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  1. rivercats rivercats is offline

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    Feb 9th, 2010 (2/9/2010 5:48pm)

    Whats my line here? will post hole cards and critisism of my play welcome. i think i actually played the hand kinda badly

    Full Tilt Poker Game #18322028438: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (138704663), Table 1 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:28:54 ET - 2010/02/09
    Seat 1: rivercats (1,440)
    Seat 2: ivanovich47 (1,495)
    Seat 3: CordoZar (2,655)
    Seat 4: Niiwkaed (1,440)
    Seat 6: DEEPWATER555 (1,350)
    Seat 7: TwentyOneJN (3,115)
    Seat 9: pilsguy (2,005)
    pilsguy posts the small blind of 25
    rivercats posts the big blind of 50
    The button is in seat #7
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to rivercats [XX]
    ivanovich47 folds
    CordoZar folds
    Niiwkaed folds
    DEEPWATER555 folds
    TwentyOneJN folds
    pilsguy calls 25
    rivercats checks
    *** FLOP *** [8c Th Ac]
    pilsguy bets 100
    rivercats calls 100
    *** TURN *** [8c Th Ac] [7h]
    pilsguy has 15 seconds left to act
    pilsguy bets 150
    rivercats calls 150
    *** RIVER *** [8c Th Ac 7h] [3h]
    pilsguy has 15 seconds left to act
    pilsguy bets 100
    rivercats has 15 seconds left to act
    rivercats raises to 1,140, and is all in
    pilsguy has 15 seconds left to act
    pilsguy folds
    Uncalled bet of 1,040 returned to rivercats
    rivercats mucks
    rivercats wins the pot (800)
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  2. dragon_rider_123 dragon_rider_123 is offline

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    Feb 9th, 2010 (2/9/2010 6:03pm) in reply to rivercats

    By the diminishing sizes of his bets and the fact he completed his SB preflop and didn't raise,
    I would assume his bets are either weak attempts to take the pot with a bluff or very thin value bets with some sort of weak AX or second pair 10X.
    Also the possibility that he had a hand he was semi-bluffing, like 79 that connected a bit on the turn and then never really got anywhere on the river.

    Not knowing what you had, I think if your hand was extremely weak you did well to steal the pot from him,
    and if you had a good top pair or some sort of two pair, i think you could have raised less than all-in on the river if you were looking to get called, because he was not indicating much strength so if your all-in is an attempt to get value out of your hand, it is a poor attempt.
  3. JimmyMac20 JimmyMac20 is offline

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    Feb 10th, 2010 (2/10/2010 7:20pm) in reply to rivercats

    J9 or 88?
  4. lordxixor101 lordxixor101 is offline

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    Feb 11th, 2010 (2/11/2010 8:01am) in reply to rivercats

    My initial thought are maybe a club flush draw, but his river bet really looked like he wanted to see a cheap showdown, so maybe a weak 10-2 or 8-2 type of hand here (and he can play anything from a limped sb).

    You either have a straight/flush/or absolutely nothing. The way this hand went, no way you should be pushing a pair on the river here. Your huge all in really looks like a steal, but isn't bad if you have the flush, since if he had 83 or something, he's probably going to call it (but won't reraise if you raise smaller).

    Anything less than a straight, I really don't like the river bet, since it looks like a steal, and you might have had enough of a hand to win at showdown (betting with an Ax on the river really turns your hand into a bluff).
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