Alright, folks, pay attention closely here, because this is something you need to watch out for in tournament play.
One hand internet donkeys greatly overvalue, and lose a lot of chips/cash on is top pair/top kicker....especially when all the signs are just screaming "Get out - You're beat!" Here's a hand from a $15+1 Turbo at Stars the other night at that illustrates what I'm talking about - once again, note that donkeys don't just roam at the $1 SnGs:
PokerStars Game #5295538354: Tournament #26685307, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/06/18 - 21:55:05 (ET)
Table '26685307 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: vanbizzo (1485 in chips)
Seat 2: shawn5 (1460 in chips)
Seat 3: jonnybsting (1210 in chips)
Seat 4: Diso8 (1735 in chips)
Seat 5: USANAMACK (1470 in chips)
Seat 6: BKrywko1 (1840 in chips)
Seat 8: Money007 (2845 in chips)
Seat 9: Olback (1455 in chips)
vanbizzo: posts small blind 15
shawn5: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [4c 4s] - one of my favorite hands...been very good to me, historically.
jonnybsting: calls 30
Diso8: folds
USANAMACK: folds
BKrywko1: calls 30 - Small pairs this early on, I like to see cheap flops, and will generally play on the "no set/no bet" principle, unless a good bluffing opportunity or draw comes up.
Money007: calls 30
Olback: folds
vanbizzo: calls 15
shawn5: checks
*** FLOP *** [6c Kd 4h] - Bingo! Rainbow flop is what I'm looking for..hopefully no one saw flop with 5-3 or 5-7
vanbizzo: checks
shawn5: checks
jonnybsting: checks
BKrywko1: bets 60 - 5-handed with no raisers, I need to drive a couple of people out of the pot...but don't want all of them gone
Money007: raises 60 to 120 - The @#%$ min-raise here doesn't really scream anything....although I'm thinking TPTK...A-K or maybe even K-Q?
vanbizzo: folds
shawn5: folds
jonnybsting: folds
BKrywko1: raises 280 to 400 - I thought about calling here, but if my read is right, I'm going to double up here...so let's push it a little bit
Money007: raises 280 to 680 - Stupid min-raise again....now I'm positive it's an A-K hand here
BKrywko1: raises 1130 to 1810 and is all-in
Money007: calls 1130
*** TURN *** [6c Kd 4h] 6
*** RIVER *** [6c Kd 4h 6s] 3
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BKrywko1: shows [4c 4s] (a full house, Fours full of Sixes)
Money007: shows [Ad Kh] (two pair, Kings and Sixes) - It's good to be right once in a while
BKrywko1 collected 3770 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3770 | Rake 0
Board [6c Kd 4h 6s 2c]
Seat 1: vanbizzo (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: shawn5 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: jonnybsting folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Diso8 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: USANAMACK folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: BKrywko1 showed [4c 4s] and won (3770) with a full house, Fours full of Sixes
Seat 8: Money007 showed [Ad Kh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sixes
Seat 9: Olback (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Maybe I played this too fast for some of you's liking here, but checking out sharkscope.com (if you play at PokerStars, check out the 5 free search feature) I found this player to be a major fish...and I was surely going to be able to get a ton of chips off him this hand once the flop came.
TPTK is a solid hand in NLHE, but it certainly isn't the nuts...just be wary of the signs out there!
One hand internet donkeys greatly overvalue, and lose a lot of chips/cash on is top pair/top kicker....especially when all the signs are just screaming "Get out - You're beat!" Here's a hand from a $15+1 Turbo at Stars the other night at that illustrates what I'm talking about - once again, note that donkeys don't just roam at the $1 SnGs:
PokerStars Game #5295538354: Tournament #26685307, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/06/18 - 21:55:05 (ET)
Table '26685307 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: vanbizzo (1485 in chips)
Seat 2: shawn5 (1460 in chips)
Seat 3: jonnybsting (1210 in chips)
Seat 4: Diso8 (1735 in chips)
Seat 5: USANAMACK (1470 in chips)
Seat 6: BKrywko1 (1840 in chips)
Seat 8: Money007 (2845 in chips)
Seat 9: Olback (1455 in chips)
vanbizzo: posts small blind 15
shawn5: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [4c 4s] - one of my favorite hands...been very good to me, historically.
jonnybsting: calls 30
Diso8: folds
USANAMACK: folds
BKrywko1: calls 30 - Small pairs this early on, I like to see cheap flops, and will generally play on the "no set/no bet" principle, unless a good bluffing opportunity or draw comes up.
Money007: calls 30
Olback: folds
vanbizzo: calls 15
shawn5: checks
*** FLOP *** [6c Kd 4h] - Bingo! Rainbow flop is what I'm looking for..hopefully no one saw flop with 5-3 or 5-7
vanbizzo: checks
shawn5: checks
jonnybsting: checks
BKrywko1: bets 60 - 5-handed with no raisers, I need to drive a couple of people out of the pot...but don't want all of them gone
Money007: raises 60 to 120 - The @#%$ min-raise here doesn't really scream anything....although I'm thinking TPTK...A-K or maybe even K-Q?
vanbizzo: folds
shawn5: folds
jonnybsting: folds
BKrywko1: raises 280 to 400 - I thought about calling here, but if my read is right, I'm going to double up here...so let's push it a little bit
Money007: raises 280 to 680 - Stupid min-raise again....now I'm positive it's an A-K hand here
BKrywko1: raises 1130 to 1810 and is all-in
Money007: calls 1130
*** TURN *** [6c Kd 4h] 6
*** RIVER *** [6c Kd 4h 6s] 3
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BKrywko1: shows [4c 4s] (a full house, Fours full of Sixes)
Money007: shows [Ad Kh] (two pair, Kings and Sixes) - It's good to be right once in a while
BKrywko1 collected 3770 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3770 | Rake 0
Board [6c Kd 4h 6s 2c]
Seat 1: vanbizzo (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: shawn5 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: jonnybsting folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Diso8 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: USANAMACK folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: BKrywko1 showed [4c 4s] and won (3770) with a full house, Fours full of Sixes
Seat 8: Money007 showed [Ad Kh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sixes
Seat 9: Olback (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Maybe I played this too fast for some of you's liking here, but checking out sharkscope.com (if you play at PokerStars, check out the 5 free search feature) I found this player to be a major fish...and I was surely going to be able to get a ton of chips off him this hand once the flop came.
TPTK is a solid hand in NLHE, but it certainly isn't the nuts...just be wary of the signs out there!
