Ok rather long tourney summary today.
So in the first couple of rounds I usually stick to premium hands only but the table is playing so passive I decide to call with KcQc in middle position. Interested in any comments on this one. Should I just have folded or should I have raised? What about the river. Was a call in order or was I right to lay down?
Seat 1: starzocker88 (2000)
Seat 2: sweety7000 (3260)
Seat 3: hickl (2000)Seat 4: Robsi07 (2000)
Seat 5: Phillberto (2000)
Seat 6: papenmam (1960)
Seat 7: shurella (1800)
Seat 8: Hejja1234432 (1680)
Seat 9: Nelis112 (1680)
Seat 10: kommander888 (1620)
Hejja1234432 posts small blind (20)
Nelis112 posts big blind (40)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ Qc, Kc ]
kommander888 folds.
starzocker88 folds.
sweety7000 calls (40)
hickl folds.Robsi07 folds.
Phillberto calls (40)
papenmam folds.
shurella folds.
Hejja1234432 calls (20)
Nelis112 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 8s, 5h, Ac ]
Hejja1234432 checks.
Nelis112 checks.
sweety7000 checks.
Phillberto checks.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Ts ]
Hejja1234432 checks.
Nelis112 checks.
sweety7000 checks.
Phillberto checks.
** Dealing River ** : [ Qd ]
Hejja1234432 checks.
Nelis112 checks.
sweety7000 bets (160)
Phillberto folds.
Hejja1234432 folds.
Nelis112 folds.** Summary **Main Pot: 160Board: [ 8s 5h Ac Ts Qd ]
The pot sized bet to me smelled of being a KJ hitting the straight. Could also well be a Ax slow playing and hoping to get called by a hand just like mine. Of course he could have just hit Qx and I was ahead but if that were the case would he really pot it? I thought unlikely and fold.
Next hand I play I take down blinds of 200/100 raising KJs on the button which more than makes up for folding everything else at smaller blinds.
Jump a few levels and I'm in danger of going like Greencorn's uncle as mentioned in Super System II (ie being blinded to death apparently). With blinds at 200/400 I go all in with A9s and happy to take it down uncontested. Stack back to 2040.
My stack drops to 1040 and I'm going all in before the blinds hit again for sure. UTG+1 I get 10 10. That will do. Very loose Big stack (Sweety7,000) calls in the BB with - guess what - 34o. I double up despite her having thirteen outs on the river - 34o! what a sweety she is. Stack = 3,080.
Not a big one but I'll post this hand.
Seat 2: sweety7000 (4610)
Seat 4: Robsi07 (1210)
Seat 5: Phillberto (4380)
Seat 7: shurella (2800)
Seat 9: Nelis112 (7000)
Robsi07 posts small blind (300)
Phillberto posts big blind (600)
** Dealing down cards
**Dealt to Phillberto [ 4d, 8s ]
hurella folds.
Nelis112 folds.
sweety7000 folds.
Robsi07 raises (910) to 1210
Robsi07 is all-In.
Phillberto calls (610)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 4h, 7s, 3d ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2h ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 5c ]
Creating Main Pot with $2420 with Robsi07** Summary **Main Pot: 2420Board: [ 4h 7s 3d 2h 5c ]
i'm getting around 4-1 odds so think I'm correct to call with any two cards. Any wisdom on what odds it would be wrong to call with 3-1? 2.5-1? 2-1? Robsio gets to stick around for a bit longer though...
sweety7000 balance 4610, didn't bet (folded)
Robsi07 balance 2420, bet 1210, collected 2420, net +1210 [ 9h 6c ] [ a straight Three to Seven -- 7s,6c,5c,4h,3d ]
Phillberto balance 3170, lost 1210 [ 4d 8s ] [ a pair of Fours -- 8s,7s,5c,4d,4h ]
shurella balance 2800, didn't bet (folded)
Nelis112 balance 7000, didn't bet (folded)
My buddy Sweety7000 is now going all in an awful lot so as last to act I feel pretty confident I'm ahead with AJ. I hit my A but she hits two pairs with K9 and it takes a river flush to keep me in the game.
We are down to four and the tiny stack gets called and checked down by the other two guys despite them both hitting on the flop (top pair and second pair). Good play guys ensuring we all end up ITM.
With blinds getting high I get more and more aggressive and end up with over 11,000 chips without showing down a hand. The other two stacks stay very close to each other so I can't try bullying the middle stack though. I end up in a race with one of them K9s for me vs 88 and I hit a King.
Now heads up with a stack of 14,060 and three quarters of the chips at the table. Looking good.
After 6 hands QQ shows up for me. I just call big blind and get put all in and smile. He turns over K10o but the K hits. Bah.
With stack sizes now reversed he calls my A8s all-in K2 off and hits his king. Game over.
+US$9 and got my money in ahead both times. I'll settle for that.
3 comments:
Don't understand why you were so passive with KQ in that hand?
I just think with that hand and without having time to suss out your opponents and with no doubt a lot of calling stations you can get into a lot of trouble.
Blinds aren't really worth taking down at that stage. I would say 90% of the time a 4BB raise will get at least one caller. You miss 2/3 times and fire a continuation bet. You get called - what then? Are you up against a fish with Ax who won't fold or some random hand which hits 2 pair. Or alternatively you hit a pair and get raised. Is it one of the many bluffers, a fish with weaker kicker or a decent player looking to get paid off from top pair with 2pair/trips. Very often in all cases it will go to the felt.
Cash games I'd raise of course. Tourney I'd rather sit it out early. You can hit a high pocket pair and usually get paid off or you wait it out until the blinds are worth stealing.
The river there I'm not sure about but with that number of players in is top pair really likely to be good?
seems a fair analysis. I don't play a lot of SNG which also explains a lot.....
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