Idiotic thing i did in poker

Well, I do idiotic things in poker all the time, so I'll just state my latest. I hade AA. I raised pretty good pre flop, maybe 3xBB. Had one caller. After flop I raised the pot $600. This guy stayed with me. I had a pretty good chip lead before this hand at the final table. Instead of going all in after the turn, I checked which gave him a free card and one that made his flush that he was chasing.Of course, before I knew what he had I went all in. So I gave him most of my chips in the process. It took me a long time to get over this studipness. Hope I'll do better in the future.

Yep, 80% of the time, bad things happen to me when I ever slow play AA. The more cards that fall, the worse that situation can get holding those cards. However, if he already had a flush draw on the flop, he might have called a decent raise by you anyway, so you might have been screwed no matter what--of course an all-in by you before that turn might have made him think a little longer about it, but too many people think that a flush draw is golden. For instance, I was playing a $50 SnG a couple days ago (1 table) and I got AA. There was a 3x blind raise before I acted preflop, one more caller before me, and then I reraised 6x blinds. Both players called, the flop came with two diamonds and low cards, I pushed all-in and got 1 caller. The guy turns over A 2 of diamonds and hits his flush on the turn. I have no idea what he was doing calling a reraise preflop with A 2 on a 50 dollar game. Anyway, the moral of my story is AA can hurt. lol

well you pretty much said it yourself. Rather than only concentrating on what you have, you have to constantly think about what your opponent might have (what he thinks you have, what you think he thinks you have etc) and act accordingly.

Aces are only a pair. And preflop is not where the game ends.

I dont preferably like slow playing the aces. Lots has happened to me when i do that, IE.. getting a flush or 2 pair 3 of a kind and so on.. Thats why i usually go all in before the flop.. I know sounds stupid but the person that usually calls has a low pair, and its even better when they dont get their card and u get thier chips.. Evil i know but thats poker! Go all in the next time u get aces and see what happens!

Bad AA story:
I'm short stacked in a tournament after a couple of missed hands. Not time to make a move but I need to get stacked so I can get back into comfortable play.

I get AA on the BB. Two limpers and it comes to me. I figure AA is strong enough to take on 2 players so I slow play (queue ominous music...).
Flop comes out rags. I raise 1/2 the pot. One fold then a re-raise to 2x my bet. I shove and they turn over a flopped two pair. I'm out of the tournament.

If I'd have bet the AA (like I usually do), I would have most likely have been safe.

AA Good (?) story

Different tournament. AA on the button. The guy to my right raises 3x BB. I 3-bet him to 9x BB and he calls.
Flop comes out rag-rag-Jack. He shoves. I say "You flopped two pair didn't you?", and he answers! "Nope, I don't have two pair". "Well you've got pocket Jacks, Fold". He flips over JJ. I show my AA and he says "How the hell did you lay that down!?".

It's not too hard when he practically told me what he had .

Lost my raises but stayed in the tournament to take 2nd

Slow playing the AA has bitten me a few times as well. Got to be willing to fold them when those straight and flush possibilities turn up. Otherwise you might as well go all-in pre-flop.

^^ This is not the worst move as a chip-leader at the FT, imo.

well if he did not make the flush you would have won so you really did not play it wrong he could also go with you if he went allinn an get his flush

+1 , but if he doesn't hit his flush and went with you the value would be greater.

ye happens quite often that flush hitting and taking down those bullits ive done the same thing b4 let them see a free card but i no its my fault that i gave them the the chance 2 hit there flush poker is so aggrivating some times hehe

he called your bets, checked the turn. Went all in on the river with the flush card. Why did you not just fold.? AA Is just top pair

Overpair vs a draw: roughly 62/38 %

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Board: 8h 5h Tc
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 62.222% 62.22% 00.00% 616 0.00 { AcAd }
Hand 1: 37.778% 37.78% 00.00% 374 0.00 { KhQh }

You get good at poker by learning from your mistakes. It sounds like you identified your mistake, specifically, giving the free draw with two flush cards on the board. Next time, you make a bet big enough that you offer terrible pot odds to that draw, fold your opponant, and win the pot. You should tell the guy who drew out on you, "Thanks for the lesson."

i really don't like getting more than one caller on AA...i mean, its great if its the first level of a freeroll and you've shoved it cause you'll always get a caller or two and you gotta like the odds on that.

