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Saturday, July 29, 2006

...The kind of hand that puts you on TILT

I really want to get hand-coverter.. but for now I'll have to settle for the regular Stars hand history... here's a hand I ran into in my Stars session (and how it would normally put a player on tilt)


Table 'Schurer' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: maylg1 ($12 in chips)
Seat 2: Giant_Green ($22.85 in chips)
Seat 3: HardCoreBO ($60.15 in chips)
Seat 4: lancelotti ($37.30 in chips)
Seat 5: Verdan ($20.90 in chips)
Seat 6: crabber12 ($8.30 in chips)
crabber12: posts small blind $0.25
maylg1: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HardCoreBO [Kh Ah]
Giant_Green: raises $1.50 to $2
HardCoreBO: calls $2
lancelotti: folds
Verdan: folds
crabber12: folds
maylg1: folds
*** FLOP *** [8d 2c 4d]
Giant_Green: bets $3.50
maylg1 leaves the table
HardCoreBO: raises $4.50 to $8
Giant_Green: calls $4.50
*** TURN *** [8d 2c 4d] [4h]
Giant_Green: bets $12.85 and is all-in

... my read is as follows:
I raised this guy on the flop and got the information I needed.
He doesnt have an eight, or 99, TT, JJ, QQ: because those hands woulda reraised all in on the flop... to stop the K and A from drawing

He doesnt have KK or AA, those hands would have checked on the turn to induce bet.

He doesnt have low set or full house... those hands would bet small or check raise.

So my read is... he either has AK, AQ, AJ, or even some BS like A7 trying to make a play. He may possibly have the 2 or a low pair like 5s, but that is less likely, and against those hands I have outs. Here's how the rest of the hand turned out.

HardCoreBO: calls $12.85
*** RIVER *** [8d 2c 4d 4h] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Giant_Green: shows [Qc Ks] (two pair, Queens and Fours)
HardCoreBO: shows [Kh Ah] (a pair of Fours)
Giant_Green collected $44.20 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $46.45 Rake $2.25

*Needless to say, i got 3 outed after making a good read. Luckily I didnt tilt. I stayed at the table and later on Busted this guy real good.

Lesson: You need to try extra hard to remain calm after a suckout like this... if your heart is beating faster then normal, you are likely to turn into a bluffhead, and the noobs will call you down and win your hard earned money. *this applies to me the most, hehe*

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