I got my unofficial redeposit bonus today;
It was like one of those perfect storms – not only did my cards hit, but everyone was in an aggressive mood (didn’t last – they simmered down once I had all their money).
One guy got really pissed off at the way I played this hand;
- Sneaky AA
$0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem
5 playersStacks:
UTG ($4.25)
CO ($10.40)
BTN ($10.00)
Hero (SB) ($17.55)
BB ($10.00)Pre-flop: ($0.15, 5 players) Hero is SB A
A
3 folds, Hero calls $0.05, BB checksFlop: 5
Q A ($0.20, 2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $0.20, Hero raises to $0.60, BB raises to $1.90, Hero goes all-in $17.45, BB goes all-in $8Turn: T
($27.55, 2 players)River: 8
($27.55, 2 players)Final Pot: $20
Hero shows: A A
BB shows: A
5Hero wins $26.55 ( won +$9 )
BB lost -$10
And to be honest I don’t blame him. In recent days I’d got fed up of getting QQ+, raising preflop and the table folding on me. This time I wanted him to at least see the flop. He was so livid though…
Then there was this hand. I’m not so sure about this one.
- Hero call?
$0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem
5 playersStacks:
UTG ($1.70)
CO ($10.85)
BTN ($18.50)
SB ($10.50)
Hero (BB) ($9.00)Pre-flop: ($0.15, 5 players) Hero is BB K
A
1 fold, CO raises to $0.40, BTN calls $0.40, SB calls $0.35, Hero raises to $1.20, CO folds, BTN calls $0.80, SB foldsFlop: Q
7 A ($3.20, 2 players)
Hero bets $2, BTN calls $2Turn: 4
($7.20, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN goes all-in $15.30, Hero goes all-in $5.80River: 5
($28.30, 2 players)Final Pot: $18.80
BTN shows: 8 A
Hero shows: K ABTN wins $9.50 ( lost -$9 )
Hero wins $17.90 ( won +$8.90 )
SB lost -$0.40
CO lost -$0.40
I think if he had shoved the river instead it would have been a fold, but this felt wrong. Also we’d built the pot so much that I was basically calling a 3/4 pot bet. Playing by feeling though is bad – so please tell me if that was a completely idiotic call to make!
the only hand that can possibly pay you off on A-high board is AQ but that’d be 2 pairs. he didn’t have flush obviously, but AQ and sets were very possible. he could have bluffed with KQ, but he’d not called your 3-bet with this hand – it’s eaither 4-bet bluff or fold, so i think this call was bad. instead, in 3-bet pot you can expect c-bet almost always..especially on A-high board! so instead check-shove the flop and even jacks may pay you off.
i missed your last post about redeposit. i heard on daniel’s site that you shouldn’t play for big amount of money until you’ve played at least 200k hands and i think it’s very true – the fact that i played gazillion(about 130k – still less than 200k) hands this year helped me alot. you lost only 6 cheeseburgers so just relax and have fun
it’s a learning curve and you should “invest” into your educations..$6 is pretty cheap investment 
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