2 Pots for $1200 - To be Honest, Calls I Shouldn't Make Either

folded

Here's some of the biggest pots I've won. Tonight, made some "in my opinion" good reads.. Pinhead, feel free to tell me these are pure "donk" calls.... ( I think they were). Both times should of (and was) scared of the flush and straight on board. Fell in love with my hand and had to call.

I know, what a DONK!! But, worked out okay I'd say!!!

FIRST HAND (note the opponent)

PokerStars Game #4447549186: Hold'em No Limit ($3/$6) - 2006/03/28 - 21:23:09 (ET)
Table 'Sargas V' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Stoweski ($791.80 in chips)
Seat 2: BinaryFinary ($620.85 in chips)
Seat 3: Folded-AA ($627.95 in chips)
Seat 4: wildboar ($321 in chips)
Seat 5: TNT0618 ($570 in chips)
Seat 6: stelff69 ($523.25 in chips)
Seat 7: nicktft ($170.25 in chips)
Seat 8: NYC P.I.M.P ($459 in chips)
Seat 9: jubes9 ($285 in chips)
jubes9: posts small blind $3
Stoweski: posts big blind $6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Folded-AA [Ah As]
BinaryFinary: folds
Folded-AA: raises $18 to $24
wildboar: folds
TNT0618: folds
stelff69: folds
nicktft: folds
NYC P.I.M.P: calls $24
jubes9: calls $21
Stoweski: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ac Ks 6s]
jubes9: checks
Folded-AA: checks
NYC P.I.M.P: checks
*** TURN *** [Ac Ks 6s] [Qs]
jubes9: checks
Folded-AA: bets $30
NYC P.I.M.P: raises $42 to $72
jubes9: folds
Folded-AA: calls $42
*** RIVER *** [Ac Ks 6s Qs] [2d]
Folded-AA: checks
NYC P.I.M.P: bets $108
Folded-AA: calls $108
*** SHOW DOWN ***
NYC P.I.M.P: shows [Kd Kh] (three of a kind, Kings)
Folded-AA: shows [Ah As] (three of a kind, Aces)
Folded-AA collected $435 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $438 | Rake $3
Board [Ac Ks 6s Qs 2d]
Seat 1: Stoweski (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: BinaryFinary folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Folded-AA showed [Ah As] and won ($435) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 4: wildboar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: TNT0618 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: stelff69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: nicktft folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: NYC P.I.M.P (button) showed [Kd Kh] and lost with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 9: jubes9 (small blind) folded on the Turn


SECOND HAND

PokerStars Game #4448012655: Hold'em No Limit ($3/$6) - 2006/03/28 - 21:57:21 (ET)
Table 'Sargas V' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: fumbo420 ($604.20 in chips)
Seat 2: BinaryFinary ($863.85 in chips)
Seat 3: Folded-AA ($739.20 in chips)
Seat 4: FourKing ($540 in chips)
Seat 5: TNT0618 ($744 in chips)
Seat 6: prosimon ($570 in chips)
Seat 7: nicktft ($811 in chips)
Seat 8: NYC P.I.M.P ($336.60 in chips)
Seat 9: jubes9 ($241.75 in chips)
jubes9: posts small blind $3
fumbo420: posts big blind $6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Folded-AA [8s 8d]
BinaryFinary: raises $14 to $20
Folded-AA: calls $20
FourKing: folds
TNT0618: folds
prosimon: calls $20
nicktft: folds
NYC P.I.M.P: calls $20
jubes9: folds
fumbo420: calls $14
*** FLOP *** [7c Qc 8c]
fumbo420: checks
BinaryFinary: checks
Folded-AA: bets $36
prosimon: calls $36
NYC P.I.M.P: calls $36
fumbo420: folds
BinaryFinary: folds
*** TURN *** [7c Qc 8c] [5h]
Folded-AA: checks
prosimon: bets $84
NYC P.I.M.P: calls $84
Folded-AA: calls $84
*** RIVER *** [7c Qc 8c 5h] [6s]
Folded-AA: checks
prosimon: checks
NYC P.I.M.P: bets $108
Folded-AA: calls $108
prosimon: calls $108
*** SHOW DOWN ***
NYC P.I.M.P: shows [7d 7h] (three of a kind, Sevens)
Folded-AA: shows [8s 8d] (three of a kind, Eights)
prosimon: mucks hand
Folded-AA collected $784 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $787 | Rake $3
Board [7c Qc 8c 5h 6s]
Seat 1: fumbo420 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: BinaryFinary folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Folded-AA showed [8s 8d] and won ($784) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 4: FourKing folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: TNT0618 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: prosimon mucked [Kh Qd]
Seat 7: nicktft folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: NYC P.I.M.P (button) showed [7d 7h] and lost with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 9: jubes9 (small blind) folded before Flop

Soup

that flop check with AA made me feel sick

ChrisWinsor

Me too, gotta bet that set.
The second is just wow.... Flush possibility and 4 connecting cards... Just so lucky... may i ask when you called did you truly think you had the best hand, or did you just not want to lay down trips and wanted to see his straight or flush...

folded

I don't disagree.

In Hand #1, was worried that if I bet out I would lose all others. Even knowing flush on board, took the chance and got lucky.

Hand #2, your totally right. NO WAY I should call here, but, took my chance. If I hadn't won the Hand before (#1), I probably would've folded.

ChrisWinsor

Hmmm what i don't get is how people who play cash games generally have this tournament mentality where in they feel like theyre pot commited... You're never really pot commited (at least at the river) in a cash game unless its something ridiculous like a 20$ bet into a 400$ pot... I won't bore everyone with the reasoning behind pot commitment in tournaments, but it just boggles my mind when people call with the hand they're pretty sure they're losing because they already invested half their stack or 2/3s of it... If you think you're beat in a cash game you should fold...

side note: that is unless you're Folded_AA, that guy can call anything he wants

folded

lol...
Not at all.. I was playing a rush, and, to be honest, never really analyzed your thought of "tournament mentality". I think that played a big part as well.

SirWatts

Yeah the flop check in the first hand and turn check in the 2nd hand are really gross. You should have won more. Nice pots though.

GTA Poker

You need to bet that set in the first hand, you're only making money against a big ace or another set there anyhow. Looking at that hand you would have made alot more with a flop bet.

AcidJoe

There is no way I could call the river bet in hand #2 knowing there's 3 clubs on 4 to a straight. Even after winning the hand before I don't risk my money like that. I pass my set.

specialK

same as everyone else has been saying. but was this NYC PIMP tilting at you or what? seems like you really had his number. nice pots.

ScoobyD

Yeah the flop check in the first hand and turn check in the 2nd hand are really gross. You should have won more. Nice pots though.

Totally agree. And why in God's name are you check CALLING the turn in #2? You don't have to ALWAYS slow play sets...

gokorda

wow, you've either got horseshoes up your arse, or have balls the size of watermellons.. I could never have made those calls, but, can't argue with the results. there's a nice mortgage payment in 5 minutes!