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PokerStars Game #18757735190: Tournament #94924020, $30+$3 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (600/1200) - 2008/07/12 - 02:27:10 (ET)
Table '94924020 40' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: erwin2975 (27285 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: Costavio (28352 in chips)
Seat 4: depper9 (59180 in chips)
Seat 5: bad55boy (53480 in chips)
Seat 6: fishingkid11 (46987 in chips)
Seat 7: remz73089 (36625 in chips)
Seat 8: USANAMACK (45702 in chips)
Seat 9: Faduniak (18888 in chips)
erwin2975: posts the ante 125
Costavio: posts the ante 125
depper9: posts the ante 125
bad55boy: posts the ante 125
fishingkid11: posts the ante 125
remz73089: posts the ante 125
USANAMACK: posts the ante 125
Faduniak: posts the ante 125
Faduniak: posts small blind 600
erwin2975: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Faduniak [Ks Qs]
Costavio: folds
depper9: folds
bad55boy: calls 1200
fishingkid11: calls 1200
remz73089: folds
USANAMACK: folds
Faduniak: raises 17563 to 18763 and is all-in
erwin2975: folds
bad55boy: calls 17563
fishingkid11: folds
*** FLOP *** [3c 5d 6c]
*** TURN *** [3c 5d 6c] [As]
*** RIVER *** [3c 5d 6c As] [4s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Faduniak: shows [Ks Qs] (high card Ace)
bad55boy: shows [8c Ac] (a pair of Aces)
bad55boy collected 40926 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 40926 | Rake 0
Board [3c 5d 6c As 4s]
Seat 1: erwin2975 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Costavio folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: depper9 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: bad55boy showed [8c Ac] and won (40926) with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: fishingkid11 folded before Flop
Seat 7: remz73089 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: USANAMACK (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Faduniak (small blind) showed [Ks Qs] and lost with high card Ace

A) Limp and see a flop and make the pot small (unless you get there).

B) Raise to 5-6K, then shove any flop. This is a good play when your limping villians miss, but not when they hit; and by hitting, that means if any of the flush/open ended straight draws, as well as most pieces (like middle pair and definitely top pair). The difficulty of this play becomes harder too when it's a multiplayer pot, because it's harder to bluff 2-3 people as at least one of them is to at least get a piece.

If you play the hand this way, you get "unlucky" versus a hand like Ac8c that flops a FD on a 3c-5d-6c board as supposed to a nice and dry Js-2d-7c board. And if even you do get that board, a maniac player with better "bluffing" position may stop-n-shove with any two cards, taking away your bluffing equity before you make your standard c-bet shove.

C) Do what you did, which IMO is the play here considering the money in the middle, your position, and your M. The only real risk is a)someone limped in huge or b) it's past the money so a small pocket pair (a more reasonable hand you will see in this spot) maybe ready to gambol vs what they think is to be an AK type of hand. This squeeze works much more during the bubble.

Just take notes on dude, note that he limp-calls huge with A8s, and if you ever get seated with him again, do the same play with a big pair or AQ/AK and enjoy the mobnies. You have to gambol to finish deep in these MTTs, and you weren't that much of a dog and lost a race. gg.

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