Playing like a Nit is -EV in blogger tourneys
Poker May 25th. 2008, 1:41amThis hand is the one that could have propelled me to a TOC seat. Instead, it did the same for Astin.
Full Tilt Poker Game #6527203060: Riverchasers Online Tour (49262698), Table 8 – 1000/2000 Ante 250 – No Limit Hold’em – 0:19:42 ET – 2008/05/23
Seat 1: NumbBono (24,900)
Seat 3: scottc25 (48,268)
Seat 5: dwal78 (80,764)
Seat 6: NCDeaton (47,018)
Seat 7: Astin (8,900)
Seat 8: PirateLawyer (54,150)
NumbBono antes 250
scottc25 antes 250
dwal78 antes 250
NCDeaton antes 250
Astin antes 250
PirateLawyer antes 250
NumbBono posts the small blind of 1,000
scottc25 posts the big blind of 2,000
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to NumbBono [Ah Qh]
dwal78 folds
NCDeaton folds
Astin raises to 8,650, and is all in
PirateLawyer raises to 53,900, and is all in
NumbBono folds
scottc25 folds
PirateLawyer shows [Jc Jh]
Astin shows [Ad 3s]
Uncalled bet of 45,250 returned to PirateLawyer
*** FLOP *** [6h Qd 5s]
*** TURN *** [6h Qd 5s] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [6h Qd 5s 8c] [Ac]
PirateLawyer shows a pair of Jacks
Astin shows a pair of Aces
Astin wins the pot (21,800) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 21,800 | Rake 0
Board: [6h Qd 5s 8c Ac]
Seat 1: NumbBono (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: scottc25 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: dwal78 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: NCDeaton folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Astin showed [Ad 3s] and won (21,800) with a pair of Aces
Seat 8: PirateLawyer (button) showed [Jc Jh] and lost with a pair of Jacks
May 25th, 2008 at 9:59 am
I don’t think I’d ever feel comfortable calling off my stack preflop after two raises with AQ …
May 25th, 2008 at 11:42 am
i’m not a big fan of AQ either but, PL’s push over the top of shorty’s shove (astin) is your standard isolation play. if you were gonna gamble with AQsOOted i don’t think this is a terrible spot. esp with an M of less than 6.