So, my 1st try at a 12+1 6 seater on Stars. This would put me in chiplead and with these guy I would been able to take it down wih a good chiplead. Unfortunately Mr. Suckout has a deal with Mr. River and .....................
Believe it or not I came back from this to get almost even with 2nd place, but just couldn't do anything else without having the chiplead I woulda had. With a chip lead these guys were bullyable.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (3 handed)

BB (t2440)
Button (t3528)
Hero (t3032)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
1 fold, Hero raises to t400, BB raises to t600, Hero raises to t1800, BB raises to t2415, Hero calls t615.

Flop: (t4855) , , (2 players)

Turn: (t4855) (2 players)

River: (t4855) (2 players)

Final Pot: t4855

Results below:
BB has As Qs (one pair, aces).
Hero has Ts Th (one pair, tens).
Outcome: BB wins t4855.

CJ,
Don't get me wrong here. I didn't mean to imply that he made the wrong move or even a move I wouldn't have done myself. I just wanted to whine about getting my money into the middle with the best hand and getting sucked out on at the river. I mean when Pokerstars does the flop, turn, and river when it's 2 people allin preflop, they do it slow just like on tv (at least on my computer it is) so as to get you all excited or to drag your pain out, when the first 4 cards came and I was still ahead I started to get excited only to have it burst when the river came.

Your point about calling his raise and then getting him to fold after the flop is a good one. My only problem with it is that with TT, there are 16 cards that can flop to really spoil your day and make you have to think about being the one to fold. Because of that isn't it wiser to get it allin preflop like I did? Or is my S&G thinking here off track somehow?

I really need to learn this kind of stuff if I am ever going to get to the consistently winning level that I would like to be at.

Just busted out on a FT $6.60 with KK otb vs mini-raise from UTG with QQ. Flopped a Q.

Hell, are you kidding? I don't know how to play these things. I went from 4900 chips to busted.

Bad beats are the only way to lose.

or, as Phil Helmuth, Jr., says...Poker is 100% skill and 50% luck.

Hey CJ,
I hope you don't mind but I'm gonna swipe that Helmuth line for my sig since I don't have one yet.

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