suicidal play

[Shandy]

Just thought i would post this as it nearly killed me- don't think i breathed from the turn


pokerstars Game #9967578129: Tournament #50007943, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/05/17 - 20:03:59 (ET)
Table '50007943 102' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: cashforme (23860 in chips)
Seat 2: Hannoes (18041 in chips)
Seat 3: AAAAces (14000 in chips)
Seat 4: Earyda (11605 in chips)
Seat 5: golfpsycho (11870 in chips)
Seat 6: high school (4375 in chips)
Seat 7: JohnnyBrutal (18935 in chips)
Seat 8: darrow1 (13117 in chips)
Seat 9: 222shay222 (28325 in chips)
cashforme: posts the ante 25
Hannoes: posts the ante 25
AAAAces: posts the ante 25
Earyda: posts the ante 25
golfpsycho: posts the ante 25
high school: posts the ante 25
JohnnyBrutal: posts the ante 25
darrow1: posts the ante 25
222shay222: posts the ante 25
AAAAces: posts small blind 200
Earyda: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 222shay222 [Qh Ad]
golfpsycho: calls 400
high school: calls 400
JohnnyBrutal: folds
darrow1: folds
222shay222: raises 2000 to 2400
cashforme: folds
Hannoes: folds
AAAAces: calls 2200
Earyda: folds
golfpsycho: folds
high school: folds
*** FLOP *** [7c 9d 5h]
AAAAces: bets 400
222shay222: raises 2000 to 2400
AAAAces: calls 2000
*** TURN *** [7c 9d 5h] [4h]
AAAAces: bets 400
222shay222: raises 4000 to 4400
AAAAces: calls 4000
*** RIVER *** [7c 9d 5h 4h] [Kh]
AAAAces: checks
222shay222: bets 6400
AAAAces: folds
222shay222 collected 19825 from pot
222shay222: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 19825 | Rake 0
Board [7c 9d 5h 4h Kh]
Seat 1: cashforme folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Hannoes (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: AAAAces (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 4: Earyda (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: golfpsycho folded before Flop
Seat 6: high school folded before Flop
Seat 7: JohnnyBrutal folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: darrow1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: 222shay222 collected (19825)

 

[t1riel]

Wow! You were lucky your opponent didn't catch his straight (the only reasoning behind his calls). Talk about super aggressive! Unless you had a good read in him, this play is borderline donkish.

 

[joeeagles]

Firing a 3rd c-bet at a pot is dangerous and requires alot of courage. I've done this in the past with mixed results, its not something I suggest all the time and is also very situational (opponent, board etc.). I think what saved you here was that K on the river. Villain probably played a small pair and felt like the river may have given you the best hand. I can't think of any other reason he folded after putting nearly 70% of his stack in this pot.

I wouldn't suggest you make plays like this all the time. You started this hand with a big stack and risked to lose half of it. In general you should almost always fire a c-bet, but after that, based on opponent, proceed more slowly, because creating big pots with just A high is never a good idea. Big pots are for big hands.

Big stack strategy does require you being aggressive, however, it should mainly be applied PF with raises and reraises. When called, still be aggressive on the flop, but after that you need to evaluate carefully, you don't want aggressiveness to backfire on you. Sometimes its better to give up on a pot rather than shooting yourself on your foot. As I said before, big pots are for big hands. Always keep that in mind.

Anyway, good job.