AA Cracked

[AcesLA07]

This happened a few days ago so I can't remember all the details but just wanted to get advice on how to play this hand.

I was about 3 seats to the right of the dealer. I get AA in a $3 MTT on FT. Blinds were at 25/50 I think. One raise makes it 150 to play. One caller. I reraise it to 500. Both the initial raiser and the caller call the reraise. Flop comes 2 6 6 with two clubs on board. Both check and I have position on them. I bet $1000. Initial raiser folds and caller raises it to around 2500. I push all-in. He calls with 3 6. I don't catch an ace and get eliminated.

Now my question is what else could I ahve done to push 3 6 out of the hand preflop? I thought a raise then a reraise to 500 would prevent this but the donk stayed in. Thoughts?

 

[KerouacsDog]

no idea, guess he liked his 63? maybe pushed PF, or reraised the reraiser big time?
flop was dodgy, imo, but you could have caught the A for the FH.
guess you were just unlucky?

 

[AcesLA07]

That's what I was thinking. I played it pretty well but 3 6 off. I mean come on! I hate playing lower limits.

 

[Shakes]

I am going to assume this guy was a bad player and the hand of 36 was sooted. About the only thing I would have done different is a raise more on PF. Reason being is because there is 2 opponents and not 1 (otherwise I would say 500 was good). As for post flop, it really depends. Did you insta call or did you think for a while on possible hands. Still it is very hard to get away with rockets. AA to me wins small pots and loses large pots so even with a bad player the bet would have raised a flag to me since they could have almost anything. I cant fault the AI as I would probably have done the same thing.

Here is another option on how to play it after the flop to maybe save some chips (Now just to note I read this and always looking for ways to play hands differently). Instead of going all in check call to see another card. Then on the turn see what he does. It will be a hard decision but if he goes all in then it may be enough to fold.

Hope this helps a bit but my guess is there wasnt too much you could do to get someone off 36 "sooted".

 

[norbs286]

This is a nice story... Unfortunately, it happens to me at least twice a night!!

I think that in a real casino, no one would have called your raise and would've given you the credit and respect their money. However, online games are more different... It could be lots of reasons why he\she did it...
It was late and one wanted to go to sleep and thought "what the hell..." and just got very lucky, wife called him to Dinner etc.

I think you have done the right thing - I think everyone would've done the same and you should act the same the next time... Hopefully lady luck will be on your side that time

 

[AcesLA07]

The 3 6 was unsuited. And it was early in the tournament during the morning hours here.

Similar thing happened to me in Tampa at the Hard Rock Casino. I had KK utg at a 1/2 table. I raised it to $14. One caller 2 seats to my left. Flop was x 5 5. I bet he raised and I pushed. Figured he may have TT JJ or QQ. He wouldve reraised with AA. Well he called and didn't have any of these hands. It was worse. He had 56 suited flopping trips. I lost $100 in like 15 mins lol. Oh well I was up $600 so I didn't really care.

 

[Shakes]

Man that still sucks though. On both hands it looks like there wasnt much you could do then especially that first one. Amazing how many people play bad cards out there and get rewarded. I guess I should start playing 32os from on instead of AKs.

 

[baffaert]

re: AA cracked

My question is what both players chip count was?

If your opponent had lets says 15000 and you only 2000 maybe he was "throwing" with his chips.

Anyway, its was bad pre-flop play of that player.


Regards, baffaert

 

[Syfted]

You weren't afraid of pocket treys? That's the hand I'd be afraid of... pocket treys.

 

[ABorges]

Why do you wanna push 63o off the pot again? That's bad thinking. You should ask how you could have played it better... the info you give is vague, but your preflop re-raise is small as there's a raise and a call before you. I usually raise to 650 there give or take, but remember it's a 3$ tourney, noone wants to fold. Pump it up to like 800 while you're sure you're ahead. The flop is not bad for you, I think you've gotta bet with the flush draw (I might check behind if it's rainbow for pot control and to give a chance for hands like JTs catching a pair on the turn) and call the raise because it can be another overpair. Standard play by you, this happens, nh gg register next tourney...

 

[irunbad1]

just because u lost the hand doesnt mean u played it bad. wanting him to fold 6 3 pre flop is bad logic becasue in the long run u will always beat him

 

[KerouacsDog]

^^^very good advice bud, we have to look at poker long-term, always

 

[god1419]

Wow the same exact thing happened to me haha. I posted a thread about it, and then came about yours.
https://www.cardschat.com/forum/tournament-hand-analysis-51/why-does-happen-me-120402/
^That's the link to mine.
But yea, my AA was cracked by trip 6's too, and on FullTilt as well! Maybe it's just the site that really loves 6's. Who knows?! Crazy.

 

[AcesLA07]

Yeah I was really mad at this but after realizing what took place I'm not mad at all. In the long run I win his chips most of the time. Donks suck plain and simple but in the long run we will succeed haha.

 

[Dank Hugh]

his raise to 2500 signaled he had trips, either pocket 2's
or A6. The all in push was incorrect in my opinion

 

[vincemcnabb]

Wow lol...what terrible luck...I mean possibly raise a little more preflop...but I can't fault you because you wanted maximum value for your aces...but I'm still dumbfounded that he called BOTH preflop raises with 3 6..

 

[AcesLA07]

But how could he feel pot committed? It was a double stack tourney. He committed 1/6th of his chips. But it wasn't about pot commitment. He had a crappy hand, felt like calling because he is a donk, and got really lucky. My attachment to AA was too strong to fold. Lesson learned.

 

[Lemlywinks]

I agree that you didn't play this poorly at all, just got unlucky that a bad player caught some serious cards.

Sad that still happens in a $3 dollar tourney

 

[TrashmanAce]

Theres always cats like that and yes we get there money most of the time..

You also need to watch for a full house off a flop like that. You realy have a decision to make if you hit trips on the turn before a all in call. Ive been caught like that a few times and Im very carefull on my reads with those kinds of flops.


Reefer to my signature about the substance in this post.

 

[AcesLA07]

Wow just got AA cracked again in a $5 sng. Had AA one position before the button. I raised it to 4x the bb. The button calls me. Flop is 7 7 K. I was very cautious. I bet into him and he called. I bet the turn. He calls. I push after the river. He turns over K 7 for a flopped full house.

P.S. How do you use the Hand History Converter for FT. I tried to copy and paste the text but I could not copy the text.

 

[randik]

Who push on 36 is donk

 

[randik]

Wow just got AA cracked again in a $5 sng. Had AA one position before the button. I raised it to 4x the bb. The button calls me. Flop is 7 7 K. I was very cautious. I bet into him and he called. I bet the turn. He calls. I push after the river. He turns over K 7 for a flopped full house.

P.S. How do you use the Hand History Converter for FT. I tried to copy and paste the text but I could not copy the text.

You raised 4x bb , but blinds are 10/20 ?

 

[AcesLA07]

No blinds were 120 at this level. Sorry I didn't mention that. I raised it to 480.

 

[nutzzcase]

try to be more cautious with people who calls with any 2 cards ....for example,u could check the flop and start betting on the turn without losing to much value

 

[grey_beard]

can't beat stupid plays

Sounds to me like the 36 player was both stupid and lucky. I usually play on ultimate bet where you see players calling reraises with dumb hands all the time. My usual play with pocket AA is to go all in preflop and play the odds. My experience is that the pocket AAs win most of the time when played like that unless you are against a table full of bingo players. In a cash tourny, however, its quite different and I think you made the right play. Unfortunately, even cash tables get dumb players and there's not much you can do about their stupidity and luck.