AA hand, $3 tourney

PokerStars Game #2616323667: Tournament #12672319, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2005/09/19 - 22:14:13 (ET)
Table '12672319 157' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: amibluffn? (990 in chips)
Seat 2: SUERTES (2330 in chips)
Seat 3: HBefect (925 in chips)
Seat 4: FGators26 (1745 in chips)
Seat 5: SnakeDada (3425 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: ddutz (2270 in chips)
Seat 7: Dadio6 (955 in chips)
Seat 8: Tim Levy (1430 in chips)
Seat 9: kyrak (2230 in chips)
ddutz: posts small blind 15
Dadio6: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FGators26 [Ad As]
Tim Levy: calls 30
kyrak: folds
amibluffn?: calls 30
SUERTES: folds
HBefect: folds
FGators26: raises 90 to 120
SnakeDada: folds
ddutz: calls 105
Dadio6: folds
Tim Levy: calls 90
amibluffn?: calls 90
*** FLOP *** [4s 5c 5d]
ddutz: checks
Tim Levy: checks
amibluffn?: bets 60
FGators26: raises 150 to 210
ddutz: folds
Tim Levy: folds
amibluffn?: raises 660 to 870 and is all-in
FGators26: calls 660

*** TURN *** [4s 5c 5d] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [4s 5c 5d Kh] [Tc]

Did I play it right?

Forgot to mention that this hand was my first at a new table, after being switched. So I have no reads at all on any of these people.

[guitarhero14]

i am new to tournys as well, but i would still make that call.

[elcheapo]

I probably fold to the weak lead then reraise but make it 180 or 200 preflop and let people hang themselves at a higher cost

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I probably fold to the weak lead then reraise but make it 180 or 200 preflop and let people hang themselves at a higher cost

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I should raise pocket aces more than 4x the Big blind? At my other table the preflop raise was to 60.

I need action on this hand, don't I?

[Exitonly]

eh 4x bb is fine preflop, that'll work for you .. but i'm probably calling the flop.. it's more likely he has a mid pair than a 5 IMO.

[yecul]

He limped from MP which, at this level, can represent a lot of things. He closed out the action pf so, again, that could be a lot of things. What's he have here? Maybe a pp in the 22-99/TT range. I suppose suited connectors 56, 67, 78 are possible. Couple of big overs, A5s.

What beats you? 44, 5x (I'll guess the former). I figure you're either way way ahead or way way behind. I'd call without considering it too much.

This thread isn't getting too much action so I'll let the few that responded know that he showed 5,3 of spades for a set.

As soon as I got to the table he was all over me about how the Gators suck and how FSU is going to destory them. The usual FSU trash talk. It probably had an effect on him calling my raise.

Then the next hand I am down to 800 chips, with the blinds at 25-50.

I push all in over the top of a min raise with JJ only for him to call me with K5.

Flop: 5 A 2
Turn: 10
River: K

I guess this guy's hatred for UF and me provoked him to do everything in his power to knock me out of this tournament.

Do you guys ever encounter this?

[illini43]

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Do you guys ever encounter this?

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Yes, but I think this really only occurs at the low buy-ins. Guys are sitting in their houses drinking some beer and playing some low stakes poker for fun. They get pissed off when they see an opponent who has a sports icon or nickname, they go ballistic because they have nothing better to do and their life is going nowhere [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img] I encountered a lot of crap during the NCAA tournament last year (I am a student at the University of Illinois), but I haven't been affected recently.

You got unfortunate here with the guy drawing out on you twice, but the majority of the time these type of players make you $$$.