Poker dead ??

Sometimes i hear ( or i read in blogs ) people say : poker is dead, there's too much info around, everybody knows how to play , bla bla bla ...

Yesterday i watched an episode of the WSOP coverage where 27 people were left and they played to 18. Fillipo Candio raises about 3.5 BB and calls a RR to 12B by CL ( who is actually reasonable tight ). Candio has 57s. Flop comes 566 , CL bets, Candio raises and the CL goes allin. Candio can easily fold here as he keeps like 50 BB behind. He obv makes the call ( i mean what does he beat here ???? ) and he he runs into AA but hits a 12% runner runner str8 ........ To get chipleader himself ...

Day 2 i saw him 6 bet ( very deep ) with KK , run into AA ( obv ) and hit K on river .... GG

Candio is on FT now. Obv he 's a good player but i mean , can't win without luck. And comparing him with other players left with last 18 he really looks like a fish.

So at every level you find fish....

Just had this call tonight in a 4$ MTT . I go allin when limped to me and i think this is a nice spot to add 20% to my stack, or possible have a flip when called ...


PokerStars Game #51862807227: Tournament #323674704, $4.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (125/250) - 2010/10/29 21:21:57 CET [2010/10/29 15:21:57 ET]
Table '323674704 91' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: entabeni (5030 in chips)
Seat 2: moos2008 (4475 in chips)
Seat 3: cata_m2001 (6260 in chips)
Seat 4: Zimza26 (6495 in chips)
Seat 5: jzmhung5 (5450 in chips)
Seat 6: bull666666 (15820 in chips)
Seat 7: Dyngelanden (3735 in chips)
Seat 8: dirtydiana73 (7245 in chips)
Seat 9: batman992 (3290 in chips)
entabeni: posts the ante 30
moos2008: posts the ante 30
cata_m2001: posts the ante 30
Zimza26: posts the ante 30
jzmhung5: posts the ante 30
bull666666: posts the ante 30
Dyngelanden: posts the ante 30
dirtydiana73: posts the ante 30
batman992: posts the ante 30
bull666666: posts small blind 125
Dyngelanden: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [Kh Qc]
dirtydiana73: folds
batman992: calls 250
entabeni: raises 4750 to 5000 and is all-in
moos2008: folds
cata_m2001: folds
Zimza26: folds
jzmhung5: folds
bull666666: folds
Dyngelanden: folds
batman992: calls 3010 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1740) returned to entabeni
*** FLOP *** [Th 5s 3h]
*** TURN *** [Th 5s 3h] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Th 5s 3h 7s] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
batman992: shows [Tc 5h] (two pair, Tens and Fives)
entabeni: shows [Kh Qc] (high card King)
batman992 collected 7165 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7165 | Rake 0
Board [Th 5s 3h 7s 2s]
Seat 1: entabeni showed [Kh Qc] and lost with high card King
Seat 2: moos2008 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: cata_m2001 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Zimza26 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: jzmhung5 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: bull666666 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Dyngelanden (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: dirtydiana73 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: batman992 showed [Tc 5h] and won (7165) with two pair, Tens and Fives



Here are the guys stats ....

batman992 3.737 -$1 $2 -27% -$3.099 Tilt 54 PokerStars

LONG LIVE THE FISH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Committing preflop based on note

In this hand i'm up against an opponent on which i have following note : shark, but overplays AK and/or medium pair early stages

With this in mind we elect to put a serious 7X 3-bet in when raised to us , instead of the usual 3X 3-bet.

Why ? Various reasons :

1. Because we want to commit villain preflop and the normal 3-bet just doesn't do this. Pot would only be 900 preflop with me having 2.1K behind and villain 3K. i would need to bet every street and get called every street to get it allin with these stacks. I want to get it allin on 1 street or pre( ofc in this hand the flop came just to good to put it in on flop )

2. Because doubling up here means i have 5K leaving all others behind with 1.5K making me strong favourite to win.

3. Because of the note

4. Because many weak players play small pairs/ AK the way i play my AA here , they raise very big pre because they don't know how to play a flop , so they want to get it in pre or just take the pot pre. Villain being a good player may pick up on this and will hopefully not put me on AA with this kind of big reraise.

$12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III
Table '313922236 1' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Vindictive69 (1305 in chips)
Seat 2: Villain (3480 in chips)
Seat 3: entabeni (2545 in chips)
Seat 5: iknewit1 (1670 in chips)
iknewit1: posts small blind 25
Vindictive69: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [As Ac]
Villain: raises 100 to 150
entabeni: raises 1065 to 1215
iknewit1: folds
Vindictive69: folds
Villain: calls 1065
*** FLOP *** [Ah Qc Qd]
Villain: checks
entabeni: checks
*** TURN *** [Ah Qc Qd] [9c]
Villain: bets 500
entabeni: calls 500
*** RIVER *** [Ah Qc Qd 9c] [Qs]
Villain: bets 900
entabeni: calls 830 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (70) returned to MetalStack
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Villain: shows [Jc Js] (a full house, Queens full of Jacks)
entabeni: shows [As Ac] (a full house, Aces full of Queens)
entabeni collected 5165 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5165 | Rake 0
Board [Ah Qc Qd 9c Qs]
Seat 1: Vindictive69 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Villain showed [Jc Js] and lost with a full house, Queens full of Jacks
Seat 3: entabeni (button) showed [As Ac] and won (5165) with a full house, Aces full of Queens
Seat 5: iknewit1 (small blind) folded before Flop

It called mixing your game up.

Flop came just perfect, river got me scared a little lol. Took the big pot, took the lead and took first place.

Cheers.

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