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michael1123

11-27-2004, 10:36 PM Post subject: Hand from LAST Gauntlet

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Whoops, I just saw a PM from Lonnie that I got after the last gauntlet tourney that asked me to post a specific hand from it, as he thought it was an interesting hand.

Only the 5th hand of the tourney:
CARDSON
*********** # 5 **************
PokerStars Game #868311961: Tournament #3055812, Hold'em No Limit - Level I
(10/20) - 2004/11/17 - 22:03:22 (ET)
Table '3055812 3' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: lhoney2 (1500 in chips)
Seat 3: Dejection08 (1520 in chips)
Seat 4: Smack29 (1850 in chips)
Seat 5: michael1123 (1470 in chips)
Seat 6: AudiGWD (1070 in chips)
Seat 7: NutsInYoEye (1460 in chips)
Seat 8: HeavyP22 (1480 in chips)
Seat 9: KDawg0002 (1650 in chips)
NutsInYoEye: posts small blind 10
HeavyP22: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to michael1123 [4d Ad]
KDawg0002: folds
lhoney2: folds
Dejection08: calls 20
Smack29: folds
milkorder [observer] said, "hey tojodon"
astrodon [observer] said, "hello milkorder"
michael1123: raises 40 to 60
AudiGWD: calls 60
NutsInYoEye: folds
HeavyP22: folds
Dejection08: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [Ah Ac 4s]
Dejection08: checks
michael1123: checks
AudiGWD: bets 100
Dejection08: folds
michael1123: calls 100
*** TURN *** [Ah Ac 4s] [5d]
michael1123: checks
AudiGWD: bets 360
michael1123: raises 950 to 1310 and is all-in
AudiGWD: calls 550 and is all-in
lhoney2 said, "uh oh"
*** RIVER *** [Ah Ac 4s 5d] [Tc]
lhoney2 said, "wow"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
michael1123: shows [4d Ad] (a full house, Aces full of Fours)
AudiGWD: shows [Qs As] (three of a kind, Aces)
michael1123 said, "good game"
michael1123 collected 2230 from pot
Smack29 said, "gg"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2230 | Rake 0
Board [Ah Ac 4s 5d Tc]
Seat 1: lhoney2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Dejection08 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Smack29 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: michael1123 showed [4d Ad] and won (2230) with a full house, Aces full
of Fours
Seat 6: AudiGWD (button) showed [Qs As] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 7: NutsInYoEye (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: HeavyP22 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: KDawg0002 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Preflop its a pretty easy decision. The blinds are really small and I'm pumping up the pot a little bit in case I hit a good draw or am in a good position to buy the pot after the flop.

At the flop all I can do is hope someone has an ace or takes a stab at the pot. No reason to lead.

Probably the most interesting decision I made is at the turn, shoving all in when I know I have the best hand and don't want to scare him out. (Worthy of note, I also threw in a little bit of delay here before reraising, to try and sell that this was a tough decision for me).

Here's my reasoning:

After I call at the flop he has to put me on an ace, especially after my preflop raise. Since he leads again at the turn, and rather big, I figure that he must have a strong ace and think he has me beat now. I figure he will call if I raise.

Another reason I raise here is because of position. There is a chance that he'd check the river down if I just call here and then check on the river. And I don't like calling on the turn and then leading, as it tends to smell like slowplaying or a hand that improved big on the turn. Plus I figure he's pot commited. Lastly, I think any raise but an all in here (like a minraise) would look extremely fishy (like an absolute monster), and it MAY give him a chance to fold if he doesn't have an ace, even with him being so pot commited.

And finally, by request, the PM asked me to include in this post the "parting shot" of "AudiGWD [observer] said, any 2 can win".

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zenbitz

11-29-2004, 08:11 AM

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CARDSON

This was my most intriguing hand from the guantlet

PokerStars Game #899610282: Tournament #3055830, Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2004/11/27 - 15:54:53 (ET)
Table '3055830 3' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: michael1123 (5523 in chips)
Seat 2: rocker52 (4014 in chips)
Seat 3: JesGru (3535 in chips)
Seat 4: robe43 (2633 in chips)
Seat 5: cupandhandle (3705 in chips)
Seat 6: ERockDog (1950 in chips)
Seat 7: zenbitz (1110 in chips)
Seat 8: mike4066 (4625 in chips)
Seat 9: DavSimon (2905 in chips)
mike4066: posts small blind 50
DavSimon: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to zenbitz [Ad Jc]
michael1123: calls 100
rocker52: folds
JesGru: folds
robe43: folds
cupandhandle: folds
ERockDog: folds
zenbitz: raises 200 to 300
mike4066: folds
DavSimon: folds
michael1123: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [Qh 4h Kd]
michael1123: checks
zenbitz: checks
*** TURN *** [Qh 4h Kd] [Ts]
michael1123: checks
zenbitz: checks
*** RIVER *** [Qh 4h Kd Ts] [Ah]
michael1123: checks
zenbitz: bets 810 and is all-in
michael1123: folds
michael1123 said, "have the ace"
zenbitz collected 750 from pot
zenbitz: doesn't show hand

I checked the nuts on the turn, but the river is just about the worst possible for my slow play - completes the flush, and is an A. I was hoping for a big ol' blank.

Also, have to show the hand I went out on. I guess I got a little nutty here, but someone just invoked the sacred name of Ripptyde, so I figured it was a sign. I was actually the favorite going into the flop,. but it was mostly a coin flip. Who the fuck calls with 56o?

*********** # 157 **************
PokerStars Game #899872406: Tournament #3055830, Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2004/11/27 - 17:16:53 (ET)
Table '3055830 3' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: rocker52 (13032 in chips)
Seat 5: cupandhandle (14024 in chips)
Seat 7: zenbitz (2944 in chips)
rocker52: posts the ante 50
cupandhandle: posts the ante 50
zenbitz: posts the ante 50
zenbitz: posts small blind 300
rocker52: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to zenbitz [4h 7d]
500lbgorilla [observer] said, "Real smooth, mike."
cupandhandle: calls 600
michael1123 [observer] said, "thank you"
zenbitz: raises 2294 to 2894 and is all-in
rocker52: folds
cupandhandle: calls 2294
michael1123 [observer] said, "I stay up at night practicing these amazingly witty lines."
*** FLOP *** [5d Td Ac]
michael1123 [observer] said, "oh my god"
michael1123 [observer] said, "hahaha"
*** TURN *** [5d Td Ac] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [5d Td Ac 8d] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
zenbitz: shows [4h 7d] (a pair of Tens)
cupandhandle: shows [5c 6d] (two pair, Tens and Fives)
cupandhandle collected 6538 from pot
cupandhandle said, "lol"
michael1123 [observer] said, "74 against 65, that's priceless"
cupandhandle said, "gg"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6538 | Rake 0
Board [5d Td Ac 8d Tc]
Seat 2: rocker52 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: cupandhandle (button) showed [5c 6d] and won (6538) with two pair, Tens and Fives
Seat 7: zenbitz (small blind) showed [4h 7d] and lost with a pair of Tens

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