Stars $45K hand - what now?
 

Villain in this hand had been very LAG since the end of the rebuy period. At the time, I was pretty sure AA, KK, QQ and AK were out of the question, as he was the third limper into an unraised pot initially. Is he putting me on a BB pot steal? Was my raise too big, therefore committing me to the pot?

Thoughts about my raise, his range of hands, whether or not this is a call for me, and perhaps a better line for next time if there is one.


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> > PokerStars Game #3245097652: Tournament #15701224,
> Hold'em No Limit -
> > Level VI (100/200) - 2005/12/04 - 23:40:07 (ET)
> > Table '15701224 36' Seat #7 is the button
> > Seat 1: K_Henry_V (15317 in chips)
> > Seat 2: uluztome (7255 in chips)
> > Seat 3: betitallpaul (14842 in chips)
> > Seat 4: caniwin12 (15099 in chips)
> > Seat 5: Longhorne (15330 in chips)
> > Seat 6: Mario Esco (13406 in chips)
> > Seat 7: Idaho KGB (9325 in chips)
> > Seat 8: sachdaddy (10820 in chips)
> > Seat 9: yoadrians (7700 in chips)
> > sachdaddy: posts small blind 100
> > yoadrians: posts big blind 200
> > *** HOLE CARDS ***
> > Dealt to yoadrians [Ks As]
> > K_Henry_V: folds
> > uluztome: calls 200
> > betitallpaul: calls 200
> > caniwin12: folds
> > Longhorne: folds
> > Mario Esco: calls 200
> > Idaho KGB: folds
> > sachdaddy: folds
> > yoadrians: raises 1800 to 2000
> > uluztome: folds
> > betitallpaul: folds
> > Mario Esco: raises 10800 to 12800
> > yoadrians: ????

Re: Stars $45K hand - what now?
 

wierd. but i'm calling.

Re: Stars $45K hand - what now?
 

I call expecting to see a mid pocketpair here.

Re: Stars $45K hand - what now?
 

900 in the pot and you raise to 2k? That seems a little overexcessive. I'd raise to 1.2k here.

This is an instacall in my book. Yeah, it actually could be AA sometimes, but it'll be random hands a lot of times, including AJ and A10.

Re: Stars $45K hand - what now?
 

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I call expecting to see a mid pocketpair here.

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So I guess the question is, is he putting me on AK and expecting to race, since the other three limpers already have folded, or is he putting me on a blind steal?

I think, if I could do it again, I'd raise to 1K or something and evaluate from there.

Re: Stars $45K hand - what now?
 

If he has a mid pocket pair he is putting you on AK expecting a race. If he has AJ-A8 he is putting you on a low pocket pair expecting a race.

Re: Stars $45K hand - what now?
 

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If he has a mid pocket pair he is putting you on AK expecting a race. If he has AJ-A8 he is putting you on a low pocket pair expecting a race.

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this is so funny, and so very true. this is also a definite call with AK.

Re: Stars $45K hand - what now?
 

Thanks for the feedback. Been wondering since last night if I overplayed it. Guess my raise was a little to big.

FWIW, I called, he flipped over 33, I flopped an A and a K, he turned a 3, and rivered another 3 for quads.

The only thing I keep thinking is that maybe if I only pump it up to 800 or 1000, maybe he just calls there with 33, I bet half the pot on the flop, and he folds. But if he sees the turn on this hand, I'm losing anyways. Cause I probably can't get away from the hand after the flop if we get there without all the chips in the middle, anyways.

Thanks for the feedback again, guys.