$20 Stars SNG - What is going on here?....

Bingo_Boy · #1 08-09-2007, 03:21 PM

1. $20 SNG are played at a level my simple brain can't comprehend
2. There are a lot of morons about
3. Some form of elaborate 4-way collusion?

Special merit to anyone who can guess who has the winning hand and what it was before they look

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Hero (t1460)
Button (t1640)
SB (t1180)
BB (t2130)
UTG (t1250)
UTG+1 (t1470)
MP1 (t1470)
MP2 (t1610)
MP3 (t1290)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG raises to t330, 5 folds, Button raises to t1640, SB calls t1165 (All-In), BB calls t1610, UTG calls t920 (All-In).

Flop: (t5710) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t5710) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t5710) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: t5710

Results in white below: 
SB has Ah Js (one pair, jacks).
BB has Jd Qs (two pair, queens and jacks).
UTG has 9s 9d (one pair, nines).
Button has As Ac (one pair, aces).
Outcome: BB wins t5710.

sonneti · #2 08-09-2007, 03:34 PM

Ummmm... standard?

blowbubbles · #3 08-09-2007, 03:47 PM

1. UTG raises way too much, a limp or maximum a standard raise to 90 is the best play - I don't play the best play here so I fold with 99 UTG at lvl 2.
2. Buttons play after the 330 raise is OK, normally he should have raised 3x first raise.
3. Well, what to say about SB. He is overestimating pot odds here. Not a good move if you are a winning STT-player.
4. BB is looking at even more interesting potodds, but as with SB - it's not +EV for a winning player.
5. Back to UTG. Pot odds are really nice, but he cant have much more than two outs here..

No collusion, only bad STT-players.

ADLinden · #4 08-09-2007, 03:53 PM

looks pretty standard bad play to me

KoreanBuffet · #5 08-09-2007, 04:42 PM

i thought stars was sposed to have good play?

wiggs73 · #6 08-09-2007, 04:50 PM

a) I really doubt this is collusion but if you suspect it is, the thing to do would be to email stars support and ask them to investigate.

b) I don't really see any strategy content. UTG's initial raise and subsequent call are bad. Button played the hand reasonably well. The blinds suck. That's about all there is to it.

c) You played the hand perfectly.

d) Locked.