Stars 500k Official Thread

[dozer]

yea his call was fine with such a small stack. Was hoping to get some chips and try and make it to the final table.

I was surprized at blofish's play too.

[TomHimself]

PokerStars Game #3053057040: Tournament #14407693, Hold'em No Limit - Level XXI (15000/30000) - 2005/11/13 - 22:07:29 (ET)
Table '14407693 174' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: bloFISHmee (554182 in chips)
Seat 2: Nickristian (406372 in chips)
Seat 3: newbie4 (132078 in chips)
Seat 4: hwgdf (194776 in chips)
Seat 6: oscartotti (159618 in chips)
Seat 7: Slickster604 (63235 in chips)
Seat 8: Joseba (217888 in chips)
Seat 9: dabest247 (203076 in chips)
bloFISHmee: posts the ante 1500
Nickristian: posts the ante 1500
newbie4: posts the ante 1500
hwgdf: posts the ante 1500
oscartotti: posts the ante 1500
Slickster604: posts the ante 1500
Joseba: posts the ante 1500
dabest247: posts the ante 1500
dabest247: posts small blind 15000
bloFISHmee: posts big blind 30000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Nickristian: folds
newbie4: folds
hwgdf: folds
newbie4 said, "i am trying"
oscartotti: folds
Slickster604: raises 31735 to 61735 and is all-in
Joseba: folds
dabest247: calls 46735
bloFISHmee: raises 490947 to 552682 and is all-in
dabest247: calls 139841 and is all-in
oscartotti said, "what is OBV"
*** FLOP *** [5c Jd 9d]
*** TURN *** [5c Jd 9d] [Tc]
Slickster604 said, "k"
Slickster604 said, "k"
*** RIVER *** [5c Jd 9d Tc] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dabest247: shows [4d 4c] (two pair, Nines and Fours)
bloFISHmee: shows [2h 2c] (two pair, Nines and Deuces)
dabest247 collected 279682 from side pot
Slickster604: shows [3s Ks] (a pair of Nines)
dabest247 collected 197205 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 476887 Main pot 197205. Side pot 279682. | Rake 0
Board [5c Jd 9d Tc 9c]
Seat 1: bloFISHmee (big blind) showed [2h 2c] and lost with two pair, Nines and Deuces
Seat 2: Nickristian folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: newbie4 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: hwgdf folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: oscartotti folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Slickster604 showed [3s Ks] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 8: Joseba (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: dabest247 (small blind) showed [4d 4c] and won (476887) with two pair, Nines and Fours



is there any merit to this play by blofishmee? he is just bluffing into dry sidepot. would it be +ev if dabest folded and he got it to heads up?

[dozer]

Funny hand, I'm yelling out K. But I have a ton of outs to counterfeit or make a straight. Too bad none of them hit.

After thinking about it, the play wasn't as bad as it appears. I can have any 2 cards in this situation, and he can be sure it will be a coin flip. By getting dabest out, he increases his chance of winning the pot. Blo fish is playing to win, not to move up in the money, that is probably why he pushed.

[AlcateL]

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