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iso play on FT bubble. good play or not?

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  1. CRUSH41 CRUSH41 is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2006 (7/24/2006 1:57am)

    Not sure if this post got moved cuz of the title or the content, but I was hoping to get some feedback...

    11 players left in UB $30 tourney. I think this is a standard play here, but the rest of the table and the rail thought i was a complete idiot. This included Lykan Khan who i know is a good player and won the UB $200 tonight.

    Thoughts?

    Hand #33699195-289 at Sun1001pm-006 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
    Powered by UltimateBet
    Started at 24/Jul/06 01:42:09

    CRUSH41 is at seat 2 with 86900.
    pweed420 is at seat 3 with 17810.
    denverphoto is at seat 6 with 56905.
    Pocket AAngel is at seat 7 with 9150.
    bigbruin is at seat 8 with 99890.
    The button is at seat 8.

    CRUSH41 posts ante (200).
    pweed420 posts ante (200).
    denverphoto posts ante (200).
    Pocket AAngel posts ante (200).
    bigbruin posts ante (200).
    pweed420 posts the small blind of 1200.
    denverphoto posts the big blind of 2400.

    CRUSH41: As Ks
    pweed420: -- --
    denverphoto: -- --
    Pocket AAngel: -- --
    bigbruin: -- --

    Pre-flop:

    Pocket AAngel goes all-in for 8950. bigbruin calls.
    CRUSH41 goes all-in for 86700. pweed420 folds.
    denverphoto folds. bigbruin folds. CRUSH41 is
    returned 77750 (uncalled).

    Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:

    CRUSH41 shows As Ks.
    Pocket AAngel shows Th Ac.

    Flop (board: 3h 2h 6d):

    (no action in this round)

    Turn (board: 3h 2h 6d 5h):

    (no action in this round)

    River (board: 3h 2h 6d 5h Qh):

    (no action in this round)

    Showdown:

    CRUSH41 has As Ks 6d 5h Qh: ace high.
    Pocket AAngel has Th 3h 2h 5h Qh: flush, queen high.

    Hand #33699195-289 Summary:

    No rake is taken for this hand.
    Pocket AAngel wins 31450 with flush, queen high
  2. Kyle XY Kyle XY is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2006 (7/24/2006 2:01am) in reply to CRUSH41

    Personally, I dont think your play was bad in any way. Simply put, if its a satellite and 10 get seats, then its a bad play, or if your about to crack the bubble, possibly questionable, even though I think the play there is good as well. All in all, the play is good and justifiable, your playing to win, not to slide up 1 more spot on the pay ladder. Unforunate suckout, play to win, simple as that. Final table or not, your goal was to make sure you were a huge stack heading into the final table, so its a good play. Be comfortable that you made the right play. Although it can be contested, there is no definitive "right" play.
  3. CRUSH41 CRUSH41 is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2006 (7/24/2006 12:54pm) in reply to CRUSH41

    bump
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  4. grapsfan grapsfan is offline Head Curmudgeon

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    Jul 24th, 2006 (7/24/2006 1:08pm) in reply to CRUSH41

    Shit, yeah, that was the right play to make, especially if you've been successful at stealing from the smaller stacks who are desperately hanging on to make the FT. So what if you double this guy up? You'll make back the 10k in one round of pushing people around again. Lemme guess...the lead pisser and moaner was someone who had A-rag with the A and would have called except you played it like a man.

    Maybe it's because I sat around and whined about how badly I played in the last WSOP qualifier satellite on stars last night...but whiners can LMB.
     
  5. CRUSH41 CRUSH41 is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2006 (7/24/2006 2:15pm) in reply to grapsfan

    Well the guy who folded didn't tell me what he had. It didn't suprise me that most of the players at the table thought I made a bad play. After all, this was a $30 tourney, and not everyone has played enough poker to know how to go for the win.

    What suprised me was that someone as good as Lykan_Khan, who has won at least two $200 UB tourneys, could say i made a bad play and was a moron. I think it had to do with the fact that he seemed to be friends with the guy I bet out of the pot. Even still, how could anyone in their right mind think I made a bad play? Who cares about knocking out a guy and making the final table? I got heads up against a guy i had dominated while getting over 2.5:1 on my money.
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  6. Stinger885 Stinger885 is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2006 (7/24/2006 2:20pm) in reply to CRUSH41

    lol, when I saw the title i thought you were gonna have A9 or something, this is an easy push, nicely played, but you knew that
     
  7. TrafficKing TrafficKing is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2006 (7/24/2006 2:38pm) in reply to Stinger885

    good play period
  8. rebuyZ moss rebuyZ moss is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2006 (7/24/2006 3:20pm) in reply to TrafficKing

    you're only asking this because you lost the hand you know it was the right play before you posted it
  9. CRUSH41 CRUSH41 is offline

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    Jul 24th, 2006 (7/24/2006 3:29pm) in reply to rebuyZ moss

    Well I obviously think it was the right play. Losing the hand had nothing to do with me posting this hand, other than the fact that I wouldn't have caught so much shit if I had won the hand. I just was in shock that someone who has had so much success could possibly think it was a bad play, and proceed to talk shit from the rail.
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