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Should I have seen this coming ?

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TheAngryGambler:
i agree with every1 else, after the guy calls 10% of his stack it would send some chills down my spine but like the fellow said before if u put him on a pair there he needs to either have a set of the bullets... he was on bb maybe he would invest 10% to try trip up and double through?? hmmm ... i dont like to see aces played this way as i would of re-popped you pre flop for sure after your chunky raise thats prob why i wouldnt put him on aces and prob why i would have lost the hand aswell because i would of looked at his chips looked at mine and just thought i hope you dont have a set and called....

i cant lay KK down there with the guy out chipped and the hand played out like it did.

like you say top 3 get the prize.

noble1:
to be honest,the way you have played it and with his check raise all in on such a strange flop together with having 60bb ish left behind , i"d fold...
This is not hindsight,i just approach playing the big stack at a table like this a little differently.
You have obviously done well to accumulate your chips,did you have any prior hands that villian had played and showndown to get a read on his range??

The 5x raise is [not being nasty] is a sign of a weak player,the size of the bet gives away your hand strength [to me i see a lot of weak tight players do this from your position TT+ AK AQs maybe AJs so i find it easy to adjust my call range and tend to trap just like villian has done here.Smooth calling AA here is a good move by villian,i dont like his check raise but would prefer to lead out 1/3 to 1/2 pot on this texture of flop expecting you to re-raise if you have an over pair and if you did i"d then re-raise and ship in the rest of my stack.

If i had your stack at this table i [only 1 shortie] without making it to obvious i try to play 2 hands per orbit [best with high suited connectors , low connectors any pair and 1 gappers] i avoid Ace ten King ten type hands as if a ace or king come on the flop it is difficult to know where you are at if there is aggressive betting [kicker trouble] when you play hands like i mentioned previously they are a lot easier to get away from if they dont connect with the flop.
Also i raise 2.2 to 2.6bb and i"m risking far less to steal the blinds and antes,if i get re-raised it is an easy fold and i try to steal next time :) and so on,until the table get sick of it,i will continue my thieving ways,if they play back,i sit tight for a couple of orbits and then i will resume my stealing strategy [always 1st to act no limpers or raisers , if there are i tend to fold]
It is a strategy dependent on the dynamics of the table you are at but generally it works well and because of image you will find that your big hands will be getting paid off.
I"d definitely recommend any big stack to play this way,your hands get paid off and your learning curve for hand reading will improve.


BTW AJ calling a short stack is ok as the ShSt has usually quite a wide range [any pair any broadway] and AJ has 51% equity against this range so is pretty much a std call nowadays.

hope this helps as i think i could put my thoughts on this a bit clearer but its time to give the dogs a walk  ;D and it has been hurried.

regards
noble

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