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Posted Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:21 am GMT by Peteus
Two mid tournament exits. Should I have played them different?
I dont have the log but I know what happened.
1)
5 People left first hand.
I'm the bb with ~1500 chips.
Blinds 80/160
Two callers, one being small blind.
I check. Dealt 38o.
3 K 8
Person in front bets min 160
SB folds.
I put him on a K high pair with a min bet while I have two pair. I push pot pot sized 600 bet in. Bettor raises me all in and I call. He flips over K 8.
2)
Next was mid tournament.
Pretty simple. I get dealt AA and I 4x the BB. Someone raises me 2x my bet. I go over the top and push him all in. I lose to KK.
I'm pretty sure I got 2 right. You want the most amount of chips possible in the middle of the pot with AA per Doyle and other players. Not sure though if I should have just called the bet on 1 or if I should have went over the top like i did since i flopped two pair.
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Posted Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:28 am GMT by zinn0
Hand 1) Nothing you can do. 2 pair losing to a higher 2 pair. Nice hand, good move, tough luck
Hand 2) Again, nothing you can do here. You want to get all of your money in preflop with AA. You have to accept that sometimes AA does not win. Nice hand, good move, tough luck.
Posted Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:32 am GMT by Peteus
Ok, was really just wondering about #1 really. Oh well, I accepted it long ago. Glad I made the right play..
Posted Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:49 am GMT by Muck
1) I think you played this fine. You checked with garbage. The hand you made on the flop was good but vulnerable so you played it fast. Most of the time you’d pick up the pot with your raise right there. On rarer occasions you’d end up racing against something like KQo to KTs or someone who’s ahead.
2) No brainier. AA vs KK. You both played it right and KK ended up just getting lucky.
Posted Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:58 am GMT by Dat_Dude
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I'm the button with ~1500 chips.
I check. Dealt 38o.
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You checked from the button? 
I assume you meant you were on the Big Blind. In which case, it looks like you ran into some bad luck. The only way to get around going bust here is to analyze the preflop situation and what hands he could have limped with that beat you.
He could have limped with 3's and hit a set, but since you have one, the chances obviously go way down. It is safe to assume he doesnt have AK or KQ because these would typically get raised preflop. Unless this guy is a passive donk, you KNOW he doesn't have a set of K's and probably doesn't have the 8's either.
So basically what it comes down to is that he either has a King with medium kicker (9-J) or he hit two pair. Either way, I don't think it was a bad move to push your chips in, especially when you already had 760 of your chips in the pot.
Second hand was played exactly as it should. Tough luck.
Posted Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:27 am GMT by Peteus
haha sorry yeah I meant I was BB
Posted Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:07 pm GMT by Loonbat
Rule of thumb:
When you flop 2 pr or a set in a NL tournament, unless the board gets really scary (four to a str8, flush, a pair on the board not helping your two pr, etc), if you lose, you will lose your stack. It's hard to get around this.
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