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[cambridgealex]

usually bok myself when I post here midsweat but very next hand...


PokerStars Hand #86635020782: Tournament #617483442, $100+$9 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXVIII (6000/12000) - 2012/09/24 2:47:42 WET [2012/09/23 21:47:42 ET]
Table '617483442 97' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Gigacide (509641 in chips)
Seat 2: Dzes007 (684947 in chips)
Seat 3: wann2play (396241 in chips)
Seat 4: z_pokero86 (861963 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: d0r1t0s (991240 in chips)
Seat 6: 20alex430 (356454 in chips)
Seat 7: ForzaVaxholm (381884 in chips)
Seat 9: sauce3000 (252002 in chips)
Gigacide: posts the ante 1500
Dzes007: posts the ante 1500
wann2play: posts the ante 1500
z_pokero86: posts the ante 1500
d0r1t0s: posts the ante 1500
20alex430: posts the ante 1500
ForzaVaxholm: posts the ante 1500
sauce3000: posts the ante 1500
Gigacide: posts small blind 6000
Dzes007: posts big blind 12000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 20alex430 [ ]
wann2play: raises 12000 to 24000
z_pokero86: folds
d0r1t0s: folds
20alex430: raises 26555 to 50555
ForzaVaxholm: folds
sauce3000: folds
Gigacide: calls 44555
Dzes007: folds
wann2play: folds
*** FLOP *** [ As ]
Gigacide: checks
20alex430: checks
*** TURN *** [ As ] []
Gigacide: bets 108000
20alex430: calls 108000
*** RIVER *** [ As ] []
Gigacide: bets 349586 and is all-in
20alex430: calls 196399 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (153187) returned to Gigacide
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Gigacide: shows [ ] (a pair of Jacks)
20alex430: shows [ ] (a pair of Aces)
20alex430 collected 757908 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 757908 | Rake 0
Board [ As ]
Seat 1: Gigacide (small blind) showed [ ] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 2: Dzes007 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: wann2play folded before Flop
Seat 4: z_pokero86 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: d0r1t0s folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: 20alex430 showed [ ] and won (757908) with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: ForzaVaxholm folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: sauce3000 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)


[ ] tough field

[cambridgealex]

A milli a milli a milli


PokerStars Hand #86635296002: Tournament #617483442, $100+$9 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXIX (7000/14000) - 2012/09/24 3:00:38 WET [2012/09/23 22:00:38 ET]
Table '617483442 97' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Gigacide (487374 in chips)
Seat 2: Dzes007 (413510 in chips)
Seat 3: wann2play (353241 in chips)
Seat 4: z_pokero86 (831463 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: d0r1t0s (936740 in chips)
Seat 6: 20alex430 (700908 in chips)
Seat 7: ForzaVaxholm (535634 in chips)
Seat 8: idvalentina (240519 in chips)
Seat 9: sauce3000 (201502 in chips)
Gigacide: posts the ante 1750
Dzes007: posts the ante 1750
wann2play: posts the ante 1750
z_pokero86: posts the ante 1750
d0r1t0s: posts the ante 1750
20alex430: posts the ante 1750
ForzaVaxholm: posts the ante 1750
idvalentina: posts the ante 1750
sauce3000: posts the ante 1750
sauce3000: posts small blind 7000
Gigacide: posts big blind 14000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 20alex430 [ ]
Dzes007 has timed out
Dzes007: folds
Dzes007 is sitting out
wann2play: folds
z_pokero86: folds
d0r1t0s: folds
20alex430: raises 14000 to 28000
z_pokero86 has returned
ForzaVaxholm: raises 31775 to 59775
idvalentina: folds
sauce3000: folds
Gigacide: calls 45775
20alex430: raises 639383 to 699158 and is all-in
ForzaVaxholm: calls 474109 and is all-in
Gigacide: folds
Uncalled bet (165274) returned to 20alex430
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
Gigacide said, "jj"
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
20alex430: shows [ ] (three of a kind, Queens)
ForzaVaxholm: shows [ ] (two pair, Queens and Tens)
20alex430 collected 1150293 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1150293 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: Gigacide (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Dzes007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: wann2play folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: z_pokero86 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: d0r1t0s folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: 20alex430 showed [ ] and won (1150293) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 7: ForzaVaxholm showed [ ] and lost with two pair, Queens and Tens
Seat 8: idvalentina (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: sauce3000 (small blind) folded before Flop

[cambridgealex]

2/60

[cambridgealex]

Wow. Managed to not go broke here which might be bad but I had a really nasty feeling he had A8, and I said before he bet I'd "just call" if he bet like 500k. Then he bet 400 which was right on the line, went with my gut and didn't shove. Who folds to these flop c/raises btw? So annoying when they rep so thin and have air so often.

