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[etomicsean]

Hand #7374598-2 at TurboSnG-0010e (No Limit Hold'em Sit and Go)
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Started at 29/Jul/05 02:15:28

urxwife is at seat 0 with 1480.
etomicsean is at seat 1 with 1500.
SUBLMEFOOL is at seat 2 with 1500.
perge33 is at seat 3 with 1500.
tonedout is at seat 4 with 1580.
striker77 is at seat 5 with 1480.
elcal68 is at seat 6 with 1480.
phil131 is at seat 7 with 1500.
Bcity83 is at seat 8 with 1500.
optimusprime1 is at seat 9 with 1480.
The button is at seat 9.

urxwife posts the small blind of 10.
etomicsean posts the big blind of 20.

urxwife: -- --
etomicsean: 8d 8c
SUBLMEFOOL: -- --
perge33: -- --
tonedout: -- --
striker77: -- --
elcal68: -- --
phil131: -- --
Bcity83: -- --
optimusprime1: -- --

Pre-flop:

SUBLMEFOOL raises to 40. perge33 folds. tonedout
calls. striker77 folds. elcal68 re-raises to 60.
phil131 folds. Bcity83 folds. optimusprime1 folds.
urxwife calls. etomicsean re-raises to 80.
SUBLMEFOOL calls. tonedout folds. elcal68 calls.
urxwife calls.

Flop (board: 3c Tc Qc):

urxwife checks. etomicsean bets 20. SUBLMEFOOL
folds. elcal68 folds. urxwife calls.

Turn (board: 3c Tc Qc 7s):

urxwife checks. etomicsean bets 20. urxwife calls.


River (board: 3c Tc Qc 7s 5h):

urxwife checks. etomicsean bets 20. urxwife calls.




Showdown:

etomicsean shows 8d 8c.
etomicsean has 8d 8c Tc Qc 7s: a pair of eights.
urxwife mucks cards.
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Hand #7374598-2 Summary:

No rake is taken for this hand.
etomicsean wins 480 with a pair of eights.




it was really just more amusing then anything. you had to be there i guess. ask av8.

[Marm]

ummmm yeah... .thats 'amusing'... as long as the min bets were supposed ot be funny

[SuckOutKing]

Marm has a good point you beggin urxwife to catch up. And if that A or J hits then what do you do? You have to be making a minimum of pot sized bets there.

[Antneye]

Still being relatively new to this site I am not sure if Etomic is just being funny,or if this is how he thinks you should play. Those min bets are just disastrous. If this is how he plays, I would love to invite him to my games.

Lets look at this closer...............

Marginal hand.......min bets.....gives opponent the right odds to hang around.....suckout likely...no brainer this is the wrong play.

But what if he was holding the nuts? Is this right then? I say no. Sure you would want to slow play, but a utilizing a probe type bet of about 1/3 the pot will get more chips in play and probably keep this guy around at least through the turn if he has anything at all. Playing even the nuts this way would cost you more money over time than you would win with min bets.

Believe me, I hate betting when i have the nuts only to see everyone fold, but I always keep in mind that i will make more money with that technique over time than by min-betting.....of course the other variation is the check-raise or check call........I use them also to mix things up, but i have found that style one seems to avg more money for me. If i am going to check, I lean to check call because the check raise will usually chase the guy. Check call on flop, check again on turn........if opponent checks turn also, then i am leading out on river with a bet that gives just enough odds to make a call mandatory.

Thats just me, I have never played poker before, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night.

[etomicsean]

oh no it was completely made to be funny. it started becaues of the minimum limit like raises preflop. it was all a joke. thats no where near how i play or i think anyone should play.

[eclinchy]

Antneye...

Why are you trying so hard to analyze this hand... when the point you're making is already so painfully obvious?

[Antneye]

Because I was bored and wanted to hear myself speak.

Wasn't that painfully obvious?

[Av8tor009]

it was funny... i convinced him to play it like limit just to be funny... but he forgot to bet 40 on the turn and river... so it ruined the effect..

[etomicsean]

it was funny... i convinced him to play it like limit just to be funny... but he forgot to bet 40 on the turn and river... so it ruined the effect..

you ruined the effect