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Fold KK Preflop in 2nd Hour of a $3 tourney

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  1. Nuschler Nuschler is offline

    Roseville, CA
    United States

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    Dec 12th, 2007 (12/12/2007 12:27am)

    guess it was obvious, I folded, 3rd guy knew but couldn't make himself fold (not many outs after the call!)....

    [INSERT BRAG HERE] Only lost 600 (instead of 17,000) chips with KK at 100/200 level

    pokerstars GAME #13796787888: TOURNAMENT #69788249, $3.00+$0.30 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL VI (100/200) - 2007/12/11 - 15:50:48 (ET)
    Table '69788249 305' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
    Seat 1: cheun79 (27804 in chips)
    Seat 2: Niblick55 (17120 in chips)
    Seat 3: Sorcier2000 (14700 in chips)
    Seat 4: edgess (16000 in chips)
    Seat 5: Nuschler10 (41269 in chips)
    Seat 6: kaizer river (7460 in chips)
    Seat 7: GMETHAPOT (17258 in chips)
    Seat 8: amesta (11650 in chips)
    Seat 9: willhbristol (28825 in chips)
    Niblick55: posts small blind 100
    Sorcier2000: posts big blind 200
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to Nuschler10 [Kd Ks]
    edgess: folds
    Nuschler10: raises 400 to 600
    kaizer river: folds
    GMETHAPOT: raises 2400 to 3000
    amesta: folds
    willhbristol: folds
    cheun79: folds
    Niblick55: raises 5000 to 8000
    Sorcier2000: folds
    Nuschler10: folds <span><span>(thinking KK just isn't good here!)</span></span>
    GMETHAPOT said, "well u have AA"
    GMETHAPOT said, "OBV OR AK"
    GMETHAPOT said, "GLGLGL"
    GMETHAPOT: raises 9258 to 17258 and is all-in
    Niblick55: calls 9120 and is all-in
    Nuschler10 said, "that's what i was thinking..."
    *** FLOP *** [7s 2c 6h]
    Nuschler10 said, "no outs"
    *** TURN *** [7s 2c 6h] [7h]
    Nuschler10 said, "folded KK myself"
    *** RIVER *** [7s 2c 6h 7h] [6c]
    *** SHOW DOWN ***
    Niblick55: shows [As Ac] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
    GMETHAPOT: shows [Kc Kh] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
    Niblick55 collected 35040 from pot
    Nuschler10 said, "seriously"
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot 35040 | Rake 0
    Board [7s 2c 6h 7h 6c]
    Seat 1: cheun79 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 2: Niblick55 (small blind) showed [As Ac] and won (35040) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
    Seat 3: Sorcier2000 (big blind) folded before Flop
    Seat 4: edgess folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 5: Nuschler10 <span>folded </span>(Kd Ks) before Flop
    Seat 6: kaizer river folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 7: GMETHAPOT showed [Kc Kh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sevens
    Seat 8: amesta folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 9: willhbristol folded before Flop (didn't bet)
  2. MetalGod MetalGod is offline

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    Dec 12th, 2007 (12/12/2007 12:33am) in reply to Nuschler

    Wow...that's a good laydown. Chances are that no one believed you when you said you folded KK, but that's not important anyway.
  3. duffer230 duffer230 is offline

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    Dec 12th, 2007 (12/12/2007 3:02am) in reply to MetalGod

    yeah. nice lay down. if with a reraise, its hard to lay in that spot. nice discipline droppin it. especially since your third king was in someone else hole...
    howd u finish the tourney?
  4. babyblueeyes babyblueeyes is offline

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    Dec 12th, 2007 (12/12/2007 10:01am) in reply to Nuschler

    Great discipline and you made a great decision.
  5. Nuschler Nuschler is offline

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    Dec 12th, 2007 (12/12/2007 10:32am) in reply to duffer230

    ended up busting out 59th out of 2537... this hand occured with almost 2000 left.
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  6. finewhine finewhine is offline

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    Dec 12th, 2007 (12/12/2007 12:23pm) in reply to Nuschler

    Amazing. Not sure I could have done it.
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