Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Double or nothing?

I've been playing the 'Double Or Nothing' SNG's for a bit of fun and doing pretty well at them. Almost every tournament I'm floored by some of the stupidity though. time after time I see big stacks betting each other out of pots when a shortstack, or worse still, THE LAST shortstack is allin. I honestly don't know if those people are mentally challenged or are drinking and/or don't care?

Here's some classic examples below with the last two hands.






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Poker Stars $5.00+$0.40 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t100/t200 Blinds + t20 - 7 players




MP: t2300 M = 5.23

CO: t2945 M = 6.69

Hero (BTN): t2730 M = 6.20

SB: t295 M = 0.67

BB: t1690 M = 3.84

UTG: t2850 M = 6.48

UTG+1: t2190 M = 4.98



Pre Flop: (t440) Hero is BTN with TT of spades 33 of diamonds

3 folds, CO calls t200, Hero calls t200, SB raises to t275 all in, BB calls t75, CO calls t75, Hero calls t75



Flop: (t1240) 99 of diamonds QQ of clubs AA of diamonds (4 players - 1 is all in)

BB checks, CO checks, Hero checks



Turn: (t1240) 55 of clubs (4 players - 1 is all in)

BB checks, CO bets t400, Hero folds, BB calls t400



River: (t2040) 99 of spades (3 players - 1 is all in)

BB bets t600, CO calls t600



Final Pot: t3240

CO shows 55 of hearts 55 of diamonds (a full house, Fives full of Nines)

SB mucks 44 of spades 99 of clubs

BB shows 88 of diamonds AA of clubs (two pair, Aces and Nines)

CO wins t2000

CO wins t1240






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Poker Stars $5.00+$0.40 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t100/t200 Blinds + t20 - 6 players




UTG: t2280 M = 5.43

MP: t4890 M = 11.64

Hero (CO): t2435 M = 5.80

BTN: t395 M = 0.94

SB: t2830 M = 6.74

BB: t2170 M = 5.17



Pre Flop: (t420) Hero is CO with 44 of clubs 77 of diamonds

1 fold, MP raises to t600, 1 fold, BTN calls t375 all in, SB calls t500, 1 fold



Flop: (t1895) 55 of hearts KK of hearts QQ of diamonds (3 players - 1 is all in)

SB checks, MP checks



Turn: (t1895) AA of spades (3 players - 1 is all in)

SB checks, MP checks



River: (t1895) 66 of spades (3 players - 1 is all in)

SB bets t600, MP calls t600



Final Pot: t3095

MP shows AA of diamonds KK of spades (two pair, Aces and Kings)

BTN mucks QQ of hearts 88 of diamonds

SB shows AA of clubs JJ of clubs (a pair of Aces)

MP wins t1650

MP wins t1445




2 comments:

Memphis MOJO said...

I've started playing those dumb things, too. Players have no clue how to adjust.
Example: with 6 players left, one had about 600 and was sitting out and had been for some time. Presumably, they lost connection, or a friend dropped in or whatever. To win, all we had to do was fold each hand, and the blinds would whittle this person down, game over. but not, they kept raising each other. Why? Because they just didn't get it.

Anonymous said...

Why would you call with 103off in one of these?

 
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