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RunnerJohn
Two Pair
Joined: 16 Apr 2008
Posts: 70
Location: Cartersville, Georgia
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 Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:23 am Post subject: This Time I Was the Bubble Boy! |
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I have Mondays off, so I have a little more time to play in the morning. I've been entering 90-player tournaments for the past few Mondays. So far, I've played in four of them. I've finished 68th, 22nd, 16th, and 10th (but not in that order). I cashed in the one where I placed 16th, because it paid to 18. The others were KO tournaments and only paid to 9th. This week was my best, so far. I set a goal for myself at the beginning to get to 30,000 chips and be in the top 9. By the time the tournament was down to 15 players, I was over 31,000 and in the top three. In fact, for about one hand I was the chip leader. All I had to do was coast into the money, but (remember now, I'm still a beginner), I blew up. I collapsed in about three hands. I've got to learn to lay down big hands rather than risk it all, but I didn't, and I was the bubble boy at 10th. Still, it wasn't all bad. It was a KO tournament that paid 50 cents per knockout. I KO'd seven players, so I made back my buyin that way.
I'm pasting my favorite hand from that tournament here, so you guys can beat up on me a little bit. I was dealt KK and ended up busting two players at once. I know some of you won't like my strategy, but I love trapping with KK. I've been burned once or twice, but I usually win nice size pots that way. I've learned something from this forum that I used in this particular hand. Sharks HATE minraises. I'm not sure why, but you guys seem to think the minraise is the worst move ever. So, I'm thinking the easiest way to put one of you guys on tilt is to minraise with my KK, and I did. IMO, I was value betting. It worked. Another guy went all in and I called. That guy risked his whole stack on a J9 suited. I wouldn't have done that.
You guys can beat up on me all you want. I don't mind. You usually add some good advice along with the abuse.
Anyway, here's the hand:
Full Tilt Poker Game #6385362541: $3 + $0.30 KO Sit & Go (48567060),
Table 9 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No Limit Hold'em - 10:34:04 ET - 2008/05/12
Seat 1: POCHO76 (160), is sitting out
Seat 2: casdorr (27,870)
Seat 3: sunglasses45 (9,020)
Seat 4: Shutoff (8,775)
Seat 5: BubblnBrwnSugar (4,490)
Seat 7: RunnerJohn (19,950)
Seat 8: mollieanna1124 (7,750)
Seat 9: djaibo (11,390)
POCHO76 antes 75
casdorr antes 75
sunglasses45 antes 75
Shutoff antes 75
BubblnBrwnSugar antes 75
RunnerJohn antes 75
mollieanna1124 antes 75
djaibo antes 75
djaibo posts the small blind of 300
POCHO76 posts the big blind of 85, and is all in
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RunnerJohn [Ks Kh]
casdorr folds
sunglasses45 folds
Shutoff folds
BubblnBrwnSugar folds
RunnerJohn raises to 1,200
mollieanna1124 folds
djaibo calls 900
*** FLOP *** [8s 5s 9s]
djaibo bets 10,115, and is all in
RunnerJohn calls 10,115
djaibo shows [Jh 9h]
POCHO76 shows [3s 5d]
RunnerJohn shows [Ks Kh]
*** TURN *** [8s 5s 9s] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [8s 5s 9s Qd] [4h]
djaibo shows a pair of Nines
RunnerJohn shows a pair of Kings
RunnerJohn wins the side pot (22,460) with a pair of Kings
POCHO76 shows a pair of Fives
RunnerJohn wins the main pot (855) with a pair of Kings
POCHO76 stands up
djaibo stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 23,315 Main pot 855. Side pot 22,460. | Rake 0
Board: [8s 5s 9s Qd 4h]
Seat 1: POCHO76 (big blind) showed [3s 5d] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 2: casdorr folded before the Flop
Seat 3: sunglasses45 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Shutoff folded before the Flop
Seat 5: BubblnBrwnSugar folded before the Flop
Seat 7: RunnerJohn showed [Ks Kh] and won (23,315) with a pair of Kings
Seat 8: mollieanna1124 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: djaibo (small blind) showed [Jh 9h] and lost with a pair of Nines |
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esperz
Full House
Joined: 10 Apr 2008
Posts: 220
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I agree with the min-raise part of it. Schoolboys (not nessecarily sharks) freak the hell out over min-raises. They'll usually try to steal the pot from you which only makes for fun times.
On another note, you ever bet in odds numbers just to screw weith people? Betting 457, 321, 31... People get upset over the stupidest of things. |
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HuJwang
Forum Blight
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Posts: 6431
Location: Halifax, NS
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| Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:35 am Post subject: Re: This Time I Was the Bubble Boy! |
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| RunnerJohn wrote: |
I've learned something from this forum that I used in this particular hand. Sharks HATE minraises. I'm not sure why, but you guys seem to think the minraise is the worst move ever. So, I'm thinking the easiest way to put one of you guys on tilt is to minraise with my KK, and I did. IMO, I was value betting. It worked. Another guy went all in and I called. That guy risked his whole stack on a J9 suited. I wouldn't have done that.
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The problem with this logic is that you're playing a $3 game. There are no "sharks" in $3 games. The players you're playing against mostly don't know what they're doing, as you can see from the guy's shove on the flop. Playing tricky to "trap" doesn't really have any positive effect, because these people are going to go all-in with stupid crap no matter how you play. It does, however, tend to put you in some pretty tough situations. I really recommend you focus on playing ABC instead of trying to learn how to "trap" right away. That stuff can come later.
In this particular situation, the minraise is actually fine, because of two factors: the blinds are quite high relative to the stacks, and the BB is all-in for almost no chips. There is effectively no big blind, so the normal pot size is reduced and players have less reason to continue in the pot. If there had been a full big blind posted, I'd prefer a slightly bigger raise, say 1500. |
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