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housewolf

03-23-2005, 06:39 PM

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

MP3 (t1760)
CO (t1285)
Button (t1420)
SB (t910)
BB (t1835)
Hero (t1385)
UTG+1 (t2895)
MP1 (t360)
MP2 (t1650)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif.
Hero calls t30, 1 fold, MP1 calls t30, MP2 calls t30, MP3 calls t30, CO raises to t100, Button calls t100, SB calls t85, 1 fold, Hero raises to t750, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB calls t650.

Flop: (t1820) 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t160, SB calls t160 (All-In).

Turn: (t2140) 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2140) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t2140

RicP

03-23-2005, 06:45 PM

Seems like a great way to make sure 5-6 see the flop.

Unless you knew the CO was gonna raise.

morgan180

03-23-2005, 06:49 PM

Raise PF

Simplistic

03-23-2005, 06:49 PM

it's hard to play AA in early position, you want people in the pot, but you dont' want to scare people away. if it's an aggressive table i'll limp, although the limp re-raise tells people you have KK-AA. looks like you got busted by Jx.

i probably wouldn't have re-raised so much but it was fine nonetheless.

housewolf

03-23-2005, 06:53 PM

I was as close to knowing I would be raised as I could be. This is the first time I tried limping going for the reraise, once I saw how many callers I had, I wanted to take it down there. Thanks, hw

ilya

03-23-2005, 07:32 PM

I think limping is fine, as long as you're fairly confident that someone behind you will raise. Your ideal scenario would be a very loose table with a couple very agressive players to your immediate left. But as long as you figure someone will probably raise, I think you're good. That is, if you figure you're capable of folding AA on the flop if no one raises and it's seriously multiway.
Once it gets back to you, just raise all-in. If everyone folds, fine, you've just won a nice 400+ pot. If you get a caller, you've gotten them to make the worst mistake you could. It's not like you're fooling anyone by raising less than all-in anyway. In fact, I think you're being (marginally) less transparent by raising all-in; some people play AK like that, at least at Party.

morgan180

03-23-2005, 09:15 PM

yeah - once you get raised i liked the push

valenzuela

03-23-2005, 10:00 PM

The 750 bet is uneseccarry just push freflop, personally I go all-in and win the blinds and some fish enitre stack, what buy-ins do u play at?

ilya

03-23-2005, 10:17 PM

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The 750 bet is uneseccarry just push freflop, personally I go all-in and win the blinds and some fish enitre stack, what buy-ins do u play at?

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I'm guessing the Move Of Honor is less effective at Stars.

valenzuela

03-23-2005, 10:39 PM

I think you might be right, still pushing with aces and getting called by AT is priceless( only happens in 110c, once a guy opened pushed with J7)

housewolf

03-23-2005, 11:54 PM

Thanks for the replies. It was a $10+$1. The caller had 77. I have been lurking here for close to a year and between reading the posts here and some books, I have learned more about poker than the previous 15 years I have been playing. Of course I have played more in the last year than the previous 15 years (put together) too! Maybe I will post some more marginal hands. Thanks again, hw