One extreme to the other with AA
PokerStars Game #705780320: Hold'em No Limit ($5/$10) - 2004/09/20 - 02:59:04
(ET)
Table 'Nerina' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: michael1123 ($870.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Okonig39 ($673 in chips)
Seat 3: rick45 ($3499.25 in chips)
Seat 4: Claytacah ($1342.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Bushman ($1022 in chips)
Seat 6: TheBusDriver ($1597 in chips)
Seat 7: harley1 ($200.50 in chips)
Seat 8: TillerMaN ($1000 in chips)
Seat 9: bet2win ($1060.50 in chips)
michael1123: posts small blind $5
Okonig39: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to michael1123 [Ah As]
rick45: calls $10
Claytacah: folds
Bushman: raises $10 to $20
TheBusDriver: folds
harley1: calls $20
TillerMaN: folds
bet2win: folds
michael1123: raises $40 to $60
Okonig39: folds
rick45: calls $50
Bushman: calls $40
harley1: calls $40
*** FLOP *** [9c 4h 8c]
michael1123: bets $200
rick45: folds
Bushman: folds
harley1: calls $140.50 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [9c 4h 8c] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [9c 4h 8c 2c] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
michael1123: shows [Ah As] (a pair of Aces)
harley1: shows [Tc Kc] (a flush, King high)
harley1 collected $528 from pot
michael1123 said, "ouch"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $531 | Rake $3
Board [9c 4h 8c 2c Jc]
Seat 1: michael1123 (small blind) showed [Ah As] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: Okonig39 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: rick45 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Claytacah folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Bushman folded on the Flop
Seat 6: TheBusDriver folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: harley1 showed [Tc Kc] and won ($528) with a flush, King high
Seat 8: TillerMaN folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: bet2win (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
So I decide I need to play it more aggressively preflop to protect my hand, as this is the second time recently I've lost with AA to a flush draw, still betting the flop hard, in an NL ring game. I doubt he could call with KT if I had raised it to 100 instead, and I don't want 4 callers anyway.
PokerStars Game #705810978: Hold'em No Limit ($5/$10) - 2004/09/20 - 03:18:33
(ET)
Table 'Nerina' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: michael1123 ($532 in chips)
Seat 2: Okonig39 ($547 in chips)
Seat 3: rick45 ($3408.25 in chips)
Seat 4: lancealot ($1022.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Bushman ($1172 in chips)
Seat 6: TheBusDriver ($1500.25 in chips)
Seat 7: harley1 ($622 in chips)
Seat 8: twin-caracas ($985 in chips)
Seat 9: bet2win ($985 in chips)
michael1123: posts small blind $5
Okonig39: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to michael1123 [Ah Ac]
rick45: raises $40 to $50
lancealot: folds
Bushman: folds
TheBusDriver: folds
harley1: folds
twin-caracas: folds
bet2win: calls $50
michael1123: raises $150 to $200
Okonig39: folds
rick45: calls $150
bet2win: calls $150
*** FLOP *** [As 4d Ad]
michael1123: bets $50
rick45: calls $50
bet2win: calls $50
*** TURN *** [As 4d Ad] [9d]
michael1123: bets $50
rick45: calls $50
bet2win: calls $50
*** RIVER *** [As 4d Ad 9d] [Jc]
michael1123: bets $232 and is all-in
rick45: folds
bet2win: calls $232
*** SHOW DOWN ***
michael1123: shows [Ah Ac] (four of a kind, Aces)
bet2win: mucks hand
michael1123 collected $1371 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1374 | Rake $3
Board [As 4d Ad 9d Jc]
Seat 1: michael1123 (small blind) showed [Ah Ac] and won ($1371) with four of a
kind, Aces
Seat 2: Okonig39 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: rick45 folded on the River
Seat 4: lancealot folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Bushman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: TheBusDriver folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: harley1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: twin-caracas folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: bet2win (button) mucked [7d 7s] - two pair, Aces and Sevens
Don't think I can go wrong with that flop! Calling with 77 though, geez. Bet2win probably had a higher pocket pair than that. I know my small bet, small bet, all in at the river obviously looks like slowplaying, but I don't see how else I could've played it with that flop, since they couldn't have an ace. I'm happily surprised I got as much action as I did.
