arty:
Swami,
This MIGHT be the hand that you were referring to....I did have aces. I do remember the railbird comment, but I thought Ed came correct and thought it was okay.
** Game #55001700 begins **
Vietbet has the dealer button
theswami posts the small blind 125
BlackBart 22 posts the big blind 250
Dealer deals you [Ad, 8s]
Edkid folds
Vietbet folds
theswami calls 125
BlackBart 22 checks
Dealing Flop [Ah, Td, 6d]
theswami bets 400
BlackBart 22 calls 400
Dealing Turn [9c]
theswami checks
BlackBart 22 bets 400
theswami calls 400
Dealing River [5d]
theswami checks
BlackBart 22 checks
theswami mucks
BlackBart 22 mucks
BlackBart 22 wins $2100 real money from main pot!
Community Cards: [Ah] [Td] [6d] [9c] [5d]
Game Lasted: 00:40
** The game ends **
Here's the one that knocked Viet out:
Game Started on Fri Jan 07, 2005 @ 22:20
RX FINAL TOURNEY~-1 - Holdem - NL $0 - Play Money - Hand #55003134
** Game #55003134 begins **
BlackBart 22 has the dealer button
Vietbet posts the small blind 175
theswami posts the big blind 350
Dealer deals you [8s, Qd]
BlackBart 22 folds
Vietbet goes all in, raises 1384
theswami calls 1209
Dealing Flop [6s, 7h, 7d]
Dealing Turn [9s]
Dealing River [Kc]
theswami shows two pairs Sevens and Fours
theswami's pocket cards were [4h, 4d]
Vietbet shows a pair of Sevens
Vietbet's pocket cards were [Jh, Qs]
theswami wins $3118 real money from main pot!
theswami's winning hand was [Kc 7h 7d 4h 4d]
Community Cards: [6s] [7h] [7d] [9s] [Kc]
Game Lasted: 00:33
** The game ends **
Tough call here. Easy to say, but I would have called as you did. The chance to knock out someone who is short stacked and might be a little more reckless with an all-in call is worth it. I have, however, had some folks double up on me in the past in that situation and I regretted it. As well as he was playing, I probably would have taken a chance to knock him out.
That said, I had 99 and folded when both Viet and Edkid went all in, both with A-x. ( I believe) I woud have won without the trip 9's that flopped and knocked both of them out, but I had more of a survival instinct going at the time. There are too many times that I've been one place out of the money and called in that situation--and lost--when I could have just folded, allowed someone else to get knocked out, and come in through the back door.
I play at Party under the same name, but I haven't been there in months, and I'm really not sure why.
This MIGHT be the hand that you were referring to....I did have aces. I do remember the railbird comment, but I thought Ed came correct and thought it was okay.
** Game #55001700 begins **
Vietbet has the dealer button
theswami posts the small blind 125
BlackBart 22 posts the big blind 250
Dealer deals you [Ad, 8s]
Edkid folds
Vietbet folds
theswami calls 125
BlackBart 22 checks
Dealing Flop [Ah, Td, 6d]
theswami bets 400
BlackBart 22 calls 400
Dealing Turn [9c]
theswami checks
BlackBart 22 bets 400
theswami calls 400
Dealing River [5d]
theswami checks
BlackBart 22 checks
theswami mucks
BlackBart 22 mucks
BlackBart 22 wins $2100 real money from main pot!
Community Cards: [Ah] [Td] [6d] [9c] [5d]
Game Lasted: 00:40
** The game ends **
Here's the one that knocked Viet out:
Game Started on Fri Jan 07, 2005 @ 22:20
RX FINAL TOURNEY~-1 - Holdem - NL $0 - Play Money - Hand #55003134
** Game #55003134 begins **
BlackBart 22 has the dealer button
Vietbet posts the small blind 175
theswami posts the big blind 350
Dealer deals you [8s, Qd]
BlackBart 22 folds
Vietbet goes all in, raises 1384
theswami calls 1209
Dealing Flop [6s, 7h, 7d]
Dealing Turn [9s]
Dealing River [Kc]
theswami shows two pairs Sevens and Fours
theswami's pocket cards were [4h, 4d]
Vietbet shows a pair of Sevens
Vietbet's pocket cards were [Jh, Qs]
theswami wins $3118 real money from main pot!
theswami's winning hand was [Kc 7h 7d 4h 4d]
Community Cards: [6s] [7h] [7d] [9s] [Kc]
Game Lasted: 00:33
** The game ends **
Tough call here. Easy to say, but I would have called as you did. The chance to knock out someone who is short stacked and might be a little more reckless with an all-in call is worth it. I have, however, had some folks double up on me in the past in that situation and I regretted it. As well as he was playing, I probably would have taken a chance to knock him out.
That said, I had 99 and folded when both Viet and Edkid went all in, both with A-x. ( I believe) I woud have won without the trip 9's that flopped and knocked both of them out, but I had more of a survival instinct going at the time. There are too many times that I've been one place out of the money and called in that situation--and lost--when I could have just folded, allowed someone else to get knocked out, and come in through the back door.
I play at Party under the same name, but I haven't been there in months, and I'm really not sure why.
swami...THANKS I got 12th in the RX poker tourney last aug at the golden nugget out of about 40 peopletheswami said:
BUT MAKE SURE YOU GET TO THE RXBASH 05 IN VEGAS ...THEY WILL HAVE live FREE POKER TOURNEY AGAIN IM SURE
last year I think Panther and jeffKSU split $3000 or something like that for 1 and 2nd
Bart-
I actually don't recall that hand where you had the 99. I was drinking during the tourney and posting in this thread so I was probably distracted at the time. IMO, if there were 2 people all-in before you I would fold. Chances are that one of them has a hand. 99 all-in preflop against 2 other players is really not that great of a situation. However, if you were second to act after someone went all-in, then I would have to think about calling. On the bubble it is a tough call but with this structure, 2nd and 3rd pay very little compared to 1st so I think you have to play for 1st rather than to get into the money.
You captured a bit of what I was thinking with the 44. I had an edge and a stack so I figured, "let me try to get rid of this guy." He was being a real pain, since he kept calling me and forcing me to make plays.
I actually don't recall that hand where you had the 99. I was drinking during the tourney and posting in this thread so I was probably distracted at the time. IMO, if there were 2 people all-in before you I would fold. Chances are that one of them has a hand. 99 all-in preflop against 2 other players is really not that great of a situation. However, if you were second to act after someone went all-in, then I would have to think about calling. On the bubble it is a tough call but with this structure, 2nd and 3rd pay very little compared to 1st so I think you have to play for 1st rather than to get into the money.
You captured a bit of what I was thinking with the 44. I had an edge and a stack so I figured, "let me try to get rid of this guy." He was being a real pain, since he kept calling me and forcing me to make plays.
