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  1. I've been ghosting some players lately to try and learn from them and see how they play tournaments themselves to improve my game a little bit. And tonight, I've been tailing Ari a lil. I've heard numerous praises and seen him play quite well myself. Tonight in the wcoop he made a nasty call....must have had a nice read on the guy, bc im not sure if I could have made the move.

    pokerstars Game #6372670421: Tournament #40000006, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (1500/3000) - 2006/09/21 - 22:43:56 (ET)
    Table '40000006 256' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
    Seat 1: JBrokaw (60720 in chips)
    Seat 2: Maqaq (79734 in chips)
    Seat 3: POKERMAC (137172 in chips)
    Seat 4: BikeNotCar (122198 in chips)
    Seat 5: Faar1 (174872 in chips)
    Seat 6: Arnesen (97564 in chips)
    Seat 8: BodogAri (171275 in chips)
    Seat 9: FerrariBoy (47907 in chips)
    JBrokaw: posts the ante 150
    Maqaq: posts the ante 150
    POKERMAC: posts the ante 150
    BikeNotCar: posts the ante 150
    Faar1: posts the ante 150
    Arnesen: posts the ante 150
    BodogAri: posts the ante 150
    FerrariBoy: posts the ante 150
    Arnesen: posts small blind 1500
    BodogAri: posts big blind 3000
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    FerrariBoy: folds
    JBrokaw: folds
    Maqaq: calls 3000
    POKERMAC: folds
    BikeNotCar: folds
    Faar1: folds
    Arnesen: folds
    BodogAri: checks
    *** FLOP *** [6d 5h Ac]
    BodogAri: checks
    Maqaq: bets 3000
    BodogAri: raises 6000 to 9000
    Maqaq: raises 9000 to 18000
    BodogAri: raises 15000 to 33000
    Arnesen said, "ty fonn"
    Maqaq: raises 43584 to 76584 and is all-in
    BodogAri: calls 43584
    Maqaq said, "nice call"
    *** TURN *** [6d 5h Ac] [2h]
    *** RIVER *** [6d 5h Ac 2h] [Ks]
    Arnesen said, "oooooooops???"
    *** SHOW DOWN ***
    BodogAri: shows [Ad Jc] (a pair of Aces)
    Maqaq: shows [Kc Th] (a pair of Kings)
    BodogAri collected 161868 from pot
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot 161868 | Rake 0
    Board [6d 5h Ac 2h Ks]
    Seat 1: JBrokaw folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 2: Maqaq showed [Kc Th] and lost with a pair of Kings
    Seat 3: POKERMAC folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 4: BikeNotCar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 5: Faar1 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 6: Arnesen (small blind) folded before Flop
    Seat 8: BodogAri (big blind) showed [Ad Jc] and won (161868) with a pair of Aces
    Seat 9: FerrariBoy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
  2. Sometimes big name players cant lay off a pair with a Jack kicker.
  3. Do not f@ck with the Jesus, aka mr. Engel
  4. made a move and felt pot committed was my interpretation: the call he makes he was getting proper odds for the guy having ak or aq. if the guy had a set, O WELL. and maybe the guy was totally bluffing.

    that was my interpretation, anyway.

    --tc
  5. na its more like this.

    ari is aggressive, ari would bet an ace in bb if he had a good kicker.

    Button player bets out, now when ari sees this he re raises easily because 9/10 times people raise an ace on button instead of limp.

    now the button goes, well he cant have an ace or he woulda re raised preflop! iam gonna pop him back once more.

    he gets re pop'd okay now maybe are has 45 but why didnt he go all in? Okay if i re raise one more time he has to fold a8,9,t,j. and prolly 45 because iam illusioning a set.

    however.. the set would flat call and let ari bet again. this is how i think ari was able to call this off. if he has a4 a5 so be it, iam commited
  6. isnt Ari jewish? i dont think Jesus is the most appropriate term if thats the case lol. Either way good luck man, take down a bracelet!
  7. yeah im not trying to put him down at all, im sure he knew he was full of it, it was a great call. by the by Ari if you read this for some reason check out keller williams, pretty good jam guy youll enjoy. later people.
    Thread Starter
  8. "the set would flat call and let ari bet again." I think that was the key read, hope Ari drops by to confirm.
  9. hes out, iam sure he will stop by soon to confirm
  10. I agrre with your analysis of the hand got, but who knows, Im wrong alot.
  11. he could have ak or aq, that's what reads are for, didn't think he'd limp in w/ a better ace preflop. I make many crackheads plays, this isn't one of them.

    This is:

    pokerstars Game #6373474058: Tournament #40000006, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVI (3000/6000) - 2006/09/21 - 23:41:47 (ET)
    Table '40000006 148' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
    Seat 1: agissilaos (100147 in chips)
    Seat 2: ALTOUNIAN (78838 in chips)
    Seat 3: BodogAri (275451 in chips)
    Seat 4: bad_beat_bud (46321 in chips)
    Seat 5: ollie570 (243568 in chips)
    Seat 7: acehinut (101664 in chips)
    Seat 8: GammonMorten (440039 in chips)
    Seat 9: javel (347261 in chips)
    agissilaos: posts the ante 300
    ALTOUNIAN: posts the ante 300
    BodogAri: posts the ante 300
    bad_beat_bud: posts the ante 300
    ollie570: posts the ante 300
    acehinut: posts the ante 300
    GammonMorten: posts the ante 300
    javel: posts the ante 300
    ALTOUNIAN: posts small blind 3000
    BodogAri: posts big blind 6000
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to BodogAri [Js Jh]
    BigGunX [observer] said, "Ari>>>James Taylor>>>Confucius "laydowns make champs""
    bad_beat_bud: folds
    tagtrengfan [observer] said, "ARI P3WNS"
    ollie570: raises 12000 to 18000
    acehinut: folds
    GammonMorten: folds
    Fibonnacci [observer] said, "lol"
    castle_town [observer] said, "lol"
    Capt. Obv [observer] said, "My 2 toe'd sister > BGX"
    javel: raises 26000 to 44000
    BigGunX [observer] said, "lol"
    adotlee [observer] said, "Ari makes laydowns w/ the best of em ;p"
    agissilaos: folds
    ALTOUNIAN: folds
    BodogAri: raises 231151 to 275151 and is all-in
    Johnster is connected
    ollie570: folds
    javel: calls 231151 (with aa)

    and I lose. Thanks for the rail.