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hand from last nights divi 2 game

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PantsMan:
Regarding the hand i"m with others. Definitely shoving once he re-raises the flop. Plenty in the pot and no need to get fancy here. If he has you beat so be it but i"m not letting him hit his draw without paying if he hasn"t already got me beat.


--- Quote from: WarBwastardo on December 08, 2010, 01:39:55 AM ---
Just as an aside from this..can I just ask why t"internet players raise such obscure amounts?  1465 for example..is there a purpose to this?  Why not just make it 1400 or 1500 or if you"re feeling crazy 1450.  I"ve never understood the reasoning behind these kind of bets.  

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According to Jennifear, top online player (and poker coach) .....

"Your opponent is trying to make his bet "look" big, because the stack will look large. Don't be fooled. He doesn't have much. Someone with AA preflop, or the nuts, will try to not look deceptive in any way."

shozboy1:
Dont know why the obscure amounts. It probably is to do with the "stack size" looking bigger then  it actually is on the felt. But then again, it defeats the object because I do it with all hands out of habit now - including the AA above. You"ll be pleased to know I rarely pick obscure amounts in live play for fear of being whacked!

It was originally picked up from watching Jason Somerville play online. Thought it might make my results close to his! (not worked yet)

Tiger-flash:

--- Quote from: shozboy1 on December 06, 2010, 12:05:06 PM ---
Hi, just want some views on this hand. Its not a badbeat story...

final table of divi 2 league game last night. blinds 300/600 (60). I"m around 3rd in chips with 21000.
Hand 1 - for info only. I pick up KK UTG+1. Raise to 1465. called by the BB. Checked to me on flop, cbet 1/2 pot on a J high dry board - take it down.

Next hand straight after. Pick up AA UTG. Raise to 1465. Called on the button by big stack with around 36000. (who obv isnt the player in the above hand)

Pot is around 5200 ca. Flop comes Q-9-2 rainbow. Cbet 1/2 pot again around 2500 leaving ca 16000 behind. Button is only player in hand - raises me to 5900 ca. I tank for 5 secs or so and call. Turn comes a King. I half pot bet again  - roughly 7-8000, leaving the same amount behind. Button raises all in and I call off the last 7-8000.

This isn"t a post about reads. Btn showed J10 for turned straight. I guess my question is what people think about the flop play. I"m inclined to think that if I"d shoved the flop over his reraise (4bet or whatever you call it) he may have just folded. A quick calculation indicates to me he would have had pot odds of about 2-1 to call which are compelling from his point of view. However, pot odds aren"t everything - he may have folded given his commanding chip lead.
What do peole think?

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Sorry its late about the post but i had to say something as its about my team mate and i actually watched the hand. Imho as the guy called the raise (and had the chip lead) i would of been wary of the call. I would of checked or continued betted (which is ok) but as he re raised i would of definitely thinked of either flat calling or even folding. You all might be very surprised at this but remember you were third in chips and still in the points AND the money. A lot of people would think that this is weak play but to me i think that too many people get married to big pocket pairs. REMEMBER, its only a pair. If you get married to queens it usually ends in divorce lol, kings, an ace pops up and aces, you lose to trips or in your case a str8. If chip leader called your raise of 1465 then he/she must of had a biggish starting hand, so when two connecting cards like a q and 9 show, you have to fear the worst, so in hindsight i would err to checking the flop as i knew i would still be ahead (hopefully) and because i was out of position, i could get off the hand as cheaply as possible if the big bet happens which it did. AA is a bad hand for the devilfish too so dont think its invincible and hope this helps  :) oh yes, ........ merry xmas c",)

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