 AA slow play that paid off..
 Ok, now I don't normally play or recommend playing AA this way. I've been actually raising high with my AAs recently and it's been working fine at the $3 and $5 SNGs and the $1-$5 MTTs.
This is a $3.30 rebuy MTT. I arrived late and missed the first rebuy which I'd normally take. At the break I made a single addon. My cards have been really very ugly. I stayed out of early races which these tournaments seem to encourage...well I had no cards/position.
The opportunities to make chips have been few and far between at the table and my image is of an ultra-tight player. Much as I'd like to be mixing it up and enjoying myself unfortunately the cards,stacks,types of players and position havnt allowed me to do so as yet.
At my turn to bet, I thought about it carefully. I thought about a 5 or 6 times raise...I thought about a 2,3,4 times raise. Taking everything into consideration, none of those seemed the right thing to do at that time. Maybe I could of raised minimum.
I limped because it seemed right to do so, I hoped somebody had a hand of sorts and would try to steal. I didnt expect the allin from the BB and I can't quite see his reasons for doing that. Anyway, I gladly accepted. I don't know how fast an 'instant' is - but I was faster than one on the call button.
PokerStars Game #6906062401: Tournament #34619491, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/11/05 - 15:41:41 (ET)
Table '34619491 75' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: scsylvan (12337 in chips)
Seat 2: bfs70 (17640 in chips)
Seat 3: alleycat41 (10933 in chips)
Seat 4: Hammari (8793 in chips)
Seat 5: ragorder (12253 in chips)
Seat 6: samurai888 (32660 in chips)
Seat 7: 7letters (5185 in chips)
Seat 8: jangeno (7465 in chips)
Seat 9: Schwein60 (8325 in chips)
scsylvan: posts small blind 100
bfs70: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 7letters [Ac As]
alleycat41: folds
Hammari: folds
ragorder: folds
samurai888: folds
7letters: calls 200
jangeno: folds
Schwein60: calls 200
scsylvan: folds
bfs70: raises 6600 to 6800
7letters: calls 4985 and is all-in
Schwein60: folds
*** FLOP *** [5c 5h 9s]
*** TURN *** [5c 5h 9s] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [5c 5h 9s 4h] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bfs70: shows [Kd Ks] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
7letters: shows [Ac As] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
7letters collected 10670 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10670 | Rake 0
Board [5c 5h 9s 4h 8h]
Seat 1: scsylvan (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: bfs70 (big blind) showed [Kd Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Fives
Seat 3: alleycat41 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Hammari folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ragorder folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: samurai888 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: 7letters showed [Ac As] and won (10670) with two pair, Aces and Fives
Seat 8: jangeno folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Schwein60 (button) folded before Flop
Shortly after, one early caller, I raise 5x with KK from middle position and take the just the call and the blinds.
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Last edited by 7letters; 11-05-2006 at 10:18 PM.
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