 7000 to 12600
Huulio8: calls 7000

*** FLOP *** [9d 4d 8s]

HERO: bets 11400
Huulio8: raises 18000 to 29400
HERO: raises 55830 to 85230 and is all-in
Huulio8: calls 55830

*** TURN *** [9d 4d 8s] [Ac]

*** RIVER *** [9d 4d 8s Ac] [3s]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

HERO: shows [Kc Ks] (a pair of Kings)
Huulio8: shows [8h 8c] (three of a kind, Eights)
Huulio8 collected 198810 from pot

micromillions mate. wp 50p etc.

Yeah this. Perhaps not a fistpump but never folding.

yeh obv in a 4bet pot we don't like being raised on flops, BUT he's 3bet utg2 vs utg with 88 lol..... ( I didn't see it was 6max somehow. moron). still applies though.

yeah he's flatted a 4 bet from UTG with 88 but hey ho, he can play his $11 how he wishes and he's hit his 2 outer. I didn't like the raise on the flop but what you gonna do?  does anyone flat the raise on the flop and try and get to showdown cheap or are we losing too much value from 10-10, JJ, QQ and AXs?  i wasn't sure if the flop jam was bad and was only going to get called by better. shit spot really

My first though was flat flop to keep his worse hands in that he'll fold, but then I realised that this is the Micromillions. Hands fine, pretty unlucky mate

Dont ever fold KK in any micromillions no matter what the board and you will comfortably show a profit.

Pretty standard by the way when your account is fitted with a doom switch. Think i must have pissed someone off in support when i first created the account in 2004 and might have sent the odd abusive email when running bad.. I am more zen these days. Anyone know how to deactivate a doom switch?

Must be nice having a doomswitch account and still cashing.

50p ul

you played this hand exceptionally well.

Do i detect sarcasm? :-)

no, not at all!

seems pretty standard, ul

Agree, just pile flop in this spot, flatting there would be a mistake in this tournament.

Ok thanks, just let me know where i send the 50p