The hand I just bust out of the 40k with...

[NoflopsHomer]

12 People left, there are pretty much raises every hand by someone. Everyone is prepared to steal what they can, but can I get away from this?

Table "Sunday £40K 1689808 - 2" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: Lintyman (34144 in chips)
Seat 3: 7jinky7 (79795 in chips)
Seat 4: smurfalot (160717.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Foaming_h (43984.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Pralinen (132702.50 in chips)
Seat 9: PHARAOH (43867 in chips)
smurfalot: posts the ante 400
Foaming_h: posts the ante 400
Pralinen: posts the ante 400
PHARAOH: posts the ante 400
Lintyman: posts the ante 400
7jinky7: posts the ante 400
smurfalot: posts small blind 1500
Foaming_h: posts big blind 3000
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Foaming_h [ ]
Pralinen: folds
PHARAOH: folds
PHARAOH sits out
PHARAOH sits back
PHARAOH sits back
Lintyman: folds
7jinky7: folds
smurfalot: raises to 15000
Foaming_h: raises to 43584.50 and is all-in
smurfalot: calls 28584.50
----- FLOP ----- [ ]
----- TURN ----- [ ][]
----- RIVER ----- [ ][]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Foaming_h: shows [ ] (A Pair of Fours, Queen high)
smurfalot: shows [ ] (A Pair of Sixes, Queen high)
smurfalot collects 89569 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 89569 Main pot 89569 Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: Lintyman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: 7jinky7 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: smurfalot (small blind) showed [ ] and won (89569) with A Pair of Sixes, Queen high
Seat 5: Foaming_h (big blind) lost
Seat 6: Pralinen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: PHARAOH folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[RyG]

Id be tempted to fold here due to the fact that he's likely to call u if u play back at him due to his relatively large stack. As such your either in a cointoss or dominated by any pair. If u fold uve still got more than 10x the bb and id wait for a better spot personally

[snoopy1239]

Yeah you can get away from it.

Not the worst move in the world, but I think his chunky raise of 15k tells you he's not messing around with 2-3.

Also, if he's willing to stick 15k in, then he'll probably call your reraise with half decent hands. Unfortunately, a half decent hand was still better than yours.

Basically, you're sticking it in with your best hope being a coin toss.

I think you can afford to wait a little longer with that stack.

[NoflopsHomer]

I think I knew after I moved all-in, and you guys are right, and I'm absolutely gutted now I look at how I played. I was just sick of my blinds being taken every turn, and not having a hand for ages. I'd scraped and stolen lots of chips, and it looks so stupid now. Gah.

[mikkyT]

Dont worry too much, certainly dont beat yourself up. You managed to last to 12th place in a big comp. There will be others. As long as you learn from these experiences, its all good.

Thanks tank for giving me these same sentiments yesterday after the cincins £100 bash, where after scrapping ducking and diving I joined the final table with 75k in chips, I managed to cripple myself in one hand with a brutal mistake raising with 97 in the small blind after everyone folded to me, and after having 3 7's exposed on the table. Half decent BB hand called me and dominated my 9 with a better kicker. I know what I was thinking, I thought I could just steal, but looking back it was an appalling play. He was low enough stacked to go all in with anything decent. That left me with a mere 30k and the blinds just going up to 16k.

[snoopy1239]

How did 3 sevens managed to be exposed?!

[mikkyT]

A 7 was exposed during the deal, and so a guy with a pair of sevens threw them in angrily and they exposed. Muggins here still attempted a steal in the small blind. Still, just needed an 8 for a split pot. Curses.

[dan]

Yeah you can get away from it.

Not the worst move in the world, but I think his chunky raise of 15k tells you he's not messing around with 2-3.

Also, if he's willing to stick 15k in, then he'll probably call your reraise with half decent hands. Unfortunately, a half decent hand was still better than yours.

Basically, you're sticking it in with your best hope being a coin toss.

I think you can afford to wait a little longer with that stack.

i think his "chunky raise" looks like he doesnt want a call but saying that i think you should get away from it because you know he is likely to call and you dont want to be 50/50 at best here