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Reasons why not to go all in #256

PokerStars Game #7204082738: Tournament #36828461, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/11/27 - 21:16:31 (ET)
Table '36828461 4' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: TugRamRod (1170 in chips)
Seat 2: ryarrow (1735 in chips)
Seat 3: DhDolphns (4195 in chips)
Seat 4: dmoriarty22 (2005 in chips)
Seat 5: newf17 (1015 in chips)
Seat 6: miss_death (3565 in chips)
Seat 7: tylertrue (1385 in chips)
Seat 8: jax48 (2440 in chips)
Seat 9: SonnyChiba06 (790 in chips)
ryarrow: posts small blind 25
DhDolphns: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SonnyChiba06 [Ac 9c]
dmoriarty22: folds
newf17: folds
miss_death: folds
tylertrue: folds
jax48: calls 50
SonnyChiba06: raises 740 to 790 and is all-in
TugRamRod: folds
ryarrow: folds
DhDolphns: folds
jax48: calls 740
*** FLOP *** [As Th 9h]
*** TURN *** [As Th 9h] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [As Th 9h 8c] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jax48: shows [Ah 6c] (a straight, Six to Ten)
SonnyChiba06: shows [Ac 9c] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
miss_death said, "lol"
jax48 collected 1655 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1655 | Rake 0
Board [As Th 9h 8c 7d]
Seat 1: TugRamRod (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: ryarrow (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: DhDolphns (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: dmoriarty22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: newf17 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: miss_death folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: tylertrue folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: jax48 showed [Ah 6c] and won (1655) with a straight, Six to Ten
Seat 9: SonnyChiba06 showed [Ac 9c] and lost with two pair, Aces and Nines

It was a donkey call by Jax but why were you pushing into a limper with an M of 10? You're getting in need of chips but you're by no means desparate. Lets say Jax will call with 66+, A6o+, A6s+, KQs and KQo, you've actually only got 45/55 equity and are in a coinflip for your stack. ATs is 50/50on the nose and even AJs is only 55/45 against the range I mention here.

Although I think if you limp here Jax is going all the way to the river when he see's a possible runner-runner staright the frigging muppet!

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I would not have gone all in because it just is not my style. Sure I am aggressive but when I get short stacked I tighten up my game a little bit. Also, another reason for not going all in, would be that it is only the third level of the tournament and the blinds are only 25/50. There is probably still a large amount of donks left which would make me want to get a good hand like QQ, KK, AA, or AK knowing that they will call with almost anything. However, one thing that could be taken into exception is the type of read you had on the players at the table.

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yeah i am not in the habit of going all in with that little pressure from the blinds with a9 but if you can get action from trash like a6 then fair enough. You are always going to lose some of these but when you are a decent favorite when the cards are turned over then fair enough - luck will balance itself out over time

Even if you didn't go all-in pre-flop and just made a normal raise or call,it probably wouldn't have turned out any different IMO. Just one of those doomed hands that come along at the wrong time. Unlucky.

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