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Wednesday, August 1, 2007 / posted by Poker Star @ 9:11 AM
OK, $25 buy in tournament, about 275 players. Two breaks later down
to 44 people. I'm sitting in 7th seat and I get pocket 9's, with blinds
about 300-600 and a 50 ante. Seat 4 raises to 2400 and I call, 8 calls, and
the small blind calls. Nice pot building and the flop comes J-9-9. I get
quads, and I'm thinking final table. I'm about 17th at this point. The small
blind bets 2500 and the 4th seat calls, so I raise it 6k more. The 8 seat
folds and the Small blind comes back over me for 10k more. Seat 4 folds and
I move all-in for my last 18k. He immediately calls, has me covered by about
2k, and I figure he has pocket J's, but when the cards show he only has A-J.
This should put me into about 2nd place, and on cruise control for the final
table, when the turn comes up J, and now I'm sweating out the 1 in 10
million odds and you guessed it the river is the friggin case Jack and I'm
sitting there crushed. Now as I decide whether or not to puke, I look up and
you got it I finished in 41st place, 1 out of the money. My ass hurt so bad
I didn't play for about 3 weeks after that. Now tell me, is it fixed??

GUNNS333

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Bad Beat at Isle of Capris Casino

Tuesday, July 31, 2007 / posted by Poker Star @ 10:40 AM
I WAS IN A TOURNAMENT AT THE ISLE OF CAPRIS CASINO IN BLACKHAWK,COLORADO. I DREW PKT ACES & DECEIDED TO SLOW PLAY WITH 100 CHIP RAISE ON FLOP .10 8 3 NON SUITED CAME OFF SO FIGURED I SHOULD GET MY MONEY AND RUN & WENT ALL IN . YOU GOT IT EVERYONE FOLDED EXCEPT A GUY WITH 3 & HAD PR OF 8,S . THE NEXT CARD WAS A JACK THEN THE 3 CAME DOWN . NEARLY AS FAST AS MY JAW DID I THINK . SLOW PLAY SOMETIMED DOS,NT HAVE IT,S ADVANTAGES

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At August 01, 2007 , Blogger Zacaroni said...

You might say, slow playing SOMETIMES has it's advantages. When you slow play, you open the table up. All you have is a pair, that's it. To think it will hold up the majority of the time is ridiculous. The old saying about big pocket pairs... "win little, lose big".

Save slow playing for stronger hands on the flop.

The right way to play big pockets is to chase everyone out of the pot and enjoy the small pot or the one donkey that calls you.

 

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Bad Beat by Raj

/ posted by Poker Star @ 10:34 AM
here is my bad beat story.. was playing in an Internet tourney which according to bankroll was quite high buy in- 50 or 100 dollars.. when playing

on these levels I assume that most people know how to play.. well it didn't go too well and 2-3 hours into the tourney is was down to 15 bb.. i was then really happy to pick up QQ on the bb.. the player utg limped.. and so did 7 more players.. not wanting to see a flop with 7 players i decided to push it

with my 15 bb to win the 8 bb in the pot.. the player utg thought for the full amount of time and called.. and was folded around to the sb who called.. didn't really expect 2 calls for this size of raise with their stack

sizes and really didn't want a K or A to hit on the flop.. i put the players on 2 high cards or medium pockets.. the flop came J-9-9 which i really liked

cause i didn't think anyone would call with 9-10 or A-9.. and with J-J they would probably have raised at some time.. when the sb bets out I'm feel I'm ahead.. thinking he might have hit the straight draw or most prob the Jack..
its a bit more than a half-pot sized bet and I'm guessing the utg player would

fold.. but he doesn't, he calls.. then turn card is a 7 ( 7-9-9-J ) and the only card that could help was 8-10 which i didn't recon anyone to play in this situation.. so when sb bets half the pot again which is half the utg players stack i feel he will fold or go all in but just calls!!.. after some

consideration.. on the turn a 10 falls off (7-9-9-10-J) having QQ i find it very unlikely to that someone has a Q high or K high straight.. but when sb checks the river and utg moves all in for he last chips.. and sb makes a crying call that is small in proportion to the pot i feel my stomach start to

turn.. he shows 8-8 for a runner runner straight!! .. he called an huge all in preflop which might be OK.. but then calling two big bets on flop and turn where he might be drawing dead or to an inside straight draw and hitting

it.. sending me out of the tourney and the sb player down to his last 20% who by the way had K J.. bet we both felt really sick after that hand.. when

I'm all in preflop i usually don't get mad.. but this guy paid to see 2 more cards and hit his amazing hand..

Raj

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Bad Beat to quad Jacks

/ posted by Poker Star @ 10:26 AM
Had pocket 9's we went to flop two 9s came out and a J. next card 4 and last card a J
Im all in, he waits, goes all in had 4 jacks was sick!!

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Bad Beat Story

/ posted by Poker Star @ 10:22 AM
I floped a full boat w/ big slick in my hand went all in for over 15,000, this old lady on the other side of the table was half my chip count decided chase me an went all in too. I felt my kings over aces were great she had Ace 4 offsuit on turn nada a 7 YET on the river the other damn ace.... well guess you can say where half of my chips went :(.. Jt

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Best Bad Beat

/ posted by Poker Star @ 10:20 AM
Flop 223 turn 2 river 3 I have 2 4 my opponent has pocket 3?s won a 6 k jackpot couldn?t believe it that?s the best bad beat I ever had.

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