[jojobinks]

i've had enough of the talking smack about AA thread. it just so happens that AA is my favorite hand.

in the interest of protecting its good name, from here on out i vow to put all AA hands of note that i play up in this thread. stay tuned and feel free to add your own.

contrary to what some say...AA can win online. help to prove it by posting here.

[jojobinks]

cash game hands from the last two days.

Saw Flop | Saw Turn | Saw River | Saw Showdown | Won

POKERSTARS GAME #15534838339: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2008/02/25 - 00:59:18 (ET)
Table 'Ithaka' 9-max Seat #1 is the button

scottio Button - $62
rowling24 - $275.20
mkyu123 - $201.15
elizabeth24 - $228.45
thejojobinks - $42.30
ryanj9352 - $197
stad1234 - $105.90

PREFLOP undefined
thejojobinks is UTG+1 with A A
1 fold, thejojobinks raises $6 to $8, 2 folds, scottio calls $8, 2 folds.

FLOP $19.00 (2 players)
6 7 3
thejojobinks bets $18, scottio raises $18 to $36, thejojobinks calls $16.30.

TURN $89.30 (2 players)
6 7 3 J

RIVER $89.30 (2 players)
6 7 3 J J

SHOW DOWN
thejojobinks shows A A
thejojobinks collected $84.60 from pot

Final Pot: $87.60

Saw Flop | Saw Turn | Saw River | Saw Showdown | Won

POKERSTARS GAME #15534648097: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2008/02/25 - 00:46:18 (ET)
Table 'T #162997023' 9-max Seat #6 is the button

turk2006 - $306.50
thejojobinks - $42
MightyScrot - $658.85
jlost88 - $276.65
Doikito - $195
natalia359 Button - $266.05
RyanIU91181 - $138.15
z-bolt33 - $79.15
NaDa112 - $280.30

PREFLOP undefined
thejojobinks is MP1 with A A
2 folds, thejojobinks raises $6 to $8, MightyScrot raises $16 to $24, 5 folds, thejojobinks raises $18 to $42, MightyScrot calls $18.

FLOP $87.00 (2 players)
T T 9

TURN $87.00 (2 players)
T T 9 4

RIVER $87.00 (2 players)
T T 9 4 K

SHOW DOWN
thejojobinks shows A A
thejojobinks collected $84 from pot

Final Pot: $87

Saw Flop | Saw Turn | Saw River | Saw Showdown | Won

POKERSTARS GAME #15534985114: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/02/25 - 01:09:50 (ET)
Table 'Mannucci' 9-max Seat #7 is the button

veggiess - $72.40
Be_Crazy1978 - $20.45
freak5usmc - $68.45
balzak - $103.50
vyanne - $38.45
ryguy227 Button - $100
thejojobinks - $23
Rickydee4 - $360.65

PREFLOP undefined
thejojobinks is SB with A A
1 fold, Be_Crazy1978 calls $1, 3 folds, ryguy227 calls $1, thejojobinks raises $4 to $5, 1 fold, Be_Crazy1978 calls $4, 1 fold.

FLOP $12.00 (2 players)
6 3 Q
thejojobinks bets $10, Be_Crazy1978 raises $5.45 to $15.45, thejojobinks calls $5.45.

TURN $42.90 (2 players)
6 3 Q K

RIVER $42.90 (2 players)
6 3 Q K 6

SHOW DOWN
thejojobinks shows A A
thejojobinks collected $40.80 from pot

Final Pot: $42.90

[jojobinks]

some tournament hands:


Saw Flop | Saw Turn | Saw River | Saw Showdown | Won

POKERSTARS GAME #15519160493: TOURNAMENT #78564873, $3.00+$0.25 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL I (10/20) - 2008/02/24 - 13:02:37 (ET)
Table '78564873 2' 9-max Seat #4 is the button

gengeo - t1500
thejojobinks - t1450
QueenL10 - t1540
hartsky Button - t1960
nice1angel - t1670
confused1959 - t1480
eiskaltes - t1040
bacoman29 - t1420

PREFLOP LEVEL I (10/20)
thejojobinks is MP2 with A A
3 folds, thejojobinks raises t40 to t60, 2 folds, nice1angel calls t50, confused1959 calls t40.

FLOP t180 (3 players)
4 Q 9
nice1angel bets t1610, 1 fold, thejojobinks calls t1390.

TURN t3180 (2 players)
4 Q 9 2

RIVER t3180 (2 players)
4 Q 9 2 J

SHOW DOWN
nice1angel shows 6 9
thejojobinks shows A A
thejojobinks collected t2960 from pot

Final Pot: t2960


Saw Flop | Saw Turn | Saw River | Saw Showdown | Won

POKERSTARS GAME #15554749738: TOURNAMENT #78731615, $4.00+$0.40 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL II (15/30) - 2008/02/25 - 21:46:52 (ET)
Table '78731615 3' 9-max Seat #6 is the button

mariebadee - t1550
cjgerson - t1702
1armor - t1111
mohdi - t3117
osnfins Button - t2575
thejojobinks - t1440
DeLad54 - t1710
**** Hertz - t1715

PREFLOP LEVEL II (15/30)
thejojobinks is SB with A A
4 folds, mohdi calls t30, osnfins calls t30, thejojobinks raises t80 to t110, 1 fold, mohdi calls t80, osnfins calls t80.

