Hand #9174173-13603 at Casablanca ($5/$10 Hold’em)

pokerboss posts the small blind of $2.
ccopperpot posts the big blind of $5.

Hero: 7c 9c

Pre-flop:

fnininja calls.
Hero calls.
pokerboss calls.
ccopperpot checks.

Flop (board: 6d 2s 7d):

pokerboss checks.
ccopperpot checks.
Fnininja checks.
Hero bets $5.
pokerboss calls.
ccopperpot folds.
fnininja calls.

Turn (board: 6d 2s 7d 7h):

pokerboss checks.
fnininja checks.
Hero bets $10.
pokerboss raises to $20.
fnininja re-raises to $30.
Hero…………. folds. (????????)
pokerboss calls.

When I bet and get raised here, I don’t mind and plan to check call unless I fill up. But when I get raised and reraised, I get nervous. As I muck my hand, I feel like I’m making a bad fold and I should have continued with the original plan of check calling the turn and river.

River (board: 6d 2s 7d 7h Kc):

pokerboss checks.
fnininja bets $10.
pokerboss calls.

At this point I am thinking I made a good fold, because how could I be beating both of these gentlemen? Then to my chagrine they show the following hands.

Showdown:

fnininja shows Ad Ts.
fnininja has Ad Ts 7d 7h Kc: a pair of sevens.
pokerboss shows 2d Js.
pokerboss has 2d 2s 7d 7h Kc: two pair, sevens and deuces.

Whaaaaa?

A disastrous fold that cost me a large pot. I don’t make many folds this bad anymore (those that go to showdown and reveal their badness, anyway) and when I make one like this I want to punt a small dog across the room. Humanely, of course. Anyone else out there folding to the reraise? Anyone capping?

Two hands from the tourney I played just now:

Hand #1: How to never ever EVER play a pair of aces

Hand #9302891-50 at Sat3pmB-003 (No Limit tournament Hold’em)
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Started at 29/Oct/05 15:48:08

make_my_day is at seat 2 with 3305.
Hero is at seat 8 with 4570.
The button is at seat 9.

EZR2LUV posts the small blind of 20.
GutShotRiver posts the big blind of 40.

Hero: 7h Kc

Pre-flop:

make_my_day calls. tjdallas calls. crf folds.
Apeezer_169er folds. cplgilbert folds. leapyear2
calls. Hero calls. hotballa11 folds. EZR2LUV
folds. GutShotRiver checks.

Flop (board: 5c Jc 9d):

GutShotRiver checks. make_my_day checks. tjdallas
checks. leapyear2 checks. Hero checks.

Turn (board: 5c Jc 9d 8h):

GutShotRiver checks. make_my_day bets 40. tjdallas
folds. leapyear2 folds. Hero calls.
GutShotRiver folds.

River (board: 5c Jc 9d 8h 6d):

make_my_day bets 40. Hero raises to 125.
make_my_day calls.

Showdown:

Hero shows 7h Kc.
Hero has 7h 5c 9d 8h 6d: straight, nine high.
make_my_day mucks cards.
(make_my_day has Ac Ah.)

If you are this scared to put money in the pot on any of these streets with a pair of aces, you should not be playing this game.

Hand #2: My bust-out hand

Hand #9302891-64 at Sat3pmB-003 (No Limit tournament Hold’em)
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Started at 29/Oct/05 15:59:36

Apeezer_169er is at seat 5 with 4575.
Hero is at seat 8 with 4495.

crf posts the small blind of 30.
Apeezer_169er posts the big blind of 60.

Hero: As Kd

Pre-flop:

Hero raises to 240.
Apeezer_169er calls.

Flop (board: Ts Ac Jc):

Apeezer_169er checks.
Hero bets 500.
Apeezer_169er raises to 1300.
Hero goes all-in for 4255.
Apeezer_169er calls.

Tournament all-in showdown — players show:

Apeezer_169er shows Jh Qs.
Hero shows As Kd.

Turn (board: Ts Ac Jc Ks)

River (board: Ts Ac Jc Ks 5s)

Showdown:

Apeezer_169er has Jh Qs Ts Ac Ks: straight, ace high.
Hero has As Kd Ac Jc Ks: two pair, aces and kings.

Here I move in hoping the guy is bad enough to call with exactly this type of hand, and he does. Thus I say, bad players: can’t win with ‘em, can’t win without ‘em.

Read ‘em and weep…like I did.

PokerStars Game #2893904554: Tournament #14264734, Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (50/100) – 2005/10/25 – 22:03:40 (ET)
Table ’14264734 20′ Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: bparis (3932 in chips)
Seat 2: guffs-nuts (2015 in chips)
Seat 3: justhoping (1205 in chips)
Seat 4: pitbull420 (4583 in chips)
Seat 5: stickydeck (3450 in chips)
Seat 6: rickzramz (850 in chips)
Seat 7: Kingboy (6371 in chips)
Seat 8: elwoodm (6595 in chips)
Seat 9: Hero(1200 in chips)
guffs-nuts: posts small blind 50
justhoping: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero[7c Tc]
pitbull420: folds
stickydeck: folds
rickzramz: folds
Kingboy: folds
elwoodm: folds
Hero: raises 1100 to 1200 and is all-in
bparis: calls 1200
guffs-nuts: folds
justhoping: calls 1100
*** FLOP *** [Qd 2d 5s]
justhoping: bets 5 and is all-in
bparis: calls 5
*** TURN *** [Qd 2d 5s] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [Qd 2d 5s 4s] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
justhoping: shows [9c Qc] (three of a kind, Queens)
bparis: shows [Kc Ac] (a pair of Queens)
bparis said, “what?”
justhoping collected 10 from side pot
Hero: shows [7c Tc] (a pair of Queens)
justhoping collected 3650 from main pot

I like bparis’s comment. I think it summarizes the hand well. Even so, I like these new 20-table sit n goes. I’ll be back!