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Re:this AK a fold? after a 4bet?
as played I think you have to fold here even though you are getting huge pot odds and have a big hand - you are most likely up against at least JJ-QQ from rander and I would not be at all surprised to see POUPOU turn up AK, giving you few outs and most likely only a chance to chop the pot. a limp-reraise is usually a sign of a monster hand, so for both of them to remain in the pot you've gotta believe that AK is in trouble. I would have raised coming in, but i almost never limp. in this spot after the reraise and the overcall I probably would have just flat-called and seen a flop.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 23rd, 2008
Re:fold or shove
i agree i like the way you played it - with such small blinds in relation to your stack size you can afford to call off a few k here with a substandard hand. but as others have said to be considering shoving at any time during this hand versus a guy who has you well-covered is not optimal. you lost the minimum, good job.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 18th, 2008
Re:Please review each street, TT on the button 10/20 blinds
easiest river fold of all time - you don't beat anything but a bluff. if you are going to check the scare card on the turn you must must must fold the river when he bets. make the same sized bet on the turn scare card as you did on the flop and check behind on the river because there is absolutely no value in betting.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 18th, 2008
Re:What would you do in this spot?
normally i limp here. in this spot, i would raise to 4k to isolate and call if he shoves. you are the big stack (close enough) so your raise should not be messed with unless someone has a bigger hand, and if (let's say) you raise and it gets reraised and he shoves you have an easy fold.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 18th, 2008
Re:11 20kg w/QQ help
you have him covered, it's a shove preflop for me. as played, I check the flop and shove over his bet.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 18th, 2008
Re:Why Why always with me.....what I played wrong here!!!!
move to bad beats. make a bluff bet once in a while. don't complain when you get called as a 3:1 favorite and lose.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 18th, 2008
Re:Wondering if some people could tell me if I played the hand wrong or just got unlucky.
move to the bad beats by terrible donkeys section please. bet smaller on the flop. fold the turn shove.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 18th, 2008
Re:prolly shouldnt have bet the nuts
agree - well said by both, but I would check the stone cold nuts here 100% of the time. and hitting the royal would absolutely suck here because there would be no way you would get any action unless the river somehow gave someone a boat or quads, in which case they would have bet the flop hard and the money would be already in.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 18th, 2008
Re:Frequent tough spot deep in MTTs...thoughts
this is a super-standard shove. your M is 5 1/2 and you have a top 6 hand. if you have a few more chips maybe you can raise/fold. my rule of thumb is this - if I am first to enter a pot that contains antes and I have 10 BB's or less / an M of 5 or less I am going to shove 98% of the time (and limp the other 2%, and only with mid pairs or MAYBE AA), because i quite simply do not have the chips to make a 3x raise and fold to a shove.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 18th, 2008
Re:66 18 bbs
i would limp along most of the time - if limper is inclined to limp/call reraise/check flop/fold then the reraise is a good line. you really need to know what your opp't will do if you reraise.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 18th, 2008
Re:tough decision
calling a reraise for 1/3 of your stack preflop with JJ is not a good play. because of your stack size, pot odds are irrelevant - you need to fold or shove. 1/2 the time an overcard is going to come on the flop and you will have put 1/3 of your stack in with NO chance to win anything more because you aren't going to want to bet. and if you do bet when checked to you on the flop (which should be automatic on an ace-hi flop when it's checked to you, unless you've hit a set or made a flush) you have to put in at least 750 or another 1/3 of your stack and will not be able to call if ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 18th, 2008
Re:Daily fifty grand
preflop fine, on the flop you can flat call, but since you've hit the flop so hard a raise is good too. i would ALWAYS bet the turn here when it's checked to me, even if it's a thin value bet like 300 - you need to get value out of your hand, you have position, and bloating the pot a bit more allows you to bet bigger on the river and maybe steal the pot if you miss. as played on the river i'd also bet 300 for value.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 15th, 2008
Re:$20 live tourney, questionable call on the river
i think you played it fine - 3/4 pot bet on the flop and another 3/4 on the turn is perfectly acceptable - when the river comes it's definitely a crying call - the "so many possibilities" comment makes me think KQ or Q9, i guess he's thinking (more like hoping) an Ace or a Q would have been good too. in a live sng my wife got a guy to call a preflop raise and 3/4 pot-sized bets on a A-T-5-x board when she had AT and he had 43 for no hand and only a gutshot draw - obv the 2 came on the river. some folks can't fold any draw and in the long run that's why they ship ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 15th, 2008
Re:Hand advice form early in the 750k
i would shove the flop - he made a raise = to over 1/3 of your stack on the flop. if you are going to continue to play the hand (i.e. not fold) you need to shove there or just simply fold as QQ on a J T -x flop does not look like a very good hand and doesn't beat much. and the turn bet is not big enough - bets below 1/2 pot (and below the value of the previous bet) price in way too many hands.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 15th, 2008
Re:ak weird spot a bit
yah no way you can flat pre-flop. 9x out of ten that's a good fold.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 15th, 2008
Re:good play or push pre flop?
