Feel free to abuse my play here...Yes I am an idiot!

Iago

... but apart from the ill-fated move of honour at the end, how do I get guys like this off hands???

[Jul 18 20:29:00] : Hand Start.
[Jul 18 20:29:00] : Seat 1 : tom sr has $28,940
[Jul 18 20:29:00] : Seat 2 : golly has $10,360
[Jul 18 20:29:00] : Seat 3 : Doc Farrell has $7,650
[Jul 18 20:29:00] : Seat 4 : squashnut has $8,580.64
[Jul 18 20:29:00] : Seat 5 : leec99 has $10,256.04
[Jul 18 20:29:00] : Seat 6 : ACARI has $10,220
[Jul 18 20:29:00] : Seat 7 : gers1978 has $17,488.76
[Jul 18 20:29:00] : Seat 8 : Gobert has $20,510
[Jul 18 20:29:00] : Seat 9 : Molly78 has $13,384.56
[Jul 18 20:29:00] : gers1978 is the dealer.
[Jul 18 20:29:00] : Gobert posted small blind.
[Jul 18 20:29:00] : Molly78 posted big blind.
[Jul 18 20:29:00] : Game [95] started with 9 players.
[Jul 18 20:29:00] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[Jul 18 20:29:00] : Seat 2 : golly has Kc Ac
[Jul 18 20:29:04] : Stakes: 200/400 Current level: 6 Level up in: 6 min. Break in: 27 min. Players : 95
[Jul 18 20:29:06] : tom sr called 400
[Jul 18 20:29:09] : golly called 400 and raised 1,600
[Jul 18 20:29:09] : Doc Farrell folded.
[Jul 18 20:29:11] : squashnut folded.
[Jul 18 20:29:11] : leec99 folded.
[Jul 18 20:29:13] : ACARI folded.
[Jul 18 20:29:19] : gers1978 folded.
[Jul 18 20:29:19] : Gobert folded.
[Jul 18 20:29:23] : Molly78 folded.
[Jul 18 20:29:23] : Stakes: 200/400 Current level: 6 Level up in: 5 min. Break in: 27 min. Players : 95
[Jul 18 20:29:25] : tom sr called 1,600
[Jul 18 20:29:25] : Dealing flop.
[Jul 18 20:29:25] : Board cards [3d 6h 9s]
[Jul 18 20:29:30] : tom sr checked.
[Jul 18 20:29:36] : golly bet 4,000
[Jul 18 20:29:39] : tom sr called 4,000
[Jul 18 20:29:40] : Dealing turn.
[Jul 18 20:29:40] : Board cards [3d 6h 9s 4c]
[Jul 18 20:29:43] : Stakes: 200/400 Current level: 6 Level up in: 5 min. Break in: 27 min. Players : 94
[Jul 18 20:29:46] : tom sr checked.
[Jul 18 20:29:51] : golly bet 4,360 and is All-in
[Jul 18 20:29:53] : tom sr called 4,360
[Jul 18 20:29:53] : Showdown!
[Jul 18 20:29:53] : Seat 2 : golly has Kc Ac
[Jul 18 20:29:55] : Seat 1 : tom sr has 6s 7s
[Jul 18 20:29:55] : Seat 2 : golly has Kc Ac
[Jul 18 20:30:00] : Board cards [3d 6h 9s 4c Js]
[Jul 18 20:30:00] : Seat 2 : golly has Kc Ac
[Jul 18 20:30:00] : golly has High Card : Ace
[Jul 18 20:30:00] : Seat 1 : tom sr has 6s 7s
[Jul 18 20:30:00] : tom sr has Pair: 6s
[Jul 18 20:30:00] : tom sr wins 21,320 with Pair: 6s
[Jul 18 20:30:02] : Stakes: 200/400 Current level: 6 Level up in: 5 min. Break in: 26 min. Players : 94
[Jul 18 20:30:09] : Hand is over.

Set a new record today, AA cracked 8 times and counting you've got to love VC!!

impr0v

You could only really have a) pushed pre-flop, which you're not generally gonna do in that position, b) made a higher bet pre-flop, and 4xBB is about right, c) pushed post-flop, which is more or less what you did since the 4c made no difference or d) checked the turn and then folded when he bet. It's his play that needs abusing.

