philliivey

going to post a few hands, please be nice!!!!!!, pokerstars has battered my ego enough the last week or so, but today is going good

heres one for talk, this guy had 14 vpip, no preflop raise from him yet, i needed 2-1 odds to call if he had high pocket pair which he did, i was getting just under 2-1, but i was out of position

should i have called and peeled a flop


PokerStars Game #18937282203: Tournament #96624877, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/07/19 - 13:01:05 (ET)
Table '96624877 3' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Stack&Tilt (1295 in chips)
Seat 2: Remon32 (775 in chips)
Seat 3: Vanna01 (2340 in chips)
Seat 4: OrangeCrushr (2195 in chips)
Seat 5: ser1kan (1865 in chips)
Seat 6: klimtlover (1035 in chips)
Seat 7: Lauterer (1145 in chips)
Seat 8: johneooo (1425 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: PHILLIIVEY1 (1425 in chips)
Lauterer: posts small blind 15
johneooo: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PHILLIIVEY1 [Ac Qc]
PHILLIIVEY1: raises 70 to 100
Stack&Tilt: folds
Remon32: folds
Vanna01: folds
OrangeCrushr: raises 290 to 390
ser1kan: folds
klimtlover: folds
Lauterer: folds
johneooo: folds
PHILLIIVEY1: folds
Uncalled bet (290) returned to OrangeCrushr
OrangeCrushr collected 245 from pot
OrangeCrushr: shows [Jh Js] (a pair of Jacks)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 245 | Rake 0
Seat 1: Stack&Tilt folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Remon32 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Vanna01 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: OrangeCrushr collected (245)
Seat 5: ser1kan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: klimtlover (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Lauterer (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: johneooo (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: PHILLIIVEY1 folded before Flop

the TIGER WOODS of poker

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philliivey

alright or push on turn?

PokerStars Game #18937422268: Tournament #96624877, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/07/19 - 13:07:39 (ET)
Table '96624877 3' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Stack&Tilt (2680 in chips)
Seat 4: OrangeCrushr (2205 in chips)
Seat 5: ser1kan (3335 in chips)
Seat 6: klimtlover (1110 in chips)
Seat 7: Lauterer (1635 in chips)
Seat 8: johneooo (1305 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: PHILLIIVEY1 (1230 in chips)
PHILLIIVEY1: posts small blind 25
Stack&Tilt: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PHILLIIVEY1 [8c 7c]
OrangeCrushr: folds
ser1kan: calls 50
klimtlover: folds
Lauterer: calls 50
johneooo: folds
PHILLIIVEY1: calls 25
Stack&Tilt: checks
*** FLOP *** [5d 2c 4c]
PHILLIIVEY1: checks
Stack&Tilt: checks
ser1kan: bets 150
Lauterer: folds
PHILLIIVEY1: calls 150
Stack&Tilt: folds
*** TURN *** [5d 2c 4c] [8h]
PHILLIIVEY1: checks
ser1kan: bets 150
PHILLIIVEY1: raises 250 to 400
ser1kan: calls 250
*** RIVER *** [5d 2c 4c 8h] [9c]
PHILLIIVEY1: bets 630 and is all-in
ser1kan: calls 630
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PHILLIIVEY1: shows [8c 7c] (a flush, Nine high)
ser1kan: shows [4s 6s] (a pair of Fours)
PHILLIIVEY1 collected 2560 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2560 | Rake 0
Board [5d 2c 4c 8h 9c]
Seat 1: Stack&Tilt (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: OrangeCrushr folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ser1kan showed [4s 6s] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 6: klimtlover folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Lauterer folded on the Flop
Seat 8: johneooo (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: PHILLIIVEY1 (small blind) showed [8c 7c] and won (2560) with a flush, Nine high

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philliivey

woooooohoooooooooo, something was telling me NOT to put any more money in, this guy was a loose player who loved to play alot of high cards like he did, i played this same guy the game before this 1 so i was familiar with his play. just showing this fold

