You gots to laugh

No, really, you do.

PokerStars Game #17464376572: Tournament #88537690, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/05/16 - 04:50:49 (ET)
Table '88537690 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: DUE2003 (1730 in chips)
Seat 2: studman65 (670 in chips)
Seat 3: FR Vessant (1470 in chips)
Seat 4: marijule (1470 in chips)
Seat 5: xbbACEdx (1180 in chips)
Seat 6: mrp123 (1470 in chips)
Seat 7: colin28950 (2260 in chips)
Seat 8: crayondawg (1870 in chips)
Seat 9: Kirche83 (1380 in chips)
Kirche83: posts small blind 15
DUE2003: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Ah Ks]
studman65: folds
FR Vessant: raises 90 to 120

I'd normally raise to 3x, but this table has already looked ultraloose, so I put more chips in. Bigger pot if I hit the flop.

marijule: folds
xbbACEdx: calls 120
mrp123: folds
colin28950: folds
crayondawg: calls 120
Kirche83: folds
DUE2003: calls 90

WTF? There is no way these guys all have good enough hands to risk this many chips.

*** FLOP *** [Tc Ac Qd]

So I hit it, but that's a really dangerous flop.


DUE2003: bets 1610 and is all-in

OMG. Well, I figure he can have a very wide range of hands. He could be made, with KJ , TT, AQ, AT. He could have a draw to the flush, and that would be most of his range here. He could have a combo draw. I can be a bit behind that but with all the money in the pot, I can't fold.

FR Vessant: calls 1350 and is all-in
xbbACEdx: calls 1060 and is all-in

wat!


crayondawg: folds
Uncalled bet (260) returned to DUE2003

It turns out the fishy big blind has Jc9c. His preflop call is awful, because he's always behind and if he flops a pair, I'm never paying him off. Pushing the flop is also pretty terrible. In his shoes, I bet out, hoping to be raised or even check, looking to get it in.

The caller has AQ. His preflop call is atrocious. He doesn't know I'm tight -- although I haven't played a hand yet -- but AQ is a bad hand to call raises with. You are never going to be sure enough on the flop that you're ahead, unless you flop it really good. As he did here.

Me, I'm in really bad. I need a jack.

*** TURN *** [Tc Ac Qd] [Kh]

Oh dear.

That gives the fishy big blind his straight.

River J?

*** RIVER *** [Tc Ac Qd Kh] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DUE2003: shows [9c Jc] (a flush, Ace high)
FR Vessant: shows [Ah Ks] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
DUE2003 collected 580 from side pot
xbbACEdx: shows [Qc As] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
DUE2003 collected 3675 from main pot

Meh.

In case you were wondering, that flop is really tough for AK. A reasonable calling range for BB is beating us a lot on that flop, but you don't want to fold the best hand. If you are behind, you are only drawing to four outs. As it happens, I was miles behind both players, but you can't know that when you're faced with the bet.

Still I'm not sure. Maybe better to fold.