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a lot of people will play top pair no diamond that way figuring they protect their hand.
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Later, I got a do-over. Different game, different villain.
Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t120 (4 handed)
Hand History converter Courtesy of
PokerZion.com
UTG (t925)
Hero (t1935)
SB (t5340)
BB (t800)
Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
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1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t300</font>, SB calls t240, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>.
Flop: (t720) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t5040 (All-In)</font>, Hero calls t1635 (All-In).
Turn: (t7395) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>
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River: (t7395) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: t7395
Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
SB has 8c Qc (two pair, queens and nines).
Hero has Ah Qh (two pair, queens and nines).
Outcome: Hero wins t3990. SB wins t3405. </font>
And my longest ITM streak (including the game above where I got pushed around.)