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Don't u hate it when that happens ? holding an A K in hand , and the oppononet shows u an AA , .. just got kicked out from the 100k depositors freeroll on stars , it was the early stages , about 20-30 minutes into the game , i was in the SB position , had I limper , I make a 3X raise , then I get raised an all in by the limper , smashed my brain for about 30 sec to figure out his range , best I thought , an A 8 , A 9 ... until that point he played in a very donkey like fashion , limping on every hand , your tipical calling station strategy, anyway I call , I see mighty A A , and I get kicked out , just hate it when that happens
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Overplaying AK IMO, but best to bust out early like this than late if you are going to do it. Think about it, he is a calling station, why call his AI, would ring alarm bells to me. Assuming its OS, its only around +.60Ev
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Posted by B1gfoot: Overplaying AK IMO, but best to bust out early like this than late if you are going to do it. Think about it, he is a calling station, why call his AI, would ring alarm bells to me. Assuming its OS, its only around +.60Ev
Yeah I know , but I mean , u probably would've done the same thing , you're playing tight , you get 1 donkey at the table , he just limps , u make a raise , and he goes all-in , it's a fast tournament , you'd want to build a chip stack , you're in a 2-way showdown , who would've thought he was just limping with pocket A , if the tournament was in a later stage , I would've folded it , but in early stage , I think 95 % of the people here would've called him in this situation , and the rest 5 % would've had internet connection problems ). Peace!
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I definitely hate it when this happens. but there has been a few occassion when you get to beat that AA down and I had mine yesterday. It was only a $2.20 SnG, but my AK hit the straight with a Q,J,10 not on the flop but the river was the Q that saved my A or should say AK.
I must say though I've lost some good games due to not reading my opponent properly or just being to ignorant to fold. Good Luck to All!
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Yesterday lost with KK vs AA deep on a mtt .. i don't even rage i just get "meh..." it's like anti climax situation.. i see people going all in all the time with almost any pocket pair or AK-AJ and in that tournament i really wanted to do well and i get the AA :|
Anyways sometimes it just happens .. won't happen forever.
Worst hand i've had lately tho was .. i had KK raise dude calls flop 222 i bet he raises i go all in he calls .. when he calls i know im in trouble .. he has K2. was really disgusted :<
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Posted by AlexSimion:
Posted by B1gfoot: Overplaying AK IMO, but best to bust out early like this than late if you are going to do it. Think about it, he is a calling station, why call his AI, would ring alarm bells to me. Assuming its OS, its only around +.60Ev
Yeah I know , but I mean , u probably would've done the same thing , you're playing tight , you get 1 donkey at the table , he just limps , u make a raise , and he goes all-in , it's a fast tournament , you'd want to build a chip stack , you're in a 2-way showdown , who would've thought he was just limping with pocket A , if the tournament was in a later stage , I would've folded it , but in early stage , I think 95 % of the people here would've called him in this situation , and the rest 5 % would've had internet connection problems ). Peace!
right !!! Freeroll. Donk . At same time, his all in maybe 22 until AA, KJ, KQ, AJ. A lot possibility never mind, that's risk play freeroll specially too many player in. the important thing play MTT is ITM, since your ITM 10 - 15 % is ok, depend on strategy to play level of buy in.
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yes i hate when this happens, but i hate a lot thing that happen to me at poker: i hate when i lose my bankroll, i hate when i go all in bluffing and someone calls and of course wins, i hate when full tilt goes bust and freezes my 0.36 cents, i hate that no poker site offers 1000 no deposit bonuses
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Posted by mascona: I think you forgot to say that this is rebuy tourney and you could stay in it if you got 30 c.
Yup , that also , and I might add that the 100k freerolls are the biggest donk fests you'll ever find on stars ) , and bullettooth1 , it was about 25-30 min into the game , considering it is a ante-up tournament , it's not "early" , u start with a 1200 chip stack ... having about 1100 , I still consider it a situation to play your Ak.
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You have many pros who prefer to play with AK instead of AA. Even if he was making donkey play, I noticed there are many good players who like to abuse of that, and then they call it loose aggressive strategy. Even though, I consider better to come out early of a tourney like that, with big prizes, than to go over for two or three hours and get kicked of just a couple of sits away from the prizes. That would take weeks to let your mind free. “If I only could take just a little bit longer to pass the bubble” it’s a terrible state of mind. GL next time!
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AK is massively overplayed - and in that spot when you hadn't committed too many chips into the pot, the blinds were low, why shove with a coin flip at best?
, just hate it when that happens 