slow playing them is the biggest no no in the world. i think we've all done it, especially when you were a noob...that's so embarassing if your out of position and turn those aces over just to lose. i noticed a lot of ppl slow playing them will play them kinda funny...can't figure out why they're calling a huge bet when its almost obvious you've got trips or a flush. i see them most of the time when i've checked in on the BB. i don't think they realize all they're doing is giving me and everyone else free or cheap cards. almost every time...9 times out of 10, i'd have happily folded my JTo to a raise, i'd have been out of the way. i think its a psychological mistake, thinking you're invincible with these cards and you want EVERYONE to chip in the pot on this one. that's the worst thing, especially when you don't hit. ideally i'd like to double up, get a caller and get him out of there quick, or scare everyone off and take the blinds...that wouldn't hurt my feelings either

occasionally it works out for them though. because you just don't ever put them on having it. its still their dumb play though. sometimes donks will talk a lot of trash while playing this hand. can't be greedy when you're playin with rockets though, get it over with before they blow up on you

Yeah. When you see that theres straight or flush-danger after flop, go allin immediatelly. It was a lesson that everybody learns sooner or later.

i cold 4bet 64 suited all in once when we were all ~200big blinds deep. that was pretty weird.

I did my idiotic thing today...just simply forgot about a 1000$ freeroll. :-)

I seen many call those all in flush draws too (It depends on the buy in)
I don't think he even looked at the board. Thats the problem with playing aces. Many people go blind when they get aces ,and the only thing they are thinking about is how much they can they win. Soo many time I've seen people just bet, bet, and bet without seeing the obvious flush or straight possibilties.
I'm even guilty of doing that.

It sucks when that happens. At least you know what to do next time.

Lee Nelson said it best:

" There's no such thing as Check or Call, it's either Raise, or Fold."

his just calling showed that he was on flush draw and thats what u correctly put him on....giving him the free card could be a good way to play this if u are afraid of losing chips and u are satisfied with the way the pot stands...but when he hit....dont bet into him and dont call him all in

Well, what can I say other than I timed out with a Royal Flush,,,, Sad but true,,
can laugh about it today,,,but not then.
Take care

Yeah aces can lose easily. That's why there should be a raise to get one or two opponents not more. If you are lucky, they got KK/QQ/AK. 80% chance of winning is enough usually...if not, then it was tough luck.

Live and learn.....patience and paying attention to the board get difficult at times...we are all guilty of doing just what you did...learn from it and remember it for the next time

Copied from my 'venting' post.

Pocket aces are just a pair. Sooner or later in poker you learn to not get that excited when you look down and find that AA or KK.


PokerStars Game #31141844039: Tournament #183957831, $3.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2009/08/01 21:49:22 ET
Table '183957831 3' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: stoodstill2 (1670 in chips)
Seat 2: shipit4me (2970 in chips)
Seat 3: Judge Black (3365 in chips)
Seat 4: j7j7a (2155 in chips)
Seat 5: Joachim23 (3230 in chips)
Seat 6: -skz- (1650 in chips)
Seat 9: BUSHP!G (3170 in chips)
-skz-: posts small blind 75
BUSHP!G: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Joachim23 [Ac As]
stoodstill2: folds
shipit4me: folds
Judge Black: folds
j7j7a: folds
Joachim23: raises 300 to 450
-skz-: folds
BUSHP!G: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [Th 7d 9c]
BUSHP!G: bets 300
Joachim23: raises 600 to 900
BUSHP!G: raises 1820 to 2720 and is all-in
Joachim23: calls 1820
*** TURN *** [Th 7d 9c] 3♦
*** RIVER *** [Th 7d 9c 3d] J♦
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BUSHP!G: shows [9h Tc] (two pair, Tens and Nines)
Joachim23: shows [Ac As] (a pair of Aces)
BUSHP!G collected 6415 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6415 | Rake 0
Board [Th 7d 9c 3d Jd]
Seat 1: stoodstill2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: shipit4me folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Judge Black folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: j7j7a folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Joachim23 (button) showed [Ac As] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: -skz- (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: BUSHP!G (big blind) showed [9h Tc] and won (6415) with two pair, Tens and Nines



