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Sundays WORST BEAT! Are you kidding me?
He has queens. I highly doubt he's going to assume that you're 3 betting with specifically only kings or aces. If that's the case, then you're playing too tight anyway. Bad beat yes, but his call is nowhere near as horrible as you're making it out to be.
Posted in: Bad Beats 		MetalGod
Jun 30th, 2010
2.20 turbo bad raise with AA?
This is fine IMO, just an unlucky flop for you.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Jun 16th, 2010
Amusing hand to start the morning off
I don't understand why this was posted in bad beats
Posted in: Bad Beats 		MetalGod
Jun 6th, 2010
Re:Wierd Spot 7 handed with 88 14bbs
Fold
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
May 17th, 2010
Re:Pokerstars "Pro" Makes an Odd Play...
That's the pokerstars way...he makes the bad play and wins.
Posted in: Bad Beats 		MetalGod
Mar 30th, 2010
Re:QQ in big blind
I don't blame you for folding at all. Given the action that took place before you, you would expect for someone to have you beat. Just goes to show that you started at a table with a bunch of idiots. You'll certainly get more opportunities to pick up chips from players like these.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Feb 1st, 2010
was this a bad call?
Realistically, I believed a race was my best case scenario. If I win the hand, I'm somewhere in the top 5 and if I lose, I still have the lead at the table by a slim margin. I am risking a quarter of my stack as well which I don't like. Sadly, my instincts were saying fold, but I made a stubborn call. I guess thinking "play to win" made me want to gamble, but I like to pick better spots to make big chip commitments. I usually feel conflicted about making these decisions. I play sngs a lot more than multis so I'm not as accustomed to playing with deeper stacks. Just so ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Jan 30th, 2010
Re:Donk of the month???
Perhaps. Anyway, I'm not familiar with the KO tournaments because I don't play on full tilt but...IwishiwasaBalla raises to 22,912, and is all in why such a big raise'
Posted in: Bad Beats 		MetalGod
Jan 29th, 2010
Re:So I'm a terrible player according to this guy
snap call, bad luck is right. Absolutely have to say nh and gg...wouldn't want guys like this to change at all. It's always a discouraging moment when you think to yourself that the suckout is coming on the turn and boom there it is right in front of you.
Posted in: Bad Beats 		MetalGod
Jan 4th, 2010
So I'm a terrible player according to this guy
This guy has been pretty reckless most of the time. A Couple suckouts got him the stack he has. After the hand, he proceeded to say that I was a terrible player when I asked what his thought process was. I'm working on building up a bankroll...just moved up to the $10s again. So far, I am baffled that the play I'm seeing has been far worse and more reckless than that in the $5 sngs. On the plus side, when I am cashing it has been 1st or 2nd...no 3rds yet. It's no surprise the numbers show he is a losing player. Good to know there's so many like this out there. PokerStars Game ...
Posted in: Bad Beats 		MetalGod
Jan 4th, 2010
Re:The cards don't come out like this in the casino!
No one wins all the time. It's not rigged...you see more hands online, more crazy things happen.
Posted in: Bad Beats 		MetalGod
Jan 3rd, 2010
Re:SB Pocket Fives Again.
You misread this. He has 46 BB. I'd never fold 5s to a min raise with a stack that size. Easy call preflop and you can get away from the hand with a small loss if the flop is not favorable to you. Even with 23 BB, I'm still making that call but that's just me.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Dec 28th, 2009
Re:right call?
I like all the insight so far...I think I would have felt conflicted regardless of my decision at the time. I realize that calling was risking a 3rd of my stack to try and get into the money, and there is a chance of one of the blinds waking up with a monster as well. This was certainly not an instacall at the time. I tried to rationalize making this call at the time...perhaps I was wrong. As I'm sure everyone else has, I've been in this scenario ahead and behind. Normally, I prefer to wait for better spots than this as well but I wanted to go for it this time.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Dec 28th, 2009
right call?
Situations like this are frustrating to me. I don't expect to see someone overbet a hand such as JJ here. Also given that I have a decent chip lead, I know I can lose this hand and still have a slight lead. Nothing I'd seen would indicate this either. I don't see how I can fold this. PokerStars Game #37281728715: Tournament #226046628, $5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2009/12/27 19:43:18 ET Table '226046628 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button Seat 3: FallPilot (2735 in chips) Seat 5: Golfooz (2020 in chips) Seat 6: bryator11 (2010 in chips) Seat 7: ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Dec 27th, 2009
Re:STT preflop spot
Pretty sure this is a fold. Looks good to see queens, but the 4 bet means more than likely you're behind here.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Nov 18th, 2009
Re:My ATo gets beaten by... ATo
I love hands like this. It's especially great if you have say AA vs AA and that happens.
Posted in: Bad Beats 		MetalGod
Nov 14th, 2009
Re:What do you do here?
I also felt I was beat and that it was too early to take this risk. MetalGod666: folds *** TURN *** [2h 8c Kd] [5h] *** RIVER *** [2h 8c Kd 5h] [9c] *** SHOW DOWN *** juananaman: shows [Ks Js] (a pair of Kings) PokerFaf1: shows [9d 9h] (three of a kind, Nines) PokerFaf1 collected 2850 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 2850 | Rake 0 Board [2h 8c Kd 5h 9c] Seat 1: charly1955 (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 2: juananaman (big blind) showed [Ks Js] and lost with a pair of Kings Seat 3: gimmeckles folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: floydian1964 folded before Flop (didn't ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Nov 14th, 2009
What do you do here?
