My WCOOP Event #4 bust out hand :(
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Fresh from defeat… here is my WCOOP Event #4, Pot Limit 6 handed, bust out hand.
This is right before the second break. Approximately 1,000 players remaining from an initial field of 2,345. Average chip stack is about T5,500 or so I think, and I am approximately 300th at the time.
I was moved to this table about 30 minutes prior. Villain has sat on a chip lead throughout and played fairly tight, had not played a lot of hands and not got into any big pots so far.  As you can see, blinds are 50/100, going up every 30 minutes, and fairly soon were going to 75/150.Â
PokerStars Game #2521021628: Tournament #10017950, Hold'em Pot Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2005/09/07 - 16:45:58 (ET)
Table '10017950 225' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: hero (5695 in chips)
Seat 2: villain (8240 in chips)
Seat 3: player3 (3665 in chips)
Seat 4: player4 (1665 in chips)
Seat 5: player5 (4635 in chips)
Seat 6: player6 (6080 in chips)
Seat 4: posts small blind 50
Seat 5: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hero [8s 8d]
Player6: folds
hero: raises 200 to 300
villain: raises 400 to 700
player3: folds
player4: folds
player5: folds
hero: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [2c 9s 8c]
hero: checks
villain: bets 1000
hero: raises 3550 to 4550
villain: raises 2990 to 7540 and is all-in
hero: calls 445 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [2c 9s 8c] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [2c 9s 8c 7d] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hero: shows [8s 8d] (three of a kind, Eights)
villain: shows [9h 9d] (three of a kind, Nines)
villain collected 11540 from pot
SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11540 | Rake 0
Board [2c 9s 8c 7d Jc]
Seat 1: hero showed [8s 8d] and lost with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 2: villain showed [9h 9d] and won (11540) with three of a kind, Nines
I put him on a big pair or AK initially, and called intending to check/fold most or all flops that did not have an 8. When the flop hit, I did consider 99, but figured that an overpair or AK/AQ of clubs were more likely. I considered calling and moving in if there was no club on the turn, but figured that reraising on the flop might get him to lay down a flush draw or TJ or something similar (which I thought he was not likely to have in any event) and I was hoping it would get a call from an overpair.
Does anyone not go broke here? Just wondering how others would play it. Is this a hand I could/should have got away from? I know set vs set is hard to get away from, but did I overplay it by reraising?Â
Good luck to all of you still in the WCOOP events!
This is right before the second break. Approximately 1,000 players remaining from an initial field of 2,345. Average chip stack is about T5,500 or so I think, and I am approximately 300th at the time.
I was moved to this table about 30 minutes prior. Villain has sat on a chip lead throughout and played fairly tight, had not played a lot of hands and not got into any big pots so far.  As you can see, blinds are 50/100, going up every 30 minutes, and fairly soon were going to 75/150.Â
PokerStars Game #2521021628: Tournament #10017950, Hold'em Pot Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2005/09/07 - 16:45:58 (ET)
Table '10017950 225' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: hero (5695 in chips)
Seat 2: villain (8240 in chips)
Seat 3: player3 (3665 in chips)
Seat 4: player4 (1665 in chips)
Seat 5: player5 (4635 in chips)
Seat 6: player6 (6080 in chips)
Seat 4: posts small blind 50
Seat 5: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hero [8s 8d]
Player6: folds
hero: raises 200 to 300
villain: raises 400 to 700
player3: folds
player4: folds
player5: folds
hero: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [2c 9s 8c]
hero: checks
villain: bets 1000
hero: raises 3550 to 4550
villain: raises 2990 to 7540 and is all-in
hero: calls 445 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [2c 9s 8c] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [2c 9s 8c 7d] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hero: shows [8s 8d] (three of a kind, Eights)
villain: shows [9h 9d] (three of a kind, Nines)
villain collected 11540 from pot
SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11540 | Rake 0
Board [2c 9s 8c 7d Jc]
Seat 1: hero showed [8s 8d] and lost with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 2: villain showed [9h 9d] and won (11540) with three of a kind, Nines
I put him on a big pair or AK initially, and called intending to check/fold most or all flops that did not have an 8. When the flop hit, I did consider 99, but figured that an overpair or AK/AQ of clubs were more likely. I considered calling and moving in if there was no club on the turn, but figured that reraising on the flop might get him to lay down a flush draw or TJ or something similar (which I thought he was not likely to have in any event) and I was hoping it would get a call from an overpair.
Does anyone not go broke here? Just wondering how others would play it. Is this a hand I could/should have got away from? I know set vs set is hard to get away from, but did I overplay it by reraising?Â
Good luck to all of you still in the WCOOP events!
Comments
We all go broke with that hand.