Never folding here in a 4/180 ever. ever. ever.

ive played quite a few of these and i NEVER fold this in a 4.40 even tho he had 8 8 or A 8 or u wouldnt be asking this unless u made the hero laydown

 

Originally Posted by thabirdman

I could never bring myself to fold and I just wanted to make sure every1 else is the same.....bud had 33.

Sucks but the beauty is these run like every 10-15 minutes so just load another.

 

Originally Posted by TUCCI007

well clearly the limit ur playin is low so the possiblity o f a knowledgeable player is slim - but looks like the old weak lead with a set and when he shovs , hes definetely got set - seen it a 1000 times gl -

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Just wondering but out of all of the posts you ahve read what is it exactly about this post that enticed you to use your keyboard.

I am truly intrigued
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Originally Posted by zander

You know, if you only wonder about whether or not you made the right decision because you lost the hand, it'll be a much longer road to improvement. You can't ever fold in this spot and somewhere deep inside you know this... so many idiots show up with aq, aj, at, 2 clubs here... I don't know why you wouldn't just lead the flop though and hope for a raise from that giant percentage of his range you are crushing...

Don't be results oriented...

I'm def not being results oriented, I've played enough of these and won my fair share that the results arent what i'm talking about.

i know its only 4.40 and what not (i usually 8 table these) its just the raise made it really seem like he had a set. That being said I'm never folding because of what you said he could easily have AQ AJ and I'm crushing that, which I know.

Anyways, I appreciate the responses, just wanted to confirm that I made the right play.

 

Originally Posted by thabirdman

OK, looking for some help with this hand. Sitting top 5 with 20 left. My plan was to check raise the flop, works BUT when he reraises is my hand ever good??

Note -- OBV Playing to win ... dont care if I bubble.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

pokerstars Game #42010063309: Tournament #258450054, $4.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (200/400) - 2010/03/31 21:49:28 ET
Table '258450054 6' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: devilcrack (9237 in chips)
Seat 2: julien808 (44236 in chips)
Seat 3: kabobkl (5501 in chips)
Seat 4: thabirdman (22458 in chips)
Seat 5: QuatrilhoBr (12274 in chips)
Seat 6: DiamondDixi (23639 in chips)
Seat 9: MisterBrunt (16625 in chips)
devilcrack: posts the ante 50
julien808: posts the ante 50
kabobkl: posts the ante 50
thabirdman: posts the ante 50
QuatrilhoBr: posts the ante 50
DiamondDixi: posts the ante 50
MisterBrunt: posts the ante 50
julien808: posts small blind 200
kabobkl: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to thabirdman [Kh Ac]
thabirdman: raises 650 to 1050
QuatrilhoBr: folds
DiamondDixi: calls 1050
MisterBrunt: folds
devilcrack: folds
julien808: folds
kabobkl: calls 650
*** FLOP *** [3c 8c Ah]
kabobkl: checks
thabirdman: checks
DiamondDixi: bets 800
kabobkl: folds
thabirdman: raises 2400 to 3200
DiamondDixi: raises 5600 to 8800
thabirdman: ???????

I've been playing these a decent amount lately and I'll check the guy on opr to help decide how to proceed. I don't know anything about DiamondDixi, but I can definitely find a fold here to a competent player and there are definitely a few competent grinders in these. He was getting reasonable implied odds of 20:1+ to setmine here. Look at his line, it's exceptionally strong. Assuming he's competent he's folding A8 and A3 preflop and you know deep down when you make this call he is showing up with 88 or 33. If his stats suck I snap call though as hands like AQ, AJ are certainly possibilities as others have suggested.

def get it in sir, A k on that flop looks good to me..

 

Originally Posted by DiamondDixi

First off I'm a she not a he

You are a man until you prove otherwise.

Pics immed

I've played these twice I think, over 2yrs. ago. Prior to seeing result I was asking myself, "do you think we really get someone with worse to call us when we ship it in here in this spot?" I don't think so but then again, I'm not familiar with these tourneys. It really does look like a weak lead w set, especially when villain re-raises us. Is it worth stopping to think in these games, "what does villain think I have, what does villian think I think he thinks I have".
What other hands would fit this situation here? (hands they're not re-raising us w pre).

 

Originally Posted by Gollihez

jam pre imo

Jam 56bb? That's definitely not the best play here. We should be playing our AK for value and shipping 56bb with AK is not going to get us value. In this case he lost to my set but in most instances he's going to be good on this flop and he would have at least picked up my pre-flop call here. Had he shoved I would have folded my 33 and he wouldn't have busted out but in most cases he would have picked up chips that he would have lost with a shove.

Also to those of you who say to call here in some cases that is the best play but in this case against someone who plays as tight as I do it would have been a good idea to stop and think what I might have that beats him. Not being able lay down TPTK is a definite leak in my game as well as many others.

Is TPTK always worth your tournament life? NO and especially not 2 away from the bubble.

No problem about the he/she thing, I always get referred to dude, bud and many other colorful names in chat. You're right there are only about 10% competent thinking players at these stakes. My line did scream set here. It never fails to amaze me how many replies to post like this say "I'm always getting it in here" and how few say to stop and think what your opponent has before calling. Oh well that's how we make money, from people who get married to TPTK.

I bet we've played together before because it looks like we play a lot of the same games. I'll know to watch out for you now since you answered this post like a good thinking player. :-)