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Limping in with Aces… On the button!

Steven — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:12:52 +0000

Just cleaned out a donkey online and wanted to share the story because the guy played his hand so strangely, and he played it so weak considering the very deep stack sizes I just had to share…

Anyway, I’m under the gun with KJ and as it was a very passive table I decided to limp. Five players limped behind me and the blinds call/checked. Seven players in the hand — no raise.

The flop comes KK4 rainbow. Excellent flop for me obviously and I bet out 70% of the pot in third position assuming SOMEONE will have a pocket pair or a 4 to give me some action. I get called by 3 players.

The turn brings a Jack, giving me the nuts. I check to make them think I may have been stealing on the flop and one guy behind me bets. Button moves all-in right away, I just call, and get a call behind me. The river is a ten. I move all-in and get called by K-10, cold deck for him. Button shows aces.

Slowplaying aces and then paying off with SEVEN players in (chances someone has a king are huge). BADBADBADpoker.

David Layani (AA) meets Phil Ivey (66)

Steven — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:09:03 +0000

David Layani decides to play his Aces slowly against Phil Ivey. I repeat — this guy decides to PLAY HIS ACES SLOWLY against Phil Ivey. Dude, you’re up against, PHIL IVEY, why pick the riskiest approach to playing your hand?

I mean — if he just played the hand it was supposed to be played against a top pro like Phil Ivey, he would have scooped the pot before the flop (hopefully), or he may have lost against Phil, but without having to feel like he asked for it…

Click here to view the embedded video.

Found the vid right here at Phil Ivey Fan!

What you don’t want to see happen to your Aces

Steven — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:24:14 +0000

This is a painful hand, and shows how dangerous aces are against middle and low pairs. We’ll be looking at the hand from sifoka’s perspective, he is dealt . Pre-flop:

RAISE acousticmann to $2
RAISE sifoka to $6
CALL acousticmann $4

You’ve got what you wanted. A raise in front of you, a hefty re-raise and a call. Not bad, decent action in a $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold’em game, even at Full Tilt.

Anyway, the flop rolls off, and it’s a good one. Flush draw that may have hit something, and some dangerous straight-are middle cards too:

Our man sifoka bets right into it, the right play — and is probably quite happy to see a re-raise. He shoves it in (again, the right play), and sees the bad news: a set.

BET sifoka $8
RAISE acousticmann to $20
ALL-IN sifoka $43.25
CALL acousticmann $23.25

Auch:

sifoka shows
acousticmann shows

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Board [ ]

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Seat 1 acousticmann showed [ ] and won ($95.75) with a full house Eights full of Sevens

Painful. Source, right here!