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Originally Posted by jojobinks  the wins small pots / loses big pots thing applies here, but only b/c these chumps kept it smallish preflop and then ignored the obvious postflop.
if you want to play AA in a small pot, then limp. if there's a raise, make a big reraise. not a little crafty reraise. if it gets limped around then don't go ape when you get raised, and practice folding.
if you want to make AA into a big pot, then bet it like you have stones, young'ins! |
Well, since I've got JoJo here, I'll list my entire hand history from my live tournament this weekend. It won't take long; only played 4 hands.
T50,000. 8-players. Blinds start at 300-500. 20 minutes levels, with antes starting in round 3. 1 re-buy or add-on per person (full buy-in for another T50,000). All but one player has been pretty loose so far. I've played with everybody several times before. Extremely loose-passive player on my right -- plays ATC pre-flop, regardless of pre-flop action. I've literally seen him play 100% of hands to the flop in a 3 hour tournament before... and win! Anyway, solid TAG player on my left. Otherwise a mix of TAGs, LAGs, and LPs, but the players on my immediate left and right will be the only players that matter.
Exactly 1 orbit in, still round 1 (300/500). I'm the BB, with
.
Everyone limps (family pot) to me. I raise to 6,000. Several people chuckle and comment on my "huge over-bet". All fold, except the SB (uber-LP player), who calls. I have yet to play a hand, so have a little under 50,000; he has slightly less from limping into every pot so far.
Flop is
.
He bets 10,000. Now, this tells me exactly what he has: top-pair-no-kicker. I know this, because he slow-plays (check-calls, then all-in on the river) TPTK or stronger, and he check-calls any weaker pair and/or A-high. I've seen him do it 100 times before.
Happy that I have him crushed, I raise to 20,000. He insta-calls.
Turn is
. Sh*te!
He checks.
I smile at him and check, knowing 100% that he just made trips.
Turn is a blank. He doesn't even look at it, and says "all-in".
I smile at him, and quietly state "fold" as I flip over my AA for all to see. He smiles and shows
proudly, like it's the nuts.
One could claim that I should've pushed on the flop, but I know he would have called (I've seen it before), and I would have busted, so I'm glad I waited for the turn.
Anyway, 1/2 of my stack gone.
2nd round, blinds are 500-1000. Early position, and I have
.
I raise to 6,000.
A couple of snickers, and I get 3 callers from the other end of the table.
Flop is
.
We check around on the flop.
Turn is
.
I check.
TAG-ish player bets the pot.
Everyone folds, and I show that I had KK.
She shows
. I smile.
3rd round. Antes kick in, so it's 100-500-1000. My M is around 5.
I push with
from the middle of the table.
Two callers.
Flop is
.
They both get all-in.
I don't remember the turn or river.
Turns out they have
and
.
I'm toast. Re-buy.
Two or three hands later (not even half an orbit), I'm BB again.
This time I have
.
Everyone limps; Family pot - 1 with my option.
I jokingly say "I really should raise with this hand, but we saw where raising has been getting me, so I check." A couple people snicker.
Flop is
.
Jack-pot! ... as long as nobody flopped a set...
SB checks. He could have nothing, or he could have a set. Doesn't matter; he's down to just over 15,000 in chips, and I've got a fresh stack (minus a couple antes).
I bet 5,000, which is about half the pot.
TAG to my left raises it to 15,000. I'm feeling joyful.
Folded around to the SB, who pushes all-in, which is barely more than a call.
I contemplate the situation and decide, "screw it, I'm all-in."
TAG player on my left groans. He thinks for a while, finally decides to call. I'm sweating bullets, thinking he has 66.
He shows
. LAG on my right shows
. There is a god after all! Hallelujah!
Turn is a blank.
River is
.
My tournament is over. God hates me.
.
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