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  1. t1ct0c t1ct0c is offline

    Boonsboro, MD
    United States

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    Jul 19th, 2007 (7/19/2007 9:24pm)

    pokerstars Game #11028471683: Tournament #55429434, $25.00+$2.50 Hold'em No
    Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2007/07/19 - 21:09:30 (ET)
    Table '55429434 83' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
    Seat 1: matiacio (7855 in chips)
    Seat 2: cidyo 1 (7130 in chips)
    Seat 3: goblue6699 (6940 in chips)
    Seat 4: maq2000 (6605 in chips)
    Seat 5: T1CT0C (1890 in chips)
    Seat 6: DcoraN1 (7280 in chips)
    Seat 7: PersianSultn (6580 in chips)
    Seat 8: Hum1 (4620 in chips)
    Seat 9: bootman66 (9455 in chips)
    PersianSultn: posts small blind 75
    Hum1: posts big blind 150
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to T1CT0C [Ah As]
    bootman66: folds
    matiacio: raises 300 to 450
    cidyo 1: folds
    goblue6699: folds
    maq2000: folds
    T1CT0C: raises 300 to 750
    DcoraN1: folds
    PersianSultn: folds
    Hum1: folds
    matiacio: calls 300
    *** FLOP *** [3s 8d 7h]
    matiacio: checks
    T1CT0C: bets 450
    matiacio: calls 450
    *** TURN *** [3s 8d 7h] [6c]
    matiacio: checks
    T1CT0C: bets 690 and is all-in
    matiacio: calls 690
    *** RIVER *** [3s 8d 7h 6c] [Td]
    *** SHOW DOWN ***
    matiacio: shows [Jd 9d] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
    T1CT0C: shows [Ah As] (a pair of Aces)
    matiacio collected 4005 from pot
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot 4005 | Rake 0
    Board [3s 8d 7h 6c Td]
    Seat 1: matiacio showed [Jd 9d] and won (4005) with a straight, Seven to Jack
    Seat 2: cidyo 1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 3: goblue6699 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 4: maq2000 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 5: T1CT0C showed [Ah As] and lost with a pair of Aces
    Seat 6: DcoraN1 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 7: PersianSultn (small blind) folded before Flop
    Seat 8: Hum1 (big blind) folded before Flop
    Seat 9: bootman66 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
  2. BguitarH BguitarH is offline

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    Jul 19th, 2007 (7/19/2007 10:39pm) in reply to t1ct0c

    you basically priced this dude in on every bet you made. There is a big difference between getting max value out of your hand and letting your opponent pursuit his draws cheaply. You're only at 12 BBs and the drastic short stack at the table, the blinds + his preflop raise alone add almost 50% to your stack even if he folds. You should just shove in preflop here and be happy with either decision our villain makes. If you don't, you shove the flop 100% of the time.
  3. santulli santulli is offline

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    Jul 19th, 2007 (7/19/2007 10:59pm) in reply to BguitarH

    I go by the rule of 10 to 15 Bb left the only way I play a hand is all in preflop. This may sound extreme but in my opinion it is the only bet you can make that short stacked. The only weapon you have left is the power of the all in. If you just get the blinds so be it. You would have forced that caller to make a big all in call compared to normal re-raise or preflop raise. If you played it the way you did I would recommend all in after the flop. Heres is a little piece of advice that helped me greatly MAKE people pay big for draws. If you have a good read that a person is on a flush/straight draw make a bet that they will not want to call for a draw. If they call the big bet and the turn doesn't help the flush or straight draw push it all in. YOU will have people call and draw out on but hey thats poker. Every other time they will fold or call and not get there card.
  4. djkelly69 djkelly69 is offline

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    Jul 19th, 2007 (7/19/2007 11:05pm) in reply to t1ct0c

    The min reraise from a short stack is an obvious big hand to any half-observant player, and since he is one of the big stacks, it prices him in to see a flop to try and crack your big hand.

    I see you having 3 options here:
    - straight re-shove preflop, but that wastes some of the strength of your hand as he probably is not calling
    - reraise to 1k or so, then shove any flop. This has the same effect as shoving as it is committing you to the hand, but gives him the chance to catche a piece of the flop and call.
    - just call the raise since you have position, and hope one of the other big stacks catches a hand and trys to isolate. Even if no-one does and we see a flop, you can shove over his impending c-bet and hope he has caught enough of it to call.

    Since you are so short compared to the others and really need to double up here to be any chance of winning, i prefer the higher risk/higher gain of option 3.
  5. djkelly69 djkelly69 is offline

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    Jul 19th, 2007 (7/19/2007 11:19pm) in reply to santulli

    santulli i think pushing here is a waste - he still has an M of about 8.5, but he really needs to double up to have any chance of winning the tournament.
    i see AA as being too strong a hand here to waste just picking up the blinds, particularly as we have position, just went through the blinds, and there are no antes in play.
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