Hey,

I was playing in the PokerStars Daily 30K on Saturday, and went pretty deep. This hand happened when there were about 100 players left.

Our villian in this hand was a reasonably tight player, so when he flats the original raiser, with his stack size, I put him on a medium pair or KQ, AT type of hand. He’s either not too strong here, or he’s huge (KK+).

I expect him to fold to the squeeze, but I’m sorely dissapointed to see him flat call me. When he flats my raise, I’m now convinced he’s on a pretty big pair, and I’m still wondering why he didn’t shove.

Poker Stars $10+$1 No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t3500/t7000 Blinds + t875 – 9 players – View hand 204056
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

SB: t310740 M = 16.91
Hero (BB): t226331 M = 12.32
UTG: t60031 M = 3.27
UTG+1: t101341 M = 5.52
UTG+2: t171457 M = 9.33
MP1: t432246 M = 23.52
MP2: t134989 M = 7.35
CO: t152644 M = 8.31
BTN: t98917 M = 5.38

Pre Flop: (t18375) Hero is BB with Qh 8h
3 folds, MP1 raises to t16500, 2 folds, BTN calls t16500, 1 fold, Hero raises to t42000, 1 fold, BTN calls t25500

Flop: (t111875) 7s 2d As (2 players)
Hero bets t63000, BTN calls t56042 all in

Turn: (t223959) 9d (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: (t223959) Ah (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t223959
Hero shows Qh 8h (a pair of Aces)
BTN shows Jc Jh (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
BTN wins t223959

Obviously once the ace comes down, after I’ve 3bet in to two players pre-flop, I have to put out the cbet, putting him all in. I’m repping AQ, AK and I think it’s a really tough call, even for a hand as good as KK. I don’t see how he calls with JJ, but c’est la vie!

I went out a short while later, finishing deep at 92nd.