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[Anton]

Woops. I accidentally deleted the old thread in a spam killing frenzy.

I'm seriously considering resigning from this tournament! I finally got a hand yesterday and ended up folding a big pot that I would have won (ok split), by mistake.

Got dealt Ad 2d on the button. No raise so I call the BB and the flop comes down A2J rainbow (no diamonds). Woo hoo, two pair.

Lots of checking after the flop until one player raises 1000 and another re-raises to 3000. I'm still thinking I'm ahead (these players have been quite loose and I don't suspect them of slow-playing AA, JJ or AJ) and decide to just call and put in a big raise on the turn whatever comes.

EXCEPT! In my email I type CALL $2000 by mistake instead of CALL $3000!

Instead of getting an email saying my call is not enough and that I must up it to $3000 I get folded!!!

The first raiser then goes all-in, second raiser goes all in and I watch. First player has ace rag, second KQ.

Turn and river come down two nines. First player wins 22,000 with AA99J. I would have shown down the best hand by far but split the pot with my pair of 2s counterfeited by the 9s. $11,000 down the drain.

Don't know if I can be bothered with this anymore.

[m4rkie]

use MAKE

[hurleyp]

an almost identical situtation happended to me last week. what do you mean use MAKe Mark??

[m4rkie]

instead of your more familiar commands, MAKE $xx mean you make the bet $xx. http://www.wrgpt.org/manual.html#Advance(d)%20Betting

So if the bet to you is $300, and you say MAKE $700, you're raising by $400. On the other hand if you had said MAKE $500, you'd get another go because the raise (of $200) isn't enough.

The point is that it doesn't fold your cards if your bet isn't enough, it gives you another option.

[Anton]

I agree that this is the safer option but I just wanted to call. You shouldn't have to put a number in at all. CALL should suffice. It is totally unambiguous!

Haven't had a hand since. It might be the only one I get.

[ChrisL]

Oh, that's a bit of a bugger Anton.

I think all the advance action commands are a bit pointless, as generally if you're involved in a hand, you need to know what the others are doing before you completely commit to a decision.

I guess the correct command you shoud have used in this instance was CALL *


In generally though, the only 2 commands I use are MAKE (cos it always gives you a second option if you've done summut wrong), and FOLD.

I think I might have a go at the chit chat though.

Maybe a bit of Cilla Black "What's your name and where do you come from Chuck?"
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[Anton]

Current Standings

Chris Learmonth 26500
paul hurley 19450
ReesW 19450
Angel Eyes 18950
Anton Krause 17525

Can't find Catherine. does anyone know what table she is on and if she is still in.
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[ChrisL]

She was on table b111 as of 21 Nov.

and doing quite well before the table broke up:

CS Ellis 34050

AHA - Found her - Table B44:
http://hands.wrgpt.org/b/b44.html

same chips - 34050
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[ChrisL]

Might be easier to keep track of things if we all post our table numbers , and again when we move to a new table:

Chris & Mark:

http://hands.wrgpt.org/b/b39.html
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[Anton]

Random update (nothing to do with me just winning a big pot at all).

Anton Krause 39450
CS Ellis 34050
Chris Learmonth 26500
paul hurley 19450
ReesW 19450
Angel Eyes 18950

[ChrisL]

[Anton]

I think it's a great tournament!

[Anton]

Actually this was very similar to the hand I was pissed off about. I limp with ace-rag and flop two pair. Only this time I did manage to call the all-in bet correctly and won the pot.

Justice was done.

[m4rkie]

Haven't seen a card all month... Haven't seen a card all month...

[Anton]

LOL