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[ShieldWolf]

Was playing at a local bar, 10 person SnG.First hand of the tourney: 5-10 blinds. UTG calls. I look down at QQ. I raise it to 50. Folds all around to the dealer button who had already looked at his cards. He says "I'm all in." Blinds fold. UTG thinks for a few seconds and says "I call." Now I sit with QQ wondering if it's actually the best hand. UTG re-checks his hand, telling me I definately have him beat (probably Ace Junk).Me (to UTG): You're gonna risk all your chips right now?UTG: " Gotta gamble sometime. Why not now?"Me (To Dealer Button): "You really got me beat? Or do you just like to push all in a lot?"DB: " It's the only thing I can do with this hand. You gotta take it before the flop comes off."Me: "You have a mid-pocket pair?"DB: "Maybe."Me: "I call."Dealer Button flips over 44. UTG flips over Ks3s. I show my QQ. Dealer Button immediately stands up and starts cursing and yelling. "What the f**k?!? This happens to me every f**king time! UTG just has a confused look on his face. Dealer button screams "Four" as the board is dealt out. QQ holds. UTG shrugs and says "I saw two suited cards. I figured why not?" Dealer Button downs his beer, says "I can't believe he had a pocket pair too" and leaves.

[JesseW316]

Lol. People do shit for absolutely no good reason sometimes. I love this game.

[TraptSteve]

I don't understand the thought process of an average NL small tournament player. I played in a 60$ buy-in tournament (10 went to the owner of the home; food/drinks, etc) that had about 15-16 people. Blinds started at 5-10 and everyone had 1500 to being with.First off, not even 5 minutes into it, some guy 3 off the BB just calls with pocket aces. 4 other people call including the blinds and the flop comes 5-k-5. The little blind bets small - 100, and gets reraised to 300 by Mr. Aces. SB moves all in and Aces calls, busts out of the tournament (*Edit* SB had k-5 off), and complains how aces never hold up. People at my table tell the 2nd table that the SB bet and then moved all in. They completely fail to mention Mr.Aces limped in. To everyone it was a tragedy... the aces fell again! That was just one of the many stories. As for me... I took first (1st-330 2nd ? 3rd ? 4th paid 60 ... do the math), as I came to the table 'final' table as the chip leader. I pulled my best Raymer impression, bludgeoning the table with raises, keeping the pressure on. I also trapped a friend of mine when we were down to 5 handed with A-A when he had A-8. I expected to win it and was happy with the results.

[Spademan]

TraptSteve said:

I played in a 60$ buy-in tournament (10 went to the owner of the home; food/drinks, etc) that had about 15-16 people.

20 percent juice for a home game?!Jeebus, he's playing for free and has about 100 bucks left over for "food/drinks,ect".I need to see if I can set up a home game like that.

[mbreon]

ShieldWolf said:

Was playing at a local bar, 10 person SnG.First hand of the tourney: 5-10 blinds. UTG calls. I look down at QQ. I raise it to 50. Folds all around to the dealer button who had already looked at his cards. He says "I'm all in." Blinds fold. UTG thinks for a few seconds and says "I call." Now I sit with QQ wondering if it's actually the best hand. UTG re-checks his hand, telling me I definately have him beat (probably Ace Junk).Me (to UTG): You're gonna risk all your chips right now?UTG: " Gotta gamble sometime. Why not now?"Me (To Dealer Button): "You really got me beat? Or do you just like to push all in a lot?"DB: " It's the only thing I can do with this hand. You gotta take it before the flop comes off."Me: "You have a mid-pocket pair?"DB: "Maybe."Me: "I call."Dealer Button flips over 44. UTG flips over Ks3s. I show my QQ. Dealer Button immediately stands up and starts cursing and yelling. "What the f**k?!? This happens to me every f**king time! UTG just has a confused look on his face. Dealer button screams "Four" as the board is dealt out. QQ holds. UTG shrugs and says "I saw two suited cards. I figured why not?" Dealer Button downs his beer, says "I can't believe he had a pocket pair too" and leaves.

You need to invite them to your home game.

[tdmlb24]

Spademan said:

TraptSteve said:

I played in a 60$ buy-in tournament (10 went to the owner of the home; food/drinks, etc) that had about 15-16 people.

20 percent juice for a home game?!Jeebus, he's playing for free and has about 100 bucks left over for "food/drinks,ect".I need to see if I can set up a home game like that.

Wow a $50 buy in with a $10 fee for food and drinks?How much food and drinks did he get, not $160 worth.For my homegame I had a $20 buy in once with 15 people and had each person pay $3 each for pizza and drinks.

[shedrackle]

tdmlb24 said:

Spademan said:

TraptSteve said:

I played in a 60$ buy-in tournament (10 went to the owner of the home; food/drinks, etc) that had about 15-16 people.

20 percent juice for a home game?!Jeebus, he's playing for free and has about 100 bucks left over for "food/drinks,ect".I need to see if I can set up a home game like that.

Wow a $50 buy in with a $10 fee for food and drinks?How much food and drinks did he get, not $160 worth.For my homegame I had a $20 buy in once with 15 people and had each person pay $3 each for pizza and drinks.

Each year I have a home game tourney in South Central PA the buy in is $100 with $25 from each person going for food and drinks. However, I provide steaks, baked potates, fresh salads, kegs, and various liquors. I don't play for free and all the left over "juice" collected is returned to the prize pool.The main reason for the $25 is that I require players to RSVP and send a $25 check ahead of time to reserve a seat. This way I know how many players I will have and can plan the food, drinks and prize pool ahead of time.