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Posted Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:38 pm GMT by Sykopathik
About to end the new year, and figure, let's play a little poker. These are from successive SnG's on PokerStars.
After being down to $170 in chips, I fight my way back in order to be killed by this.
*********** # 102 **************
PokerStars Game #1021799377: Tournament #4306544, Hold'em No Limit - Level V
(75/150) - 2004/12/31 - 14:43:48 (ET)
Table '4306544 1' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 4: oldman69 (3685 in chips)
Seat 6: bobbioto (3050 in chips)
Seat 7: PokerPugFace (3265 in chips)
Seat 9: Sykopathik (3500 in chips)
Sykopathik: posts small blind 75
oldman69: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Sykopathik  
bobbioto: folds
PokerPugFace: folds
Sykopathik: raises 300 to 450
oldman69: calls 300
*** FLOP ***   
Sykopathik: bets 600
oldman69: raises 2635 to 3235 and is all-in
Sykopathik: calls 2450 and is all-in
*** TURN *** 
*** RIVER *** 
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sykopathik: shows (two pair, Jacks and Sevens)
oldman69: shows   (three of a kind, Sevens)
oldman69 collected 7000 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7000 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 4: oldman69 (big blind) showed and won (7000) with three of a kind,
Sevens
Seat 6: bobbioto folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: PokerPugFace (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Sykopathik (small blind) showed and lost with two pair, Jacks
and Sevens
Ok, guy hit a 2-outer, everyone has a lucky day (even though he's nuts for calling a pre-flop raise with A7.
Let's give it another go, shall we? My second SnG of the day...
Early in Level 2, my first solid hand.
*********** # 90 **************
PokerStars Game #1021851850: Tournament #4307395, Hold'em No Limit - Level II
(15/30) - 2004/12/31 - 14:57:53 (ET)
Table '4307395 1' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: otiroo (1590 in chips)
Seat 2: DasCoop (1390 in chips)
Seat 3: Galxylee (1575 in chips)
Seat 4: HALtotheBY (1190 in chips)
Seat 5: judd7 (1200 in chips)
Seat 6: RAF702 (1320 in chips)
Seat 7: Arclight56 (1705 in chips)
Seat 8: Joe_Russo (2040 in chips)
Seat 9: Sykopathik (1490 in chips)
HALtotheBY: posts small blind 15
judd7: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Sykopathik
RAF702: calls 30
Arclight56: folds
Joe_Russo: folds
Sykopathik: raises 70 to 100
otiroo: folds
DasCoop: calls 100
Galxylee: folds
HALtotheBY: folds
judd7: folds
RAF702: calls 70
*** FLOP ***  
RAF702: bets 30
Sykopathik: calls 30
DasCoop: calls 30
*** TURN *** 
RAF702: bets 60
Sykopathik: raises 60 to 120
DasCoop: folds
RAF702: calls 60
*** RIVER *** 
RAF702: bets 120
Sykopathik: raises 240 to 360
RAF702: raises 240 to 600
Sykopathik: raises 640 to 1240 and is all-in
RAF702: calls 470 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sykopathik: shows (a full house, Jacks full of Tens)
RAF702: shows   (four of a kind, Tens)
DasCoop said, "ho ho"
RAF702 collected 2815 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2815 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: otiroo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: DasCoop folded on the Turn
Seat 3: Galxylee (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: HALtotheBY (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: judd7 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: RAF702 showed and won (2815) with four of a kind, Tens
Seat 7: Arclight56 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Joe_Russo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Sykopathik showed and lost with a full house, Jacks full of Tens
Perhaps I will never play pocket J's again lol.
Critiques and sympathy (lots of sympathy as well as donations :D ) welcome.
Syko
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Posted Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:00 pm GMT by campbeas
JJ is a hard hand to play.
But once you lose afew with JJ you start playing them differently.
Here is how I play JJ.
Preflop - call any marginal raises. I don't raise and I drop them on large bets from player who play tight and aggressive. I'll see a large bet from a loosee player.
Flop - if flop is all under cards and no pairs, I'm in and betting. If an undercard pair is flopped I will check and call if a marginal bet is made. If overcards are flopped I'm out. J flops I'm trying to figure out how to trap them.
You have to be prepared to fold JJ after the flop if your hand doesn't improve and if over cards are flopped. If your holding JJ and the flop is 5KA chances are you are now behind.
but thats just me.
its been working well for me lately.
Posted Sat Jan 01, 2005 1:53 pm GMT by Sykopathik
I play them similarly to you, but in these situations I felt they were the best hand. In the first hand, it was against a tight player (super tight, never raised preflop with anything so he could have been holding anything but top trips are usually good, and were til the river) and in the second hand, this guy was very loose, and bet heavy on a flopped pair, so I knew I had him, which I did, he just got lucky. In retrospect, I would have played them the same way, I just got slapped with the bad beat stick.
Syko
Posted Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:55 pm GMT by Imajica1975
assuming there are no overcards on the flop, what sinks me usually with the JJ is of course, QQ, KK, and AA.
I hate JJ, and J10. It is unwise to hate good hands like JJ but I cant help it.
Posted Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:47 pm GMT by campbeas
I don't hate them. Pocket Jacks have done me well lately , I hit trips three times holding JJ just this week. So I LOVE them. I'd rather have pocket jacks then a lower pocket pair. HOwever....I'd prefer a higher one....but you take what you can get....you never know what the flop will bring.
I'm just realistic about their strength. You HAVE to be prepared to put them down the moment you think you dont' have the best hand. No help on the flop and over cards have come up.....your beat...do yourself a favor and put them down if raised.
Posted Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:31 pm GMT by gol4pro
First hand.... why wouldn't he play A7 to a 3xBB raise? It's 4 handed... so A7 is probably the best hand preflop, he's got position on you, and hes getting 2:1 on a call. It was a 5 outer, you were about an 80/20 favorite, but that shit happens.
Second hand.... sucks to be you.
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