FLOP t360 (3 players)
5 4 6
thejojobinks bets t300, 1 fold, osnfins calls t300.

TURN t960 (2 players)
5 4 6 Q
thejojobinks bets t400, osnfins calls t400.

RIVER t1760 (2 players)
5 4 6 Q Q
thejojobinks checks, osnfins checks.

SHOW DOWN
thejojobinks shows A A
thejojobinks collected t1760 from pot

Final Pot: t1760

finally, i went back into the archives to find the biggest AA hand i could. yummers!

Saw Flop | Saw Turn | Saw River | Saw Showdown | Won

POKERSTARS GAME #7550171198: TOURNAMENT #38608083, $10+$1 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL XII (800/1600) - 2006/12/22 - 00:22:22 (ET)
Table '38608083 13' 9-max Seat #2 is the button

robbie redbi Button - t33569
Aces-o-8s - t84430
beaverskins1 - t31486
AASteveAA - t86490
mwfeldman - t34025

PREFLOP LEVEL XII (800/1600)
mwfeldman is UTG+1 with A A
1 fold, mwfeldman raises t3200 to t4800, 2 folds, beaverskins1 raises t8000 to t12800, mwfeldman raises t21150 to t33950, beaverskins1 calls t18611.

FLOP t66536 (2 players)
4 Q K

TURN t66536 (2 players)
4 Q K 7

RIVER t66536 (2 players)
4 Q K 7 3

SHOW DOWN
beaverskins1 shows 5 5
mwfeldman shows A A
mwfeldman collected t63997 from pot

Final Pot: t63997

[shanghai_sparky]

I thought "The Hammer" was your favorite hand?

Where is the thread with your stats on 7-2 os?

[jdunford]

Originally Posted by jojobinks

i've had enough of the talking smack about AA thread. it just so happens that AA is my favorite hand.

in the interest of protecting its good name, from here on out i vow to put all AA hands of note that i play up in this thread. stay tuned and feel free to add your own.

contrary to what some say...AA can win online. help to prove it by posting here.

LOL. Well, if I had time to play online again this week, I'd make a wager that I can lose before you can win at showdown with AA... But alas... I have a live game Thursday night, and I doubt I'll have a chance to get sucked out on again before then.

Actually, last summer I won a memorable hand on P*. Unfortunately P* doesn't automatically save my HH's like Party does, but I remember it vividly (ignoring the suits).

$25NLHE, 9-handed (before I started playing the donktastic 6-max tables):
UTG had about $50.
UTG+1 had about $70.
jdunford had about $45.
Rest of the table was shorter stacked and doesn't matter.

jdunford dealt .
UTG min-raises to 50¢.
UTG+1 re-raises to $1.50.
jdunford re-raises to $5.
folded around...
UTG calls $4.50.
UTG+1 calls $3.50.

$15 in the pot (plus blinds, less rake) pre-flop.

Flop is --.

UTG bets $2.
UTG+1 raises to $10.
jdunford raises to $40 and is all-in.
UTG raises and is all-in.
UTG+1 calls.

Turn is a brick (?)

River is .

jdunford shows for Aces-full-of-Tens.
UTG shows for Straight, A-high.
UTG+1 shows for Kings-full-of-Tens.

jdunford triples up to $135 (minus rake).
UTG+1 takes the side pot.
UTG is busted, but sits for another 30 minutes with $0 to rant about how much of a "bad beat" it was... how few outs we had (since we had each other's outs), etc.

My thoughts: What the &*%$ was UTG thinking calling a $4.50 raise pre-flop with a player (re-raiser, no less) to act behind him? I'm not sure why the guy with KK didn't push preflop (well, I'd been very tight, so he probably suspected I might have AA)... but if I'm UTG, I know I'm sandwiched between raisers and the squeeze play totally applies... not to mention I've got junk against two players who obviously mean business. And then he has the nerve to complain about the "bad beat". 'Cause you know, we're going to fold our AAA and KKK to a $2 bet into a $15 pot. Sure.

So yes, once upon a time, I won a showdown with AA. But it hasn't happened yet this year. "Year of the Rat" indeed!!

[jojobinks]

Originally Posted by shanghai_sparky

I thought "The Hammer" was your favorite hand?

Where is the thread with your stats on 7-2 os?

well...i'll put it to you this way.

in the nineties, i was a big horace grant fan. but it'd be silly to say he was my favorite player. after all...MJ was on the team at the same time, and he was about 50x better in every way.

