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My First Royal

Posted Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:16 pm GMT by Cricket_Fire
PokerStars Game #4790929269: Tournament #23967597, 300+20 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/04/30 - 14:13:18 (ET)
Table '23967597 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 6: Cricket_Fire (4655 in chips)
Seat 7: NC_Laser (8845 in chips)
Cricket_Fire: posts small blind 50
NC_Laser: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Cricket_Fire Queen of DiamondsJack of Diamonds
Cricket_Fire: calls 50
NC_Laser: raises 8745 to 8845 and is all-in
Cricket_Fire: calls 4555 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** King of ClubsAce of DiamondsSix of Hearts
*** TURN *** King of ClubsAce of DiamondsSix of Hearts King of Diamonds
*** RIVER *** King of ClubsAce of DiamondsSix of HeartsKing of Diamonds Ten of Diamonds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
NC_Laser: shows Nine of DiamondsSeven of Hearts (a pair of Kings)
Cricket_Fire: shows Queen of DiamondsJack of Diamonds (a Royal Flush)
Cricket_Fire collected 9310 from pot
NC_Laser said, "OMG"
Cricket_Fire said, "WOW :D"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9310 | Rake 0
Board King of ClubsAce of DiamondsSix of HeartsKing of DiamondsTen of Diamonds
Seat 6: Cricket_Fire (button) (small blind) showed Queen of DiamondsJack of Diamonds and won (9310) with a Royal Flush
Seat 7: NC_Laser (big blind) showed Nine of DiamondsSeven of Hearts and lost with a pair of Kings

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Posted Tue May 02, 2006 8:36 am GMT by mackkie
I cant believe u called the all-in. That would have been a terrible play if that donk had a K or A...oh yea, nice job! 8)

EDIT: sorry, i didnt see that it was heads up... nicely done tho


Posted Tue May 02, 2006 5:45 pm GMT by Cricket_Fire
mackkie wrote:
I cant believe u called the all-in. That would have been a terrible play if that donk had a K or A...oh yea, nice job! 8)

EDIT: sorry, i didnt see that it was heads up... nicely done tho

Thanks :D

Ya, I figured hey, it was play money (main motivation haha), heads up, and almost every time I limped from the sb he re-raised me all in.


Posted Tue May 02, 2006 11:25 pm GMT by mackkie
I didnt know it was play money...I say go for the royal every time now!!




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