It's so sick how some morons can get away with plays like this. How they always catch dream boards is just ridiculous! I grind away and have a pretty profitable day considering time played and then one hand like this and half of it's gone!

This board got very shitty for me towards the end, I bet the river to avoid him just shoving on a bluff.

Any comments? Was I just unlucky to come up against a moron and catch the case ace?

Cryptologic Network No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (5 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

saw flop|saw showdown

UTG ($64.96)
MP ($26.58)
Button ($24.83)
Hero ($32.95)
BB ($24.80)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
UTG calls $0.25, MP calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.5, 1 fold, UTG folds, MP calls $1.25.

Flop: ($3.50) , , (2 players)
Hero bets $2.5, MP calls $2.50.

Turn: ($8.50) (2 players)
Hero bets $6, MP calls $6.

River: ($20.50) (2 players)
Hero bets $8, MP raises to $16.58, Hero calls $8.58.

Final Pot: $53.66

Results in white below:
Hero has Kc Ac (one pair, aces).
MP has As Ah (three of a kind, aces).
Outcome: MP wins $53.66.

UNLUCKY J. YOUR CONVERTER NEVER SHOWS THE ACE ON THE FLOP.
BUT AT LEAST HE HAD ACE ACE. IT WOOD BE WORSE IT HE HAD J7.
WHAT IS YOUR USER NAME?

Epic, this is a good example of how much harder hands are to play out of position, even hands as strong as AKs!

If I act first on the river there are 4 possible scenarios:
a) I check, he bets
b) I check, he shoves
c) I bet, he calls
d) I bet, he shoves

In cases a) and b) it is really tough to put him on a hand because he could be on a busted FD or other bluff because I've shown weakness. If he checks behind then that's great but I think this is very unlikely.

In case c) I'm probably only getting called by a hand that beats me, such as A7 so there is little value in this play.

In case d) he is realistically only shoving with a better hand but the pot odds will be too big to fold imho.

If I act 2nd, these are the possible scenarios
a) He checks
b) He bets
c) He shoves

In case a) I probably check behind thinking that there is little value in betting because there are not a lot of hands that I bet that he beats, plus he can still check raise all in.

In case b) I simply make a pot odds call/fold decision

In case c) it is an easy fold.


Can you see how much easier it is to play in position even when holding a hand as big as AKs? Make that A5 or the sort of junk you play OOP and it becomes much worse!


If anyone wants to add or correct anything then please feel free

Amazing to me that people limp with A's

Originally Posted by Double3

Amazing to me that people limp with A's

Not even open limp

Originally Posted by jharding666

It's so sick how some morons can get away with plays like this. How they always catch dream boards is just ridiculous! I grind away and have a pretty profitable day considering time played and then one hand like this and half of it's gone!

This board got very shitty for me towards the end, I bet the river to avoid him just shoving on a bluff.

that's why you can safely fold to his push imo. God knows what he has. Could have KT, AQ, a set...

Originally Posted by OrionPro

that's why you can safely fold to his push imo. God knows what he has. Could have KT, AQ, a set...

Even with 5.5-1?