No winner for
Hand of the Week #16.
You already know that SB had K
J
. Because calling an all-in with KJ suited is
bound to win one of these times, never mind the fact that it's lost the past dozen times he's played 'em. Happily, this time it did win him the pot, so he'll be calling big raises and all-ins with KJ in the future.
BB, however, could have still escaped unscathed. But nope, the pot was apparently big enough for him to want to call with his powerhouse K
7
(incidentally, the same hand but different suit as
Hand of the Week #15... my attempt at a HoW in-joke).
I debated whether my fold was correct and posted this hand on 2+2 and received just a couple responses, but enough to confirm I made the right move. I was playing Party, but even Party players can't be
that bad, right? Wrong.
But still... oooh, that big pot would've put me in a great position in that multi.
Grubby's Hand of the Week #17
for Monday, September 13, 2004
Prize: $30
The first person to correctly guess my opponent's hand before next Monday wins. Suits may or may not matter. One guess per person, please. Winner will be declared here that Monday. If there's no winner, the prize will increase $5.
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Leave your guess in the comments section below. You can be Anonymous without registering through Blogger, but do include your name so I know whose guess is whose.
If you don't include contact info and you're the winner,
email me after the quiz is over.
Good luck and good skills,
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter
MP3 (t2415)
CO (t976)
Button (t616)
SB (t775)
BB (t1943)
UTG (t515)
UTG+1 (t1115)
grubby (t855)
MP2 (t790)
Preflop: grubby is MP1 with T
9
UTG calls t30,
4 folds, CO calls t30,
Button raises to t125,
1 fold,
BB raises to t300,
UTG raises to t515 (All-In), CO folds,
Button raises to t616 (All-In), BB calls t316.
Flop: (t1792) T
3
8
(3 players, 2 all-in)
Turn: (t1792) 4
(3 players, 2 all-in)
River: (t1792) 2
(3 players, 2 all-in)
Final Pot: t1792
Main Pot: t1590 (t1590), between Button, BB and UTG.
Pot 2: t202 (t202), between Button and BB.
Playing all SnGs this month doesn't make for particularly compelling hands to pull. Most of the time you're heads-up, you win with the best hand, or you have the best starter but lose to a bad beat. Occasionally there's the oddball play that keeps you on your toes and makes you realize you can make money in SnGs.
This is a $50+5 SnG and is still early. One person already gone. Seems more like a $10+1, but let's check the handy HoleCardCam™ to see what a couple of my opponents had.
BB had A
K
. No oddball play there except that after this much aggression to you, it might run through your head that you're behind and will be drawing. If it were me, I wouldn't have reraised (this is my weakness), but I would call the all-in because I still have one of the top starters, I'm still in the game if I lose, I can knock two people out, and it's a chance to move into the lead.
UTG had A
J
. He
3bet all-in with AJo. Definite oddball here. But perhaps he was trying for the pot.
For the win and Oprah's Pontiac G6 (in spirit, that is... Poker Grub does not yet have Pontiac as a sponsor to make us look like we're fulfilling wishes when in actuality we've sold our Steadman soul and are providing a one-hour infomercial), what did the aggressive possible oddball Button have?
Go Ahead, Share Your Thoughts! .
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