Making progress - but

[WWSituation]

I almost smelled success at the $5 multi on Stars last night. About 900 people entered and I finished 145 - my highest multi finish yet. I was about 24th in chips when.....

PokerStars Game #411758028: Tournament #1478426, Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2004/04/29 - 22:01:29 (ET)
Table '1478426 70' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: iash (10240 in chips)
Seat 2: Irdaguy7 (2340 in chips)
Seat 4: sm3nyk (8625 in chips)
Seat 5: Purr Of Aces (2657 in chips)
Seat 6: FFBBDD (853 in chips)
Seat 7: CUTTINGEDGEN (5425 in chips)
Seat 8: Ward1973 (4485 in chips)
Seat 9: SmellCat (12847 in chips)
iash: posts the ante 25
Irdaguy7: posts the ante 25
sm3nyk: posts the ante 25
Purr Of Aces: posts the ante 25
FFBBDD: posts the ante 25
CUTTINGEDGEN: posts the ante 25
Ward1973: posts the ante 25
SmellCat: posts the ante 25
Purr Of Aces: posts small blind 100
FFBBDD: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to sm3nyk [Ah Kh]
Buddy48783 is connected
CUTTINGEDGEN: raises 200 to 400
Ward1973: folds
SmellCat: folds
iash: folds
Irdaguy7: folds
sm3nyk: raises 1100 to 1500
Purr Of Aces: folds
FFBBDD: folds
CUTTINGEDGEN: raises 3900 to 5400 and is all-in
sm3nyk: calls 3900
*** FLOP *** [3h 7h Qc]
*** TURN *** [3h 7h Qc] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [3h 7h Qc 9c] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
CUTTINGEDGEN: shows [Ad Ac] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
sm3nyk: shows [Ah Kh] (a pair of Nines)
CUTTINGEDGEN said, "whew"
CUTTINGEDGEN collected 11300 from pot
sm3nyk said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11300 | Rake 0
Board [3h 7h Qc 9c 9s]
Seat 1: iash folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Irdaguy7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: sm3nyk (button) showed [Ah Kh] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 5: Purr Of Aces (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: FFBBDD (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: CUTTINGEDGEN showed [Ad Ac] and won (11300) with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 8: Ward1973 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: SmellCat folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Now I guess I could have folded when I was raised all-in, but that CUTTINGEDGEN was catching all kinds of cards and I really thought I had her.

The hand that probably killed me was this one - I probably shouldnt have played it or just went all-in from the get-go - this also has the funniest chat going on.

PokerStars Game #411763638: Tournament #1478426, Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2004/04/29 - 22:04:27 (ET)
Table '1478426 70' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: iash (9765 in chips)
Seat 2: Irdaguy7 (2265 in chips)
Seat 4: sm3nyk (3150 in chips)
Seat 5: Purr Of Aces (1879 in chips)
Seat 6: FFBBDD (1806 in chips)
Seat 7: CUTTINGEDGEN (17192 in chips)
Seat 8: Ward1973 (4010 in chips)
Seat 9: SmellCat (12772 in chips)
iash: posts the ante 25
Irdaguy7: posts the ante 25
sm3nyk: posts the ante 25
Purr Of Aces: posts the ante 25
FFBBDD: posts the ante 25
CUTTINGEDGEN: posts the ante 25
Ward1973: posts the ante 25
SmellCat: posts the ante 25
Ward1973: posts small blind 200
SmellCat: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to sm3nyk [4s As]
iash: folds
Irdaguy7: folds
SmellCat said, "edge, what was all that jibberish when i first arrived on this table?"
sm3nyk: raises 400 to 800
Purr Of Aces: calls 800
SmellCat said, "some guy wanted to report you?"
FFBBDD: folds
CUTTINGEDGEN said, "he said he wanted to stick his d ick between my t its"
CUTTINGEDGEN: folds
Ward1973: folds
SmellCat: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [Qh 9c 8d]
CUTTINGEDGEN said, "report bhim"
SmellCat: checks
sm3nyk: bets 400
CUTTINGEDGEN said, "didnt bother me"
Purr Of Aces: folds
CUTTINGEDGEN said, "used to it"
SmellCat: raises 2400 to 2800
sm3nyk: folds
SmellCat collected 3600 from pot
SmellCat said, "that wasn't nice"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3600 | Rake 0
Board [Qh 9c 8d]
Seat 1: iash folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Irdaguy7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: sm3nyk folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Purr Of Aces folded on the Flop
Seat 6: FFBBDD folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: CUTTINGEDGEN (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Ward1973 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: SmellCat (big blind) collected (3600)

