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tough luck at a poker tournament..

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z0mb13

Lifer
so I was playing no limit hold em tournament at one online poker site..

starting chips was 1500... I brought it up to 15000 chips..

so we had a 5 minute break after the hour, and on my first hand after the break, I have pocket kings. and of course I went all in with 13000 in chips.

Guess what? the other guy with about 13000 in chips as well had pocket aces!! WTF BBQ so I promptly lost all of my chips..

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Originally posted by: z0mb13
so I was playing no limit hold em tournament at one online poker site..

starting chips was 1500... I brought it up to 15000 chips..

so we had a 5 minute break after the hour, and on my first hand after the break, I have pocket kings. and of course I went all in with 13000 in chips.

Guess what? the other guy with about 13000 in chips as well had pocket aces!! WTF BBQ so I promptly lost all of my chips..
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ROFL~
 
I'm not the best poker player in the world, but I enjoy playing with friends. When did you go all-in (e.g. after the flop) and why did you choose that time?
 
Originally posted by: EpsiIon
I'm not the best poker player in the world, but I enjoy playing with friends. When did you go all-in (e.g. after the flop) and why did you choose that time?
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I went all in before the flop

reason is because I had a pair of kings, and I had the most chips at that table..

so if I lose I thought I will still be in the game, but the guy that had the pocket aces is the only guy that almost had the same chipcount as me!

 
Originally posted by: z0mb13
Originally posted by: EpsiIon
I'm not the best poker player in the world, but I enjoy playing with friends. When did you go all-in (e.g. after the flop) and why did you choose that time?
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I went all in before the flop

reason is because I had a pair of kings, and I had the most chips at that table..

so if I lose I thought I will still be in the game, but the guy that had the pocket aces is the only guy that almost had the same chipcount as me!
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So, was this just a bunch of worthless chips or did you actually have money on this?
 
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: z0mb13
Originally posted by: EpsiIon
I'm not the best poker player in the world, but I enjoy playing with friends. When did you go all-in (e.g. after the flop) and why did you choose that time?
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I went all in before the flop

reason is because I had a pair of kings, and I had the most chips at that table..

so if I lose I thought I will still be in the game, but the guy that had the pocket aces is the only guy that almost had the same chipcount as me!
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So, was this just a bunch of worthless chips or did you actually have money on this?
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first place gets $300

(but it was free to enter 😀😀)

so I dont feel too bad
 
I was last to act, bet 3BB on a pair of Q's, the guy before me about the same chip amt. as me, goes over the top of me and raise to 5BB. I re-raise with all-in, and the bastard follows. We flip our cards and he gets a pair Js! SWEET!! Flop comes and bastard gets a pair of Js for a total for 4Js 🙁 It was a tough one to get over.
 
Tough luck, especially considering there was only one person at the table you needed to fear and that was the one who happened to have AA. I don't think there was much you could do in that situation other than possibly being a little less aggressive. It was a tournament and you had the chip lead at your table. A decent raise should have gotten the mediocre hands out and possibly let you see the flop. Of course, it's very possible AA would have re-raised in which case you could have called. It's definitely a tough call and you are probably bound to lose a good size of your stack either way unless you folded to a big bet on the flop w/ an A on the flop.

Either way, since Poker is skill as well as a LOT of luck, you probably need to avoid a situation such as this in order to win a tournament. Good luck.
 
Originally posted by: DBL
Tough luck, especially considering there was only one person at the table you needed to fear and that was the one who happened to have AA. I don't think there was much you could do in that situation other than possibly being a little less aggressive. It was a tournament and you had the chip lead at your table. A decent raise should have gotten the mediocre hands out and possibly let you see the flop. Of course, it's very possible AA would have re-raised in which case you could have called. It's definitely a tough call and you are probably bound to lose a good size of your stack either way unless you folded to a big bet on the flop w/ an A on the flop.

Either way, since Poker is skill as well as a LOT of luck, you probably need to avoid a situation such as this in order to win a tournament. Good luck.
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well I had to make a move since only 1st place gets paid! So I was taking a chance there

 
its its still early in the tourney, fold Kings against an all in raise from big stack.

Remember this is a tourney, not a cash game.

As a big stack, you gotta avoid tangles with big stacks and attack small stacks.

 
I agree with DBL. Pocket kings are great, but I've lost with it countless times to some idiot holding with an Ace Nine or something similar. An Ace comes up, he now has a pair of Aces, pocket Kings are worthless. I'd have bet the blind, or maybe doubled it first, to see who would stay and maybe raise me.
 
Originally posted by: z0mb13
well I had to make a move since only 1st place gets paid! So I was taking a chance there
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Sure but in general I notice that the big money winners early on rarely ever end up winning mainly b/c their poker stinks. They play ultra-aggressive while getting lucky a couple of times and take a big chip lead. Eventually, as the amount players dwindle (leaving more solid competition) and their luck catches up with them, their aggressiveness does them in.

Either way, you certainly don't NEED to be making a play for all your chips after the first break with only a high pair. That's still relatively early and plenty of time to build your stack.


 
I'm not sure I would have gone all-in, maybe just a standard raise of 4xBB. If someone comes over the top, then you have a decision to make, do they haves aces or not. What were the blinds at the time, and did you have position on this player?
 
I honestly would have called too... The odds of them having Aces is very low, especially considering people think Tens, Jacks, Quens, and Ace King are all All-In worthy hands, you had the odds in your favor.
 
Originally posted by: 95SS
I'm not sure I would have gone all-in, maybe just a standard raise of 4xBB. If someone comes over the top, then you have a decision to make, do they haves aces or not. What were the blinds at the time, and did you have position on this player?
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even if they did that I would still go all in..

what are the chances of someone having pair of aces?? especially the guy that have the same chip amount as me

remember that the lucky players are already weeded out.. so I cant let them see the flop..

 
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