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Old 07-19-2005, 01:47 AM
SNOWBALL138 SNOWBALL138 is offline
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Full tilt poker 9 handed 1/2 game

MP3 limps
I wake up in the cutoff with AKo and raise.
Botton pops me back like lightning indicating that he was using an advance action checkbox of raise any. This tells me that he has a real hand (JJ-AA with AQs) being a slight possibility at the bottom of that range.
MP3 calls two bets
I call because I don't have good position, and because I don't think a raise is going to be for value even against three players. I just ran pokerstove on this hand and it confirmed my belief. Even if I give MP3 any 2, I have 31.76% equity in this pot.

I decide to just see a flop and call.

flop comes A 3 5 rainbow.

MP3 leads at the pot. I had a sense that this was a weak bet. I just call, because I know that I can't get any value from my hand if I'm up against a medium PP. At this point I just want to see a cheap showdown, and/or re-evaluate on the turn.
Button makes it 2 bets. Mp3 calls. I call.
MP3 leads when the turn comes off a five.
I call again.
Button raises. At this point I'm thinking that I could easily be up against aces full or trip fives. However, the pot is large, and I don't know these players that well. I call.
River comes off another five. MP3 checks. I check. Button bets. MP3 checkraises. I fold.

Button turns over AA, and MP3 turns over quads for his rivered one outer.

Here are my afterthoughts. I played the turn like an idiot. On the turn, the best I could realistically hope for was a split againse another big ace if the case ace came off.

Also, I think I should have raised the flop. This lets me:
1. define my hand against both players
2. Gives mp3 a bad price if button re-raises and mp3 is pushing a draw.

All and all, I give myself a C+ on this hand.
Anyone else have any thoughts?

P.S. Yes, I know that full tilt poker sucks. I was clearing $.90 of my bonus to unlock my next $20 increment. I don't have any plans to play at that site ever again.
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Old 07-19-2005, 02:23 AM
irishpint irishpint is offline
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Default Re: grade me on this hand

F because without the converter i cannot reeeeeeeeeead it
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Old 07-19-2005, 02:32 AM
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Default Re: grade me on this hand

It's fine, IMO.

Raising the flop sucks, because you're encouraging worse hands to fold (which might calldown for 1), and equal/better hands to 3bet you, and I'd think you were insane to fold AK to the 3bet.
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Old 07-20-2005, 01:22 AM
SNOWBALL138 SNOWBALL138 is offline
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You have a good point about raising the flop. Thats the reason I just called. A flop raise won't really define my hand if I get 3 bet, because I could be up against an AQ or an AK when 3 bet. I also kill my value versus KK-JJ.

However, what do you think about the turn? MP3 bet when the 5 came off, even though he got popped back on the flop. This strongly indicates trips/FH. Button knew this too, but then he raised after I called. People that raise the field tend to have a real hand. At best I'm up against another AK here.

Would you fold the turn?
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Old 07-20-2005, 01:23 AM
SNOWBALL138 SNOWBALL138 is offline
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This is yet another reason why full tilt poker sucks. Its really the worst site that I've ever played on.
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Old 07-20-2005, 04:50 AM
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I'm having trouble reading and following it. I can only give it a D for formatting. Your comments are good, but they would be better seperated and distinguished from the action. I can't figure it out well enough to grade the play.
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