well i got my first cash, i was going good i thought folded for about 30mins and it was down to 17 players then i went out

Table #1619010 - Tournament #984705 Table #23
Starting Hand #81400318
Last Hand #81399889
Game Type: Hold'em
Limit Type: No Limit
Table Type: Tournament
Money Type: TOURNAMENT CHIPS
Blinds are now $1000/$2000
Button is at seat 5
Seat 1: PelleSvinrik - $47950
Seat 3: StopLookingAtMe - $23630.08
Seat 4: blobby11 - $24960
Seat 5: boabsta - $14051.68
Seat 6: pokernetwork - $2683.28
Seat 7: rosso87 - $24858.22
Seat 8: MrMacavoy - $33266.88
Seat 9: TheSqueeze - $37745.08
Seat 10: Kosta - $25600
Moving Button to seat 6
rosso87 posts small blind ($1000)
MrMacavoy posts big blind ($2000)
Shuffling Deck
Dealing Cards
Dealing [Ac As] to rosso87
TheSqueeze folds
Kosta folds
thefly1: ill go now maybe see u again soon
PelleSvinrik raises to $4000
StopLookingAtMe folds
blobby11 folds
boabsta folds
pokernetwork folds
rosso87 raises to $8000
MrMacavoy folds
PelleSvinrik calls $8000
Dealing Flop [Kc Qh Tc]
StopLookingAtMe: fly -do u have a stutter?
rosso87 bets $16858.22 (all-in)
PelleSvinrik calls $16858.22
PelleSvinrik shows [Ah Jc]
rosso87 shows [Ac As]
Dealing Turn [2c]
Dealing River [9d]
rosso87 has One Pair: Aces
StopLookingAtMe: is there an echo in ur bedroom?
PelleSvinrik has Straight, Ace high
PelleSvinrik wins $51716.44 with: Straight, Ace high
Seat 1: PelleSvinrik - $74808.22
Seat 3: StopLookingAtMe - $23630.08
Seat 4: blobby11 - $24960
Seat 5: boabsta - $14051.68
Seat 6: pokernetwork - $2683.28
Seat 7: rosso87 - $0
Seat 8: MrMacavoy - $31266.88
Seat 9: TheSqueeze - $37745.08
Seat 10: Kosta - $25600
rosso87: omg
End Of Hand #81400318


did i play this any worse? lol

Your only other option would have been to raise more preflop - however how much would you have had to raise to drive PelleSvinrik out of the pot ? With his stack he is possibly calling you for anything less than 50% of your stack.

Of course once he sees that flop theres no way you are getting away - or can laydown!

yeah i think i fcked up by only reraising him the min, but i wanted him to stick around at that stage.

after the flop i was worried and i really should have folded.

I dont think you fck'd up,
honestly I dont see either of you laying down at any stage
even if you both seen the turn with out being all-in, it was gonna happen.

AA = Top pr with nut straight & flush draw
AJ = straight on flop, with 2nd best flush draw

he did have you covered by almost x2 (~1.93)

and if you go all in pre flop, he thinks your trying to save your sb.

a question to ask yourself is not if you could have played it anyworse, but

Would you have called?:
if you checked and he put you all in


AA is tough to let go, but most times when holding them, you think you are ahead.

Edit: congrads btw $$

i had the same last night in the $3000 first time i played it and was going good in 1st place when this happens:

Table #1650911 - Tournament #1021004 Table #13
Starting Hand #83319829
Last Hand #83319495
Game Type: Hold'em
Limit Type: No Limit
Table Type: Tournament
Money Type: TOURNAMENT CHIPS
Blinds are now $300/$600
Button is at seat 6
Seat 1: thulin - $15290
Seat 3: boulti - $11180
Seat 4: Wircki - $7730
Seat 5: Jellsta - $42225
Seat 6: dmnk3 - $10000
Seat 7: TESTUBABY - $17290
Seat 8: PokeHerInTheAce - $10292.50
Seat 9: arjeys - $11727.50
Seat 10: Chucker29 - $10495
Moving Button to seat 7
PokeHerInTheAce posts small blind ($300)
arjeys posts big blind ($600)
Shuffling Deck
Dealing Cards
Dealing [Kd Kc] to Jellsta
Chucker29 folds
thulin folds
boulti raises to $1800
Wircki folds
Jellsta raises to $5400
dmnk3 did not respond in time and is folded
dmnk3 folds
TESTUBABY folds
PokeHerInTheAce folds
arjeys folds
boulti raises to $11180 (all-in)
Jellsta calls $11180
boulti shows [Ah Jh]
Jellsta shows [Kd Kc]
Dealing Flop [7s 2s 9h]
Dealing Turn [Ac]
Dealing River [Th]
boulti has One Pair: Aces
boulti wins $23260 with: One Pair: Aces

did i play this well enough or should i have raised more ?
finished a respectable 8th and cashed out with $155 so not too bad for first atempt.

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wouldnt have mattered how much you raise
the other person was going all in to any raise.


I think the only way you could have won this pot was to call his orignal bet of $1.8k and then pushed on the flop.

Personaly I prefer to slow down K's
yes bet strong, but call bet's.

Atleast if there is an ace on the flop you have some chance of getting away. And only calling his pre flop bet, and see'n the flop, there would be some re raise action to get information.
Basically you told him to comit himself pre flop
and with AJh, low stack he thought great chance to double up.

But if i had called his pre flop raise and went to the flop on which he did not hit, I then raised before the turn would he of not still called my raise anyway or pushed all in?

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yes that is the hypathetical situation
but my point is, atleast give your self the chance to lay a big hand down.

scenario: u call his bet pot is +$20000
ok you both see that flop Dealing Flop [7s 2s 9h]
you check, he goes all in($9380) .....what do u do ?
what do you put him on ? 77, 99, A9, QQ, JJ, TT , XXs, etc
can you let go of 1 pair ?


remember you were in first place and called all in with 1 pair.
what I am trying to make you think is.
give yourself the chance to fold a big hand, rather then risking so much of your stack pre flop vs people that NEED to double up.

yeah fair one i see where you are commming from now, thanks for the advice

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