This is from a $11 double shootout satellite. Great stuff. This hand elimates 3 people on level 2, and this is only an 8 handed game!

I went on to win this table and am playing the final table right now. These things are golden, I won one yesterday for my 215 T$.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed)

UTG+1 (t1200)
Hero (t1640)
MP2 (t1400)
CO (t1300)
Button (t2010)
SB (t1480)
BB (t1480)
UTG (t1490)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with , .
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t200, Hero raises to t450, 1 fold, CO raises to t720, 2 folds, BB calls t690, UTG+1 raises to t1200, Hero raises to t1640, CO calls t580 (All-In), BB calls t760 (All-In).


Flop: (t5635) , , (4 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t5635) (4 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t5635) (4 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: t5635

Results in white below:
BB has Qc Tc (one pair, tens). Cold calls a raise, reraise and re-re-raise. Nice. You the man!
UTG+1 has Qs Qh (one pair, queens).
Hero has As Ac (one pair, aces).
CO has Ad 9c (high card, ace). Min-reraise with this? Sure its good here most of time?
Outcome: Hero wins t5635.

B, if you don't believe in luck, you should now. First, you were lucky with getting the 1:220 with your American Airlines. Then, you were lucky to get someone with QQ, so you were most likely playing for all the marbles with them. Finally, you got lucky with holding up against 3 opponents. AA odds of winning drop dramatically against more than 2.

nh

I really think you need to reraise bigger...

AA against these three hands holds up 70% of the time - against two of those hands it holds up 75% of the time, not a huge difference. Still, I would have raised closer to 500-550 instead of 450 there. With KK in that position, I'd raise closer to 550-600. Too many people love playing any-ace hands to raises and I'd like to charge them more for that.