[vegas]

Its hard to lay down AKs pre-flop.

I think if he had a pair like 88-JJ, he would have called you and waited for the flop. His re-raise speaks to a large pair. Still, hard to lay down.

Bama, Expunge, Freeman, etc, what would you do?

[FSAme]

I think this has been said on here before, not sure though: AK is a good hand to go all in with preflop because you have 2 ways to win the pot (immediately or a good chance to outdraw the caller), but it's not a good hand to call a strong all in with, only one way to win (and as good as this hand is, it still needs some help against a strong all in bet, which usually means high PP.

[FSAme]

Also, you have to ask yourself the question: Is it time in the tourney for me to flip that coin?

If so, you better call it right, heads or tails :D

[vegas]

Makes sense FSAme

[Bama Gambler]

Depends on the opponent, but for a player to raise and then re-raise, that's a strong signal. Most likely you are up against a pocket pair. But given that you will still have over 3000 if you lose I think I have to take that coin flip.

[Hummer]

:smoke:

Just a friendly reminder: Put Poker in the title.

[minus790]

Call me a wimp, but I'm laying that hand down without too much thought. You're certainly on a coin flip, and you've lost one of the big reasons to raise. Not enough going for it to compromise the stack further.

On the 2nd hand, what's up with raising UTG+2 on Axs? I guess it was getting late, but not that late.

[Expunge]

Nit pick. On the first hand i think you overraised, I would raise 800 to 1200. , this would save you 300 extra chips, If he comes back over the top of you for all i think you need to lay it down. For someone to raise and reraise they have a strong hand. At best you're going to chop the pot if he;s agrressive and betting with AK. Otherwise i think you're a dog, in a good case scenario he's got TT - QQ in which case some of your straight possiblities are gone. But there is a substantial chance he has AA or KK.

I think my rule here would be that after i raise to 1200, if he can and does come over the top for 2400 more i think the best play is to lay the hand down. (Actually laying it down is another story)

Second hand your less than 6x the BB. This is without a question all-in or nothing territory if you're not in a blind.

[Hummer]

Anyone enjoy the comments on the second hand?

[WWSituation]

I was getting ante'd to death with what seemed like 20 hands before I got one to play.

I usually view myself as in danger when I have less than 10 Big Blind bets - so I figured if I am going to have any shot, I need to gamble - tilted.

[Expunge]

I was getting ante'd to death with what seemed like 20 hands before I got one to play.

I usually view myself as in danger when I have less than 10 Big Blind bets - so I figured if I am going to have any shot, I need to gamble - tilted.

If you're talking about the final hand all the more reason to push all-in if you're going to play the hand. If players can't remember when the last time you played a hand was, they are much more likely to fold and let you pick up the blinds right there.

[abacustwo]

This situation happened to me last night:

Down to 3 players. BB: $200
Player A: 7k
Me: 7.5k [Qh, Qc]
Player B: .5k

Player A raises 200 to 600. I re-raise him all-in. Player B folds. Player A thinks for a while and then calls with AK. He hits an A on the river and easily goes on to win.

Is my all-in re-raise correct? Is his call correct? I had not let him make very many moves when it got down to four players.

[Expunge]

Your play isn't the best you could raise up to 1800 and you'll get a call and be able to get away from the hand. His call is absolutely horrible. IMO but lots of people will make the call so you need to protect yourself and make the raise to 1800. If he comes over the top you can fold, if some scare cards come or A or K you can fold. I also like 1800 cause you can survive an AA or KK