PokerStars Hand #86636290530: Tournament #617483442, $100+$9 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXXII (12500/25000) - 2012/09/24 3:47:12 WET [2012/09/23 22:47:12 ET]
Table '617483442 346' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: 20alex430 (1277777 in chips)
Seat 2: wann2play (445944 in chips)
Seat 3: pobolero (1190397 in chips)
Seat 4: AJGarcia48 (1291792 in chips)
Seat 5: Havana85 (673728 in chips)
Seat 6: Kappustahead (602337 in chips)
Seat 8: Sytraxx (584798 in chips)
Seat 9: nadimBC (261326 in chips)
20alex430: posts the ante 3125
wann2play: posts the ante 3125
pobolero: posts the ante 3125
AJGarcia48: posts the ante 3125
Havana85: posts the ante 3125
Kappustahead: posts the ante 3125
Sytraxx: posts the ante 3125
nadimBC: posts the ante 3125
pobolero: posts small blind 12500
AJGarcia48: posts big blind 25000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 20alex430 [ ]
Havana85: folds
Kappustahead: folds
Sytraxx: folds
nadimBC: folds
20alex430: raises 25000 to 50000
wann2play: folds
pobolero: folds
AJGarcia48: calls 25000
*** FLOP *** [ ]
AJGarcia48: checks
20alex430: bets 52555
AJGarcia48: raises 62555 to 115110
20alex430: calls 62555
*** TURN *** [ ] []
AJGarcia48: bets 175860
20alex430: calls 175860
*** RIVER *** [ ] [Ah]
AJGarcia48: bets 400000
20alex430: calls 400000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AJGarcia48: shows [ ] (a full house, Aces full of Eights)
20alex430: mucks hand
AJGarcia48 collected 1519440 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1519440 | Rake 0
Board [ Ah]
Seat 1: 20alex430 mucked [ ]
Seat 2: wann2play (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: pobolero (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: AJGarcia48 (big blind) showed [ ] and won (1519440) with a full house, Aces full of Eights
Seat 5: Havana85 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Kappustahead folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Sytraxx folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: nadimBC folded before Flop (didn't bet)


which left me enough chips (20bbs) to 3b shove the next hand, mp vs utg+1 with 77. Einstein calls it off with KJ and obv gets there. So brutal, so gutted.

[placewise]

Is there a reason you bet this flop when checked to? What are you getting value from that will check this flop? Also what hands are you making fold that beat you? When he C/R flop what do you think his range his on such a dry board?

[smashedagain]

Do you know anything about the fact that quite a few guys who help keep this site running have been getting a lot of abuse and hate mail on things like Facebook lately? I just tell them congratulations on getting abuse because it generally means you have made it in this world or attained a modicum of success.

I have received no such hate mail for some reason

[aaron1867]

I have received no such hate mail for some reason

I can send you some if you want!

[smashedagain]

I have received no such hate mail for some reason

I can send you some if you want!

all I get from you is begging letters

[redarmi]

I have received no such hate mail for some reason

I can send you some if you want!

all I get from you is begging letters

Aaron needs to work on his game selection imo ;-)

[smashedagain]

I have received no such hate mail for some reason

I can send you some if you want!

all I get from you is begging letters

Aaron needs to work on his game selection imo ;-)

yeah I'm pawning ATM. Kids now at school so not get anything better to do

[George2Loose]

I know it's annoying when you get c/raised but I find people rarely bluff raise A high flops. Think flop is a standard bet/fold. Obv gross when the turn is a 9 :/

[George2Loose]

and the river is an ace ofc! Almost Gouldered him

[cambridgealex]

Is there a reason you bet this flop when checked to? What are you getting value from that will check this flop? Also what hands are you making fold that beat you? When he C/R flop what do you think his range his on such a dry board?

I bet the flop for several reasons

1) For balance - because I'd bet with most of my bluffs, and all my strong hands, so since I've opened the cutoff (thus have a wide range pre), if I only bet bluffs and strong hands then my range is massively weighted towards bluffs making me very unbalanced and easy to play against. Thus I include medium strength hands such as weak Ax and medium pairs, 8x as well.

2) If I check I cap my range and almost turn my hand faceup as weak Ax at best. It makes the turn and river pretty hard to play well, since I'll be guessing if he bets the turn and he can put me in a coffin with a huge river barrel - basically betting makes the hand much easier to play.

3) For value, since he's peeled the bb his range is pretty wide, and includes lots of worse hands that might call a bet. 8x isn't folding and he might call one with 22-77, 5x, 67, some gutshots etc. He might float and therefore I can check back the turn and call the river on a decent amount of runouts and expect to be good a lot.

4) For protection vs TJ, KQ type hands that can outdraw me on the turn, or even if they don't, if the turn is a T-K and he bets, I probably have to give up and can be easily bluffed off the best hand. Taking down the pot is an underated outcome imo. I'd be much more likely to check this flop with KK or Ax since it's so much harder to be outdrawn.

[cambridgealex]

And when he c/raises I could/should fold maybe, just he's repping only a few value hands (A8 and A5, and 55 and 88) some of which he 3bets pre, and some of which he folds pre (A8o and A5o sometimes) so I thought he could be just pure airballing hoping I have nothing and give up too, or is clicking buttons with 8x or 5x so I thought there was a decent chance I was still winning.

Plus I could turn a 9 and win a big pot

[placewise]

Ive just realised that you were the pre-flop aggressor, my questions were more centered around the Villian being the pre flop aggressor

*facepalm*