109: early AK hand
 

This is the 6th hand. Unfortunately, I'm in the middle of getting tables open and stuff and haven't really seen any hands he has played thus far.


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

MP1 (t950)
Hero (t970)
MP3 (t975)
CO (t920)
Button (t1045)
SB (t2000)
BB (t1065)
UTG (t910)
UTG+1 (t1165)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t55</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t95</font>, Hero calls t40.

Flop: (t197.50) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (t197.50) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t150</font>, Hero calls t150.

River: (t497.50) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB pooshes for 835 , Hero...

Re: 109: early AK hand
 

loads up the gun because he was slowplaying and just got flushed?

Re: 109: early AK hand
 

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loads up the gun because he was slowplaying and just got flushed?

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Agreed. On and entirely OT note, I have the characters for wu wei tattooed on my shoulder blade. So I appreciate the nick of the OP

Re: 109: early AK hand
 

I like the check on the flop. I don't like the flat call on the turn.

It seems like you played it this way to get a push on the river. So you have to call.... If you had some other plan, I think you should have raised the turn.

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loads up the gun because he was slowplaying and just got flushed?

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Agreed. On and entirely OT note, I have the characters for wu wei tattooed on my shoulder blade. So I appreciate the nick of the OP

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I like it. If I was ever going to get a tattoo, that would be beautiful.

What range of hands do you guys put him on that he makes the flush here? Is he min reraising out of the BB with middle suited connectors?

Re: 109: early AK hand
 

I put him on AK or higher PP. probaly caught trips on the flop.

Re: 109: early AK hand
 

Bet the flop here. If you lost this hand it was most likey to AA,QQ,AQ.

I think even if I would have played this hand as terribly as it was played I would still call the river.

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I like the check on the flop. I don't like the flat call on the turn.

It seems like you played it this way to get a push on the river. So you have to call.... If you had some other plan, I think you should have raised the turn.

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This pretty much echoes my thoughts as I was thinking about this hand after the fact. I played the hand passively to extract value from KK, QQ, JJ, and other hands drawing to 2 or 3 outs. However, I did not have a good plan ahead of time on how to deal with a river push.

Re: 109: early AK hand
 

With the big push on the river, it almost seems like he either made the flush or is representing the flush.

*shrugs*

To tell you the truth, Im not sure what to do here. He COULD have AQ, but you never know.

Yikes.

Re: 109: early AK hand
 

i don't see the made flush here. what suited cards does he reraise (MIN reraise in fact) preflop with? AJs? i don't know...

the min-reraise screams high pocket pair to me. that's why i don't have a problem with wuwei's checking on the flop since it opens up the possibility of actually sucking value out of those hands.

on the other hand i find it odd that he would shove the river with a set or two pair after the third heart falls. the bet suggests a more vunerable hand. i will hazard a guess of KK or JJ and he pushes to try to use the third heart as a scare card to fold aces. i don't see him pushing for value with a made flush or pushing 2 pair or a set into the flush card like that. looks like a crying call to me.