i like the line - if he doesn't have you well covered pre-flop i probably overshove his reraise, as played i have no issues.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 15th, 2008
Re:what the rigth play to do here?
i like the 4-bet, but i would make it more like 7-8k - a slightly smaller bet which will still get the job done but also leave you 2-3k more chips to work with if he overshoves and you feel like you have to fold. it's very hard to flat-call the reraiser when you know both of the players behind you will probably call too esp. in light of the odds they are now getting.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 10th, 2008
Re:What can you do?
here's what you do - you don't complain when donkeys call off their stacks as monsterous underdogs. if you can't get past that you might as well quit now.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 10th, 2008
Re:hand advice from day 2 of wsop
he overcalled a reraise preflop and then shoved over your bet on a 789 board. does 66 ever beat anything at all here ' i'm not going to find out - fold.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 10th, 2008
Re:$30 FO on Stars...tough spot
yah i prolly raise the flop the same and pot-control turn for the same 300 b/c i'd put him on AJ or A-x clubs and I want to get value. he could also have something like KJ hearts.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 10th, 2008
Re:Good or Bad Fold?
i'd fold. you still have an M above 10 so there is no urgency to get a hand and go with it. however, it's really a crazy over-shove by yellow which to me usually means a hand like 88-JJ or AK, less often a lower pair and AQ - i doubt you are going to see AA or KK here. I'm probably calling with JJ or better and maybe AK suited.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 10th, 2008
Re:anyone actually like AK?
an early raiser could have anything, and most of the time flat-callers don't have the AA or KK that are the only hands you should be scared of. i don't really want to see a flop several-handed when i have a very strong hand, and very early on i am usually happy to just get it in and either take down a pot preflop or give myself a very good chance to double. If I have AA-JJ, AK, AQ, I'm just gonna shove a lot of the time and i'm gonna get looked up by a lot of medium pairs and lesser sooted aces.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 10th, 2008
Re:Stake in the heart
right - move to bad beat section. how could you play this any better than you did ' get it in as about a 95% favorite - that works for me...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jul 10th, 2008
Re:Hand from 32k FT plz give input
flat call. set-mine. and fold when shorty and the other guy re-ship preflop. you have enough chips that you should not be betting your tournament life on 88 especially with an extremely short stack in 4th.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jun 19th, 2008
Re:FT...tough spot with AK
yep. anytime I have a guy covered 2:1 I WANT to play him for all his chips while holding AK.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jun 19th, 2008
Re:Did I play 1010 way too strong here? Live tourney
yeah this unfortunately is a pretty standard push. if you knew your oppt was as tight as i am it's a fold (LOL). but since you have him covered there's not a whole lot you can do here.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jun 19th, 2008
Re:Omaha Hand, Micro, No HH
yeah bet the pot or close to it on the first hand - you are only going to get action from other aces anyways, or someone could have 888 or AK/A8/K8 and stack off. you pretty much always want to bet in position in omaha unless you have absolutely no hand and no draw. i like your line on the second hand. i would probably bet closer to the size of the pot on the flop and play 2nd and 3rd the same way. if i thought the guy was a check/calling station i would make it 3/4 pot on every street.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jun 19th, 2008
Re:End Game of a Turbo, $2, Shortstacked
yep, it's that easy.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jun 19th, 2008
Re:Cash Game. Do you really fold here?
this is the most cogent point. if you are going to repop preflop here (and most of us would do what you did and make it 4-5 bucks) you also have to be willing to fold QQ to a big 3-bet, because you are going to see AA KK or AK pretty much every time.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		djelove
Jun 19th, 2008