eeeuwwee!!

[Rosie]

I'm sticking to 10/20 after this one! Not sure what I did wrong here!

Party Poker 15/30 Hold'em (3 handed)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB folds, <font color="CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero caps</font>, BB calls.

Flop: (8.66 SB) K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, BB calls.

Turn: (6.33 BB) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (12.33 BB) 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 14.33 BB
<font color="green">Main Pot: 14.33 BB, between Hero and BB.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by BB (14.33 BB).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
Hero shows Kc Ac (one pair, kings).
BB shows 5h 9h (two pair, nines and fives).
Outcome: BB wins 14.33 BB. </font>

[schubes]

Not sure what I did wrong here!

I don't play 15/30 or 10/20, but I'm pretty sure the answer is "nothing." Nicely played

[Zele]

If this hand made you re-evaluate your choice of limit, all you were doing wrong was playing above your comfort level.

You played it fine.

[spydog]

This makes me want to play 15/30. Nicely played.

[Rosie]

I guess there is not much I could have done here... he re-raised me pre-flop so all I could have done was put him on KK and maybe slowed down a tad... oh well... those are the breaks... I am certain he went broke at some point that afternoon, whereas I dropped back down to 10/20 and registered a 3rd successive $1000+ day! /images/graemlins/smile.gif so all is well that ends well!

[fyodor]

I see the BB chose the effective, yet seldom discussed in poker literature, play of going in with a horseshoe up his arsh. Historically this play descended from the Ace up the sleeve trick which eventually became perceived by aficionados as too crude. As B&amp;M cardrooms post 911 have begun installing metal detectors at their entrances, the horseshoe trick is now mostly the domain of on-line experts.

This particular example of a 3 bet with 95s is especially suited for the horseshoe trick because it is so well disguised. This lends a complimentary layer to the whole play with the denomination of the cards being as hidden as the horseshoe itself.