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Bad players: can’t win with ’em, can’t win without ’em.

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.