Will post results after some feedback. Early on, no real reads to go by yet. When Pokerfaf shoves, I'm expecting him to have AK. When juan makes the call, set comes to mind or possibly top pair as well. PokerStars Game #35351055062: Tournament #212563736, $5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2009/11/14 14:12:41 ET Table '212563736 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button Seat 1: charly1955 (1480 in chips) Seat 2: juananaman (1960 in chips) Seat 3: gimmeckles (1500 in chips) Seat 4: floydian1964 (1230 in chips) Seat 5: SuperDanR (1470 in chips) Seat 6: MetalGod666 (1460 ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Nov 14th, 2009
heh...he thought I was bluffing
Sure, I could have played this differently. I could have just raised on the flop and possibly ended the hand there. At the time, I believed he would bet the turn if I called on the flop. When he opened pots, he was c-betting nearly every time. I know this isn't too bad of a beat (I know I'm around a 2 to 1 favorite). After the hand, I said nice play to him (being sarcastic of course) and his response was "thx if you had made a smaller raise i would have folded i thought you were bluffing." PokerStars Game #35228102982: Tournament #211699676, $5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No ...
Posted in: Bad Beats 		MetalGod
Nov 13th, 2009
Re:CAN'T CATCH A F%$#G BREAK
"never ever ever open utg with A 9 your just asking to get screwed, whether its soooooooted or not. Geez this is not a bad beat, it's bad play, villian flops top top on that dry board and I guess he's gonna fold with position on you' Just stay out of spots like this ...it's called a LEAK and A 9 utg is a huge leak. Notice you were crushed pre by both callers. Geez u made a train wreck outta this hand ffs" I agree with not opening UTG with A9, but this is really results oriented aside from that. The money was in with top 't ask for a better spot. Just unlucky in the ...
Posted in: Bad Beats 		MetalGod
Nov 11th, 2009
Re:a donkey says I played this hand bad. What r your thoughts.
A little bit of a large preflop raise...11x' On the flop, you're getting around 2 to 1 to make the call...I don't see that as being too bad...you can afford to be wrong. The other thing is you wouldn't expect him to have a made flush based on an open shove. I hope that "donk" you're referring to wasn't that redneck guy who called your raise with QJ...if so, he has no room to speak on the matter.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Nov 11th, 2009
Re:What does he have?
Thanks for the input everyone. I probably won't play these much as they really aren't worthwhile. As the sng progressed, everyone started playing extremely tight like I'd never seen before especially in a $5 tourney.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Nov 6th, 2009
What does he have?
Villain has been mostly tight, but overbets preflop when playing hands. This seems to be the common theme (this is my first $5.40 double or nothing). Thought I'd give one a try. Moving along, I'm pretty sure this is the correct move here. Risking half my stack just calling preflop is completely out. Otherwise, I'd be playing for basically my entire stack in the 2nd level. Could be overbetting a higher pair, AK, AQ, maybe 1010 or 99 are my guesses. PokerStars Game #34965697160: Tournament #209892094, $5.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2009/11/05 16:54:10 ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Nov 5th, 2009
Re:Call or sigh fold?
Fold. The only hands I could see you being ahead of here are KJ and maybe J9 unless of course you have a read on this player that tells you otherwise.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Nov 4th, 2009
Re:Is this a bad call?
I don't think so. You still have plenty of chips left even if you lose this hand so you can afford to make the call. If you win the hand, you're chip leader with 6 players left and low blinds. Fine as played and also fine if you had decided to lay it down and wait longer. If you're playing to win, you played it right IMO.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Nov 4th, 2009
Re:Blind Steal Called -- How to Play Flop?
agreed...re-raise was too small for him to lay this down preflop. He mentioned the button has been playing fairly tight...plenty of times he could have won the blinds uncontested here. No harm in seeing the flop after a small re-raise which prices him in.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Nov 3rd, 2009
Re:Playing AK in the blinds..
check-raise turn or value bet river...good otherwise.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Nov 3rd, 2009
Re:Blind Steal Called -- How to Play Flop?
check-raise all in on the flop if you intend to go for this draw. As played, you committed about half your stack to the pot with 9 high after the flop. Moving in on the flop at least gives you a slight chance to take the pot down there if he has something such as AK with no hearts, etc. If the turn is a blank, you'd be left with moving in or folding as a choice. With all the money in the pot at that point, can't imagine you'd want to get away from the hand and leave yourself with about 12bbs.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Nov 3rd, 2009
Re:20 BB with 9's UTG
well the advice u have gotten so far is so horrible imo... if you raise fold there that is just AWFUL... honestly I usually just shove preflop!!! but raise folding 99 with less than 20bbs is just terrible! IMO, this is the worst piece of advice you've been given so far. Who in their right mind would open shove 20bbs' That is just terrible. There's no harm in making a standard raise and folding to a re-raise if you choose to do that. You still have enough chips to work with. 17bbs instead of 20 is a small difference and fairly insignificant. If it was 10 or less, shoving sounds more ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		MetalGod
Sep 21st, 2008
Re:How do avoid ReTard DONKS like this????
Standard move ~ I see not problem with this move. Aggression wins ~ Alot of people will go the distance with AK air balls. I'm always trying to make moves to get chips. Sometimes people just give up and get lucky. Standard move' You mean moving in for over 50x the blind is standard' That is laughable at best. Aggression wins' This move was not aggression, it was pure stupidity that paid off. There's no reason to avoid this. The guy with the kings just got very unlucky...if some moron wants to give their chips away, why not let them try'
Posted in: Bad Beats 		MetalGod
Sep 12th, 2008