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  1. bukithepro bukithepro is offline

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    Sep 29th, 2008 (9/29/2008 11:31am)

    c-bets are important; and betting to take away pots when villain checks is important.

    sometimes tho, villain's check won't feel right... don't bet!!

    Full Tilt Poker Game #8270002165: $750,000 Guarantee (60739162), Table 266 - 1700/3400 Ante 400 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:06:55 ET - 2008/09/28
    Seat 1: AKALEFTY (59,438)
    Seat 2: spacegravy (118,743)
    Seat 3: River_Vlad (42,535)
    Seat 4: Mhockey8 (56,018)
    Seat 5: pocketrockets11 (88,276)
    Seat 6: kingkor1982 (37,134)
    Seat 7: Renaldo1466 (53,758)
    Seat 8: bestlayever (41,509)
    Seat 9: bukithepro (83,005)
    AKALEFTY antes 400
    spacegravy antes 400
    River_Vlad antes 400
    Mhockey8 antes 400
    pocketrockets11 antes 400
    kingkor1982 antes 400
    Renaldo1466 antes 400
    bestlayever antes 400
    bukithepro antes 400
    AKALEFTY posts the small blind of 1,700
    spacegravy posts the big blind of 3,400
    The button is in seat #9
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to bukithepro [7d 7s]
    River_Vlad folds
    Mhockey8 calls 3,400
    pocketrockets11 folds
    kingkor1982 folds
    Renaldo1466 folds
    bestlayever has 15 seconds left to act
    bestlayever folds
    bukithepro has 15 seconds left to act
    bukithepro raises to 14,500
    AKALEFTY folds
    spacegravy folds
    Mhockey8 calls 11,100
    *** FLOP *** [8h 2s 3c]
    Mhockey8 checks
    bukithepro has 15 seconds left to act
    bukithepro checks
    *** TURN *** [8h 2s 3c] [9c]
    Mhockey8 checks
    bukithepro checks
    *** RIVER *** [8h 2s 3c 9c] [8c]
    Mhockey8 checks
    bukithepro checks
    *** SHOW DOWN ***
    bukithepro shows [7d 7s] two pair, Eights and Sevens
    Mhockey8 shows [8s 8d] four of a kind, Eights
    Mhockey8 wins the pot (37,700) with four of a kind, Eights
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot 37,700 | Rake 0
    Board: [8h 2s 3c 9c 8c]
    Seat 1: AKALEFTY (small blind) folded before the Flop
    Seat 2: spacegravy (big blind) folded before the Flop
    Seat 3: River_Vlad folded before the Flop
    Seat 4: Mhockey8 showed [8s 8d] and won (37,700) with four of a kind, Eights
    Seat 5: pocketrockets11 folded before the Flop
    Seat 6: kingkor1982 folded before the Flop
    Seat 7: Renaldo1466 folded before the Flop
    Seat 8: bestlayever folded before the Flop
    Seat 9: bukithepro (button) showed [7d 7s] and lost with two pair, Eights and Sevens
     
  2. Frank1The1Tank Frank1The1Tank is offline

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    Sep 29th, 2008 (9/29/2008 11:40am) in reply to bukithepro

    Hmm preflop is marginal, I often just like limping behind there since a lot of open limps UTG and UTG+1 are turned into limp shoves. So its pretty situational. That said, you should still cbet this flop to protect your hand since this flop is so dry. It's cool he flopped the set but it seems results oriented imo. You're still a sicko buki, gl.
     
  3. bukithepro bukithepro is offline

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    Sep 29th, 2008 (9/29/2008 11:50am) in reply to Frank1The1Tank

    i raised pre cuz he limp-folds often enough here.

    i do limp behind VERY often with sm-med pairs hoping no one raises behind me... but this wasn't the spot to do that.

    i raised an amount pre where... if he called with a pair, it's not 22-66. when he calls, his most likely range is... 88-JJ IMHO.

    he checked the flop VERY quickly; i would've c-bet normally, but it didnt feel right.

    turn... he thought for a sec, and checked... nothing had changed from my view.

    river.... he checked quickly again.... felt like he was calling at MINIMUM... possibly reshoving. so i checked again to not waste even another chip.
     
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