PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (8 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

MP1 (t21335)
MP2 (t10690)
CO (t10900)
Button (t6810)
Hero (t2675)
BB (t1625)
UTG (t6990)
UTG+1 (t6475)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
5 folds, Button raises to t1200, Hero raises to t2650, 1 fold, Button calls t1450.

Flop: (t5450) , , (2 players)

Turn: (t5450) (2 players)

River: (t5450) (2 players)

Final Pot: t5450

Results in white below:
Button has 4c 8c (straight, eight high).
Hero has Kc Ah (two pair, sixes and fives).
Outcome: Button wins t5450.

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I don't understand the logic of these people. He probably thinks he played that hand well, too.

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I guess he was trying to steal the blinds (blinds at 400 though...hmmm). And when he saw someone with 1/4 of his stack going all-in he thought "wtf, lets gamble and see what happens, I'll still have 4000 if I lose".

fucked up isn't it?

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Once the button raises, he has to call the shove.

I don't think the raise from the button is a good idea given the small stacks that are in the blinds, but when he gets shoved he has to call given that price.

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if u run into him again, ask him one simple question....

is black really back for the winter?

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1) blind steal
2) pot odds


he played it fine....

when you raise into a rock and he reraises you

alarms should go off in your head...

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well lets face it ur stack is smaller than his and he's probably thinking what the hell let gamble. its advanced tournement play (in his point of view) that most cash players won't understand! but thats what makes the game interesting. it would be pretty boring if everyone played the same as u!

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He's getting 3.6:1 pot odds, he has to call as he definitely has 23% equity against your range.

Like I said before, I'm not crazy about his blind steal as I don't think the stack sizes allow for great FE, but whatever I suck at tourneys.

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