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Old 03-01-2006, 11:19 PM     Post subject: Why not raising AA is always a bad idea #1 (permalink)  
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I was willing to lay down to a reraise the whole way down, except for the river, but he handed me the hand.

#Game No : 2929070803
***** Hand History for Game 2929070803 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, March 01, 19:13:13 EDT 2006
Table Table 36629 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: ddv_card ( $14 )
Seat 4: Pukco ( $30.50 )
Seat 5: cincin ( $56.93 )
Seat 8: killer_renke ( $9.40 )
Seat 10: AngryOx ( $21 )
Seat 6: ProZachACE ( $22.75 )
Seat 9: sclarke5992 ( $20.55 )
Seat 7: Decamus84 ( $27.30 )
Seat 3: cherokee511 ( $23.55 )
Seat 2: camtheman78 ( $25 )
cherokee511 posts small blind [$0.10].
ProZachACE posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ProZachACE [ Jh Qd ]
Decamus84 folds.
killer_renke folds.
sclarke5992 calls [$0.25].
Pukco has left the table.
AngryOx folds.
ddv_card folds.
cherokee511 calls [$0.15].
ProZachACE checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4d, Js, 3s ]
cherokee511 bets [$0.25].
ProZachACE raises [$1].
sclarke5992 folds.
cherokee511 calls [$0.75].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5h ]
cherokee511 checks.
>You have options at Table 36568 Table!.
ProZachACE bets [$2].
cherokee511 calls [$2].
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
cherokee511 checks.
>You have options at Table 36568 Table!.
ProZachACE bets [$6].
cherokee511 calls [$6].
ProZachACE shows [ Jh, Qd ] two pairs, queens and jacks.
cherokee511 doesn't show [ Ah, Ac ] a pair of aces.
ProZachACE wins $17.85 from the main pot with two pairs, queens and jacks.
Game #2929071142 starts.
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Old 03-01-2006, 11:24 PM #2 (permalink)  
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But he saved over $10 playing it like that, you would have just called it down and sucked out anyway. Aces are rigged, can't make money with the stupid hand. It's win a small pot or lose a big one like that Doyle Greenstein guy said....
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Old 03-01-2006, 11:26 PM #3 (permalink)  
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But he saved over $10 playing it like that, you would have just called it down and sucked out anyway. Aces are rigged, can't make money with the stupid hand. It's win a small pot or lose a big one like that Doyle Greenstein guy said....
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if anybody understands fnords post, it's might just be the best piece of 'advice' you can learn in your poker career.
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Old 03-02-2006, 07:02 AM #4 (permalink)  
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But he saved over $10 playing it like that, you would have just called it down and sucked out anyway. Aces are rigged, can't make money with the stupid hand. It's win a small pot or lose a big one like that Doyle Greenstein guy said....
oh how sweet sarcasm can be
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Old 03-02-2006, 04:45 PM #5 (permalink)  
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He should have just folded preflop - playing big pairs out of position is where you 'lose big pots'
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