PS blogger's championship freeroll hand

jojobinks · #1 10-23-2005, 08:57 PM

down to 18. 1st place wins wpt package, 2-6 24" flatscreen monitor, 7-16 Xbox 360, and 17-25 Ipod nano

blinds are unknown. button is a rock. hero has an average sized stack.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t8000 (9 handed) converter

SB (t456029)
BB (t91771)
UTG (t314417)
UTG+1 (t138204)
MP1 (t72730)
MP2 (t174516)
MP3 (t255448)
Hero (t151616)
Button (t187366)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
5 folds, Hero raises to t24000, Button calls t24000, 2 folds.

Flop: (t51200) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t40000, Button raises to t80000

hero...?

TomHimself · #2 10-23-2005, 09:00 PM

fold and then go into push or fold mode

jojobinks · #3 10-23-2005, 09:01 PM

added information. although button is rocky, he claims to want an ipod, and NOT an xbox.

TomHimself · #4 10-23-2005, 09:04 PM

if hes telling the truth then i would push and expect him to fold but he could just be playing mind games

#5 10-23-2005, 09:16 PM

I'm the villain in this hand. Funny seeing it on 2+2.

After you get some more feedback, I'll post my reasoning behind the hand.

Cheers and fun playing with you!

jojobinks · #6 10-23-2005, 10:34 PM

bump. is this really not an interesting hand?

Exitonly · #7 10-23-2005, 10:57 PM

i probably wouldn't have tried for the steal PF.. once you get to the flop you're probably like 35% and you're getting 2.4:1 if he calls your push every time. So even if you have 0 fold equity, you've gotten yourself in a spot where you should push.

#8 10-24-2005, 01:37 PM

I guess this was one of those "You had to be there" hands, but I'll go ahead and post how the hand went down from my perspective.

After reviewing this, I wouldn't be surprised if the 2+2 crowd gave us both donkey crowns [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t8000 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

saw flop|saw showdown

SB (t456029)
BB (t91771)
UTG (t314417)
UTG+1 (t138204)
MP1 (t72730)
MP2 (t174516)
MP3 (t255448)
CO (t151616)
Hero (t187366)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
5 folds, CO raises to t24000, Hero calls t24000 (I put you on a positional raise with ANY TWO CARDS and thought I could outplay you on the flop), 2 folds.

Flop: (t51200) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
CO bets t40000, Hero raises to t80000 (Hoped to take it down here with a resteal), CO calls t40000 (You hesitated a long time here before calling, so I read you for a gutshot or weak pair).

Turn: (t211200) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
CO checks (I was right, you had a draw), Hero bets t48000 (Time to end this. My K High is good), CO calls t47216 (Would have liked to see a fold, as unlikely as that was) (All-In).

River: (t306416) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t306416

Results in white below: 
CO has 7h 4c (high card, ace).
Hero has Kc 2c (high card, ace).
Outcome: Hero wins t306416.
Railbirds go nuts!

So there it is: the strangest hand I have ever shown down late in a tourney, and definitely the strangest hand I've ever busted someone with. I felt pretty good about my reads through the hand. You were slightly more ahead than I gave you credit for w/ the double gutshot, but not much.

And yes, you are right that if I donked out and lost that hand, I wouldn't have been unhappy at all to walk away with an iPod.

In fact, anyone want to buy an Xbox360? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

billyjex · #9 10-24-2005, 03:10 PM

You should fold this preflop. You have no reads on the blinds and are raising complete junk. And, well, postflop just push.