Hi, thought it was about time I posted in "Newbies"! I'm a complete n00b. I've played about 10 MTSnGs on Stars. I came 2nd in my first and nowhere ever since! I played this hand last night and someone said "LMAO!" off in chat.

PokerStars Game #4276467687: Tournament #21262447, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/03/13 - 17:04:26 (ET)
Table '21262447 4' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: dicky-do-dea (1905 in chips)
Seat 2: andysyme (1720 in chips)
Seat 4: pinticky (3540 in chips)
Seat 5: Kelbal10 (2270 in chips)
Seat 6: ksnjay (1010 in chips)
Seat 7: Grizzly2009 (2095 in chips)
Seat 9: choupette1 (5550 in chips)
dicky-do-dea: posts small blind 25
andysyme: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to andysyme [9s As]
pinticky: folds
Kelbal10: folds
ksnjay: folds
Grizzly2009: folds
choupette1: calls 50
dicky-do-dea: calls 25
andysyme: raises 50 to 100
choupette1: calls 50
dicky-do-dea: calls 50
*** FLOP *** [Ac 2s 8c]
dicky-do-dea: checks
andysyme: bets 250
choupette1: calls 250
dicky-do-dea: folds
*** TURN *** [Ac 2s 8c] [6d]
andysyme: bets 200
choupette1: calls 200
*** RIVER *** [Ac 2s 8c 6d] [4h]
andysyme: checks
choupette1: bets 5000 and is all-in
andysyme: calls 1170 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
choupette1: shows [9c 5c] (high card Ace)
andysyme: shows [9s As] (a pair of Aces)
andysyme collected 3540 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3540 | Rake 0
Board [Ac 2s 8c 6d 4h]
Seat 1: dicky-do-dea (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: andysyme (big blind) showed [9s As] and won (3540) with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: pinticky folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Kelbal10 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ksnjay folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Grizzly2009 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: choupette1 (button) showed [9c 5c] and lost with high card Ace

The guy had quite a big stack and seemed to have been playing in most hands, I figured he was playing pretty loose.

Was the texter laughing at me? Did I do something wrong - what do you think?

Also, can anyone recommend a good book to start with. I gather Doyles Supersystem and Sklanskys Theory of... look popular but maybe not for a noob such as myself? I bought Hellmuth's (can't remeber the name but has material in from Play like the Pros). And have tried using his top ten starting hands only in a few limit cash games - but with not much luck (luck?) - maybe I haven't given it chance yet.

Cheers for any help - I'm lovin' this forum.

Andy

He could have been laughing at a couple of things:

1. Could have been laughing at the bluff that did not work. Laughing at the other guy missing his flush and trying to bluff you all in

2. Could have just been the fact that you played A9 so strongly!

Think it is more likely that he was laughing at the bluff that got caught with his pants down

Check PF

I should've checked to get a free flop with quite a weak hand?

Andy

yes, thats what he means.

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I don't necessarily mind the raise but if you're going to do it then I would raise it to at least $200-$250 in the hopes of taking the pot right there. You don't want to put in a minimum raise and start to build a big pot when you're holding a small/mediocre hand.

that raise is so stupid preflop. who is gunna call 50 and then fold for an extra 50? no one. raise this up to like 250.

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Yeah that would've been the play I would have made.

Why raise?

Especially the way you did, min raising is stupid in most cases. Try to refrain from it.

If you must raise, raise it up to t250

Cool, cheers guys.

What's the difference between noob and newbie?