The APAT Winners Interview....Max Power

[Ironside]

didnt you see any of my plays? i thought my play of the 76o on the AJ9 flop was one of the best plays in history

I beg to differ, Mr Runner-Runner suckout artist!!! 

what can i say if i was playing against the biggest calling station this side of colchester

[Sheriff Fatman]

No point raising someone who wants to bluff off all his chips!

 

[Ironside]

but you never raised even on river what you have a missed draw?

[Sheriff Fatman]

That was due to the 'bet the fish has got a 7' thought that was racing in my mind.

Big Ace, naturally.

[Ironside]

LMAO


aint you glad you forgot to raise me to get me off my no hand

[Sheriff Fatman]

Bear in mind that the raise with QQ in the previous hand didn't get you off your T-7 or whatever it was you lost with!

[Teditu]

I sat next to Max for several hours at Newcastle and never realised we were from the same town, Stockport. Small world.

[Ironside]

Bear in mind that the raise with QQ in the previous hand didn't get you off your T-7 or whatever it was you lost with!

you forgot to raise it preflop

i joined inthe many limpers with T9 from sb and caught top pair with a flush draw check raised the flop bet the turn and checked down the river standard play didnt realise you had slow played the queens with a better flush draw

[Sheriff Fatman]

I thought the pot had been raised pre-flop, perhaps not by me but by an EP raiser.

If I'd flat called pre-flop then there must've already been a number of limpers and no real prospect of thinning the field.

Its a dim and distant memory by now, as I won that hand.  Its the one's I lose that tend to stick in the mind, which is bloody typical!

[Ironside]

I thought the pot had been raised pre-flop, perhaps not by me but by an EP raiser.

If I'd flat called pre-flop then there must've already been a number of limpers and no real prospect of thinning the field.

Its a dim and distant memory by now, as I won that hand.  Its the one's I lose that tend to stick in the mind, which is bloody typical!

wow you must have a very good memory if you remember all the hands you lose

i can actually remember every hand when i am sober

there was 2 limpers before you and 2 after you

[Sheriff Fatman]

I'll take your word for it then - the Baileys hadn't arrived by then!

[M3boy]

Top result!

[Sunday8pm]

WP Max.

I did fall off my chair reading this though

TE: Heads up was a long see-saw battle. First you must talk us through the KK hand when you flopped KAA and checked three times!

MW: It was simple really I had intended to raise my kings minimum on the button but forget to announce my raise as I piled my chips in. This resulted in me flat calling and my opponent checking.  When the flop dropped I thought I had played it super cool and looked like I had no interest. After the event I was told I nearly took off out my seat, which is embarrassing but its easier said than done sitting still when you flop a monster full house.

That said, although I had flopped the monster I was aware that the one occasion I had seen my opponent trap and slow play (in the whole tournament) was when he played Kings a few hands prior. Maybe I was too prudent but considering such cuteness I was concerned by concealed AK (AA was unlikey but ultimately the same eng game). To that end I checked down the board actually hoping he had hit an ace but that he could bet first and to which I would have raised 1/3 my stack. If he had reraised or put me in I would have folded as there was too much ambiguity to risk the title on that one hand.  If I had bet out first and faced a reraise I would have to have folded and lost a lot of chips. As it turned out he didn’t hit Ace or King and despite catching an 8 on the turn I think, I don’t feel any bet would have induced a call. The only hand playing that call in his position facing my chip stack and preflop play would only ever be a hand that had me beat.

I don’t think anyone understood how I played that hand, people were surprised I hadn’t just pushed in. Maybe I could have value bet the river, that is a strong call. But what chance would I have of beating a hand that would call that bet?

[maxward]

How else would u have played the hand?

I dont pretend it was my greatest play but I was marginally behind at this point. 

The fact he was checking down on the button meant that if I bet I dont think I would have a caller and the end result would have been the same anyway. If he was prepared to bet the river (or the turn) as I had hoped (maye with a small ace) then I could raise and see where I stood. Betting into this just commited too many chips with limited value in the play - if i was raised, I was in a big decison for the title or hed fold and the outcome would be the same.

[maxward]

Thanks for the support all!!

I am soo looking forward to Vegas - id actually like to do a diary or a blog for the APAT whilst im out there but well see what transpires!

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Ironside
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I dont think many would argue the table was tight - one or two limped plays or (more likely) your 'on-tilt' moves does not determine a loose table.  Dont forget for at least the first round we had 11 players at the table all with deepstacks, thats big!

You get your raising hand wrong also, I made a move on the flop, hoping you hadnt hit and you reraised me to £2k (not £3k), pot odds were inside 2.5:1 - so there was value to the call (10 outs inside straight draw and two overcards), it was a fair play. The bet was well intended, I had value to call and with the turn not hitting me and the pot growing I was best to cut and walk away, being out of position I had little choice and maybe it was better reserved for a time in position but first event nerves do get the better of you!!