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8000 players tourney 6k prize pool ----- 900 players left , i am 36th
& i f**n wake up with AA in the Big blind,,,,, Some idiot raise 4500 & other calls 4800 , I raise it to 24000 so that there is no funny buisness ,both called ,, flop comes 8, 2, 3 ( 2& 3 are clubs) I fkn go allin for 70000 incredebly both go allin aswell
F***n Id**t has A5 of clubs ( calling a raise of 24000 with A5) r u kiddinn & the other with KK , Turn f**kn drops a sh***ity 4 of clubs for the str8 flush & river drops a K , for the other to take some remaining chips ... & am out
Disgusted , absolutely gutted
my beloved pokerstars what r u doin to me, this keeps happening to me
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That is amazingly bad luck. I can understand the guy with KK staying in it and hitting a set - happens to me in cash games a lot, but A5 suited? You got unlucky on that hand, but when you play large fields like that you have to be good AND lucky on a given day to take down the whole thing. Better luck next time.
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lets hope so pal i need all the luck out there , cause this just keeps happenin whereever i sit this day & my AA get cracked not by slow playing but Id**ts calling my raise with sh**tty cards
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Ya AA beaten by 25 hearts not too long ago what a joke pokerstars. It has just gone from one joke too another the players if you can call them that go of the Poker Strategy websites they say raise suited cards to maximise value if you hit 2 running suited cards on flop and so every single time you see Q7 clubs hit 7J spades hit its one GIANT donk fest....
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Ugh, bad beat for sure. Losing with pocket Aces is certainly unmatched annoyance, especially so far along the tourney. You definitely did the right thing though. Had you have won that hand you would've definitely had an impressive stack. Good luck on the next one.
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Sorry to hear such crap, but on the other hand I know it's not only me getting pooped on by some joker who hits runner, runner and there Q,5 squishes my AA after they have nothing on the flop, but call me Allin. I guess I don't have that kind of luck, if that's what you call it, but then again, I don't call on crap like that. Hopefully things are better next couple of games.
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Posted by Arithmajik: Ugh, bad beat for sure. Losing with pocket Aces is certainly unmatched annoyance, especially so far along the tourney. You definitely did the right thing though. Had you have won that hand you would've definitely had an impressive stack. Good luck on the next one.
yeah pal , would have been close to 1st place almost ,but tanx am gonna need the luck ---OMGGG unbelievable as i am writing this i went allin with QQ & got called by JJ , guess what came to grace us a f***kn ''J'' dear me , should stop 4 today atleast , - if it continues like i might break my Laptop
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Play a smaller field size IMO - surviving 8000 players requires a lot of luck - the chances of your 80% favourite hands holding enough time to see you through to the end of the tournament are slim - and that's not even counting the times you get it in behind.
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easier said than done jess..all pokerstars games are big fields.ive actually stopped playin on it.found a better site that im doing quite well at.
but due to that i keep missin the BRM freeroll game at stars truely a bad beat nd it does happen quite a lot and i for 1 take those beats pretty bad but recently im finding im starting to take them on the chin. part of poker i guess
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I don't agree your all in after flop, cos : 1. you had 2 caller and had flush possibility. 2. Your chips/ position good enough, no need take gambling action yet. 3. no guarantee AA always win
My option is bet half pot or check ( check raise if someone bet not bigger than pot and fold if someone go all in, try to play save - still have enough chips to wait another good chance- except I have strong feeling I call all in move )
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Posted by grahamy27: easier said than done jess..all pokerstars games are big fields.ive actually stopped playin on it.found a better site that im doing quite well at.
They definitely have plenty of games with less than 8,000 !!!
Just play the 90man or 180 man SNGs - they're basically the same thing as a small-field MTT.
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Posted by Serpang: I don't agree your all in after flop, cos : 1. you had 2 caller and had flush possibility. 2. Your chips/ position good enough, no need take gambling action yet. 3. no guarantee AA always win
My option is bet half pot or check ( check raise if someone bet not bigger than pot and fold if someone go all in, try to play save - still have enough chips to wait another good chance- except I have strong feeling I call all in move )
How is your opinion all ? please share
It was only a pot-size bet. Anything other than ALLIN on the flop would be incorrect. I think you've miscalculated the size of the pot if you're recommending a half-pot bet. He raised to 24k pre and had two callers, that is 72kpot + antes/blinds. So his allin is already smaller than the pot. If he bet half the pot he would be 100% committed any how.
I think perhaps you've misread the pot/stack sizes based on what you're saying. He really had no option other than to go allin on the flop.
Edited by jessthehuman (18 January 2012 @ 06:35 GMT)
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Posted by Serpang: You right Jess, thanks for sharing. Sorry all for my bad comment
no worries we r here to discuss our gaming strategies , what we did right & wrong - But jess is right , after the pot have the only option to go Allin which i did
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Posted by jessthehuman: Play a smaller field size IMO - surviving 8000 players requires a lot of luck - the chances of your 80% favourite hands holding enough time to see you through to the end of the tournament are slim - and that's not even counting the times you get it in behind.
you know the human feeling , when you see those Guaranteed signs in Green & u just wanna win it all lol, i just wanna win once & then move to the 180 ppl SNG , I just like the challenge of winning 8k ppl to take down a tourney .But ur right in the long run its better to play the 180peeps SNG
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Posted by samitheman99: you know the human feeling , when you see those Guaranteed signs in Green & u just wanna win it all lol,
LOL yeah, I do know what you mean. There is certainly a much larger sense of 'excitement' when entering a large GTD $ game. Some little part of you that dares to believe today is the day.
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unlucky m8 all i can say is keep grinding away but thereare other smaller sites out there with smaller fields which i find easier to play....but also 180 man sng,s on stars ..... i quit stars for same reason to many jokers....
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Posted by samitheman99: 8000 players tourney 6k prize pool ----- 900 players left , i am 36th
& i f**n wake up with AA in the Big blind,,,,, Some idiot raise 4500 & other calls 4800 , I raise it to 24000 so that there is no funny buisness ,both called ,, flop comes 8, 2, 3 ( 2& 3 are clubs) I fkn go allin for 70000 incredebly both go allin aswell
F***n Id**t has A5 of clubs ( calling a raise of 24000 with A5) r u kiddinn & the other with KK , Turn f**kn drops a sh***ity 4 of clubs for the str8 flush & river drops a K , for the other to take some remaining chips ... & am out
Disgusted , absolutely gutted
my beloved pokerstars what r u doin to me, this keeps happening to me
Ouch, that sucks, the quality of some players on PS and every other site for that matter, amazes me. Ive had people push a medium stack on a 2 outer and hit when i am 70% favourite... Absolutely gobsmacked.
