The story of my last 3 weeks:
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Preflop: Hero is UTG with Ad, Ah.
Hero raises, 3 folds, MP3 calls, CO calls, 1 fold, SB calls, BB calls.
Flop: (10 SB) As, 2c, 7s (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls, CO calls, SB folds, BB calls.
Turn: (7 BB) 9h (4 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, MP3 raises, CO calls, BB folds, Hero 3-bets, MP3 calls, CO calls.
River: (16 BB) 7d (3 players)
Hero bets, MP3 raises, CO folds, Hero 3-bets, MP3 caps, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 24 BB
Results:
Hero has Ad Ah (full house, aces full of sevens).
MP3 has 7c 7h (four of a kind, sevens).
Outcome: MP3 wins 24 BB.
Preflop: Hero is UTG with Ad, Ah.
Hero raises, 3 folds, MP3 calls, CO calls, 1 fold, SB calls, BB calls.
Flop: (10 SB) As, 2c, 7s (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls, CO calls, SB folds, BB calls.
Turn: (7 BB) 9h (4 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, MP3 raises, CO calls, BB folds, Hero 3-bets, MP3 calls, CO calls.
River: (16 BB) 7d (3 players)
Hero bets, MP3 raises, CO folds, Hero 3-bets, MP3 caps, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 24 BB
Results:
Hero has Ad Ah (full house, aces full of sevens).
MP3 has 7c 7h (four of a kind, sevens).
Outcome: MP3 wins 24 BB.
Ouch - what can ya do. You played it about as well as you could. The guy happened to get trips on the flop like you and you couldn't shake him.
I'm surprised that so many called pre-flop raise but once 1 person calls, all it takes is for another to call and then the pot is sweet for all.
Even if this would have been NoLimit, it probably would have ended the same way. A pocket pair is all the reason for anyone to call a big pre-flop raise. Not much you could do. That's just one example of how pocket ace's lose about 12%-15% of the time.
Posted by Dave | 11:19 PM