1. 2008-01-07 17:50:37

   5th Tournament of the Vancouver Poker Tour

   Hello everybody, Saturday night was a great success with 11 people showing up.

   Pocket Jacks

   The first hand that I want to talk about is, I get in middle position Jonas in early position raises it to 200 when the blinds are in the beginning stages at 25/50. I decided to come over the top with 800 total thinking either a call or an all in I would be facing. I was going to call regardless I felt like it was the right move to do in the early stages to try and accumulate chips. So, he re raises 1600 it is either AK or he thinks that I am trying to push him around and he is trying to see if I would really call. Or he has Aces or Kings and I would be stupid to call lol (who knows). Little did he know that I was going to call regardless, He ended up with and the board came out 9 high for the win on my part. I will go back to this hand for reference later in the posting.

   Queen-Nine

   The next hand soon after in the 50/100 stages of the blinds I pick up in the small blind and decided to be the only one to call the button raise of 250 which was Alvin. The flop was I decided to lead out 250 thinking that this was a good board for me to see Alvin raises 500 on top and I called. Turn was a now this gives me more outs. I have 3rd pair and a open ended straight draw. (King or and 8 makes a straight) I lead out for a 700 chip bet and he raises to 2500 which gets me to question.

   Does he just have a jack if so I call. If he has two pair I still have a fair amount of cards to catch I decided that I had enough outs to call this bet to win all of his chips on the river. So, With that in mind I called the river was a I checked he bet again now I can't call the Jack was a terrible card to see and I folded. Later on he told me he had KQ, My opinion on having KQ with having a bad straight draw on the flop. He put me on a under pair against his two over cards so I understand why he would call on the flop. This was an unavoidable hand after the turn cause it was so good for me with my hand I am just glad the 8 didn't hit on the river otherwise that would of sucked!!! and Alvin would of had all of my chips.

   Ace-King Suited

   Last but not least, I pick up of spades huge hand looking for some chips back here and mostly win it all pre flop is my goal. I was under the gun made it 200 to go when I actually wanted to make it 300 couldn't count out my chips right lol. Then Kalib makes it 400 to go and Josh makes it 1000 total so I figured those are some weak ass re raises. I decided after re evaluating the hand that If I raise all in and take it down without a showdown that is what I wanted. If I get called there could be a good chance that I could have one of the two players dominated. So I went all in then was called by Josh with and didn't improve.

   Food for Thought

   The lesson that I would like to preach here is when you have AK, if you raise and someone reraises, I would suggest a call, waiting to see what happens after the flop. You do this because your side of the hand will be much more clear once the flop hits. Both Jonas and I should of learned that lesson, but the good thing was that it is a cheap lesson. Put that in your arsenal for the future and I believe that AK will be a little bit easier to play in big pots.

   Posted by Nick L at 2008-01-07 17:50:37

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