Wrong play or just bad luck? |
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Posted Wed Feb 04, 2004 8:33 pm GMT by jwrussell
I'm in a tournament tonight, 500 max people and we are down to under 200. Blinds are at 50/100 and most people have between 1500 and 3K chips at the table with a couple in the 6K+, one of whom is buying bets with his 11K+ stack. I haven't gotten crud in the past 20 minutes and along comes Q,Q in my little hands. I've got right around 1500TC and no one has raised, about 6 calls and I'm on the button.
That's the set up. I raise all in. Guy next to me calls with slightly less chips than I have (140 to be exact as that was what I was left with), and everyone else folds.
He turns over A,A. He got another A on the turn and nothing came along to help my poor ladies.
Stupid play or just bad timing?
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Posted Wed Feb 04, 2004 9:06 pm GMT by ballbp
I'd say you just ran up against a better hand. I'd have done the same thing.
Posted Thu Feb 05, 2004 5:17 pm GMT by BrianGre
bad timing for sure... it happens
Posted Thu Feb 05, 2004 7:48 pm GMT by Poker_Vendetta
Yeah, with an average stack there and that much potential dead money in the pot I believe the all-in bet was a good idea. Only AK KK and AA will trouble you of course, but a guy acting AFTER you called so it's not your fault. That was a good spot to steal some easy chips, it just so happens you ran into a huge hand. I can't say I hate the move.
Posted Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:04 am GMT by alphakenny1
cant blame yah. you wanted all those chips and u were on the button. yea its just bad luck. it happens to everyone.
Posted Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:20 am GMT by Sundance
Last night in a $10 SNG NL tourney, it is about the 6th hand dealt and I get pocket Aces, the player first to act bets triple the blinds, then I double his raise, about 1/4 of my stack (200), everyone folds except for the guy on the button who calls my bet, blinds fold and then the UTG guy goes all in. Now early in tournaments I never want to jeopardize my stack like this, I like to wait for it to get down to around 5 players, then start to play much more aggressive.. Well I figure I have to have the best hand or we both have Aces and will end up splitting in lieu of no flush, so I call the all in and then the guy on the button calls all in also.. I have AA, the button has KK, and the dumb guy UTG as 88.. (idiot).. of course the flop comes rag, rag, k, rag, rag... I am out as is the UTG (which he should be).. Would anyone have played this differently?
Posted Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:34 am GMT by jwrussell
Thanks for all of the responses, makes me feel a little better.
Sundance,
first off, what is UTG?
As to how you played it, I have trouble saying I would have played it any differently with pocket Aces. You had a guy after you call the all in to make it 3 players, I'm sure you figured it would be you and one other. All in at any point is always a danger, seems like you playe this one pretty well though. Can't believe the other guy went all in with 8,8 though.
Posted Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:43 am GMT by Sundance
UTG = under the gun or first to act in the hand after the BB.
I put the guy behind me on KK or AK suited, the early better I thought for sure had AA also, I would have felt better if one would have folded and I would just take his bet, much harder to win all in with 3 players. Just bad luck I guess. Those SNG's can really be a turkey shoot sometimes...
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