Posted Mon Oct 04, 2004 4:56 am GMT by cheesecake
Playing in a $5 MTT tourney. Down to about 30 people left. Top 20 pays. I'm in about 23 place at this point.
I keep telling myself, "Don't do anything stupid and you'll make it to the money."
Then, this happens:
Hand #2818905-129 at Mon4amA-009 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
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Started at 04/Oct/04 05:37:29
cardman758 is at seat 0 with 4805.
ctuna is at seat 1 with 6490.
ericjh is at seat 3 with 4640.
slurch247 is at seat 4 with 2575.
iceman 777 is at seat 5 with 4695.
Bj74 is at seat 6 with 2570.
cfoskin is at seat 7 with 580.
bigchef1 is at seat 8 with 1240.
cheesychz is at seat 9 with 1280.
The button is at seat 5.
Bj74 posts the small blind of 100.
cfoskin posts the big blind of 200.
cardman758: -- --
ctuna: -- --
ericjh: -- --
slurch247: -- --
iceman 777: -- --
Bj74: -- --
cfoskin: -- --
bigchef1: -- --
cheesychz: Ah Ac
Pre-flop:
bigchef1 folds. cheesychz goes all-in for 1280.
cardman758 folds. ctuna folds. ericjh folds.
slurch247 folds. iceman 777 calls. Bj74 folds.
cfoskin folds.
Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
iceman 777 shows Kh Kc.
cheesychz shows Ah Ac.
Flop (board: 9c 4c Kd):
(no action in this round)
Turn (board: 9c 4c Kd 8c):
(no action in this round)
River (board: 9c 4c Kd 8c Qh):
(no action in this round)
Showdown:
iceman 777 has Kh Kc 9c Kd Qh: three kings.
cheesychz has Ah Ac 9c Kd Qh: a pair of aces.
Hand #2818905-129 Summary:
No rake is taken for this hand.
iceman 777 wins 2860 with three kings.
cheesychz is eliminated.
This is the kind of stuff that (temporarily) makes you want to quit playing.
...chad...
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Posted Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:18 am GMT by wEbMaStEr
| cheesecake wrote: |
I keep telling myself, "Don't do anything stupid and you'll make it to the money."
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If this was your objective, to make the money, and yeah i understand that this should be everyones first objective in a tourney, then you have to be aware that AA, altho the best starting hand is not a guaranteed win, 1/5 of the time it should get cracked.
I feel your pain tho, this is a horrible beat, the last thing you want to see when you're all in with AA is another pp, and this is what happens most times at this stage of a tourney, what you want to see is AK or something, with a pp only 1 card needs to hit to bust you.
Small consolation, but at least you got your money in with the best hand, rather than doing something stupid 
Tough beat at that stage
Posted Mon Oct 04, 2004 7:38 am GMT by Nut Flush
wow, that stinks. You almost caught a flush too!
While on the subject of MTT's, I was in a $3 one yesterday and about halfway through I saw three people go all in on the same hand. I was stunned when I saw AA, KK, QQ get flipped over. If it makes you feel any better, the Aces held up.
Posted Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:47 am GMT by cheesecake
Cashing wasn't my only objective, it was just my short term goal at that moment, especially being short stacked like I was.
I really just wanted the blinds; wasn't looking for a showdown.
I don't blame the guy though. I would have done the exact same thing in his shoes.
...chad...
Posted Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:50 am GMT by Always_Bored
Id rather loose to K,K then K,4 suited or something else crappy that should not call an all in. The guy with kings had a reason to be there and he just got lucky. Tough beat but there was not much you could have done differently.
Posted Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:21 am GMT by sp3tz
If it makes you feel any better..
You know whats worse than finishing short of the money? Finishing one place short of the final table.
The other night, I was playing a $100 MTT. 11 players left and I get dealt Ah Ad UTG. I was tied for the chip lead with some maniac who was making every wrong call possible but still cleaning people out. So, from this position I just flat call, hoping the maniac who was the button would raise me. And guess what: he moves all in! Everyone folds and I call. He flips over Ac Kd... At this point, I was happier than a teenager losing his virginity. The flop:
Qd 7s 6d
Nothing terrible right?
Turn: Td
The last card I wanted to see even though it gives me the nut flush draw.
And of course, the inevitable river: Jc
Pocket Aces in a shorthanded game versus AK? What more could you possibly want? So even though I still made a decent profit, it sure as hell did not make up for the enormous chip lead I would have had with first place paying out 8.5k
Posted Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:11 am GMT by Always_Bored #2
| sp3tz wrote: | If it makes you feel any better..
You know whats worse than finishing short of the money? Finishing one place short of the final table.
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So even though I still made a decent profit, it sure as hell did not make up for the enormous chip lead I would have had with first place paying out 8.5k |
First you say finishing one short of the final table is worse than finishing out of the money. Then you say you made a decent profit. I think finishing out of the money is far worse than making a decent profit.
Posted Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:29 pm GMT by sp3tz
That would be true in the general sense. Of course, I was referring to the situation in terms of relativity.
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