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[shotsup 832]

Son turned 21 Sunday and he and his friends went to Atlantic City to (celebrate) play first casino Texas Hold ‘em on Tuesday. 

He said he held his own until this hand.
 

He and one player left. Board has pair of eights. Nothing more. No high cards. No possible straights/flush. Other guy has played aggressive all game and lost so son put himself all in $300. 
 

Son. I have the eight. 
Other guy. Me too. 
Kickers - son Jack other guy Queen. 

That ended his day. 
 

Lesson learned - Don’t gamble. 

[shorepatrol 1,737]

14 minutes ago, shotsup said:

Son turned 21 Sunday and he and his friends went to Atlantic City to (celebrate) play first casino Texas Hold ‘em on Tuesday. 

He said he held his own until this hand.
 

He and one player left. Board has pair of eights. Nothing more. No high cards. No possible straights/flush. Other guy has played aggressive all game and lost so son put himself all in $300. 
 

Son. I have the eight. 
Other guy. Me too. 
Kickers - son Jack other guy Queen. 

That ended his day. 
 

Lesson learned - Don’t gamble. 

Don't gamble what you can't afford to lose is a better lesson. Gambling is fun 

[shotsup 832]

29 minutes ago, shorepatrol said:

Don't gamble what you can't afford to lose is a better lesson. Gambling is fun 

I’ll give you that. As someone that recently quit gambling I played the don’t gamble card. He was responsible and only lost what he was prepared to lose. 

Edited January 25, 2020 by shotsup
Lose

[Hardcore troubadour 12,626]

It was a good bet. 

[shorepatrol 1,737]

8 minutes ago, shotsup said:

I’ll give you that. As someone that recently quit gambling I played the don’t gamble card. He was responsible and only lost what he was prepared to loose. 

All good then 

[nobody 2,037]

better lesson might be don’t play J8

[sderk 1,040]

25 minutes ago, nobody said:

better lesson might be don’t play J8

Orrrrr......Play a lot more. 

[shotsup 832]

31 minutes ago, nobody said:

better lesson might be don’t play J8

Call around then 8’s were on the flop

 

[nobody 2,037]

Then the 2nd lesson would be don't lose all your money in the big blind in a limped pot.

[edjr 5,556]

ALL IN!!!

[Strike 3,957]

12 hours ago, nobody said:

Then the 2nd lesson would be don't lose all your money in the big blind in a limped pot.

Yup.  One of my favorite plays is to try to limp with small pairs from early position.  If you get a passive table that will allow you to do that and hit you can make a lot of money.  And I also hate hitting three of a kind in the manner it was done here.  The only other (decent) players that are going to stay in on a bet will usually have you beat.  It's a hand I'd rather stay away from.

Question for the OP - DId you ask your kid what he put the other player on?  Or was he simply acting based upon what he had and not what he thought the other guy had?

[shotsup 832]

The all in was after the turn not from the big blind. Don’t know when other players folded. 
And to answer Strike yes he was considering what the other guy had and he figured pocket high pair as nothing else on the board looked potentially solid. Also like I said other guy was aggressive and lost a lot previously 

[nobody 2,037]

An aggressive guy doesn’t raise a high pocket pair preflop?  Limped pot to all-in on the turn?  

Lesson 3 pot control.

[shotsup 832]

It is what it is. You fvcking dorks slash “pros” have it all figured out. 
 

Assshole poker snobs.  

[shotsup 832]

That said. All you “pros”. (Douchebags) - what was his play ? Fold trip 8’s ?? It was a bad beat. He was one card away from a push. 
FVCK off

[shotsup 832]

57 minutes ago, nobody said:

An aggressive guy doesn’t a high pocket pair preflop?  Limped pot to all-in on the turn?  

Lesson 3 pot control.

Say that again in English please 

[Strike 3,957]

1 hour ago, shotsup said:

That said. All you “pros”. (Douchebags) - what was his play ? Fold trip 8’s ?? It was a bad beat. He was one card away from a push. 
FVCK off

Ask any pro.  The hardest thing to do is dump certain hands.  But yeah, that's what he should have done.

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,577]

There is no such thing as a bad beat

[Frozenbeernuts 1,652]

I was in a small tournament at someone's house playing hold em. I made it to the final 3. I was playing really well all night. One of the guys at the table was an older guy who was pretty drunk.

I had bet the pot to a decent size off of nothing on this hand. 9 high. I knew the drunk guy didn't have anything, so I went all in trying to bluff on the river, approximately doubling the pot. He called. I couldn't believe it. He had Queen high. I don't remember anyone calling on that big of a bet with that small of a high card. 

Edit, there was an ace or king on the board. I don't remember. It was a really poor odds play for him. 

[bostonlager 2,462]

On 1/25/2020 at 12:42 AM, nobody said:

better lesson might be don’t play J8

This. Why did he even see the flop?

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,577]

there is no such thing as a bad beat

there is no such thing as a tax loophole

 

[shotsup 832]

48 minutes ago, bostonlager said:

This. Why did he even see the flop?

Because he was big blind and his money was already in. Easy call. 

[nobody 2,037]

20 hours ago, shotsup said:

That said. All you “pros”. (Douchebags) - what was his play ? Fold trip 8’s ?? It was a bad beat. He was one card away from a push. 
FVCK off

First of all it's not a bad beat.  If anything it's a cooler.  And how was he one card away from a push?  You said there were no high cards on the board.

 

20 hours ago, shotsup said:

Say that again in English please 

Sorry.  Raise.  An aggressive player would raise a high pocket pair preflop.

[nobody 2,037]

His play depends on the action.  May we assume this was 1-2 or 1-3?  

So it's a limped pot.  Flop comes something like 883.  In a limped pot, you should absolutely assume someone else has at least an A8 and throw that shìt away to any major aggression.

If you're getting 100-150 BB's into the pot on the turn, your opponent has at least an 8.  He should have a full house.

The move is check raise the flop and if someone goes apeshit, fold.  At low stakes big bet = big hand almost every time.