Split Aces from KotZ

[MarkGritter]

Check/call 5th street instead? Check/fold? It was hard for me to decide to fold with live low draws here. I got suckered by the smooth call on 5th and decided he hadn't made his flush. Although I don't understand his play here; he could just as easily have raised 5th for the same amount?

Tournament - 7 Card Stud High-Low - Level IV (75/150), Ante 15, Bring-In 25 (hand converter (http://www.geocities.com/greenage22/7StudConverter.hta.txt))

Seat 1: 4,200
Seat 2: 896
Seat 4: 1,998
Seat 5: 810
Hero: 2,020
Seat 7: 1,171
Seat 8: 814

3rd Street - (1.40 SB)

Seat 1: xx xx 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif___folds
Seat 2: xx xx Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif___calls
Seat 4: xx xx 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___folds
Seat 5: xx xx 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif___brings-in___folds
Hero: 8/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/spade.gif___raises
Seat 7: xx xx J/images/graemlins/heart.gif___folds
Seat 8: xx xx 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif___folds

4th Street - (3.73 SB)

Seat 2: xx xx Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif T/images/graemlins/heart.gif___calls
Hero: 8/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/spade.gif 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif___bets

5th Street - (2.87 BB)

Seat 2: xx xx Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif T/images/graemlins/heart.gif K/images/graemlins/heart.gif___calls
Hero: 8/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/spade.gif 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif___bets

6th Street - (4.87 BB)

Seat 2: xx xx Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif T/images/graemlins/heart.gif K/images/graemlins/heart.gif 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif___raises
Hero: 8/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/spade.gif 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif___bets___calls

River - (8.87 BB)

Seat 2: xx xx Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif T/images/graemlins/heart.gif K/images/graemlins/heart.gif 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif xx___bets
Hero: 8/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/spade.gif 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif 6/images/graemlins/club.gif___checks___calls

Total pot: 10.87 BB

Results: (in white)
Total pot 1630

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Seat 2: [4h 2h Qh Th Kh 6d Kd] (HI: a flush, King high)
Hero: [8c Ac As 6h 3h 8s 6c] (HI: two pair, Aces and Eights)
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[bigredlemon]

I'd play it the same way, except probably fold the river as he clearly has either a straight of flush. It takes an absolute donk to raise 6th given your board with just kings up, and you still have enough chips to be threat so you want to conserve as much as possible.

Don't forget to write fish on whoever called an Ace completion with (24)Q suited... and in a tourney no less. And in a HU pot!

[mscags]

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