*Official* Party Friday Special

[billyjex]

woot.. 5170 at the break.

[TheTimeIsUp]

1085

[Kevin123]

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Put 544 and kinda sick now as I went out when I made a set of 9s on the flop. Saw a straight possibility and maybe should have laid the hand down when the villian went all in.
JJ . .should I have laid that down?
Les

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I have a hard time laying down a set...want to post the hand?

[TomCollins]

I'm gone. Apparently A3 is a good hand to call 1/3 of your chips, and call the rest when an ace hits, and then suck out a 3 on the turn.

[LesJ]

Here's the ugliness. Please give me some feedback.
#Game No : 2295228588
***** Hand History for Game 2295228588 *****
NL Hold'em Trny:13574832 Level:3 Blinds (15/30) - Saturday, July 02, 22:55:53 EDT 2005
Table Friday Special(374377) Table #2 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: zzz_Fred ( $2305 )
Seat 2: slappyu1 ( $1210 )
Seat 3: MortgageIL ( $1050 )
Seat 4: LesJ7461 ( $815 )
Seat 5: LosHabos ( $1383 )
Seat 7: BigSickAK ( $1040 )
Seat 8: BiteMeArse ( $1505 )
Seat 10: MPMD2004 ( $1179 )
Seat 6: JJProdigy ( $770 )
Seat 9: ugene222 ( $1399 )
Trny:13574832 Level:3
Blinds (15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to LesJ7461 [ 9h 9s ]
ugene222 calls [30].
MPMD2004 folds.
zzz_Fred folds.
slappyu1 folds.
MortgageIL folds.
LesJ7461 calls [30].
LosHabos folds.
JJProdigy folds.
BigSickAK folds.
BiteMeArse checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, Kc, 9c ]
BiteMeArse bets [100].
ugene222 folds.
LesJ7461 raises [250].
BiteMeArse calls [150].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]
BiteMeArse bets [600].
LesJ7461 is all-In [535]
** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
BiteMeArse shows [ Ts, 7d ] a straight, seven to jack.
LesJ7461 shows [ 9h, 9s ] three of a kind, nines.
BiteMeArse wins 65 chips from side pot #1 with a straight, seven to jack.
BiteMeArse wins 1675 chips from the main pot with a straight, seven to jack.
Player LesJ7461 finished in 544 place
LesJ7461 has left the table.

[TheTimeIsUp]

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Out 544 and kinda sick now as I went out when I made a set of 9s on the flop. Saw a straight possibility and maybe should have laid the hand down when the villian went all in.
JJ . .should I have laid that down?
Les

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No way you can get away from that. Raise preflop though. Raise to 300 on the flop.

[billyjex]

folding there would be insane.

[LesJ]

<<No way you can get away from that. Raise preflop though. Raise to 300 on the flop. >>

Sadly enough, my 12 yr old son also suggested I should have raised pre-flop. Also sad to say this, but I believe the novelty of the pocket 9s might have distracted me at first from raising. I was too busy laughing at "9 9" since we had a doofus at the table betting 99 every hand.
Take em down tonight. Since I got whooped so early I decided to take one last ditch at qualifying for the WSOP. Wish me luck in that endevour.
Les

[Kevin123]

I'm going to go along with the party line. A raise preflop saves that hand. However, I'm often guilty of playing middle pairs the same way in that situation...set or fold. Once I hit my set I'm not getting out of the way very often unless there is a 1 card straight or 1 card flush on the board.

One thing though is that since there was no raising preflop, I think you've got to put him on two pair, or on at least a strong draw. I still call the allin, but its not a happy call.

[billyjex]

ugh... just took a rough beat. lost a 9.5k pot after flopping a set vs. AA -- he backdoored a flush. i'm in pain and down to 300 chips.