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    Holdem tourney hand from last nights trillion game

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    Re: Holdem tourney hand from last nights trillion game Ok, as the discussion has died down, I hope ubermonkey doesn't mind me posting the conclusion of the hand, and my thoughts on it. uber called, with his AK, and I had 67o for flopped trips. As I said in another thread during the tournament, this was a bit of a crapshoot in the middle-later stages. Therefore, for me, the key to success was stealing blinds, and also identify players who I thought were stealing blinds and I could re-steal from. I actually got the chip leader or 2nd chip leader moved to my right shortly before this hand, when I was on around 7500. I quickly realised he was stealing a lot, so re-raised all in with J8o and K7o when he raised from the SB and button in consecutive hands - both times he folded, giving me some chips to steal with myself. Now, to the actual hand in question. uber says in his opening post that in this hand I raised from early position. I would dispute this. We are playing 6 handed, so I'd only really consider the blinds as early position, maybe UTG, but certainly not UTG+1 - I'm going to steal from UTG+1 as much as I am from the button 6-handed. So, obiously, my intention is to pick up the 2250 in blinds, which is a real significant amount compared to the chipstacks. When uber flat calls, I'm putting him on maybe a middle pair 5s-9s, or something like a AJ, A10, KQ kind of hand. Certainly not AK or AQ or a big pair, as I'm pretty sure he'd have gone all in there (I got that wrong). My plan, having raised pre flop was to c-bet any flop without an A, but obviously this one was so good (and so unlikely that he'd connected) that I had to check-call. Obviously there's a flush draw out there, but you can't be running scared everytime there's suited cards on the flop if you want to win these things. The turn, pretty obviously isn't going to have helped the range of hands I had him on, but now the board is double suited. I possibly should have bet out here, but given that a lot of the hands he could have are middle pairs, the flush draw is still fairly unlikely (wrong again!). I don't like his check on the turn - this now says to me he wants the free card - unless he hits the river I'm unlikely to get anymore chips. The Ah is obviously a perfect river card. I don't think he will bluff at the pot without the ace. I don't think he will fold if he has the ace. Therefore I have to put him all in, and luckily for me uber had the AK. Looking at it from uber's point of view - I definitely shove pre-flop. I don't have the stats for how I was playing but I'm guessing (certainly after the early stages) that it was something like 34/29, so shoving pre-flop with AK has to be the play against someone playing like that (with lots of hands - see the J8o/K7o examples above) Once you have flat called pre-flop, I don't think you've done anything wrong.

    Approaching the Bubble in a Satellite

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    Re: Approaching the Bubble in a Satellite

    I' date='m not good enough to lay aces down in that situation, tricky one though, your no way guaranteed a seat by folding so I,m raising.[/quote'] That's how I feel - if you think folding will guarantee your seat you fold. If not, there's no way you can fold in that spot.

    Blonde/Punters Lounge Poker Trillion Forum Challenge

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    Re: Blonde/Punters Lounge Poker Trillion Forum Challenge I haven't read their thread, but I'm guessing I'm responsible (due to catching some very lucky cards) for us being called freerollers. All I can say to that, is that if they saw some of the cards I had, and the plays I made with those cards (which I didn't have to show), they may re-assess. Not denying that I got lucky on the final table though (and at times before that :lol)

    Blonde/Punters Lounge Poker Trillion Forum Challenge

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    Re: Blonde/Punters Lounge Poker Trillion Forum Challenge

    Well played all, but I had by far the best variance tonight. Unlucky heads up Dave I kept getting hands.
    Well played too. We both kept getting hands, just yours were very slightly better :lol I can't complain, I think I had more luck tonight than most have in a lifetime at the table.

    Blonde/Punters Lounge Poker Trillion Forum Challenge

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    Re: Blonde/Punters Lounge Poker Trillion Forum Challenge

    of course it was an easy call 'in normal circumstances' but it was in the interests of the forum to keep joe in.
    The last thing I will say on this, is that if everyone on this forum just passed chips around to each other, we'd all end up with real low stacks compared to the blinds, up against their big stacks, and that would be a massive disadvantage to us.
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