rickw
09-29-2004, 04:21 AM
This was one of the first 5 hands of the tourney. No reads other than UTG and UTG+1 were pretty aggressive.
Looking back, this seems like weak play to me. I am new and am always a little nervous to overplay good (but not great) hands early in a tourney. Of course I often end up fighting to place on the bubble. (I post the results for your amusement.)
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed)
Hero (t730)
UTG (t695)
UTG+1 (t1785)
MP1 (t1485)
MP2 (t1565)
CO (t760)
Button (t310)
SB (t670)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG calls t30, UTG+1 calls t30, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t30, CO folds, Button folds, SB completes, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t60</font>, UTG calls t30, UTG+1 calls t30, MP2 calls t30, SB calls t30.
Should I have raised [more] pre-flop?
Flop: (t300) J/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG+1 bets t30</font>, MP2 calls t30, SB folds, Hero calls t30, <font color="CC3333">UTG raises to t60</font>, UTG+1 calls t30, MP2 calls t30, Hero calls t30.
Again, I guess I should have been a little more aggressive here, but I hate to commit too much early on in these tourneys when some maniac may just go all in . . .
Turn: (t540) K/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets t30</font>, <font color="CC3333">UTG raises to t575 (All-In)</font>, UTG+1 calls t575, MP2 folds, Hero folds.
Looking back the pot was pretty big, but being out of position, I was nervous. If I had bet more, do I prevent the reraise? Noone had reraised preflop, so should I have pushed at this point? I was thinking that UTG hit a straight.
River: (t1720) 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: t1720
Results in white below: <font color="white">
UTG has Jd 3d (two pair, jacks and nines).
UTG+1 has Kd 7d (two pair, kings and nines).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins t1720. </font>
Any and all thoughts appreciated.
Looking back, this seems like weak play to me. I am new and am always a little nervous to overplay good (but not great) hands early in a tourney. Of course I often end up fighting to place on the bubble. (I post the results for your amusement.)
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed)
Hero (t730)
UTG (t695)
UTG+1 (t1785)
MP1 (t1485)
MP2 (t1565)
CO (t760)
Button (t310)
SB (t670)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG calls t30, UTG+1 calls t30, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t30, CO folds, Button folds, SB completes, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t60</font>, UTG calls t30, UTG+1 calls t30, MP2 calls t30, SB calls t30.
Should I have raised [more] pre-flop?
Flop: (t300) J/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG+1 bets t30</font>, MP2 calls t30, SB folds, Hero calls t30, <font color="CC3333">UTG raises to t60</font>, UTG+1 calls t30, MP2 calls t30, Hero calls t30.
Again, I guess I should have been a little more aggressive here, but I hate to commit too much early on in these tourneys when some maniac may just go all in . . .
Turn: (t540) K/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets t30</font>, <font color="CC3333">UTG raises to t575 (All-In)</font>, UTG+1 calls t575, MP2 folds, Hero folds.
Looking back the pot was pretty big, but being out of position, I was nervous. If I had bet more, do I prevent the reraise? Noone had reraised preflop, so should I have pushed at this point? I was thinking that UTG hit a straight.
River: (t1720) 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: t1720
Results in white below: <font color="white">
UTG has Jd 3d (two pair, jacks and nines).
UTG+1 has Kd 7d (two pair, kings and nines).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins t1720. </font>
Any and all thoughts appreciated.