Posted by Johnnymac 1:01 PM
Here's a better example

I wrote a post earlier this week about stupid all-in calls in SnG tournaments and Fro somewhat took exception to my example of a player with 22 calling an all-in bet from a player who turned out to have nothing more than A8. Fro's point was that 22 was actually a favorite to win in that situation and my response was that A8 was about the only hand he could have hoped for the all-in to be holding and still be a favorite to.

I am currently wrapping up a SnG right now and just doubled through a player (who has subsequently been eliminated since I started writing) who made more of the type of bad call of which I was speaking. This particular hand is a better example of a player making a "cheap" bad call that helps the all-in player much more than it immediately harms the caller.

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PokerStars Game #1053031567: Tournament #4476564, Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2005/01/08 - 13:38:13 (ET)
Table '4476564 1' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: FLJen (3607 in chips)
Seat 2: randy626 (3033 in chips)
Seat 3: johnnymac96 (950 in chips)
Seat 4: L8Bloomer (3150 in chips)
Seat 5: RJ415 (1250 in chips)
Seat 9: minkins (1510 in chips)
L8Bloomer: posts small blind 50
RJ415: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to johnnymac96 [Ah Jh]
minkins: folds
FLJen: folds
randy626: calls 100
johnnymac96: raises 850 to 950 and is all-in
L8Bloomer: folds
RJ415: folds
randy626: calls 850
*** FLOP *** [Js 4s 3d]
*** TURN *** [Js 4s 3d] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [Js 4s 3d 4d] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
randy626: shows [Jc 7c] (two pair, Jacks and Fours)
johnnymac96: shows [Ah Jh] (two pair, Jacks and Fours - Ace kicker)
johnnymac96 collected 2050 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2050 Rake 0
Board [Js 4s 3d 4d 8s]
Seat 1: FLJen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: randy626 showed [Jc 7c] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Fours
Seat 3: johnnymac96 (button) showed [Ah Jh] and won (2050) with two pair, Jacks and Fours
Seat 4: L8Bloomer (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: RJ415 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: minkins folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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The point of my post is this - what could he possibly think I was holding that was worse than J7?

1 Comment(s):

Posted by  Dr Fro, at 9:26 PM, January 09, 2005  

Yes, with that example I agree. J7o beats almost nothing else. WHat is he hoping, that his opponent went all in with J6?

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