Enlighten me

#1 10-17-2005, 02:42 AM

Hello everyone,

this will be my first post, so please be gentle with me.
I have a question about a hand that I played yesterday, where my all-in got called. This is not a bad beat moaning, I'm more interested in if there is a rationale behind the call that have missed.

Unfortunately I don't have the hand history here at work, but I can give you a pretty good picture from recall.

It's a small buyin tournament at Stars, 5 min before the third break. We're all in the money, 150 left out of 2600 and I have a slightly above average stack sitting in 50th.

It's the first hand with higher blinds (1600 I believe), and we have a new guy at the table.

I'm in the cutoff with 8 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and I have roughly T25K

New guy in middle position with rougly T50K opens with 3xBB.

Now here I get a feeling he's on a steal. I like to do that myself, when the blinds have just been raised or I've just arrived at the table - I'll take a stab with a half decent hand. Plus the BB is in sitout.

I think a while, then I push. If he really has a hand, then so be it - my eights are still not dead in the water. It's really late and for it to be worth my while to pull an all-nighter, I will very much want to double up.

Everyone folds around to him, and he calls without a second of hesitation. I'm preparing to see AA or KK or AK.

He has 9 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 10 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. That's the part I dont understand. Is this an automatic call, was he gambling or on a gut feeling?

With the flop J [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] I knew he would river me. But I was wrong. The 7 fell on the turn already.

Anyway, as I said this is not whining about the beat just wondering about the logic behind the call.

Any input appreciated.
Cheers

Exitonly · #2 10-17-2005, 02:45 AM

good push, his call is pretty retarded, don't worry bout it.

ansky451 · #3 10-17-2005, 02:46 AM

Don't beat your self up over it... it was a pretty bad call.

Exitonly · #4 10-17-2005, 02:47 AM

in your face bitch, i said the same thing, but FIRST.

ansky451 · #5 10-17-2005, 02:47 AM

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good push, his call is pretty retarded, don't worry bout it.

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is it me or are we posting the same thing at the same time quite a bit?

ansky451 · #6 10-17-2005, 02:48 AM

LOL. I really wrote my 2nd response before i saw this.

I guess you beat me by a minute or so.

Exitonly · #7 10-17-2005, 02:48 AM

lol, as it happens again..

I'm first AGAIN.
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And my advice is clearly worded better.

edit: but 2nd this time

ansky451 · #8 10-17-2005, 02:50 AM

one day ill beat you to it...

Hey sorry to the OP for this little hijack, I think we're done here.

#9 10-17-2005, 02:52 AM

OK, thanks for the lightning responses. I'll archive this under weird beats.

Cactus Jack · #10 10-17-2005, 08:08 AM

It's no consolation, but there's very little doubt he did not continue much farther into the tourney. He's still surprised he made it this far. Very, very bad play on his part.

Sometimes you eat the fish; sometimes the fish eat you.

CJ