KK in pretend tournament (1 Viewer)

[JoseRijo]

Once again, I'm masochistically playing in the WRGPT tournament by email. Things are going pretty well. The tables have just been shuffled and this is my third or fourth hand at my new table. I have two black Kings UTG+1, and UTG limps.

1| byfthalone | 84025 | 100 |folded| | |
2| Deborah Abel | 36975 | 100 |folded| | |
3|> Bob Brewster | 50225 | 17600 | | | |
4| Mad Chad | 45475 | 100 |folded| | |
5|D Sue N | 48325 | 100 |folded| | |
6| Bob | 86650 | 7600 |folded| | |
7| TheRenovator | 15950 | 7600 |folded| | |
8| T4 | 109100 | 100 |folded| | |
9| funjon | 58375 | 100 |folded| | |
10| Keith Carangelo | 167675 | 1400 |folded| | |

Blinds are 250/500/100

12/15/16 13:21 ! Dealing a new hand
12/15/16 13:21 ! Everyone antes $100
12/15/16 13:21 ! TheRenovator blinds $250
12/15/16 13:21 ! T4 blinds $500
12/15/16 13:33 ! funjon calls
12/15/16 13:50 ! JoseRijo raises $1500 (167,675)
12/15/16 14:23 ! byfthalone calls (84,025)
12/15/16 14:23 ! Deborah Abel folds
12/15/16 14:23 ! Bob Brewster folds
12/15/16 14:23 ! Mad Chad folds
12/15/16 14:52 ! Sue N calls (48,325)
12/15/16 16:31 ! Bob calls
12/15/16 16:31 ! TheRenovator folds
12/15/16 16:59 ! T4 folds
12/15/16 18:11 ! funjon calls

Okay, great. We're five-handed to the flop.

12/15/16 18:11 ! Pot right ($11750), flopping/dealing/drawing cards
12/15/16 18:11 ! 5 players
12/15/16 18:11 ! Flopped cards: 7c 9c Jc
12/15/16 19:36 ! funjon checks
12/15/16 20:22 ! JoseRijo checks
12/16/16 02:35 ! byfthalone bets $4775
12/16/16 08:00 ! Sue N raises $7225
12/16/16 08:05 ! Bob folds
12/16/16 08:08 ! funjon folds

Ugh. I wouldn't mind getting it in versus Sue N and her 48K stack, but I'm a little worried about byfthalone. I could be drawing near dead versus the two of them. What should I do?

 

[jbutler]

Pretend ship.

 

[Forty4]

I guess this doesn't follow the one player per hand rule.

I think I fold unless you're tired of playing this again...

 

[BGinGA]

Fold. Guessing you've already made your action prior to posting.

 

[AlPresidente]

Write a routine that automatically e-mails all-in every time action's on you. Never look at this e-mail account again.

 

[thorwilliam]

I think its time to engage in e-mail conversation with byfthalone trying to pick up some tells.

 

[JoseRijo]

I posted this hand because I could be convinced that fold, call, or raise was the right play. But the initial bet and subsequent raise were too small for me to justify folding. No better hands will fold to a raise (obviously), but most worse hands fold. So I called to see what byfthalone would do. He folded! My plan was to shove any turn.

5|> Sue N | 34225 | 14100 ||
! 12/16/16 08:50:41! Pot right ($40525), flopping/dealing/drawing cards
! 12/16/16 08:50:41! 2 players
! 12/16/16 08:50:41! Flopped card: As
! Current board is: 7c 9c Jc As
! 12/16/16 08:51:30! JoseRijo bets $153575 and is all in

The turn is the old "worst card in the deck." I shoved anyway. I hate it now. Again, what worse hands call or better hands fold? I guess getting 2-1 I realize my equity versus her range, but I'm having trouble getting up to 31% equity:

ProPokerTools Hold'em Simulation
4,004 trials (Exhaustive)
board: 7:club: 9:club: j:club: a:spade:
kc ks 26.17% (1,048 wins, 0 ties)
Ac*,T8,77,99,jj,qt,ktc,tc9,tcq 73.83% (2,956 wins, 0 ties)

 

[jbutler]

Why do they call the pretend turn the "flopped card?"

 

[bergs]

Why do they call the pretend turn the "flopped card?"

Call it the monkey. Doesn't matter. It's pretend, dummy.

 

[onerand]

Why shove any turn?

 

[JoseRijo]

Once it is heads-up, I either have the best hand or plenty of outs to improve. I'm betting for value and it's only about a 3/4 pot bet.

I think that makes sense unless the turn is an ace or the 10 or 8 of clubs. Even then, we might be too shallow to fold (which is my original dilemma).

 

[onerand]

Ok, worse hands do probably call.

 

[gopherblue]

Did you pretend win?

 

[thorwilliam]

What is the pretend payouts?

 

[guinness]

Oh man, what a tough situation. It reminds me of a similar spot I had back in the beginning of the Neogene period. There was an earth crustal thickening that was happening under the Himalayas so while mountain separations were unfolding, the LAST thing I thought about was playing a hand of poker.

I was surveying the flat earth for kill when all of a sudden Thag threw up 3 fire smokes from the Zagros mountains. Thinking I was going to fold, a galloping Protohippus entered my neck of the woods! Ain't No way I'm folding. I snap built a 6 pile fire raise. Some history: Thag is known for pushing others around. He's got a lot of energy and is always pounding his chest, demanding acknowledgement that he's great, yadda yadda. Looking around, it appeared nobody else was in the hand and I was just going to take it down but then NINE more fire lines came up from Thag. Well, I decided to go all in and set the entire land of Calabria on fire. Thag snapped called and ends up showing mammoth full of bison. The turducken of the cavemen days. He had the nuts and I was left with nothing but my spear and my wife Hoggett. I don't think I'd play it any different, looking back.

Protohippus - 2nd best starting hand

 

[gopherblue]

Oh man, what a tough situation. It reminds me of a similar spot I had back in the beginning of the Neogene period. There was an earth crustal thickening that was happening under the Himalayas so while mountain separations were unfolding, the LAST thing I thought about was playing a hand of poker.

I was surveying the flat earth for kill when all of a sudden Thag threw up 3 fire smokes from the Zagros mountains. Thinking I was going to fold, a galloping Protohippus entered my neck of the woods! Ain't No way I'm folding. I snap built a 6 pile fire raise. Some history: Thag is known for pushing others around. He's got a lot of energy and is always pounding his chest, demanding acknowledgement that he's great, yadda yadda. Looking around, it appeared nobody else was in the hand and I was just going to take it down but then NINE more fire lines came up from Thag. Well, I decided to go all in and set the entire land of Calabria on fire. Thag snapped called and ends up showing mammoth full of bison. The turducken of the cavemen days. He had the nuts and I was left with nothing but my spear and my wife Hoggett. I don't think I'd play it any different, looking back.

Protohippus - 2nd best starting hand

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