Navers
07-18-2004, 12:55 AM
I play in a $5 NL home game tournament style that starts with T500 and blinds of 5/10. Top 2 get paid.Blinds increase every 35-40 minutes, but usually dont exceed 25/50 until heads up. This is a loose-passive game, average of 4 people to a flop per hand (out of 8 total). Preflop raises come about 35% of the time roughly. What would be the best strategy for this game? Should I be aggressive early or let the tiny blinds eat at me until I get a good hand? Also, what kinds of hands should I be playing? The last question is extremely important because I found myself folding hands that many others at the table would be playing. Nobody played the 93offsuits, but people would limp with AX, 8-9o, two suited cards, basically stuff that only a dealer in a full-table should be playing.
Also, I was getting crappy hands in the beginning of the tournament, and I was overly aggressive IMO on this hand. Please tell me how and where I messed up.
Me: A : /images/graemlins/club.gif10 /images/graemlins/spade.gif in MP, with T~370
EP calls, EMP calls, I raise to T40 (blinds are 10/20), Button calls, EP & EMP call.
Flop: K /images/graemlins/club.gif, 5 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7 /images/graemlins/club.gif
Everyone knows I'm tight so I bet T50 representing the king after EMP and EP check. Only Button calls. Now I'm thinking button has a king.
Turn: 10 /images/graemlins/club.gif
I bet T200 (as I write this I see how dumb and desperate I was). I was hoping for an immediate fold, and if not, I still have a nut flush draw. Button calls
River: 5 /images/graemlins/spade.gif
I check, Button puts me all-in, I call knowing T~80 can't get me anywhere. I flip over 2nd pair and Button flips over K /images/graemlins/heart.gif10 /images/graemlins/heart.gif That's it for me. I had been playing for about 2 hours and the best hand I got was that A10o, other than that I received QJo once, 6's once , 9-10offsuit, AX, and crap. Do I have a chance in hell for aggressiveness to pay off, or is this me not noticing that I went on tilt?
Any input at all would be appreciated.
Also, I was getting crappy hands in the beginning of the tournament, and I was overly aggressive IMO on this hand. Please tell me how and where I messed up.
Me: A : /images/graemlins/club.gif10 /images/graemlins/spade.gif in MP, with T~370
EP calls, EMP calls, I raise to T40 (blinds are 10/20), Button calls, EP & EMP call.
Flop: K /images/graemlins/club.gif, 5 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7 /images/graemlins/club.gif
Everyone knows I'm tight so I bet T50 representing the king after EMP and EP check. Only Button calls. Now I'm thinking button has a king.
Turn: 10 /images/graemlins/club.gif
I bet T200 (as I write this I see how dumb and desperate I was). I was hoping for an immediate fold, and if not, I still have a nut flush draw. Button calls
River: 5 /images/graemlins/spade.gif
I check, Button puts me all-in, I call knowing T~80 can't get me anywhere. I flip over 2nd pair and Button flips over K /images/graemlins/heart.gif10 /images/graemlins/heart.gif That's it for me. I had been playing for about 2 hours and the best hand I got was that A10o, other than that I received QJo once, 6's once , 9-10offsuit, AX, and crap. Do I have a chance in hell for aggressiveness to pay off, or is this me not noticing that I went on tilt?
Any input at all would be appreciated.