Sample of today's fun

djgolfcan

I haven't had a day like this in a while. I am handling it rather well, if I do say so myself. Lots of dominated hands catching up, AK < AJ, TT < 88, and a few coolers, KK < AA, AK < AA and then this one...

PokerStars Game #73186252736: Tournament #554011341, $4.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (60/120) - 2012/01/02 18:53:30 ET
Table '554011341 84' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: RiogaSan (4800 in chips)
Seat 2: makc365 (6090 in chips)
Seat 3: djgolfcan (7265 in chips)
Seat 4: jimyx32 (7029 in chips)
Seat 5: Civicboy94 (3545 in chips)
Seat 6: Djinn12125 (1615 in chips)
Seat 8: cufflinks2 (10490 in chips)
Seat 9: juanitø (5395 in chips)
RiogaSan: posts the ante 15
makc365: posts the ante 15
djgolfcan: posts the ante 15
jimyx32: posts the ante 15
Civicboy94: posts the ante 15
Djinn12125: posts the ante 15
cufflinks2: posts the ante 15
juanitø: posts the ante 15
cufflinks2: posts small blind 60
juanitø: posts big blind 120
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to djgolfcan [Ad As]
kike2987 is connected
juanitø said, "lol"
RiogaSan: folds
Civicboy94 said, ":-0"
juanitø said, "nh"
makc365: folds
djgolfcan: raises 240 to 360
jimyx32: calls 360
Civicboy94: folds
cufflinks2 said, "t"
Djinn12125: raises 1240 to 1600 and is all-in
cufflinks2: folds
juanitø: folds
djgolfcan: calls 1240
jimyx32: calls 1240
*** FLOP *** [5c 2c 5h]
djgolfcan: bets 2000
jimyx32: folds
Uncalled bet (2000) returned to djgolfcan
*** TURN *** [5c 2c 5h] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [5c 2c 5h Th] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
djgolfcan: shows [Ad As] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
Djinn12125: shows [Qh Ah] (a flush, Ace high)
Djinn12125 collected 5100 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5100 | Rake 0
Board [5c 2c 5h Th 9h]
Seat 1: RiogaSan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: makc365 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: djgolfcan showed [Ad As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Fives
Seat 4: jimyx32 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Civicboy94 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Djinn12125 (button) showed [Qh Ah] and won (5100) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 8: cufflinks2 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: juanitø (big blind) folded before Flop

betrthanphil

all i want for the holidays is for forum members to stop 3xing once antes come into play :D
I might add that this is a great flop for you as all non paired hands the other flatter has he can only hit runner runner boat and all pair hands can only hit 2 outs. 1 bad thing is 2 clubs up but id prob risk and check flop here lead turn.

djgolfcan

betrthanphil;292640 wroteall i want for the holidays is for forum members to stop 3xing once antes come into play :D
I might add that this is a great flop for you as all non paired hands the other flatter has he can only hit runner runner boat and all pair hands can only hit 2 outs. 1 bad thing is 2 clubs up but id prob risk and check flop here lead turn.

While I agree its a great flop, I was hoping to get three streets of value, if he has a pocket pair. Also, what's wrong with 3x raising, especially when the blinds are this low, relative to the stack sizes ?

betrthanphil

its not needed. When your raising to steal blinds your risking more by 3x. when you have to cbet flop your bets not have to be bigger because the pot is bigger. your just making pots bigger in situations where you don't want them to be. 2xing these days will do the trick, you'll steal blinds and when you don't you risk the min when cbetting on flops where you missed