Any advice to play this hand differently?

Game Started on Sun Jan 02, 2005 @ 10:19
First hand this morning and get screwed nicely.
Looking for some other views on this one thanks.
I know i should have re-raised more preflop but was trying to milk it a bit as i know the 2 other players in are fairly weak...



Hyacinth - Holdem - NL 25 - Real Money - Hand #54668731

**Hand #54668731 begins**
Zutmin receives the dealer button
Deucehigh13 posts small blind 1
Keelah posts big blind 1
Firestopper posts 1
You are dealt[Ad,Ac]
Tjorgey folds
Spacker folds
Catchphrase folds
Txtwos raises 2
Satchel calls 2
Firestopper raises 4
Zutmin folds
Deucehigh13 folds
Keelah folds
Txtwos calls 3
Satchel calls 3
Flop is dealt [Qd,3c,9c]
Redwingg sits in
Txtwos goes all in 0
Txtwos bets 14
Satchel goes all in 0
Satchel calls 13
Firestopper calls 14
Turn is dealt [8c]
River is dealt [6d]
Firestopper shows a pair of Aces
Firestopper's pocket cards were [Ad,Ac]
Txtwos shows a flush King high
Txtwos's pocket cards were [Kc,7c]
Satchel shows a pair of Queens
Satchel's pocket cards were [Kd,Qh]
Txtwos wins $1 real money from side pot
Txtwos wins $55 real money from main pot
Redwingg sits in
**Hand #54668731 ends**

orning......

Comments

  • It would appear there was $7 in the pot when it got to you. I guess your $3 raise was not enough to scare the others out. In this spot, I wouldn't mind 2 callers but I guess you should have bet a bit more - maybe a pot-sized bet. Chances are they would have called anyway and definitely been committed to the pot then since they didn't have a lot of chips left. The only way to beat Txtwos then, would have been to push everything into the pot pre-flop and have him fold. But that is only in hindsight. That is a tough way to make 7 bucks.

    After the flop, you still had the best hand. The way they were betting, I would have expected at least one of them to have flopped a set. Txtwos made a pot sized bet with a lousy flush draw and a single overcard. Satchel matched it with top pair and good kicker. Neither one of these seem like good plays but I guess that depends on how they felt about the other guys in the hand.

    Bad luck for you. Don't be discouraged though. Play these guys long enough and you'll take all their money.
  • thats a wierd hand - did you have reads on the players? its a tough call to make with 2 all ins in front of you, i would think your up against a flush draw and a set

    i think i wouldve played it similary if you know these players to be extremely loose, except i wouldve raised to 6 or 8 PF
  • It would appear there was $7 in the pot when it got to you. I guess your $3 raise was not enough to scare the others out

    You arent trying to 'scare people out of the pot' preflop with pocket aces.
    After the flop, you still had the best hand. The way they were betting, I would have expected at least one of them to have flopped a set.

    This is poor thinking.. pkrface,have you ever played poker at Party? In a $25 max buy in? The pot is about 15 bucks on the flop. Someone moves all-in for the rest $14 bucks. You've got rockets. Are you trying to imply you fold this situation? No way. Its far more likely you are up against top pair and a flush draw then up against an 8 to 1(set) occurance.

    As for the hand, preflop and postflop I would play it the same. The reason you lost is because of the restricted buy-in NL format. If you had more cash in front of you, adequate hand defence is possible. But since you are limited, you need to toss in your chips and pray for no club.
    Play these guys long enough and you'll take all their money.

    Nice sentiment but you are slightly wrong. The flush draw got proper odds because of the size of the pot on the flop. In the long run, he breaks even. The guy with the KQ immediately goes on the friends list..
  • I will follow my way through the hand with my thoughts... haven't looked at other posts yet.
    Hyacinth - Holdem - NL 25 - Real Money - Hand #54668731
    Small game. All other things being equal, the main error made by your opponents is probably "calling too much." So, my basic approach to this game is to "acquire the best hand cheapy and get it paid off."
    **Hand #54668731 begins**
    Zutmin receives the dealer button
    Deucehigh13 posts small blind 1
    Keelah posts big blind 1
    Firestopper posts 1
    You are dealt[Ad,Ac]
    Woohoo! Posted coming in and I've got A-A. They will NEVER see it coming... bwahahahahaha. Course, it's a $25 game... so, they NEVER see ANYTHING coming.
    Tjorgey folds
    Spacker folds
    Catchphrase folds
    Txtwos raises 2
    Satchel calls 2
    Firestopper raises 4
    I like it. I only have two opponents. Get the pot built up a little and hope to "lock them in." Bwahahahahaha.
    Zutmin folds
    Deucehigh13 folds
    Keelah folds
    Txtwos calls 3
    Satchel calls 3
    Flop is dealt [Qd,3c,9c]
    Good looking flop for A-A. Yes, there is a flush draw and a straight draw and yes, in a $25 game NOBODY will fold either of those draws for any amounf of money, but I still like it in the long run.
    Redwingg sits in
    Txtwos goes all in 0
    Txtwos bets 14
    Satchel goes all in 0
    Satchel calls 13
    Firestopper calls 14
    Woohoo! So much for conspiring to get their money from them. They gave it to me. I call, of course. Bwahahahahaha. Feast your eyes on my rockets, baby!
    Turn is dealt [8c]
    River is dealt [6d]
    Firestopper shows a pair of Aces
    Firestopper's pocket cards were [Ad,Ac]
    Txtwos shows a flush King high
    Txtwos's pocket cards were [Kc,7c]
    Satchel shows a pair of Queens
    Satchel's pocket cards were [Kd,Qh]
    Txtwos wins $1 real money from side pot
    Txtwos wins $55 real money from main pot
    Redwingg sits in
    **Hand #54668731 ends**
    Frack. He made his flush. Oh well, more money please. Deal the next hand.

