Variations of this have been discussed before, but I am wondering if there is any way my opponent can play this and not lose as much as he did. Here is the hand first:
PokerStars Game #1065121760: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/01/11 - 12:05:57 (ET)
Table 'Puppis' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Monteroy ($100 in chips)
Seat 2: Jup Johnson ($26.50 in chips)
Seat 3: OleS ($140.15 in chips)
Seat 4: stlhoc_1 ($101.50 in chips)
Seat 6: tr1cky1 ($103.20 in chips)
Seat 7: bouh ($47.65 in chips)
Seat 8: JoeyG1226 ($60.55 in chips)
Seat 9: eski06 ($68 in chips)
OleS: posts small blind $0.50
stlhoc_1: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monteroy [As Ac]
tr1cky1: folds
bouh: folds
JoeyG1226: folds
eski06: calls $1
Monteroy: raises $2 to $3
Jup Johnson: folds
OleS: raises $3 to $6
stlhoc_1: folds
eski06: folds
Monteroy: raises $10 to $16
bouh said, "nice catch"
OleS: raises $14 to $30
Monteroy: raises $70 to $100 and is all-in
OleS: calls $70
*** FLOP *** [9h 7d 8c]
*** TURN *** [9h 7d 8c] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [9h 7d 8c Ah] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
OleS: shows [Kd Ks] (a pair of Kings)
Monteroy: shows [As Ac] (three of a kind, Aces)
Monteroy collected $199 from pot
It was not very hard to figure out he had another pair (thankfully not 6s,7s,8s,9s,10s or jacks
) and I am wondering even with Kings when he should slow down on the raising preflop. Certainly the scary flop along with the ace turn should have allowed him to escape with less damage if he got to there before the all in.
I posted a similar question about kings before though this situation is quite a bit different. As great as kings are as a hand, I can't help but wonder if it is possible to be disciplined enough to put some brakes on when needed.
