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[Duff_Man]

This isn't meant as a bragging post at all. But today I played my best single table Sng ever. It had a little bit of everything including luck. After the fifth hand I was the chip leader and I never let go of it. My reads were spot on which is rare for me, re-raised a guy with nothing when I sensed weakness (he folded), made a call with middle pair after the river when I felt he didn't have it (heads up). And dished out a bad beat on the final hand to win. I was the BB with 4500, he had 2500. Get dealt 77. Blinds were 200/400. He raised to 800. I took the advice others here had given me in the Strategy section about a similiar hand last week. Before that I may have called or re-raised him, but after my post many said put him all-in. So today I did figuring it was probably a race, and it was. He thought for a minute a called turning over AQ un-suited. He flopped a queen and I'm getting ready for the next hand. Turn is a blank and the river is a 7 and my bankroll is + $50.Just had to post cause it felt goodDuff

[sxz18]

Great job. I think I've only played one near perfect SnG $30 tourney. I kept getting cards and they kept hitting. That's pretty much all you need to win right?

[LJ Fosberg]

It is always fun when you hit the zone and things just seem to click like that! I played in the PS tourny that wrto4556 held. I played almost perfect until I got A K the blinds were $100-$200 with a $25 ante I was one away from the button and there was just one caller other than the blinds. I made it $1000 to go and got one caller, the flop was Q T 3 he went all in for like $1995 I thought about it for a min. and called. My thought was that he might have had a small pair and put me on AK but at any rate it was a BAD call! He had K Q The turn was the 4 and the river was the 7 :oops: so much for perfect! Do you think that I should have raised more before the flop?? Good job on your tourny!!

[waldo]

i played one where i took out 3 people on the first hand, i had AA, they had, QQ, 1010, and 33, that was pretty fun

[CoranMoran]

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I played almost perfect until I got A K  the blinds were $100-$200 with a $25 ante I was one away from the button and there was just one caller other than the blinds. I made it $1000 to go and got one caller,

Big Slick is a strong hand pre-flop. But if you do not hit the flop, it is dangerous to put more money into it.

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the flop was Q T 3  

This was not a good flop for your hand. And since your opponent called your 5xBB preflop raise, he surely has you beat by now.

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he went all in for like $1995 I thought about it for a min. and called.

And this probably confirms it.

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My thought was that he might have had a small pair and put me on AK

But even if your read here is dead on, you still lose.He could have anything from AQ to 22.And all you have is Ace High.There are 4 Jacks which would give you the straight.But the remaining 3 Kings and 3 Aces may not be pure outs for you if he holds one of these cards too (which he did).Because he has already gone all-in, there is no chance for you to try to bluff the pot away from him (in case he had a smaller pocket pair).Your opponent called a large preflop bet. And he gambled all of his chips after the flop.You must recognize that you are almost certainly a huge underdog here.And there is no way that you can make this call.Point--> Big Slick is a drawing hand. When you miss the flop, you have to be prepared to lay it down.--cnm