One extreme to the other with AA

[michael1123]

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.

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[Karsk]

huh talk about a wierd coincidence in this hand that has nothing to do with poker. Dont know if any of you are ex gamers or whatnot but i was pretty big starcraft/broodwar and to some extent warcraft3 addict back in the day. Tillerman, one of the top players of the game has seemingly moved into poker and plays on stars. even won himself an entry into this years wsop. heh just an interesting side note

[michael1123]

I've seen him on the NL tables a lot. He's a complete, 100% rock. I basically get out of the way of him whenever he raises.

[stevedonel]

check out Michael playin the high limit ring games 8-)

step back

boo yaaaah

On pokersharks too. You da man!!

.....Tillerman, one of the top players of the game has seemingly moved into poker and plays on stars. even won himself an entry into this years wsop......

Alot of old school MTG, CS, Starcraft/Warcraft, ect. types are coming over to poker. A good strategist, at any game, can pick up poker and do well with it. David Williams is a good example.