HAND 1:

Full Tilt Poker Game #1176280901: $14,000 Guarantee (7567502), Table 8 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:38:04 ET - 2006/10/31

Seat 1: casacubana (23,807)

Seat 2: muttface (10,040)

Seat 3: pwhitingiii (8,430)

Seat 4: cattsm (31,795)

Seat 6: PokerJoker237 (13,410)

Seat 7: HoosierAlum (6,255)

Seat 9: dms460 (6,797)

casacubana antes 50

muttface antes 50

pwhitingiii antes 50

cattsm antes 50

PokerJoker237 antes 50

HoosierAlum antes 50

dms460 antes 50

PokerJoker237 posts the small blind of 250

HoosierAlum posts the big blind of 500

The button is in seat #4

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to PokerJoker237 [Kc 9s]

dms460 folds

casacubana folds

muttface folds

pwhitingiii folds

cattsm folds

PokerJoker237 raises to 13,360, and is all in

HoosierAlum calls 5,705, and is all in

PokerJoker237 shows [Kc 9s]

HoosierAlum shows [6s Ac]

Uncalled bet of 7,155 returned to PokerJoker237

*** FLOP *** [2c 5c 2d]

*** TURN *** [2c 5c 2d] [Js]

*** RIVER *** [2c 5c 2d Js] [Jh]

PokerJoker237 shows two pair, Jacks and Twos

HoosierAlum shows two pair, Jacks and Twos

HoosierAlum wins the pot (12,760) with two pair, Jacks and Twos

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 12,760 | Rake 0

Board: [2c 5c 2d Js Jh]

Seat 1: casacubana folded before the Flop

Seat 2: muttface folded before the Flop

Seat 3: pwhitingiii folded before the Flop

Seat 4: cattsm (button) folded before the Flop

Seat 6: PokerJoker237 (small blind) showed [Kc 9s] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Twos

Seat 7: HoosierAlum (big blind) showed [6s Ac] and won (12,760) with two pair, Jacks and Twos

Seat 9: dms460 folded before the Flop

<span>HAND 2:</span>

Full Tilt Poker Game #1176680475: $14,000 Guarantee (7567502), Table 7 - 1200/2400 Ante 300 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:11:34 ET - 2006/10/31

Seat 1: lurifax01 (65,426)

Seat 3: HoosierAlum (105,972)

Seat 4: smekminfistel (57,162)

Seat 6: PokerJoker237 (22,050)

Seat 7: pga_hopeful (83,747)

lurifax01 antes 300

HoosierAlum antes 300

smekminfistel antes 300

PokerJoker237 antes 300

pga_hopeful antes 300

lurifax01 posts the small blind of 1,200

HoosierAlum posts the big blind of 2,400

The button is in seat #7

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to PokerJoker237 [Ac Tc]

smekminfistel folds

PokerJoker237 raises to 21,750, and is all in

pga_hopeful folds

lurifax01 folds

HoosierAlum has 15 seconds left to act

HoosierAlum calls 19,350

PokerJoker237 shows [Ac Tc]

HoosierAlum shows [Ah 8d]

*** FLOP *** [7c Kc 8s]

*** TURN *** [7c Kc 8s] [Qh]

*** RIVER *** [7c Kc 8s Qh] [Td]

PokerJoker237 shows a pair of Tens

HoosierAlum shows a pair of Eights

PokerJoker237 wins the pot (46,200) with a pair of Tens

pocketrockets11 (Observer): sigh

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 46,200 | Rake 0

Board: [7c Kc 8s Qh Td]

Seat 1: lurifax01 (small blind) folded before the Flop

Seat 3: HoosierAlum (big blind) showed [Ah 8d] and lost with a pair of Eights

Seat 4: smekminfistel folded before the Flop

Seat 6: PokerJoker237 showed [Ac Tc] and won (46,200) with a pair of Tens

Seat 7: pga_hopeful (button) folded before the Flop

Looking back at the Hand 1, my push doesn't seem very smart. With my stack size and the blinds where they were, I just didn't need to make that kind of play at that time. My biggest question in Hand 1 is whether or not Hoosier's call is correct there. Hoosier is a good player and claimed that he was +EV there because I had a wide range of pushing hands. Really though, had I pushed with any pair, any ace, any big connectors or one/two gappers, or even a crap hand like K9o, Hoosier would be at best a 60% favorite or in a coin flip situation and at worst dominated by a higher ace or up against a middle pp where he has 3 outs. Plus, I had been playing pretty tight for the previous hour and had shown only premium hands in 2 other pushes I made, so I didn't expect him to put me on a "wide range of pushing hands" there. I remember reading an article by SamENole, where he talked about how to play shortstacked and how one of the biggest mistakes people make is to push with Ax too willingly (you can find the article here: http://www.pocketfives.com/80BFB869-...FB9E9ADED.aspx). Shouldn't it be even worse to call with any old Ax shortstacked? Was he really +EV there?

In Hand 2, my push seems pretty obvious since we're 5 handed and I'm shortstacked. Hoosier again makes the call with an Ax from the BB. If his call in hand 1 was correct, then it's definitely correct here. Obv, he's a big stack and can afford a flip to knock someone out. Seems like the right play all around. No real question on this hand, but if someone thinks this call was wrong too, please speak up.