Irieguy
12-11-2004, 03:03 AM
I had the extreme displeasure of finishing 5th in a 5th Step tourney and am not sure if I really blew it or just kinda blew it:
The problem is the set up: my 4 opponents were all very skilled and aggressive: N3v3rFold, spyhard, comeonphish, and missy. Missy had the button when it was my big blind and had raised every chance she could. She was coming over the top a lot, too, and min-raising with her good hands. She had already won 2 5th steps in the past 3 hours, and was playing like she had nothing to lose. She was just at my 4th step table 2 hours before, and made a horrible play to finish on the bubble with 3 tiny stacks at the table including a guy with 25 chips. I was holding my own on the aggressive front, but had just doubled up Neverfold when he woke up with Kings against my push. At this point we all had about 3K in chips with the blinds 150/300. Missy and I were a little shorter than the others and I had Missy covered by a few chips (less than the SB). I have A-10 in the BB and she pushes. SB folds. This would be a clear fold against the other 3 players, but her range of raising hands here was any-2... and her range of pushing hands certainly included all Aces, all Kings, many queens, and any pair.
It felt like a very correct call at the time... but now I think it's a +chip EV/-$EV play even given the pushing criteria she had.
Irieguy
The problem is the set up: my 4 opponents were all very skilled and aggressive: N3v3rFold, spyhard, comeonphish, and missy. Missy had the button when it was my big blind and had raised every chance she could. She was coming over the top a lot, too, and min-raising with her good hands. She had already won 2 5th steps in the past 3 hours, and was playing like she had nothing to lose. She was just at my 4th step table 2 hours before, and made a horrible play to finish on the bubble with 3 tiny stacks at the table including a guy with 25 chips. I was holding my own on the aggressive front, but had just doubled up Neverfold when he woke up with Kings against my push. At this point we all had about 3K in chips with the blinds 150/300. Missy and I were a little shorter than the others and I had Missy covered by a few chips (less than the SB). I have A-10 in the BB and she pushes. SB folds. This would be a clear fold against the other 3 players, but her range of raising hands here was any-2... and her range of pushing hands certainly included all Aces, all Kings, many queens, and any pair.
It felt like a very correct call at the time... but now I think it's a +chip EV/-$EV play even given the pushing criteria she had.
Irieguy