[whataboutj]

Originally Posted by jojobinks

well...i'll put it to you this way.

in the nineties, i was a big horace grant fan. but it'd be silly to say he was my favorite player. after all...MJ was on the team at the same time, and he was about 50x better in every way.

analogy of the year IMO (as an avid 90's bulls fan)

[ontheuptick]

jojo -

It looks like you're playing the Miller 20bb shortstack ultra-tight strategy (since all those cash game hands you had about 20bb's, and I refuse to believe that you bought in at 100bbs and lost 80% of your stack in all those cases). I've been playing that way recently, and have found some success, albeit at microstakes levels. I didn't expect this would ever work at higher levels. Has it worked for you?

[ontheuptick]

Originally Posted by jdunford

before I started playing the donktastic 6-max tables

Question for anyone who wants to respond, is this generally true? I've always played 9-max tables, and have wondered if there was a skill difference between the two types of tables.

[littlebu]

I'm sure there's more but I don't feel like going through them all. I'll just say that I agree with Matt and leave it at that.

FullTiltPoker Game #2349383007: Table Carter - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 10:06:00 ET - 2007/05/04
Seat 1: winerunner ($39.20)
Seat 2: littlebu ($41.05)
Seat 3: geirgr ($41.15)
Seat 4: Brandin X ($13.35)
Seat 5: Belgianjook ($36.75)
Seat 6: djjeffypoo ($16.50)
Seat 7: Brew U ($22.40)
Seat 8: BlackHat504 ($26.60)
Seat 9: JohnL17111 ($38.50)
Brandin X posts the small blind of $0.25
Belgianjook posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to littlebu [As Ad]
djjeffypoo folds
Brew U folds
BlackHat504 calls $0.50
JohnL17111 folds
winerunner folds
littlebu raises to $2.50
JohnL17111: bully someone else
geirgr calls $2.50
Brandin X folds
Belgianjook folds
BlackHat504 calls $2
Brandin X: ok
*** FLOP *** [Kd Ac Qs]
BlackHat504 checks
littlebu checks
geirgr bets $5
BlackHat504 calls $5
littlebu raises to $15
geirgr has 15 seconds left to act
geirgr raises to $38.65, and is all in
BlackHat504 folds
littlebu calls $23.55, and is all in
geirgr shows [Ks Ah]
littlebu shows [As Ad]
Uncalled bet of $0.10 returned to geirgr
*** TURN *** [Kd Ac Qs] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [Kd Ac Qs 4s] [3h]
geirgr: vn
geirgr shows two pair, Aces and Kings
littlebu shows three of a kind, Aces
littlebu wins the pot ($87.35) with three of a kind, Aces
JohnL17111: ouch
geirgr is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $90.35 | Rake $3
Board: [Kd Ac Qs 4s 3h]
Seat 1: winerunner didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: littlebu showed [As Ad] and won ($87.35) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 3: geirgr (button) showed [Ks Ah] and lost with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 4: Brandin X (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Belgianjook (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: djjeffypoo didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: Brew U didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: BlackHat504 folded on the Flop
Seat 9: JohnL17111 didn't bet (folded)

FullTiltPoker Game #1133359330: Table Kishner (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 10:54:00 ET - 2006/10/22
Seat 1: artnyc ($42.50)
Seat 2: littlebu ($62.60)
Seat 3: WhiteColRedNeck ($53.50)
Seat 4: ingeta ($49.50)
Seat 5: haugsrud ($47.35)
Seat 6: OzOrpheus ($31.75)
artnyc posts the small blind of $0.25
littlebu posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to littlebu [As Ac]
WhiteColRedNeck calls $0.50
ingeta folds
haugsrud folds
OzOrpheus calls $0.50
artnyc calls $0.25
littlebu raises to $2.50
WhiteColRedNeck calls $2
OzOrpheus calls $2
artnyc calls $2
*** FLOP *** [6h 8s 6d]
artnyc checks
littlebu bets $10
WhiteColRedNeck folds
OzOrpheus raises to $29.25, and is all in
artnyc folds
littlebu calls $19.25
OzOrpheus shows [4c 8c]
littlebu shows [As Ac]
*** TURN *** [6h 8s 6d] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [6h 8s 6d 3h] [5s]
OzOrpheus shows two pair, Eights and Sixes
littlebu shows two pair, Aces and Sixes
littlebu wins the pot ($65.50) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
OzOrpheus is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $68.50 | Rake $3
Board: [6h 8s 6d 3h 5s]
Seat 1: artnyc (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: littlebu (big blind) showed [As Ac] and won ($65.50) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 3: WhiteColRedNeck folded on the Flop
Seat 4: ingeta didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: haugsrud didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: OzOrpheus (button) showed [4c 8c] and lost with two pair, Eights and Sixes