HP_Joe

He probably has KK but will call your flop bet anyway, and then you'll both check it down because he's scared you have the A and you're scared his call on the flop was a trap with AA.

Daniel, May the happy moments live on forever in your memories.Joe

Way to bounce back Danny, dominate from here on out!

Trying to get from 10K to 20K adds the strong possibility I go broke, while trying to go from 20K to 30K just means I may go back down to 10K, like the rest of the table, save one. Once I have those extra chips, you can almost consider it a cash game situation, because I can't go broke, and I wouldn't be at any disadvantage to the rest of the table, I'll take the gamble with the odds in my favor to try to get another 10K.Oh, and as far as the number of posts...I was not as good a player back then so my opinions probably wouldn't have helped anybody, hopefully this one will.

The 10,000 you would gain in this situation is nearly meaningless in the overall scope of the tournament. Yes, you want to accumulate chips, but to do so while giving yourself nearly a 40% chance to get knocked out of the tournament on the very first hand is too big a risk. Plus, if he/she is pushing on the first hand with QJ you will probably be able to see some flops with this person at a later time and take all their chips when you have them drawing much thinner.To me, this early in the tournament, and after seeing their QJ hand, I would need QQ, KK or AA to call. I wouldn't even call wit

As far as Tourneys go, we have one every month or so, ranging in locals from Evanston, to Palatine, all the way out to Algonquin. PM me if your interested. Buy-ins are usually around $60 and we get from 15-30 people.I just built a poker table for around $275, check out I used the plans for Junells table and it turned out great. Easy to build too.If you get a game going, I'll be happy to play.

In aggressive games where theres raising preflop almost every hand, its tough to play more than 25% of the hands. I've had numbers in the 18-20% range on occasion. In looser games, with a lot of calling, you can see around 35% of the flops and still make money, cuz your crap cards are still better than theirs. I know when I'm looking for a table to play at, I look for those that are in the 40% range. There will be a lot of people limping in with the 7-8 suited and calling your big raises preflop because they think if doyle can bust big pocket pairs with low suited connectors, so can I.

I'm not sure how to play this differently, but if I see it again at a table, I might lay down the KK on the river.game: $.5/$1 NL Hold EmBoth of our stacks are around $85My hand= KKWith one limper in front of me I raise to $3 from middle position, the button reraises to $6, blinds and limper folds. Right now I'm thinking he has anything from 1010 to AA, maybe AK, so I reraise to $12 to feel it out. Button calls the bet. Right now I'm thinking he's got JJ,QQ, or AK most people would lay down the smaller pairs. The flop comes something like 578. I lead out with a bet of $12 and get called.