dfscott
11-15-2004, 02:32 AM
I played in my first $2+0.20 Pacific NL Sit'n'Go (I had some extra money laying around in Pacific so I thought I'd burn it off or build it). As you would expect, the players were atrocious, but Villian in this hand seemed like he knew what he was doing (he was the only guy coming in for 3xBB pre-flop raises).
I really felt lost when we got to the final table. I'd been playing very tightly, so I had a pretty decent image at my first table, but we'd only played a single orbit at the new table. I was the 3rd biggest stack, but I had less than 10X the BB! I didn't know whether I should play tight (because I was so far ahead) or loose (because I had less than 10X the BB).
20 players starting, tourney pays to 5th (I only cared about placing third or better).
8 players left, Blinds are 150/300.
SB (t750)
BB (t1845)
UTG (t4135)
UTG+1 (t1440)
Hero (t2135)
MP2 (t1700)
CO (t1815)
Button (t2180)
Hero is MP1 with K /images/graemlins/diamond.gif J /images/graemlins/spade.gif
UTG calls t300, 1 fold, Hero raises to t1000, 5 folds, UTG calls.
Uh-oh -- getting tied up with the big stack -- probably a mistake.
Flop (t2450) 5/images/graemlins/club.gif 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif T/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks.
Should I have taken a shot at this?
Turn (t2450) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 players)
UTG bets t300, Hero ???
I really felt lost when we got to the final table. I'd been playing very tightly, so I had a pretty decent image at my first table, but we'd only played a single orbit at the new table. I was the 3rd biggest stack, but I had less than 10X the BB! I didn't know whether I should play tight (because I was so far ahead) or loose (because I had less than 10X the BB).
20 players starting, tourney pays to 5th (I only cared about placing third or better).
8 players left, Blinds are 150/300.
SB (t750)
BB (t1845)
UTG (t4135)
UTG+1 (t1440)
Hero (t2135)
MP2 (t1700)
CO (t1815)
Button (t2180)
Hero is MP1 with K /images/graemlins/diamond.gif J /images/graemlins/spade.gif
UTG calls t300, 1 fold, Hero raises to t1000, 5 folds, UTG calls.
Uh-oh -- getting tied up with the big stack -- probably a mistake.
Flop (t2450) 5/images/graemlins/club.gif 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif T/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks.
Should I have taken a shot at this?
Turn (t2450) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 players)
UTG bets t300, Hero ???