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Old Dec 30,2008, 03:09 PM   #1
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Another Really Strange Spot

$3 rebuy after rebuy period. roadbomber is loose bad and makes strange plays that make no sense, bellegio is a horrible -84% ROI guy so his min reraise preflop as I had said in other threads about players like this is nearly always AA or KK


PokerStars Game #23408185413: Tournament #129736838, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (100/200) - 2008/12/30 15:56:07 ET
Table '129736838 585' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: hosch75 (15260 in chips)
Seat 2: kayamia (3085 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: Monteroy (11485 in chips)
Seat 4: DevilShark (12345 in chips)
Seat 5: bellegio51 (19300 in chips)
Seat 6: roadbomber (14826 in chips)
Seat 7: Wee Fra (8583 in chips)
Seat 8: vkkcon888 (11180 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: bolkov76 (19990 in chips)

everyone posts a 25 ante saving space
roadbomber: posts small blind 100
Wee Fra: posts big blind 200

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [7h 7d]
vkkcon888: folds
bolkov76: folds
hosch75: folds
kayamia: folds
Monteroy: raises 400 to 600
DevilShark: folds
bellegio51: raises 400 to 1000
roadbomber: calls 900
Wee Fra: folds
Monteroy: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [3h 2h Ts]
roadbomber: bets 200


and here we are, really strange guy min bets 200 into the 3000+ pot and after me is min reraiser who definitely has KK/AA nearly all the time, but I have no idea how he will handle the bet, he could very well call or min raise it. I have basically 2 outs, so I made the really annoying fold and the hand played out pretty much as I expected except of course for the river from hell :P

Monteroy: folds
bellegio51: raises 2600 to 2800
roadbomber: calls 2600
*** TURN *** [3h 2h Ts] [3d]
roadbomber: checks
bellegio51: checks
*** RIVER *** [3h 2h Ts 3d] [7s]
roadbomber: bets 4400
bellegio51: calls 4400
*** SHOW DOWN ***
roadbomber: shows [9h 9s] (two pair, Nines and Threes)
bellegio51: shows [Kh Ks] (two pair, Kings and Threes)
bellegio51 collected 17825 from pot


Note, I did not see this type of play that often in the Sunday million last week, go figure :P


So, is my fold bad, should I just call the 200 knowing I may just be lighting them on fire if the guy with AA/KK raises big? Again, I had no idea what to expect , he did just check the turn and call the river so anything really was possible.
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Old Dec 30,2008, 03:32 PM   #2
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I think you played it well, although calling 200 into a 3K is ok odds-wise. But folding when you know you're behind is never bad. You saved $200.
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Old Dec 30,2008, 03:54 PM   #3
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I think you played it well, although calling 200 into a 3K is ok odds-wise. But folding when you know you're behind is never bad. You saved $200.
Well, I did not fold because I knew I was behind, I folded because I had no idea what the bad player with KK/AA would do, but anticipated a raise so figure no point.

Oddly enough the -86% guy went out in another pattern often seen by those players, the bet every street small enough to not get opponents to fold when bluffing play. I generally do not recommend it.

Dealt to Monteroy [8s 4h]
Wee Fra: folds
JIMEURCHIPSS: folds
bolkov76 has timed out
bolkov76: folds
bolkov76 is sitting out
bolkov76 has returned
hosch75: folds
Goldstar71: folds
Monteroy: folds
DevilShark: folds
bellegio51: raises 500 to 1000
roadbomber: calls 500
*** FLOP *** [Qs 6s 8d]
bellegio51: bets 1000
roadbomber: calls 1000
*** TURN *** [Qs 6s 8d] [2d]
bellegio51: bets 2000
roadbomber: calls 2000
*** RIVER *** [Qs 6s 8d 2d] [Qh]
bellegio51: bets 5250 and is all-in
roadbomber: calls 5250
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bellegio51: shows [Js 3h] (a pair of Queens)
roadbomber: shows [7s 7h] (two pair, Queens and Sevens)
roadbomber collected 19040 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 19040 | Rake 0
Board [Qs 6s 8d 2d Qh]
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