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PokerStars Game #3236172993: Tournament #15701163, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (800/1600) - 2005/12/04 - 02:06:05 (ET)
Table '15701163 16' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Basso (24862 in chips)
Seat 3: Rizen (69810 in chips)
Seat 4: Bandit109 (31115 in chips)
Seat 8: DeOnTaY04 (33667 in chips)
Seat 9: JTriverrat (14178 in chips)
Basso: posts the ante 75
Rizen: posts the ante 75
Bandit109: posts the ante 75
DeOnTaY04: posts the ante 75
JTriverrat: posts the ante 75
Rizen: posts small blind 800
Bandit109: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rizen [Qd Ks]
DeOnTaY04: raises 3200 to 4800
JTriverrat: folds
Basso: folds
Basso said, "lol"
Rizen: calls 4000
Bandit109: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qh 4c Js]
Rizen: checks
DeOnTaY04: checks
*** TURN *** [Qh 4c Js] [Ad]
Rizen: bets 6400
DeOnTaY04: calls 6400
*** RIVER *** [Qh 4c Js Ad] [Th]
Rizen: bets 6400
DeOnTaY04: calls 6400
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Rizen: shows [Qd Ks] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
DeOnTaY04: mucks hand
Rizen collected 37175 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 37175 | Rake 0
Board [Qh 4c Js Ad Th]
Seat 1: Basso (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Rizen (small blind) showed [Qd Ks] and won (37175) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 4: Bandit109 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: DeOnTaY04 mucked [As Td]
Seat 9: JTriverrat folded before Flop (didn't bet)


Why didn't you bet bigger on the river? The pot was ~20000 and you have the nuts. Why not a bet of at least 10000, maybe 15000?


-Gross