PokerStars Game #31139222359: Tournament #183932282, $3.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2009/08/01 20:14:52 ET
Table '183932282 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: Leon Gator (5717 in chips)
Seat 4: panatetir (5877 in chips)
Seat 5: SN_shark (5915 in chips)
Seat 6: Xeewe (5630 in chips)
Seat 7: Joachim23 (6031 in chips)
Seat 8: musso jr (11330 in chips)
Leon Gator: posts the ante 25
panatetir: posts the ante 25
SN_shark: posts the ante 25
Xeewe: posts the ante 25
Joachim23: posts the ante 25
musso jr: posts the ante 25
panatetir: posts small blind 200
SN_shark: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Joachim23 [Ad Ac]
Xeewe: folds
Joachim23: raises 400 to 800
musso jr: folds
Leon Gator: folds
panatetir: calls 600
SN_shark: folds
*** FLOP *** [7d Jd Qh]
panatetir: checks
Joachim23: bets 1200
panatetir: raises 3852 to 5052 and is all-in
Joachim23: calls 3852
*** TURN *** [7d Jd Qh] 5♥
*** RIVER *** [7d Jd Qh 5h] 3♦
*** SHOW DOWN ***
panatetir: shows [Qd 8d] (a flush, Queen high)
Joachim23: shows [Ad Ac] (a pair of Aces)
panatetir collected 12254 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12254 | Rake 0
Board [7d Jd Qh 5h 3d]
Seat 2: Leon Gator (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: panatetir (small blind) showed [Qd 8d] and won (12254) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 5: SN_shark (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Xeewe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Joachim23 showed [Ad Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 8: musso jr folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Everyone does some idiotic things in poker, anything from a dumb play to a missclick, which i keep doing frequently, but the most recent was on a cc freeroll at ultimatebet, where i was on the BB with K3o and it was folded down to the SB who min raised and i called (mostly because i hate min raises,when the blinds are so small), the flop was 676,he checked and i cheked, the turn was 9(no flush draws),he bet and i called(don't know why)river was an A he bet(i knew he was pot committed, i knew he wouldn't fold, but i still pushed allin with K high lol,he called and he had A9) ...know that there was just plain retarded all the way on my part, and i don't know why i did it...it was a brainfart.

Is better play more hard in that kind of situation, no free cards!, just bet doesn´t care. put out of the way the other player if you think the board is dangerous for you.

When I get pocket aces i tell everyone I have them and then go all in. My friends always think im lying and call. It became a pattern and they didnt afterwards so i started pretending i had them until i got called one day.

How did you show your AA if you folded??

Yep, AA can hurt.

I often fall victim to chasers playing terribly that catch their str8/flush/trips/2 pair and I try really hard to resist the temptation of the dreaded slow play.

The worst beat I have ever taken with AA was in my first $24 + $2 tournament.

I had made trips on the flop to add insult to injury.

I did check on the flop though, so that contributed greatly to my downfall.

problem with playing AA pre-flop if u play low stakes ring games is that there is no money in the pot to steal.I play mostly 5 cent 10 cent and you really want to get more than 15 cents for your big hands.Therefore you try to make a measured raise and hope for 2 or 3 callers.Once you play them this way you must be able to fold them to a dangerous board or a big re-raise.

When it boils down to it AA can get beat by 22!! Depending on the draw, and another pair of 2's should pop up... I've even beaten AA with a 10-4 unsuited by flopping the full house. It happens!

I think the lesson to be learnt here is how to manage your pre- and post flop strategy? Not necessarily going all in pre-flop, but an aggressive enough raise or re-raise should send out some signals...

Even if you're the sort of person that applies math to poker, AK, or KQ stands a better chance of beating AA, logically there are more K's & Q's left in the pack to be drawn, while the player with AA is waiting for the solitary A to be turned (in the 1st instance) and if (in the 2nd instance) another K or Q is drawn, then the lower pre-flop hand has the two pair!

tonight, in a freeroll, early (15/30)...i get AA. i'm on the button, couple limps, guy before me raises 3BB...i pot-raise (seemed like a good BLAM raise with all the limpers)...big blind calls...all else fold. guy before me shoves, then i shove. BB, who was donkish, all ready had 5000+ chips in a starting stack of 1500 within the first 10 mins, calls us both. me and guy before me turn over AA. BB turns over 77...in the community cards comes 4,5,6,8...good night to both AA's

i think anybody slow play AA are going to get burnt bad i did it and i was put out faster then u can say good bye

Well at least you learned a lesson. Take it to heart and make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.
Better luck next time

looks to me like u missed the fact that the flush draw was been chased by your apponant,,an u were cuaght up in the aa u were holden,,,the check on the after the turn card says it all to me,,,gotta make em pay for draws wen u got big overs