Not nice

First game of the day $16 turbo, 2 table. Going well played only 6 hands. I'm 2nd in chips, feeling good, 6 left, 4 paid and I'm aiming for a $108 payout.

I don't really want to get involved with the other big stack but when he min raises when I have AA of course I'm am doing.

I've got used to taking the beats now but felt a bit sick after this one.

Would you bet more preflop?
Would you bet more on the flop?
The turn was a horror card.
Would you fold the river?


PokerStars Game #15108720212: Tournament #76568274, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2008/02/06 - 19:26:38 (ET)
Table '76568274 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: mole'87 (3495 in chips)
Seat 3: i love roids (3195 in chips)
Seat 4: gphig (7195 in chips)
Seat 6: lorne54 (4395 in chips)
Seat 7: 7letters (5810 in chips)
Seat 9: popisteve (2910 in chips)
mole'87: posts the ante 25
i love roids: posts the ante 25
gphig: posts the ante 25
lorne54: posts the ante 25
7letters: posts the ante 25
popisteve: posts the ante 25
popisteve: posts small blind 200
mole'87: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 7letters
i love roids: folds
gphig: raises 400 to 800
lorne54: folds
7letters: raises 800 to 1600
popisteve: folds
mole'87: folds
gphig: calls 800
*** FLOP ***
gphig: checks
7letters: bets 2800
gphig: calls 2800
*** TURN ***
gphig: checks
7letters: checks
*** RIVER ***
gphig: bets 1200
7letters: calls 1200
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gphig: shows (a flush, Ace high)
7letters: mucks hand
gphig collected 11950 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11950 | Rake 0
Board [3d Td Kc 6d 9s]
Seat 2: mole'87 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: i love roids folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: gphig showed [Ad Jd] and won (11950) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 6: lorne54 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: 7letters (button) mucked [Ac Ah]
Seat 9: popisteve (small blind) folded before Flop

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Without have ever played a $16 buy in I can't say what the play is like. Either way I think no matter what you you did he may have been married to that hand and probably called you no matter what. So whatever you decided that hand was going to cost you chips.

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Don't think you can make me look like a fool because I have that part under control.

dunno if you want my advice, but here goes.

raise more preflop instead of minraise. bet on flop is nice (looks like about 3/4 of the pot size) but it kinda commits you to the hand so maybe an all in would be better here.

On river, you're beaten by JQ, diamond draw, set, etc. You really think he's going to bet KQ, KJ here? I know it's hard to fold for such a small bet and with AA, but really should have. He's not calling the flop to bluff you later on b/c you're already committed.

I guess it's a bad beat, but you can't fault you're opponent for how he played the hand.

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With a min raise and min reraise preflop he doesn't put you on a AA or KK for that matter. After the flop nothing you did short of an all-in would get him off the hand. An all-in would have you hitting a set to him and that he would have to really think about calling.

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A min raise from a big stack late in a tournament raises all kinds of red flags to me. I'm not sure that I believe you played it poorly but in retrospect this is my analysis.

1. A min raise by him to me means big hand. If he didn't want anybody to call he'd bet more.
2. Although your reraise wasn't a "min" raise it wasn't big enough to serve a purpose. A raise that small tells you nothing additional about his hand. He's going to call regardless. Your raises need to get you more information. Otherwise all it's doing is building the pot and giving your opponent better odds on the flop to draw.
3. Your guess is as good as mine whether he'd commit to the draw if you pushed on the flop but he had you covered so I'd say once that flop hit you were doomed.

There's a chance as chip leader this guy would have called an all-in preflop so this hand was probably trouble no matter what. It wouldn't be hard from his position to put you on mid pockets and call with over cards for a race.

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Maybe this one will make you feel better 7....hahahahahaha. This was sick.

First hand of the SNG. Never like to see AA.

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Here is the results.

PokerStars Game #15120732193: Tournament #76635496, $1.50+$0.25 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/02/07 - 10:21:11 (ET)
Table '76635496 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: CardLovinCat (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: Topdago (1500 in chips)
Seat 3: chubbies888 (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: hetbeest78 (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: live2eagle18 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: thaterich (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: Semosh (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: f1ff1kus (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: Be@m (1500 in chips)
Topdago: posts small blind 10
chubbies888: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CardLovinCat [Ah Ac]
hetbeest78: calls 20
live2eagle18: folds
thaterich: folds
Semosh: calls 20
f1ff1kus: folds
Be@m: folds
CardLovinCat: raises 80 to 100
Topdago: folds
chubbies888: folds
hetbeest78: calls 80
Semosh: calls 80
*** FLOP *** [2s 5d Ad]
hetbeest78: bets 1400 and is all-in
Semosh: calls 1400 and is all-in
CardLovinCat: calls 1400 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [2s 5d Ad] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [2s 5d Ad Ts] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hetbeest78: shows [4d 3d] (a flush, Ace high)
Semosh: shows [Kd 2d] (a flush, Ace high - King higher)
CardLovinCat: shows [Ah Ac] (three of a kind, Aces)
Semosh collected 4530 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4530 | Rake 0
Board [2s 5d Ad Ts 7d]
Seat 1: CardLovinCat (button) showed [Ah Ac] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 2: Topdago (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: chubbies888 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: hetbeest78 showed [4d 3d] and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: live2eagle18 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: thaterich folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Semosh showed [Kd 2d] and won (4530) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 8: f1ff1kus folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Be@m folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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Sorry. I stand corrected.

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Raise 3x his raise is good as he is a big stack preflop, not much to do on the board except folding the river, as you don't beat much, ofcourse you want to just see that he got really lucky. I always call a really small bet on the river just to see it, even though I'm well aware of that I'm beat.

You didn't have much left after that call on the river did you? I would have folded.