I am buying in short (50€ at nl100) on B 2 B to complete the bonuses quicker. That tactic is worth a discussion in itself but not the subject in question here.

Just finished a session where I got it in 4 times in a row with best of it versus huge-stacked semi-donk (always took bad odds, played top pair bad-kicker like the nutz etc.) Here are 2 hands that happened within a span of 3 minutes that really hurt and tell you all you need to know about my dropping 5 semi buy-ins within 40 minutes :

Hand 1 :

Figured if he had AA he could have my stack anyday.

Game # 334125204 - Texas Hold'em No Limit EUR 0,50/1,00 - Table "Tarragona"
Game ended 2006-05-21 06:34:16 GMT+01:00

Players:
fuknaces (EUR 70,30 in seat 1)
pericl2 (EUR 18,50 in seat 2)
Henitruk3 (EUR 84,45 in seat 3)
Miss-Liz (EUR 788,00 in seat 4)
The_Profit (EUR 83,40 in seat 5)
quidby (EUR 226,25 in seat 6)

Dealer: Miss-Liz
Small Blind: The_Profit (0,50)
Big Blind: quidby (1,00)

Henitruk3 was dealt: Ah - Kc

fuknaces Fold
pericl2 Raise (3,00)
Henitruk3 Raise (9,00)
Miss-Liz Raise (15,00)
The_Profit Fold
quidby Fold
pericl2 Fold
Henitruk3 Call (6,00)

Flop 7c - Th - Ad

Henitruk3 Check
Miss-Liz Bet (21,00)
Henitruk3 All-In (69,45)
Miss-Liz Call (48,45)

Turn 7c - Th - Ad - 9s
River 7c - Th - Ad - 9s - 2c

Henitruk3 shows: Ah - Kc (a pair of aces)
Miss-Liz shows: As - 2s (two pairs, aces and deuces)

Miss-Liz wins: EUR 170,40 (with two pairs, aces and deuces)
Rake: EUR 3,00



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Hand 2 :

Figured rivered gutshot was likely, but I beat 2 many hands in his range to fold.

Game # 334126137 - Texas Hold'em No Limit EUR 0,50/1,00 - Table "Tarragona"
Game ended 2006-05-21 06:43:35 GMT+01:00

Players:
fuknaces (EUR 69,85 in seat 1)
pericl2 (EUR 41,70 in seat 2)
Henitruk3 (EUR 54,00 in seat 3)
Miss-Liz (EUR 877,10 in seat 4)
The_Profit (EUR 73,40 in seat 5)
quidby (EUR 231,35 in seat 6)

Dealer: Henitruk3
Small Blind: Miss-Liz (0,50)
Big Blind: The_Profit (1,00)

Henitruk3 was dealt: Ts - Td

quidby Fold
fuknaces Fold
pericl2 Fold
Henitruk3 Raise (3,50)
Miss-Liz Call (3,00)
The_Profit Fold

Flop 6s - 7d - Th

Miss-Liz Check
Henitruk3 Bet (5,00)
Miss-Liz Call (5,00)

Turn 6s - 7d - Th - Ks

Miss-Liz Bet (4,75)
Henitruk3 Raise (12,00)
Miss-Liz Call (7,25)

River 6s - 7d - Th - Ks - 8d

Miss-Liz Bet (60,00)
Henitruk3 All-In (33,50)
Miss-Liz Payback (26,50)

Miss-Liz shows: 9s - Js (a straight, jack high)
Henitruk3 shows: Ts - Td (three of a kind, tens)

Miss-Liz wins: EUR 106,00 (with a straight, jack high)
Rake: EUR 3,00



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Question is this : how do you deal in general with reasonable bad players who have ginormous stacks? Do you avoid them? It would seem to be +EV to match up against "weaker" players, but by doing some simple math it isn't tough to see why the size of this guy's stack was such a powerful weapon. He could chase just about anything he wanted and know that eventually he would bust me.

Is there any argument to be made for avoiding a situation like this because it's likely that eventually he'll bust shorties like me - no matter how many times we get it in ahead?