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I was playing 1.5$ SNG's at PS having few consecutive wins,trying to get at SNG leaderboard,doing well also in this tournament and then this hand happened:
PokerStars Hand #89259949525: Tournament #643884065, $1.32+$0.18 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2012/11/15 4:13:53 CET [2012/11/14 22:13:53 ET] Table '643884065 1' 6-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: siitse (1915 in chips) Seat 2: PajaCutura (2215 in chips) Seat 3: dekfish (1305 in chips) Seat 4: wmillion (1460 in chips) Seat 5: ZimCard# (980 in chips) Seat 6: mrciinhoo (1125 in chips) wmillion: posts small blind 15 ZimCard#: posts big blind 30 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to PajaCutura [Ad Ac] mrciinhoo: raises 30 to 60 siitse: folds PajaCutura: raises 120 to 180 dekfish: folds wmillion: calls 165 ZimCard#: folds mrciinhoo: calls 120 *** FLOP *** [5h Qs 7d] wmillion: bets 1280 and is all-in mrciinhoo: folds PajaCutura: calls 1280 *** TURN *** [5h Qs 7d] *** RIVER *** [5h Qs 7d 6d] *** SHOW DOWN *** wmillion: shows [4d 3d] (a straight, Three to Seven) PajaCutura: shows [Ad Ac] (a pair of Aces) wmillion collected 3130 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 3130 | Rake 0 Board [5h Qs 7d 6d 3h] Seat 1: siitse folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 2: PajaCutura showed [Ad Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces Seat 3: dekfish (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: wmillion (small blind) showed [4d 3d] and won (3130) with a straight, Three to Seven Seat 5: ZimCard# (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 6: mrciinhoo folded on the Flop
What a fu*k this guy was trying and why this kind of donk gets lucky?I really don't understand what is going on in his mind and he goes all in with 4 3.If this was live play and he was sitting near to me I would stand up and punch him so hard that he remember this straight for whole life. I usually don't comment bad beats but i have to post this one.
What are your thoughts about this?Did I do anything wrong?
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If you are, i am too... but this is variation... what can you do when pokerstars give then pokerstars take? i really think to participate at the micro millions but no money, think is better for me because i can get a lot of bad beats ... wish you luck on the future
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I think, that with that hand you should raise more than 180... You may bet 300 minimum I think... But yeah - he was so dumb and so lucky... S**t happens
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Posted by Mysik86: I think, that with that hand you should raise more than 180... You may bet 300 minimum I think...
He raised 3-time original raise: it's standard play if you are in position; I raise more when I've to 3bet (and eventually play postflop) out of position.
Don't think Starina's betsize is a mistake: sometimes, when facing oppos who use to 4bet a lot, I reraise their raises also less than 3x (my stantard is 2.5x in these cases) with premium hands hoping in a 4bet.
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Posted by magatt966:
Posted by Mysik86: I think, that with that hand you should raise more than 180... You may bet 300 minimum I think...
He raised 3-time original raise: it's standard play if you are in position; I raise more when I've to 3bet (and eventually play postflop) out of position.
Don't think Starina's betsize is a mistake: sometimes, when facing oppos who use to 4bet a lot, I reraise their raises also less than 3x (my stantard is 2.5x in these cases) with premium hands hoping in a 4bet.
2.5x is pretty much my standard 3bet size too, unless I'm in an awkward spot where I'm between a limper and the initial raiser, in which case I tend to go with 3 - 3.5x to discourage the limper/isolate.
As for OP's question, I don't think there was anything terribly bad about the hand pre-flop. Perhaps I WOULD 3-bet a bit more, to say 220 or so, but otherwise I think it's totally fine.
I'd really like to know WTF villian is doing jamming for like 4x the pot on the flop with nothing but a gutshot. It's the micros, so really you see this kind of retarded s**t all the time, and it's supremely aggravating when they suckout. I mean of course they typically don't think beyond their cards, but the message a move like that conveys isn't good. Either they've got a total monster (Trips), or absolute air. They give everyone else involved in the hand the total power to decide whether they think they should carry on or not, and kill absolutely ALL value of their hand if they DO have a monster. Not to mention the sick odds it gives to anyone that has them crushed. Just plain stupid on so many levels.
Personally, I don't like calling a huge overbet like that with nothing but top pair. Sure he could be on total air, but even then he could be live, and it sucks when you make the call and run into a monster. And at that level, more often than not it IS a monster imho.
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[/QUOTE] Personally, I don't like calling a huge overbet like that with nothing but top pair. Sure he could be on total air, but even then he could be live, and it sucks when you make the call and run into a monster. And at that level, more often than not it IS a monster imho. [/QUOTE]
I agree with this.I also usually don't call with top pair all in,but i already played with this guy,and now how he plays.He goes all in to often with all kind of hands,with middle and sometimes with low pair and he calls others all in with this kind of hands.So I was pretty sure he had nothing and in this case i had stronger hand then top pair which i assumed he had. But as someone already said sh*t happens,and i play poker for enough time to understand that and I know that in next 5 meeting with this guy he will be mine in 4 maybe all 5 meetings.
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Posted by Doarulle: If you are, i am too... but this is variation... what can you do when pokerstars give then pokerstars take? i really think to participate at the micro millions but no money, think is better for me because i can get a lot of bad beats ... wish you luck on the future
I got it a lot, too always there are donk out there what can we do ? i also always ask why donk get lucky ? that's really unfair. Donk play like s hit but SOMETIMES they win. Are they winning player. Someone told to me : just keep play solid poker, one day you will find your way ( until now I didn't meet my way , lol )
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Congratsulations mate. you have just be the victom of what I call television poker. These idiots watch poker on tv and see somebody play this kind of crap and win. so they think oh I seen whomever play these exact two cards on tv saturday and he won with them. I guess I should try them too I will win big. BAM they suck out and think they are genius players. This type of garbage play has been happoning more and more in live play too. The skill level of alot of poker players has actually decreased since it became popular on tv. This can be both good and bad when you are playing these donks. you never know when your gonna completely bust them out and get paid well from their stupidity of you are gonna get a bad beat reaming. I lost $500 when my pocket ace lost to a guy playing "Queen 7" off suit last weekend. I flopped a boat aces over sevens and shoved all in, he called and hit a 3rd 7 on the river to win with quads.
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Well he was a bit lucky but by far dumb.When you play with real money you should think before calling all in etc..or he just didn't mind about his money..but in anyways you are not idiot.
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It s always risky to call huge overbets.
I sometimes dare to use this strategy at micros, when I hit a set on the flop, check it and call a raise, after the turn I just go allin and most of them call the allin with just highet pair or overpair.
But with AA better put a higher reraise preflop, and I would problably have folded the allin postflop. He could have hit 2 pair or a set.
what can we do ? i also always ask why donk get lucky ? that's really unfair. Donk play like s hit but SOMETIMES they win. Are they winning player. Someone told to me : just keep play solid 