NickyOD

You overbet the flop. You don't need to bet the pot here on a steal. 2500-3000 is enough but against a weak player you're probably better off taking a free card. Once he calls the flop bet run for the hills, you are done with this hand.

impr0v

i forgot e) check the flop

Iago

I felt if I bet small he would come over the top and if I checked he would have bet at the turn regardless. I think I was a little on tilt at the time, and I thought I could push him off the hand. The fact that I believed he would be in there with rubbish shouldh have made me think twice about betting the flop I suppose. Anyway it was pish poor play and I know it, but he should have folded

I've never had a night where I've lost so many showdowns

AA beaten 8 yes 8 times
Ak beaten by AJ
Q8 on a flop of 9 T J beaten by JK when a Q landed on the river
KK beaten by QJ, all-in preflop and he hits a straight
AQ beaten by AQ when he hits a flush on the turn
99 on a flop of T 9 4 all-in against KQs and a J made his straight
44 against AT on a flop of 4 3 5 with 3 to a flush for him. 2 came down on the turn
AT beaten by J4 when he called my all-in for 70% of his chips preflop
A9 beaten by K3o when he called an all-in with the board showing 9 4 3 rainbow!

I could post the hands but it would take too long, I'm going to chalk last night up as a lesson learned and thank god I had a good week to cover it.


and as for that Lafortezza guy, biggest fish on there, imagine having the gall to be holding AA when I raise with 77 headsup, jammy fecker

NickyOD

I hate getting AK in EP. At this stage of a tournament when the blinds are getting big and you end up committing larger % of your stack with a raise at each level there's no need to go overboard with our betting. raising to 2000 at the 200/400 level is too much. 1200-1500 is enough and only more if other players have entered the pot. You don't want to get married to the nut no pair out of position. In fact if you're playing at a table where a lot of pots are getting raised or a lot players are seeing flops then you're probably better off limping UTG with AK and and coming over the top all in of an MP raiser if you believe its a race. I'd rather that try to play it out of position.

padraig_f

Iago wrote:

AA beaten 8 yes 8 times

That's quite amazing.
I checked my stats in Pokertracker for the year:
Hands played: 18,000
AA: 69 times
Won the pot: 62 times

So you've had AA beaten more times in one day than I have in 7 months.

Culchie

padraig_f wrote:

That's quite amazing.
I checked my stats in Pokertracker for the year:
Hands played: 18,000
AA: 69 times
Won the pot: 62 times

So you've had AA beaten more times in one day than I have in 7 months.

ah ha, but were you playing on VC/PPP though ????

Iago

padraig_f wrote:

That's quite amazing.
I checked my stats in Pokertracker for the year:
Hands played: 18,000
AA: 69 times
Won the pot: 62 times

So you've had AA beaten more times in one day than I have in 7 months.

That is amazing, not to mention frustrating, aggravating, irritating, heartbreaking and mindblowing. Although 18,000 hands in 7 months isn't a huge amount, I've played nearly 10,000 hands since the 1st July on VC.

When you add into the equation that I've lost with KK on 6 occasions in the last 3 days you have to wonder whether or not the hand ranking needs to be revised!!

Just a bad night, breathe deeply, move on and start again.

Iago

NickyOD wrote:

I hate getting AK in EP. At this stage of a tournament when the blinds are getting big and you end up committing larger % of your stack with a raise at each level there's no need to go overboard with our betting. raising to 2000 at the 200/400 level is too much. 1200-1500 is enough and only more if other players have entered the pot. You don't want to get married to the nut no pair out of position. In fact if you're playing at a table where a lot of pots are getting raised or a lot players are seeing flops then you're probably better off limping UTG with AK and and coming over the top all in of an MP raiser if you believe its a race. I'd rather that try to play it out of position.

You're completely right, I made a play for the blinds and limper (1K) if I had raised to 2,000 then there's the fear that you're pricing other players in.

I thought I could push him off the hand on the flop, and when the turn was a rag I pushed because I didn't think he was very strong. In retrospect I'd of played the hand very differently of course, it's so annoying to bust out of a tourney with the kind of hand you slag other people for!!