PokerStars Game #18938526521: Tournament #96624877, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/07/19 - 13:56:22 (ET)
Table '96624877 3' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Stack&Tilt (4430 in chips)
Seat 2: hatfield1022 (8710 in chips)
Seat 3: nakevo (2645 in chips)
Seat 5: Septimus 57 (9270 in chips)
Seat 7: Brunello1 (5990 in chips)
Seat 8: toto-tinus (5105 in chips)
Seat 9: PHILLIIVEY1 (4350 in chips)
Stack&Tilt: posts the ante 25
hatfield1022: posts the ante 25
nakevo: posts the ante 25
Septimus 57: posts the ante 25
Brunello1: posts the ante 25
toto-tinus: posts the ante 25
PHILLIIVEY1: posts the ante 25
Septimus 57: posts small blind 100
Brunello1: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PHILLIIVEY1 [Kc Ks]
toto-tinus: calls 200
PHILLIIVEY1: raises 600 to 800
Stack&Tilt: folds
hatfield1022: folds
nakevo: folds
Septimus 57: folds
Brunello1: folds
toto-tinus: calls 600
*** FLOP *** [Qh Qc 9s]
toto-tinus: checks
PHILLIIVEY1: checks
*** TURN *** [Qh Qc 9s] [9h]
toto-tinus: checks
PHILLIIVEY1: checks
*** RIVER *** [Qh Qc 9s 9h] [Ah]
toto-tinus: bets 800
PHILLIIVEY1: folds
Uncalled bet (800) returned to toto-tinus
toto-tinus collected 2075 from pot
toto-tinus: shows [Qd Kh] (a full house, Queens full of Nines)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2075 | Rake 0
Board [Qh Qc 9s 9h Ah]
Seat 1: Stack&Tilt folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: hatfield1022 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: nakevo (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Septimus 57 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Brunello1 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: toto-tinus collected (2075)
Seat 9: PHILLIIVEY1 folded on the River
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Squizzel

I think im more likely to raise the flop since you have overcards + gutter + flushdraw. Nice hand.

InsaneGuy

hand 1 I push
hand 2 is fine
hand 3 raise more PF - I go broke here, buy a lotto ticket.

philliivey

cooooooool, thanks guys!!

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herschelw

Hand 1 I likely fold. You can just find better spots to get you $ in. I think pushing is porbably pretty spewy. Calling is probably fine but I just think it puts too much of your stack in the middle in a situation where you're likely going to have to fold 2/3rds of the time.

herschelw

Hand 2 raise the flop. You should be aggressive with your draws. If you play them aggressively from the flop you likely get more than one chance to make your opponent fold if you miss throughout the hand. When you hit you can obv figure out how to get value instead. Your hand is very valuable on the flop but then drop considerably in a value on the turn if you miss. So play it aggressively while it has value.

herschelw

Hand 3 please bet the hand somewhere. If he's loose then he's going to miss a ton of the time. Checking the flop for pot control is fine but you have to bet the turn. If he raises the turn then you can make a decision. If there's some other reason you knew he was strong that'd be helpful info. I've been in hands like this before where I checked the flop and was sure a super agro opponent would bet any hand but a monster then I played the hand like you did for that reason. Unl;ess you have a read like that then you have to bet.

philliivey

wooot woooot, awesome, exactly how i was thinking this hand

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adpro

Here is my two cents.

First one, I would have folded given the amount of players playing, the stakes and the blinds. Other players were probably playing pretty loose at this point in the tournament.

Second one, like everyone else is saying, you had a great hand and I personally probably would have gone with a very large bet pre-flop. He probably would have folded and you would have lost 0 chips. I think of saving chips, rather than getting more. If he calls, you still had the odds on your side. From there, your call may have been the right one if you had a tell, but I personally would have been raising quite a bit. He may have folded thinking I had QA when the river came. Then again, you may have hit your K on the river. This would have been a 'bad beat' and you can't always shy away from them, cause most of the time you will win. However, you may have had a read on him and said you did, so you knew best.

The third one, I would have raised right after the flop to get him out of the hand right away. I found that much more profitable in draw situations. Sometimes people call and you catch a good hand to double up. that's the reason to play suited connectors sometimes. Good thing you hit though and good job on getting a lot of chips out of it! I bet he would have folded with a pair of 4's after the turn though, cause he was now facing 2 higher community cards than the one he had.

I'm not sure why he called your raise though. Did he think you were bluffing? What were you doing for table image? I always try to make it seem like I am loose when I am not. This could be a reason why he called you on your bet. Although, he should have raised if he thought you were bluffing.