Excellent play?

debriz · Jun 22, 2017

Live poker (100K gtd NLH) 2 tables left in late tournament but just top 8th will get into ITM, 17 players left, I'm on cut-off position,everybody folds got 88 I just limp call with 1000/2000 BB, button folded, SB call, BB raised to 6000 (220,000), I call 6000 with my pocket 88 (70,000 stack),SB call.
Flop: Ac8c5s
SB check
BB check
Of course I check.. (trapping)
Turn: 3h
SB check
BB check
I'm thinking a minute.. then bet 14,500
SB fold
BB all-in..wow!!!
I snap call..
Show cards: 88 vs. AA wtf!!!
River: nothing..got 1 outer..
Out 17th place..
Excellent play by AA???

Sergio_uy · Jun 22, 2017

Wow really bad luck friend. 88 vs AA flop A85 is really a bad shot

cubons · Jun 22, 2017

I think yes! Really well played hand, there was a straight draw or flush draw possibilities

Also great check after flop, but for you this was a sick beat, whatever I have seen something like this at wsop main events, so you are not the only one

Wish you a luck next time

By the way, how big was a buy-in?

SuzdalDEcor · Jun 22, 2017

Player with AA very well played . You very bad played.

jop0411 · Jun 24, 2017

Just a cooler flop... and a sad reality of poker, but one we must realize will happen every now and then no matter how well one plays.

debriz · Jun 24, 2017

cubons said:
I think yes! Really well played hand, there was a straight draw or flush draw possibilities Also great check after flop, but for you this was a sick beat, whatever I have seen something like this at WSOP main events, so you are not the only one Wish you a luck next time By the way, how big was a buy-in?

P2,000 peso in pokerstars Live Manila

No1eJoker · Jun 24, 2017

Wauuu, great play by AA, you couldn't even imagine that he was have so strong cards!
I know sometimes playing like he when I'm strong on the flop, I just check and wait opponents move.

Supmargy · Jun 24, 2017

Ouch man, really bad beat. Happens to everyone unfortunately. You played it well. Next time will be better!

Alucard · Jun 24, 2017

I think these are the moments where you have to think deeply how the hand was played. Not just by you but also the villain.
You flat and he raises to 3BBs. That's one signal. Although he has you well covered and his range could be pretty wide. Then a check check.
You bet and he goes all in. Now why would he go all in there considering that you have a considerable stack and very close to the money. Surely he doesn't want to loose a big amount of the stack at that moment of the tournament.

So when he way over bets the pot you have to rewind how the hand was played. How would you play if you were the BB holding Aces at that moment?

You'd surely or mostly raise pre flop from the BB, and then when you hit the set you'd lay the trap by checking. Just as you did with 8s.

Since you did bet after the turn, he thinks you've taken the bait so he shoves

But even if I say like this, I am also likely to take the bait myself

ph_il · Jun 25, 2017

SuzdalDEcor said:
Player with AA very well played . You very bad played.

Other than raising pre, how would play a set of 8s there?

Maybe bet out flop, but everything is pretty standard.

Both players played it fine.

PKRNRS · Jun 27, 2017

You're losing that hand no matter what. He has the best hand pre-flop and afterwards. You're not trapping with mid-trips. You do have a powerful hand but as we see that its not the nuts. But he could've easily had AK, AQ or Ax really. The shove is a little off on his part but he got what he wanted, your chips.

paulsmall007 · Jun 27, 2017

yea played well by both parties, no real escaping there, just a cooler situation

debriz · Jul 6, 2017

Alucard said:
I think these are the moments where you have to think deeply how the hand was played. Not just by you but also the villain.
You flat and he raises to 3BBs. That's one signal. Although he has you well covered and his range could be pretty wide. Then a check check.
You bet and he goes all in. Now why would he go all in there considering that you have a considerable stack and very close to the money. Surely he doesn't want to loose a big amount of the stack at that moment of the tournament.

So when he way over bets the pot you have to rewind how the hand was played. How would you play if you were the BB holding Aces at that moment?

You'd surely or mostly raise pre flop from the BB, and then when you hit the set you'd lay the trap by checking. Just as you did with 8s.

Since you did bet after the turn, he thinks you've taken the bait so he shoves

But even if I say like this, I am also likely to take the bait myself

Yeah I ask a lot of poker players around there, most of them telling nothing I can do in the situation, perfect set-up. You love the flop, you like the bet against you (your hand waiting for) and double up. I read him also AK, AQ

BriceNice · Jul 6, 2017

wouldnt say excellent, more so just a cooler, regardless of the lines that were taken, results were still going to be the same.

toots babos · Jul 6, 2017

it's a cooler but on the other hand if you had make a 4500 raise from the button and the big blind re-raises you, you might have had a chance to fold your 88 and get away from the cooler situation

akmost · Jul 7, 2017

Rarely do I limp pre but ok it has to do with each tables's dynamics. So I don't like the limp pre but you can't really escape from a set over set. Unless you had an indication that he was the tightest player in the world and he never goes all in with something less than the ''nuts'' .

Well played by me you were just unlucky , GG!

JoseFerreras · Jul 7, 2017

AA played that great and you played the hand ''OK'' but its just a cooler, nothing you can do about that. Bad luck my friend.

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