A Case of the Sundays

The tournament cold-deckings continue, with me busting the Sunday million set under set after accumulating an above average stack three hours in, losing a huge pot with set under set in the $500 WCOOP satellite (which had a remarkably small and tough field, hopefully that will change with time), and this little gem from the FTP $500:

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 20/40 Blinds (9 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG (t6060)
Hero (UTG+1) (t4575)
MP1 (t180)
MP2 (t3260)
MP3 (t5050)
CO (t10060)
Button (t5535)
SB (t5795)
BB (t4485)

Hero’s M: 76.25

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A, A
UTG bets t140, Hero raises to t480, 7 folds, UTG calls t340

Flop: (t1020) 10, 8, A (2 players)
UTG bets t40, Hero calls t40

Turn: (t1100) 9 (2 players)
UTG bets t1100, Hero calls t1100

River: (t3300) Q (2 players)
UTG bets t40, Hero raises to t1455, UTG calls t1415

Total pot: t6210

Results:
UTG had J, 7 (straight, Queen high).
Hero had A, A (three of a kind, Aces).

Outcome: UTG won t6210

Obviously I massively misread his range. I was thinking he’d have an underpair to the A almost always, and was focusing on how to get paid by exactly those hands. Granted the turn bet was a little surprising, but at that point I was thinking he either had AK/AQ/lower set, in which case I was going to win a big pot no matter what, or he was trying to blow me off an underpair, in which case I want to give him rope. Thus, I wasn’t too worried about the straight on the river. Whoops.

This value shove cheered me up a bit though:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $500+$30 Tournament, 60/120 Blinds 15 Ante (9 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB (t5545)
BB (t6240)
UTG (t6655)
UTG+1 (t13292)
MP1 (t3835)
MP2 (t2655)
MP3 (t8012)
Hero (CO) (t6898)
Button (t5690)

Hero’s M: 21.90

Preflop: Hero is CO with K, A
2 folds, MP1 bets t360, 2 folds, Hero raises to t900, 3 folds, MP1 calls t540

Flop: (t2115) 6, 2, 5 (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero checks

Turn: (t2115) A (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero checks

River: (t2115) 4 (2 players)
MP1 bets t1080, Hero raises to t5983 (All-In), MP1 calls t1840 (All-In)

Total pot: t7955

Results:
MP1 had Q, A (one pair, Aces).
Hero had K, A (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: Hero won t7955

Sadly, I busted this one anyway with AQ losing to AJ all-in preflop with 72 players left and 24 seats.