Joe Seboks blog post - Re: Ikes play

[RichGangi]

Comments? Ike?

$1k No Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys
I played the rebuy event yesterday and managed to get deep once again. My day started out pretty steady and solid, with me slowing chipping up from our starting stack, and up to about a high of 35k. From there I didn't have too much go on at all, until my last couple of hands. Pay attention my friends, as we are going to have some examples of what NOT to do...


I had been playing all day, but had just suffered a recent backslide, back down to about 23k. Then, with blinds of 400-800, I was lucky enough to pick up KK on the button, and brought it in for my normal raise of 2500 chips. I then heard the magic words, "all-in", from my opponent to the left of me. The big blind folded and I obviously called. The kid was this Issac Haxton character, who apparently had some success in the Bahamas this year. He sheepishly flipped up his A10, and doubled me up, as he wasn't able to spike an Ace on me. It was a bit of an aggressive play, and certainly one where he would never get action from a hand he had beat, but would always get it where he was crushed.


At any rate, I was stoked and up to just under 50k. Sadly, for me, it would only last one hand, as I immediately picked up99 on the next hand. I brought it in for my normal raise, and Haxton again moved all of his chips in the middle. This was obviously a much tougher call, but I decided if he was going to make a play like his previous one, then he might just be silly enough to do another rash play. I called and he flipped up his KJ, again, rather sheepishly. I had caught in another bad play, but this one left him still in race...


People, when you lose a big pot with a bad move, don't compound the mistake by rushing into another huge pot while everyone is going to think that you are steaming. Haxton did just this, and I was surprised as you don't typically expect players whose names you have heard to make moves this amateurish.

I digress,...unfortunately for me though, despite the poor quality of the play, Haxton was rewarded when he spiked a King on the turn. Even though it happened to work this time, you really should use it as an example of what not to do, as you are always going to be played with more after losing a big pot, not less. Make sure that you have the goods...

[JackOfSpeed]

Sounds like a couple of pretty standard re-steals to me. Sebok comes off as pretty whiny.

The only reason these re-raises might not have been good plays is Sebok is pretty nitty from what I know, so he might be a little less likely to be raising light in late position. Although I guess that might be a reason to try to push him off a hand...

[illegit]

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Sounds like a couple of pretty standard re-steals to me.

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If they both had 50K at 400-800 then in the 2nd hand his re-steal is for 60 BBs, and pretty awful.

[kyro]

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Sounds like a couple of pretty standard re-steals to me.

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If they both had 50K at 400-800 then in the 2nd hand his re-steal is for 60 BBs, and pretty awful.

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Uh, Ike already said eff. stacks both times were 23-25kish

[illegit]

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Sounds like a couple of pretty standard re-steals to me.

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If they both had 50K at 400-800 then in the 2nd hand his re-steal is for 60 BBs, and pretty awful.

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Uh, Ike already said eff. stacks both times were 23-25kish

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Hence the word "if".

But when Sebok said:
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At any rate, I was stoked and up to just under 50k. Sadly, for me, it would only last one hand

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I took the "only lasting one hand" thing to mean he was out on that hand, which would mean they both had 50K.

[mtgordon]

He just went back down to approximately where he started (20-25k-ish) after the 2nd hand.

The way I read it:
1st Hand:
Sebok - 23k
Ike - 48k

2nd Hand:
Sebok - 46k
Ike - 25k

Dust Settles:
Sebok - 21k and pissed off
Ike - 50k

[Coco]

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.... I decided if he was going to make a play like his previous one, then he might just be silly enough to do another rash play. I called and he flipped up his KJ...


People, when you lose a big pot with a bad move, don't compound the mistake by rushing into another huge pot while everyone is going to think that you are steaming. Haxton did just this, and I was surprised as you don't typically expect players whose names you have heard to make moves this amateurish.


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So he doesn't expect someone whose name he has heard of to make a play like this but then calls anyway. Makes sense to me.

[ike]

The fact that he talks about how bad the KJ shove was, says 99 was a close call, and doesn't mention effective stack sizes pretty much says it all. He's a clown.

[pineapple888]

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The fact that he talks about how bad the KJ shove was, says 99 was a close call, and doesn't mention effective stack sizes pretty much says it all. He's a clown.

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[SuperUberBob]

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The fact that he talks about how bad the KJ shove was, says 99 was a close call, and doesn't mention effective stack sizes pretty much says it all. He's a clown.

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How deep were you when you made these re-steals?