I don' know if it's relevant, but these two hands happened in a row. I had played with the Button for the majority of the tournement and I thought he was a very solid player - he never seemed to be making plays - was patient and always showed down a winning hand.
Poker Stars, $15 + $1.50 NL Hold'em Tournament, 2,500/5,000 Blinds, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com -
Hand History Converter
CO: 146,405
BTN: 211,004
SB: 79,011
Hero (BB): 152,684
UTG: 226,896
Pre-Flop: (10,000) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (BB)
2 folds, <font color="red">BTN raises to 15,000</font>, <font color="red">SB raises to 78,511 and is All-In</font>, Hero folds, BTN calls 63,511
Flop: (164,522) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 is All-In)
Turn: (164,522) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 is All-In)
River: (164,522) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 is All-In)
Results: 164,522 Pot
BTN showed K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (two pair, Aces and Kings) and LOST (-79,011 NET)
SB showed K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (three of a kind, Kings) and WON 164,522 (+85,511 NET)
Now I get pocket Js and he 3-bets the UTG all-in - I was about to insta call - because I thought the CO might be tilting - then I thought - no. He does not need to be donking his chips away - and he has played solid all game - so I then started thinking that he probably had gotten another premium hand and was hoping we thought he was steaming. That was my reasoning - I put him on QQ or better or A-K ! UTG had a wider range - I figured 7s or better or a high A.
Now here's the part of my reasoning which I am really not sure of! I was thinking that if UTG calls - one of them is out - and that's an extra $120.00 to me. At best I figured I'd be 50/50 with the CO ! The other annoying part is that stars software had been folding my hands quickly - so I had very little time to think this through. But even now - days later - I'm still not sure.
Poker Stars, $15 + $1.50 NL Hold'em Tournament, 3,000/6,000 Blinds, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com -
Hand History Converter
UTG: 145,905
CO: 131,993
BTN: 164,522
Hero (SB): 147,184
BB: 226,396
Pre-Flop: (12,000) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] dealt to Hero (SB)
<font color="red">UTG raises to 18,000</font>, <font color="red">CO raises to 131,393 and is All-In</font>, Hero ???
Text results appended to pokerstove.txt
3,533,803,812 games 4.528 secs 780,433,704 games/sec
Board:
Dead:
equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 29.714% 29.43% 00.28% 1040160744 9878179.67 { JdJs }
Hand 1: 46.803% 45.44% 01.37% 1605601884 48328897.67 { QQ+, AKs, AKo }
Hand 2: 23.483% 21.96% 01.53% 775896280 53937826.67 { 77+, ATs+, KQs, AQo+, ATo }
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Any input would be appreciated ? What do you think about my ranges ? - Too narrow for this stage of the game ? I will also add that the BB was extremely aggressive - not the kind of player you'd want to be raising lightly against from UTG or anywhere - really!