I won with a Rippy!

CARDSON
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PokerStars Game #973119613: Tournament #4044146, Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2004/12/18 - 18:39:01 (ET) Table '4044146 1' Seat #6 is the button Seat 6: TylerK (12875 in chips) Seat 9: coco8uk (625 in chips)
TylerK: posts the ante 25
coco8uk: posts the ante 25
TylerK: posts small blind 100
coco8uk: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TylerK [4d 7s]
TylerK: raises 200 to 400
coco8uk: raises 200 to 600 and is all-in
TylerK: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [4s Ah 9c]
*** TURN *** [4s Ah 9c] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [4s Ah 9c Ac] [5c]
coco8uk said, "lol gg"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
coco8uk: shows [Qd 8d] (a pair of Aces)
TylerK: shows [4d 7s] (two pair, Aces and Fours) TylerK said, "gg"
TylerK collected 1250 from pot

CARDSON
I didn't...

***** Hand History for Game 1314564997 *****
NL Hold'em Trny:7970140 Level:6 Blinds (75/150) - Friday, December 17, 22:54:00 EDT 2004
Table $10,000 Guaranteed Friday Night Poker(149635) Table #10 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: alaska02 ( $6782 )
Seat 3: DustDevil23 ( $3548 )
Seat 4: MILOSTHEGURU ( $2117 )
Seat 6: chavez2313 ( $3525 )
Seat 8: zorback ( $3784 )
Seat 9: jdkjlkker ( $5035 )
Seat 10: Harib_Allsak ( $460 )
Seat 2: perfmasonry ( $4019 )
Seat 5: counteroffer ( $2171 )
Seat 7: scran ( $6390 )
Trny:7970140 Level:6
Blinds (75/150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Harib_Allsak :7c: :4s:
alaska02 folds.
perfmasonry folds.
DustDevil23 folds.
MILOSTHEGURU folds.
counteroffer folds.
chavez2313 folds.
DustDevil23: thought u had the flush
scran raises [500].
zorback raises [2000].
jdkjlkker folds.
Harib_Allsak is all-In.
scran folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9s, 4c, 2c ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3c ]
zorback shows [ Ac, Kc ] a flush, ace high.
Harib_Allsak shows [ 7c, 4s ] three of a kind, fours.
Player Harib_Allsak finished in 163 place
zorback wins 1580 chips from side pot #1 with a flush, ace high.
zorback wins 1455 chips from the main pot with a flush, ace high.
Harib_Allsak has left the table.

Clearly you played it better than I.

-'rilla

TWICE!
CARDSON
PokerStars Game #973526712: Tournament #4046968, Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2004/12/18 - 20:40:27 (ET) Table '4046968 1' Seat #4 is the button Seat 4: BIGHAT62 (1470 in chips) Seat 8: TylerK (12030 in chips)
BIGHAT62: posts small blind 75
TylerK: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TylerK [4c 7d]
BIGHAT62: raises 150 to 300
TylerK: raises 11730 to 12030 and is all-in
BIGHAT62: calls 1170 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Td 6c Kh]
*** TURN *** [Td 6c Kh] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [Td 6c Kh Kc] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TylerK: shows [4c 7d] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
BIGHAT62: shows [9h Ad] (a pair of Kings) TylerK said, "gg"
TylerK collected 2940 from pot

Sweet!
So here's my theory on when a rippy will win. Heads up, when you are by far the big stack.

Also, maybe a rippy only works when the two cards are of different color.

I think our sample is large enough to safely make those assumptions.

Good work, scientists!

-'rilla

After you win I hoped you asked your opponent, "How you like them waffles?"

My guidelines for playing a rippy preflop

1) be the big stack
2) raise, don't call with it, you want a fold most of the time
3) have a tight table image so your raise has some weight
4) of course, if they are suited, fold, thats just playing like a fish

- sed

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