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Don't you hate it when ...



Posted Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:01 pm GMT by TheSalche
You play a totally live 3 flush, make a few small mistakes on 3rd, catch great on 4th and jam the pot but you can't make your flush even though you've got about a 45% chance or better to do so ...

PokerStars Game #7328940201: 7 Card Stud Limit ($1/$2) - 2006/12/06 - 18:55:07 (ET)
Table 'Graffias IV' 8-max
Seat 1: repeek1 ($16.40 in chips)
Seat 2: EZENUF ($8.60 in chips)
Seat 3: mayor72 ($23.90 in chips)
Seat 4: Sonny617 ($25.65 in chips)
Seat 5: TJ_Badger ($85.45 in chips)
Seat 6: Bighead224 ($55.65 in chips)
Seat 7: SlyJeff ($98.40 in chips)
Seat 8: rchic1 ($40 in chips)
repeek1: posts the ante $0.10
EZENUF: posts the ante $0.10
mayor72: posts the ante $0.10
Sonny617: posts the ante $0.10
TJ_Badger: posts the ante $0.10
Bighead224: posts the ante $0.10
SlyJeff: posts the ante $0.10
rchic1: posts the ante $0.10
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to repeek1 Four of Clubs
Dealt to EZENUF Queen of Spades
Dealt to mayor72 Queen of Clubs
Dealt to Sonny617 Two of DiamondsEight of DiamondsSix of Diamonds
Dealt to TJ_Badger Eight of Spades
Dealt to Bighead224 Five of Clubs
Dealt to SlyJeff Ace of Clubs
Dealt to rchic1 Nine of Spades
repeek1: brings-in low $0.50
EZENUF: calls $0.50
mayor72: folds
Sonny617: calls $0.50
TJ_Badger: calls $0.50
Bighead224: calls $0.50
SlyJeff: raises $0.50 to $1
rchic1: folds
repeek1: calls $0.50
EZENUF: raises $1 to $2
Sonny617: calls $1.50
TJ_Badger: folds
Bighead224: folds
SlyJeff: raises $1 to $3
repeek1: calls $2
EZENUF: calls $1
Sonny617: calls $1
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to repeek1 Four of Clubs Seven of Clubs
Dealt to EZENUF Queen of Spades Three of Spades
Dealt to Sonny617 Two of DiamondsEight of DiamondsSix of Diamonds Ten of Diamonds
Dealt to SlyJeff Ace of Clubs Jack of Hearts
SlyJeff: bets $1
repeek1: calls $1
EZENUF: calls $1
Sonny617: raises $1 to $2
SlyJeff: raises $1 to $3
repeek1: folds
EZENUF: calls $2
Sonny617: calls $1
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to EZENUF Queen of SpadesThree of Spades Ten of Spades
Dealt to Sonny617 Two of DiamondsEight of DiamondsSix of DiamondsTen of Diamonds Queen of Hearts
Dealt to SlyJeff Ace of ClubsJack of Hearts King of Hearts
SlyJeff: bets $2
EZENUF: calls $2
Sonny617: calls $2
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to EZENUF Queen of SpadesThree of SpadesTen of Spades Six of Clubs
Dealt to Sonny617 Two of DiamondsEight of DiamondsSix of DiamondsTen of DiamondsQueen of Hearts Ten of Hearts
Dealt to SlyJeff Ace of ClubsJack of HeartsKing of Hearts Two of Spades
Sonny617: checks
SlyJeff: bets $2
EZENUF: calls $0.50 and is all-in
Sonny617: calls $2
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to Sonny617 Two of DiamondsEight of DiamondsSix of DiamondsTen of DiamondsQueen of HeartsTen of Hearts Three of Clubs
Sonny617: checks
SlyJeff: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sonny617: shows Two of DiamondsEight of DiamondsSix of DiamondsTen of DiamondsQueen of HeartsTen of HeartsThree of Clubs (a pair of Tens)
SlyJeff: shows Two of ClubsAce of HeartsAce of ClubsJack of HeartsKing of HeartsTwo of SpadesNine of Diamonds (two pair, Aces and Deuces)
SlyJeff collected $3 from side pot
EZENUF: mucks hand
SlyJeff collected $30.30 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $34.30 Main pot $30.30. Side pot $3. | Rake $1
Seat 1: repeek1 folded on the 4th Street
Seat 2: EZENUF mucked Queen of DiamondsSeven of SpadesQueen of SpadesThree of SpadesTen of SpadesSix of ClubsSeven of Hearts
Seat 3: mayor72 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Sonny617 showed Two of DiamondsEight of DiamondsSix of DiamondsTen of DiamondsQueen of HeartsTen of HeartsThree of Clubs and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 5: TJ_Badger folded on the 3rd Street
Seat 6: Bighead224 folded on the 3rd Street
Seat 7: SlyJeff showed Two of ClubsAce of HeartsAce of ClubsJack of HeartsKing of HeartsTwo of SpadesNine of Diamonds and won ($33.30) with two pair, Aces and Deuces
Seat 8: rchic1 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)


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Posted Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:32 pm GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
Played well, but I cap 4th and maybe get a free card on 5th. Nothing you can do here. Equity through the roof and you just got screwed.


Posted Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:32 am GMT by crack
Regardless of how live your flush is, you have three babies which is not good if you have to stand a lot of heat which by the looks of it you have right there.

Coupled with the fact you have no straight or high pair potential, I am not sure if this is a clear cut call in ep.

I think you are faced with problems on 4th and that early call with the baby flush cards has lead you to what I think is a difficult decision.

First of all lets have a look at 4th and analyse the boards.

It's safe to say slyjeff should have aces, but although you caught your flush draw, notice the other two caught good too.

You know the players, but there might be a chance they are passive with their own flush draws, both caught good.

The problem I am looking at is the Qs outkicks us those times he has a FD and we both make it. We would need to catch an A or K of our suit, an unlikely probability, especially if slyjeff has our Ad in his hand.

Also, what the hell is repeek doing in the hand with a 4 up. Is it possible he is on a FD too?

If so this doesn't bode too well for your hand. As mentioned earlier, the lack of high cards is a big problem for us, and even more so now.

I don't know what this post is boiling down to exactly and I can't say if I would have found the fold button on 3rd or not, I usually make this sort of a decision depending on the table.

I guess what I am saying is that you seemed from your post that you automatically assumed if you make your flush it's automatically good here when there is actually quite a lot too look into.

I quite like hands like this. I actually enjoyed analysing that.

Post some more up please.



Posted Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:07 pm GMT by TheSalche
repeek is a total idiot ... ignore him

i agree with ya crack, 3rd street compounded into a hard 4th street problem, but it could've been worse

sly clearly's got the aces, in fact its a reason why i want to be in this hand because he isn't letting go of those anytime soon

I think why I ended up making that call on 3rd was a few reasons
1) no dead diamonds
2) I'm folding 4th if I don't catch a diamond
3) I know 1/2 players in a multiway pot will give me the implied odds to chase to the river with my flush assuming nobodys board gets horrendous

Looking at it some more 4th really wasn't horrible for me, I ended up getting 1 of the possible flush draws out and continued to build the pot with probably 35 - 40% equity.






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