Mr McJ and I hooked up in the same SnG today and I was witness/victim to a strange coincidence. Mr McJ got eliminated in the 1st Level calling an all-in with A-K with A-7-? on the flop. About 6 or seven hands later this happened:

POKERSTARS GAME #6439503539: TOURNAMENT #32686187, $5.00+$0.50 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL II (15/30) - 2006/09/27 - 15:30:44 (ET)
Table '32686187 2' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Blizgar (1235 in chips)
Seat 3: MikhailTal (1355 in chips)
Seat 5: lulOck (1230 in chips)
Seat 6: Aces-o-8s (2205 in chips)
Seat 7: Dereked (1330 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: ozzie2222 (5225 in chips)
Seat 9: Name Bing (925 in chips)
Aces-o-8s: posts small blind 15
Dereked: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Aces-o-8s
ozzie2222 has timed out
ozzie2222: folds
ozzie2222 is sitting out
ozzie2222 has returned
Name Bing: raises 30 to 60
Blizgar: folds
MikhailTal: folds
lulOck: calls 60
Aces-o-8s: calls 45
Dereked: folds
*** FLOP ***
Aces-o-8s: checks
Name Bing: bets 865 and is all-in
lulOck: folds
Aces-o-8s: calls 865
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Aces-o-8s: shows [Ac Kd] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
Name Bing: shows [As 7s] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
Name Bing collected 1940 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1940 | Rake 0
Board [6d Ah 7d 5d 6s]
Seat 1: Blizgar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: MikhailTal folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: lulOck (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Aces-o-8s (small blind) showed [Ac Kd] and lost with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 7: Dereked (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: ozzie2222 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Name Bing showed [As 7s] and won (1940) with two pair, Aces and Sevens


Now I'll turn it over to the conspiracy theroist

deserve to lose because you played a monster like a little girl

I think the line you take, you have to chek the flop for a trap. in that sense it worked out well. i'd also suggest raising Ak OOP v.s min raise. v.s standard pot raise, I would sugegst smooth call, but v.s min, you should repop this.

that is one hell of a coincidence.

(chance of same table w/MrMCJ) x (chance of both of you busting w/ same hand) x (busting w/ same flop texture) = crazuness

Originally Posted by Eclipse86

no offense.. but u played this had very poorly on all streets..

pf should have been reraised.

At this early stage in the tourney, I don't mind just calling here, OOP pf. The pot is t165. Winning this is not going to help you go deep in the tourney. An effective reraise (say to 260) still gives original raiser 2:1 odds to call. Now you have put in 12% of your chips pf with a drawing hand (trying to win t165?). Flop comes, and oh, you gotta act first and you either put in another 15% of your chips on a c-bet or you give up the hand.
I'll play AK aggressive in the later stages where pots are woth a damn pf, but in Level II, I'm looking to stack someone on the flop or just lose a minimal amount.
Unlucky he hits 2 pair, but that's not going to happen often (I know... tell that to MrMcJ...)

Originally Posted by edmunddantes

Guys I don't think the orginal thread was about how hands were misplayed or not--- he was just sharing an observation ...

Forum = General Poker Strategy

A/8 is cool. He can handle a little hand analysis.