Posted Tue Jul 06, 2004 4:33 am GMT by krakajak
I had AA, KK, QQ, or AK 14 times today, and I only won 2 hands with them. Here is a typical eample of what happens when I get one of these hands. Am I getting out plated, or am I just unlucky? I put my reasons for why I play the way I did in parentheses.
Hand #1853501-27540 at Sofia ($.25/$.50 Hold'em)
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Started at 06/Jul/04 04:59:46
Swdv is at seat 0 with $4.80.
yoleveen is at seat 1 with $12.75.
The_Sorcerer is at seat 2 with $22.25.
Korrupt187 is at seat 3 with $8.10.
mrmojo4488 is at seat 4 with $6.35.
RiverDog2 is at seat 5 with $8.60.
Zatnicatel is at seat 6 with $27.95.
iGot5onIt is at seat 7 with $11.35.
Czark is at seat 8 with $25.20.
chop-choi is at seat 9 with $25.65.
The button is at seat 5.
Zatnicatel posts the small blind of $.10.
iGot5onIt posts the big blind of $.25.
Swdv: -- --
yoleveen: -- --
The_Sorcerer: -- --
Korrupt187: -- --
mrmojo4488: -- --
RiverDog2: -- --
Zatnicatel: -- --
iGot5onIt: -- --
Czark: -- --
chop-choi: Ks Kh
Pre-flop:
Czark calls. chop-choi raises to $.50. Swdv folds.
yoleveen folds. The_Sorcerer folds. Korrupt187
re-raises to $.75. mrmojo4488 calls. RiverDog2
folds. Zatnicatel folds. iGot5onIt folds. Czark
calls. chop-choi re-raises to $1. Korrupt187 calls.
mrmojo4488 calls. Czark calls.
Flop (board: Qd Tc Kc):
Czark checks. chop-choi bets $.25. Korrupt187
raises to $.50. mrmojo4488 folds. Czark folds.
chop-choi re-raises to $.75. Korrupt187 re-raises to
$1. chop-choi calls.
Turn (board: Qd Tc Kc 7c):
chop-choi bets $.50. Korrupt187 raises to $1.
chop-choi calls.
(afraid he might have a straight or a flush)
River (board: Qd Tc Kc 7c Jd):
chop-choi checks. Korrupt187 bets $.50. chop-choi
calls.
(knew I was beat, but figured I was getting good pot odds to call).
Showdown:
Korrupt187 shows Kd Ac.
Korrupt187 has Kd Ac Qd Tc Jd: straight, ace high.
chop-choi mucks cards.
(chop-choi has Ks Kh.)
Hand #1853501-27540 Summary:
$.45 is raked from a pot of $9.35.
Korrupt187 wins $8.90 with straight, ace high.
Anyway, I don't see how I could've played it any different. I wouldn't mind if this happened every so often, but it's like, whenever I get a good hand, if I could take insurance on it I would, cause I know it won't hold up. They just never do.
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Posted Fri Jul 09, 2004 4:05 pm GMT by Underbelly
That example sounds just like bad luck to me. But looking at it, I'd say I'd have put him on the straight after that reraise after the flop. If he's been playing tight, I might have folded. That was such a hard call since you have a set of kings.
Usually I'd say in a low limit game like that it really hard to play well because players will stay in with anything.
Thats why I'm more of a fan of no limit because it's easier to scare them off.
Posted Sat Jul 10, 2004 10:27 am GMT by jwrussell
Yeah Kraka, I can't fault you for your play there as I probably would have done the same. .25/.50 limit is SO loose anyway, that unless this guy was different than most, he could have started with ANYTHING.
Posted Tue Jul 13, 2004 1:54 pm GMT by suprastyxx
yea if its a limit game there was nothing you could do about that.
and even in NL he had AK and after the flop had top pair and a straight draw...prolly couldn't have even pushed him out if it was NL
Andrew
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