Fun table S&G, love this play

WebHeadJames

I aint got the scratch to be playin' cash online just yet, but this was one of the better online hands to date, well the hand was good, not sure on my play though.


PokerStars Game #7451719483: Tournament #38118066, 300+20 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/12/15 - 09:43:58 (ET)
Table '38118066 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Lockout04 (1535 in chips)
Seat 2: Anne1705 (5075 in chips)
Seat 3: UNVRGS (3764 in chips)
Seat 4: Maja1269 (6500 in chips)
Seat 5: WebHeadJames (20844 in chips)
Seat 6: arwel29 (3485 in chips)
Seat 7: VaneI (2427 in chips)
Seat 8: Schlunz (4810 in chips)
Seat 9: woody0029 (19060 in chips)
woody0029: posts small blind 50
Lockout04: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WebHeadJames [Qd 8h]
Anne1705: folds
UNVRGS: folds
Maja1269: folds
WebHeadJames: calls 100
arwel29: calls 100
VaneI: folds
Schlunz: raises 100 to 200 (could have folded here, but this guy was on tilt)
woody0029: calls 150
Lockout04: calls 100
WebHeadJames: calls 100
arwel29: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [5h Jc 6h]
woody0029: checks
Lockout04: checks
WebHeadJames: checks ( should have bet )
arwel29: checks
Schlunz: bets 300
woody0029: calls 300
Lockout04: folds
WebHeadJames: calls 300 ( don't know why I did, but pot was looking good at this point)
arwel29: calls 300
*** TURN *** [5h Jc 6h] [7h]
woody0029: checks
WebHeadJames: bets 500 ( what a great card, open ended straight flush draw, loved it)
arwel29: raises 2485 to 2985 and is all-in (this guy scared me here, I put him on a flush at this point, but now I felt I had no choice but to call)
Schlunz: folds
woody0029: calls 2985
WebHeadJames: calls 2485
*** RIVER *** [5h Jc 6h 7h] [9h] (BOOYA, there it is)
woody0029: bets 800
WebHeadJames: raises 16559 to 17359 and is all-in
woody0029: calls 14775 and is all-in
(this guy was the only other large stack in the entire tourney, I was praying he'd call and he didn't disappoint me)
*** SHOW DOWN ***
WebHeadJames: shows [Qd 8h] (a straight flush, Five to Nine)
woody0029: shows [Kh 7c] (a flush, King high)
WebHeadJames collected 31150 from side pot
arwel29: shows [3h 4d] (a flush, Nine high)
UNVRGS said, "vnh"
WebHeadJames collected 11155 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 42305 Main pot 11155. Side pot 31150. | Rake 0
Board [5h Jc 6h 7h 9h]
Seat 1: Lockout04 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Anne1705 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: UNVRGS folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Maja1269 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: WebHeadJames showed [Qd 8h] and won (42305) with a straight flush, Five to Nine
Seat 6: arwel29 showed [3h 4d] and lost with a flush, Nine high
Seat 7: VaneI folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Schlunz (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 9: woody0029 (small blind) showed [Kh 7c] and lost with a flush, King high


Overall, I felt I played it poorly, but the end result had me dominating the tourney.....Just a great hand to see.., gotta work on my play still


Jamie

Monteroy

Well, given it is a play money tournament it is hard to really find fault since noone really has anything at stake. However, if it was a real money tournament I would suggest the following


Preflop - fold. Even with a huge stack and low blinds what are you hoping to do with Q 8 off in early position other then if it flops something goofy like QQ8. Even if it is a Q or 8 high flop how happy are you. A Q82 flop sure but even flopping 2 pairs will often lead to potentially bad situations for you sucj as a QJ8 flop.

Flop - not sure why you think you should have bet, you have no hand, no draw, no position and a bazillion opponents and the pot is not very big. Not what one would call an idea betting situation. The call is pretty horrible if it is a real money tournament.

Turn - let's assume you are here anyways. You now do have a draw (though many of your outs could be dead or are already dead). You only have 2 pure outs. The bet is fine, calling an all in after another person called an all in is fairly marginal since he likely would have raised with something other then a draw, meaning your flush draw (aside from the 2 outs) is likely no good. Fold a better choice.

River - ok you got here by playing every street wrong and got fluke luck. The shove is perfectly fine though dont expect someone to call it with a king (and even an ace) in a real money tournament. I might just raise 4000 or so to better ensure a call in that regard.

STR82ACE

Other than getting incredibly LUCKY, you did nothing right in this hand.

g2

STR82ACE wrote: »

Other than getting incredibly LUCKY, you did nothing right in this hand.

Not quite true... he had good odds to call the 2nd 100 pre-flop. Other than that, you're right.

/g2

STR82ACE

Alright, I see your point...but

WebHeadJames

Good advice, thank you. Granted it was play, when its real cash I tend to toss hands like that.....
Was just popping it out there for constructive critisism (sp?) and Monteroy provided just that, I do appreciate it.

Jamie

DrTyore

If you don't play with play money like you do with real cash, why ask for feedback? It won't be applicable to your cash game.

Mark

pkrfce9

NH, sir. I hope to see you on the tables sometime.

BBC Z

If you only tend to fold Q8o in EP preflop in a cash game then you are a losing player.

QueenNine

Excellent summation Monteroy. Bang on at every point.