$22 PP Regular - AK 1st hand of the tournee

[alex-star]

All are unknowns, UTG has pathetic stats on pokerprophecy.


PartyPoker $22 Regular Tournament, Big Blind is t40 (10 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t2000)
UTG+1 (t2000)
Hero (t2000)
MP2 (t2000)
MP3 (t2000)
CO+1 (t2000)
CO (t2000)
Button (t2000)
SB (t2000)
BB (t2000)

Preflop: Hero is in MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
UTG calls t40, <font color="red">UTG+1 raises to t180</font>, Hero calls t180, <font color="gray">MP2 folds</font>, <font color="gray">MP3 folds</font>, <font color="gray">CO+1 folds</font>, <font color="gray">CO folds</font>, <font color="gray">Button folds</font>, <font color="gray">SB folds</font>, <font color="gray">BB folds</font>, UTG calls t140

Flop: (t600) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
<font color="red">UTG bets t40</font>, UTG+1 calls t40, <font color="red">Hero raises to t400</font>, UTG calls t360, UTG+1 calls t360

Turn: (t1800) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="red">Hero bets t1420 (All-in)</font>, <font color="red">UTG bets t1420 (All-in)</font>, <font color="gray">UTG+1 folds</font>

River: (t4640) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)

[XraySpeX]

You know, i probably make this same raise on the flop sometimes.... i am not so sure if it is the correct play.

On the turn you have to give it up. Don't push here... you got two callers on the flop, they could both be drawing but more likely one has a made hand that IS going to call you.

I give up here on the turn even if just one player called me.

XraySpeX

[Sykes]

horrendous!!

[alex-star]

In what sense? My play - their play - air quality in your area?

[Sykes]

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In what sense? My play - their play - air quality in your area?

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take a guess.

[alex-star]

I am guessing the air quality.

[LordTacohead]

Hm, I would have guessed differently. I also would have played differently. I might very occasionally get fancy and raise with ace-high on the flop against one opponent, but doing it against two is asking for a disaster. The turn is worse. After two opponents have shown a willingness to play a big pot against you, you put the rest of your stack on the line unimproved?

I think the key thing to remember is that you can make a mint at these games without ever getting fancy, making huge postflop bluffs, getting into trouble with marginal hands, etc. Whatever causes us to do these things -- I think either boredom or hubris -- overcoming these inclinations is probably one of the biggest things we can do to improve our ROI.

[CoachDirty]

I don't like that flop, too draw heavy. I'd call the 40 bet as you can't fold to that, but I'm not raising, and I'm sure not pushing the turn after they BOTH called you flop raise. Let it go, you have Ace high for christ's sake!

[point special]

you fold that on the flop for sure, you missed no sense losing more chips when you arent the aggressor pre. You might be able too call too try and hit an ace or king on turn cause he only bet 40, but you wanna start off playing tight in sngs, not sending your whole stack off with ace hig. You played that hand absolutely terrible.

[ReDeYES88]

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All are unknowns, UTG has pathetic stats on pokerprophecy.

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never expect a weak player to fold with any piece of the board. this is exactly what we want them to do...unless we are pissing away our stack with ace high three handed on the first hand of the match.