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Posted Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:45 am GMT by Kalbelgarion
What do you guys think? I hadn't gotten involved in many hands in this tourney yet, and this fellow hadn't done much, either.
PokerStars Game #3957474429: Tournament #19613340, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/02/13 - 02:38:51 (ET)
Table '19613340 28' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Nitrile (2670 in chips)
Seat 2: sm0ke408 (380 in chips)
Seat 3: Kalbelgarion (1420 in chips)
Seat 4: pdxmike (1305 in chips)
Seat 5: Lifthraser (6335 in chips)
Seat 6: Fun Fly (1320 in chips)
Seat 7: Menchi (2745 in chips)
Seat 8: a-ok (2725 in chips)
Seat 9: Tinkanator (1750 in chips)
Lifthraser: posts small blind 15
Fun Fly: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kalbelgarion  
Menchi: folds
a-ok: folds
Tinkanator: raises 30 to 60
Nitrile: folds
sm0ke408: folds
Kalbelgarion: raises 90 to 150
pdxmike: folds
Lifthraser: folds
Fun Fly: folds
Tinkanator: calls 90
*** FLOP ***   
Tinkanator: bets 300
Kalbelgarion: ???
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Posted Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:08 am GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
I don't see any way you can't be beat here. He called your re-raise before the flop and he took the opening bet on a scary board. Fold, and try not to get into the habit of re-raising with AJo when the blinds are so low.
Posted Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:25 am GMT by tame_deuces
Well, you're beating JJ and TT.
I don't see them betting in a preflop re-raiser here though, unless your opponent is a moron. Well, he probably isn't really paying attention is my guess, or he should be scared shitless by that flop unless he slowplayed something nasty.
I say fold.
Depends on how much metagame thinking you think he is capable of. Some players could dump two pair on that flop, but most wouldn't.
Posted Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:27 am GMT by zinn0
| xDiamond_CutteRx wrote: | | Fold, and try not to get into the habit of re-raising with AJo when the blinds are so low. |
Quoted for truth.
Posted Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:31 am GMT by JohnnyCache
You're up against a pair of eights, a guy with AK, and a guy with AQ
Or worse.
Posted Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:24 pm GMT by Loonbat
| xDiamond_CutteRx wrote: | | I don't see any way you can't be beat here. He called your re-raise before the flop and he took the opening bet on a scary board. Fold, and try not to get into the habit of re-raising with AJo when the blinds are so low. |
Hell - I'll take it one step further (given you've already said the raiser is playing tight) ... get in the habit of NOT calling AJo in MP to an early opener.
Posted Tue Feb 14, 2006 3:38 am GMT by Kalbelgarion
Yeah, I raised because I was on the button. But I can see why it was a dumb move.
I folded after his flop bet, BTW. I'm glad you guys reaffirmed by play.
Posted Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:10 pm GMT by Soup_dog
Offtopic: Is your screen name a reference to the fantasy book series where the main character is belgarion? I can't remember the name of the author but it is one of my favorite series of books.
Posted Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:29 pm GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
| Soup_dog wrote: | | Offtopic: Is your screen name a reference to the fantasy book series where the main character is belgarion? I can't remember the name of the author but it is one of my favorite series of books. |
You're most likely referencing David Eddings' Belgariad. His name appears to be a composite of Kal Torak and Belgarion.
Posted Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:39 pm GMT by Soup_dog
| xDiamond_CutteRx wrote: | | Soup_dog wrote: | | Offtopic: Is your screen name a reference to the fantasy book series where the main character is belgarion? I can't remember the name of the author but it is one of my favorite series of books. |
You're most likely referencing David Eddings' Belgariad. His name appears to be a composite of Kal Torak and Belgarion. |
Thats it! Thanks for reminding me. Great great series. Both of them actually. (Two separate series of five books each.)
Posted Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:56 pm GMT by Kalbelgarion
Yeah, actually, that's it exactly. Glad you got it. Not many people recognize it. 
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