    Long story made short... You could have raised a bunch more pre-flop and shut out the K7s (maybe) but in reality you got all the money in when you had almost a 60% chance of a triple through.
  • Dave must have read my mind going through the steps in that hand.Thanks all for your input on this my feeling was i couldnt have played it any better i wanted both all -in and got it, the original K7 sooted raiser hit his flush after the re-raise call pre-flop but between the two of them they paid me 4x the buy in after that hand :)
  • BBC Z wrote:
    The flush draw got proper odds because of the size of the pot on the flop.
    Walk me through this one. He led the betting with a pot-sized bet. Did he have proper odds at this point or is this assuming he got 2 callers? If he got only 1 caller did he still have odds?
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    And to think this post started out with my first hand of the day and ended with a huge WIN!!!!I,ll try to keep a post going on the outcome of these events as they,re coming up and hopefully some good results to follow!
  • Walk me through this one. He led the betting with a pot-sized bet. Did he have proper odds at this point or is this assuming he got 2 callers? If he got only 1 caller did he still have odds?

    Pot's $15 on the flop. he moves in for $15 (easier numbers). At that point, he's only getting 1 to 1 on his money. When the next player calls his bet, the pot becomes $45 and now mr flush draw put in $15 with the pot at $45. The chance of making his flush is 35% or a little better than 2 to 1. So with a single caller and no more money at risk (he can't fold the turn or put more in for the turn) he's got his odds. When the next player calls, Mr Flush has put in $15 for a pot of $60. 2 to 1 chance and 3 to 1 pot odds = profit.

    Also, his bet on the flop has potential fold equity..

    So to answer your question, it appears he has the odds with a single caller. Interesting. Of course, his loose preflop call with suited crap will kill him in the long run, his post flop play seems to be good.
  • I'm just trying to work this through for myself. Let me know where I'm missing the point.

    I definitely agree with the fold equity consideration. I guess it depends on the looseness of the table but if I were making a bet like that, I would have expected at most 1 caller. Again, it depends on the table. I don't know NL at Party so maybe that is a part I'm missing.

    With 1 caller, he's about break even so I guess the bet is ok given the added fold equity component. With 2 callers it would be profitable.

    I would think his pre-flop call was a very poor decision but it worked out well for him. Don't you just hate guys like that? On the other hand, you love guys that make bad decisions who don't suck out on you...

    Mr KQ I think made a reasonable pre-flop call. He called a small pre-flop raise in front of him and another slightly larger one behind him with good but not great cards. I don't think that is a big problem. On the flop, however, he called an all-in with the original pre-flop raiser still behind him. Was that a questionable call? I dunno. I guess it depends on the nature of the table. After all, he had top pair with a good kicker.

    I'd have to agree with what I think most of the others are saying. Yayiwin played the hand properly but just got unlucky. That's going to happen. I think the play of the other 2 players was a bit iffy (pre- and/or post-flop) and the fact that they paid him back 4x over adds a bit of evidence to this point. Is that reasonable?

    We could play with the variables here a bit (betting order, stack size) and come up with different conclusions, I think.
  • Post flop I don't think any of the players did badly. As stated, the flush draw gets the odds (or close to it) if he is called. The KQ calls with top pair -- probably not a bad play in a $25 game. And A-A dances a jig and gets his money in.

    The play pre-flop is the problem. The K-7s is a probably in trouble.

    You see this A LOT in hold'em. Especially in limit. A player plays badly pre-flop and then, because of pot odds, plays well post flop. Get into a ten way capped flop with 7-2o and there are precious few flops that will not "lock you in until the river" and then you will tell yourself "I had the pot odds." The error was made pre-flop.
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