2 hands from the stars $25k

[Royal Flush]

The first one, 13 left. 1,375,500 in play so average is 106k.

Oppo was not a rock had previously played a big pot with him when he held the winning A3.


Seat 1: Hauen (126884 in chips)
Seat 2: WhatArunAA (46484 in chips)
Seat 3: YAYA94 (21462 in chips)
Seat 4: fabioso1 (28456 in chips)
Seat 8: MKKMOO (57062 in chips)
Seat 9: fredde74 (93930 in chips)
Hauen: posts the ante 300
WhatArunAA: posts the ante 300
YAYA94: posts the ante 300
fabioso1: posts the ante 300
MKKMOO: posts the ante 300
fredde74: posts the ante 300
MKKMOO: posts small blind 3000
fredde74: posts big blind 6000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MKKMOO [Ah ]
Hauen: folds
WhatArunAA: folds
YAYA94: raises 15162 to 21162 and is all-in
fabioso1: folds
MKKMOO:



Ok the second hand. I had been re-raised twice and was leaking chips, i found a strongish hand and decided to make to 4BB to try and just take the blinds, we hadn't played any pots against each other but i saw on the last 2 tables he was quite active.



Seat 1: Hauen (160884 in chips)
Seat 2: suppehue (152056 in chips)
Seat 3: YAYA94 (129324 in chips)
Seat 5: rapsusklei (198305 in chips)
Seat 6: slammedfire (131382 in chips)
Seat 7: Olia (366691 in chips)
Seat 8: MKKMOO (236858 in chips)
 Hauen: posts the ante 600
suppehue: posts the ante 600
YAYA94: posts the ante 600
rapsusklei: posts the ante 600
slammedfire: posts the ante 600O
lia: posts the ante 600
MKKMOO: posts the ante 600
slammedfire: posts small blind 6000
Olia: posts big blind 12000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MKKMOO [ ]
MKKMOO: raises 36000 to 48000
Hauen: folds
suppehue: folds
YAYA94: folds
rapsusklei: raises 149705 to 197705 and is all-in
slammedfire: folds
Olia: folds
MKKMOO:

[temp0r]

if you're playing to win i think they're both calls. in the first one i don't think you have enough BB to go along with to fold here. and in the second one you have to believe you're racing the majority of the time and there's more than enough dead money in the pot to call for.

[Ironside]

i think in both cases i would fold and wait for a better spot

[Dubai]

1st hand easy isolation.
2nd hand raise less pre, still call shove.

[Rookie (Rodney)]

1st one i call

2nd one i make it 3bb instead of 4 and fold to his shove anyway.

[boldie]

1st one i call

2nd one i make it 3bb instead of 4 and fold to his shove anyway.

First one I'd  fold.

Second one I'd probably call if I had been leaking chips..but I wouldn't be surprised to see pocket tens or something better. Hoping for AK or something and being fed up with being re-raised all the time would probably lead me to calling.

[kinboshi]

I think I'd be folding to both.

[Highstack]

H1 Jam - you don't want anyone else in the pot. Shortie was looking for first unraised pot to get em in ... you are in front here and looking at the amount of chips on the other table, you need to accumulate some.

Pass - you might be in front but its marginal and the price is  just oo much to find out if you are best. You tried and failed to pick up the blinds, I would now let it go. He could well have you on the steal and this be a resteal attempt, but you have plenty of chips back to finder a better opportunity.