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Full Tilt Poker Game #3627069292: $55,000 Guarantee (26069876), Table 33 - 10000/20000 Ante 2500 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:20:02 ET - 2007/09/21
Seat 1: Kadabra (746,260)
Seat 4: therookieqq9 (528,740)
Kadabra antes 2,500
therookieqq9 antes 2,500
Kadabra posts the small blind of 10,000
therookieqq9 posts the big blind of 20,000
JoeDchiptaker (Observer): K dont chop take it home..SMART POWER PLAYING
Nova Zuess (Observer): COME ON ROOKIE
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kadabra [As Js]
Kadabra raises to 40,000
Nova Zuess (Observer): YOURE MAKING ME LOOK BAD
therookieqq9 calls 20,000
*** FLOP *** [9d Th 5s]
therookieqq9 bets 58,000
Kadabra calls 58,000
*** TURN *** [9d Th 5s] [2d]
apibarra (Observer): a 8 no good rook
therookieqq9 checks
Kadabra checks
*** RIVER *** [9d Th 5s 2d] [7d]
JoeDchiptaker (Observer): K PLAY SMART
therookieqq9 has 15 seconds left to act
therookieqq9 bets 180,000
Matt Morrison (Observer): you gonna pay up nova?
Kadabra has 15 seconds left to act
Kadabra has requested TIME
Nova Zuess (Observer): yeah
Kadabra calls 180,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
therookieqq9 shows [4h Ad] Ace Ten high
Kadabra shows [As Js] Ace Jack high
Kadabra wins the pot (561,000) with Ace Jack high
Nova Zuess (Observer): looks like you arent though.,,,,
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 561,000 | Rake 0
Board: [9d Th 5s 2d 7d]
Seat 1: Kadabra (small blind) showed [As Js] and won (561,000) with Ace Jack high
Seat 4: therookieqq9 (big blind) showed [4h Ad] and lost with Ace Ten high







ok, so pre flop i min raised trying to induce a raise.

1. because AJ is a great hand heads up

2. he is more than capable of raising then folding (which is terrible)

he didnt oblige and called.


flop came and he led. i had 2 over cards and a running nut flush, his bet was small, so i floated hoping to turn a spade draw or hit one of my overs.


turn was a blank. he checked, and i checked. feeling like the jack was my best card.


river was a 7 of DIAMONDS. this is key. [4h Ad] he has the ace of diamonds, he knows i can not have the nuts. he leads for 9/10 the pot.


what can we put him on. he wouldnt bet a 10 like this, hed want value and be afraid of me reraising. he wouldnt bet a 9, period. if he made 2 pair, its the same as the 10, he knows he can not call a reraise. a pocket pair is not in his bluffing range because it would of reraised pre flop. a higher ace is not in his range because it would of reraised preflop.

his range is, JQ, JK QK connectors that didnt pair like 34 or 46. in fact, i dont think there is a single hand that he can have here to bet 9/10 the pot. the only type of hand that would do that is 3 of a kind, but we established he cant have that because all pocket pairs reraise pre flop.

so i put in the call, and to my expectations, the chips went my way.