The FTOPS #3 Triple Shootout filled up pretty early, but FTP had a sense of humor about it and put up a new tourney for those that missed out (see pic below). I LOLed and registered.
Won my first table. 2nd Table played super duper batman style fast. HU guy was a calling station. Just biding my time, set him up huge, then out for $208..........
(WARNING!!! WARNING!!! BAD BEAT!!! DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!! DANGER!!)
Full Tilt Poker Game #7556392744: Not FTOPS Event #3 (57456881), Table 5 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:43:44 ET - 2008/08/07
Seat 2: cmitch (19,875)
Seat 6: sohowdoiplay (28,125)
cmitch antes 25
sohowdoiplay antes 25
cmitch posts the small blind of 120
sohowdoiplay posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to cmitch [Kh Ac]
cmitch calls 120
sohowdoiplay raises to 720
cmitch raises to 2,210
sohowdoiplay raises to 28,100, and is all in
cmitch calls 17,640, and is all in
sohowdoiplay shows [4c 6d]
cmitch shows [Kh Ac]
Uncalled bet of 8,250 returned to sohowdoiplay
*** FLOP *** [5s 7d 4h]
*** TURN *** [5s 7d 4h] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [5s 7d 4h Ad] [8c]
sohowdoiplay shows a straight, Eight high
cmitch shows a pair of Aces
sohowdoiplay wins the pot (39,750) with a straight, Eight high
cmitch: lol
cmitch stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 39,750 | Rake 0
Board: [5s 7d 4h Ad 8c]
Seat 2: cmitch (small blind) showed [Kh Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: sohowdoiplay (big blind) showed [4c 6d] and won (39,750) with a straight, Eight high
SoHowDoesHePlay???
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What a tool!? To over-shove/jam an effective ~80 EFFING blinds pre-flop, HU, on top of a re-raiser, with 64o!!????!! WTF?! Curious that this fool made it out of the first table and to HU with you here!? Bummer luck CMitch!
Really enjoyed your writeup of that AQ < KK BvB hand in your last couple posts! I could read through that HH ten more times, and I don't think I could find a means to lose any less than you did there. I liked the 'check/call flop, check/raise turn' line you took. Seemed much braver than what I was originally willing to consider, but makes a lot of sense given the absence of any scare card. ...
I mean, you asked how to maximize profits if indeed unwilling to consider letting it go post-flop... and my answer was a willingness to get it all in on that flop. But now I'm thinking your line was likely much more +EV, as your patience/restraint to await the non-king non-club turn likely causes many more holdings to call you down here. And, again, I think that despite the results of this actual hand, we still need to assume you're ahead here more often than you're behind... (in this identical spot, against an unknown.)
Anyway, really enjoyed the posts! Good luck going forward, and have a great weekend!
RaisingCayne
6:31 PM