Dude was a fucking moron, just waiting for my spot.... I'm making this play every day and twice on Sunday in this spot.... He raises this to T1K, I'm dropping this like a bad habit, for T400 I'm looking to stack someone...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (9 handed) CP hand converter

UTG+1 (t9415)
MP1 (t16696)
MP2 (t29002)
MP3 (t10060)
CO (t2895)
Button (t4840)
SB (t8610)
Hero (t9087)
UTG (t17170)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t600, 5 folds, SB calls t500, Hero calls t400.

Flop: (t1800) , , (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t1600, UTG+1 raises to t4400, SB folds, Hero raises to t8487, UTG+1 calls t4087.

Turn: (t18774) (2 players)

River: (t18774) (2 players)

Final Pot: t18774

Results in white below:
Hero has 2d Ad (two pair, aces and twos).
UTG+1 has Kc As (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins t18774.

I don't normally do this type of play against better opponents, but there was no way this guy was laying down AK. You have to know your opponent. Is he capable of laying down a monster, no. Ok then, you flopped 2 pair and you have him on AK or AQ, PUSH! It's that simple..

If I'm in his shoes with 2 black cards and someone called me PF, and bets into me for the pot on that flop, I'm dropping that like a bad habit... It's just a play I've done before that works, but you have to know your spots, and you have to know what your opponent is likely to have..

I know he's not going to raise UTG+1 with A9, so I know he's on a big A and I have him beat on the flop.... Like I said, I knew I was safe here, and in this spot it was a great play...

90% of the time this play is not going to work. You hit a miracle flop against a donk that takes TPTK too far. Granted, you knew that if you hit the miracle you would stack him, but you aren't often going to hit the flop like that. Even if you have a good read on the guy, I still think this is a -EV play in the long run. There was also 2 hearts on the board, had he had Ah or Kh, you would have been stacked.

I don t even like calling the BB with A rag suited though, so we are very diff players.

Originally Posted by eldave04

90% of the time this play is not going to work. You hit a miracle flop against a donk that takes TPTK too far. Granted, you knew that if you hit the miracle you would stack him, but you aren't often going to hit the flop like that. Even if you have a good read on the guy, I still think this is a -EV play in the long run. There was also 2 hearts on the board, had he had Ah or Kh, you would have been stacked.

I don t even like calling the BB with A rag suited though, so we are very diff players.

I agree, but for T400 I want to see a flop, and I have the chips to do so.. If I dont hit 2 pair with no paint on the board or 2 or 3 diamonds I ck/fold the flop. Plain and simple. This is one play, in certain situations, agains certain players, in certain tournamenst, period!

If I'm playing a $20 SnG, $11 SnG, even a $5 SnG I'm folding this to any raise, and I fold anything less than AT in any position other than the BB because I can't fold in the BB.

In a $3 rebuy, before the break, I'm making this play. Remember also, he *could* have been raising with JJ+ even KQs so there was a small chance that ANY ace would have been good here.