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wulfheir

01-27-2005, 10:23 AM

My results from my first 100 SNGs can be found here (http://www.wulfheir.com/pics/spreadsheet1.jpg).
This is my first hand history post, I hope I'm doing it right. I'd appreciate any input.

Here's some hands I got involved with for a 5th place finish last night.

HAND 1:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG+1 (t1880)
MP1 (t980)
MP2 (t1500)
MP3 (t1470)
CO (t1630)
Button (t1420)
SB (t1460)
BB (t1660)
Hero (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
Hero raises to t100, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds.
I never know what amount to raise in these early levels. 3xBB seems so small, so I round it off to 100. 

Final Pot: t130

HAND 2:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Button (t220)
SB (t1200)
BB (t3960)
UTG (t1470)
UTG+1 (t1630)
MP1 (t1160)
MP2 (t1430)
MP3 (t940)
Hero (t1490)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 7/images/graemlins/club.gif.
UTG calls t20, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls t20, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, Hero calls t20, Button calls t20, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t120) 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP1 checks, Hero checks, Button bets t200 (All-In), SB folds, BB folds, UTG folds, MP1 folds, Hero folds.
 Maybe I should have called. I'm behind a higher pocket pair, and any 2. It's not going to cost me much (200). Good lay down? 

Final Pot: t320

HAND 3:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG+1 (t1195)
MP1 (t4060)
MP2 (t1405)
CO (t1585)
Button (t1915)
SB (t1400)
BB (t560)
Hero (t1380)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
Hero calls t30, UTG+1 calls t30, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB checks.

Flop: (t105) 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks.

Turn: (t105) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks.

River: (t105) Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t30, UTG+1 folds, BB calls t30.
How's my miniraise when I see the queen?

Final Pot: t165

HAND 4:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (6 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Button (t183)
SB (t4458)
BB (t4333)
UTG (t2525)
MP (t823)
Hero (t1178)

Preflop: Hero is CO with J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG calls t100, MP folds, Hero raises to t300, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds, UTG calls t200.
Is JJ big enough to go 3xBB?

Flop: (t750) Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 players)
UTG bets t500, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t1250

HAND 5:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (6 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG (t416)
MP (t4408)
CO (t3983)
Button (t3092)
SB (t723)
Hero (t878)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG folds, MP calls t100, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, Hero checks.

Flop: (t250) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 6/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 players)
Hero bets t778 (All-In), MP folds.
Is this an easy push?

Final Pot: t1028

HAND 6:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (6 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

CO (t932)
Button (t3742)
SB (t318)
BB (t6034)
UTG (t1496)
Hero (t978)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, Hero raises to t978, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds.
Is pushing right here too?

Final Pot: t1203

HAND 7:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (6 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Button (t539)
SB (t3424)
BB (t1497)
UTG (t4145)
MP (t2917)
Hero (t978)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG calls t150, MP calls t150, Hero raises to t978, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds, UTG folds, MP folds.
I'm in push/fold mode. How's this push?

Final Pot: t1503

HAND 8:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (5 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

SB (t4174)
BB (t4236)
UTG (t895)
MP (t3217)
Hero (t978)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, MP folds, Hero raises to t978, SB calls t903, BB folds.
My all-ins have been getting the blinds so I lowered my standards and pushed this. I got lucky, but this is generally too weak right?

Flop: (t2106) A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 players)

Turn: (t2106) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 players)

River: (t2106) 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 players)

Final Pot: t2106

HAND 9:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG (t2501)
MP (t2991)
Button (t2885)
SB (t3017)
Hero (t2106)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG folds, MP calls t200, Button folds, SB folds, Hero checks.

Flop: (t500) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, MP checks.
If I go all in now I'm afraid I won't get all his chips.

Turn: (t500) A/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, MP checks.
Perfect, I check to him expecting to get a raise, so I can push.

River: (t500) A/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets t200, Hero raises to t1906, MP calls t1706.
Here I think he's got a J or Q and betting on a high card. So I push.

Final Pot: t4312

mosch

01-27-2005, 11:12 AM

First of all, globbing lots of hands into one mega-post is going to make for few responses, and makes it harder for any discussion to form about one hand in particular. One hand her post is a good rule of thumb, unless the hands are logically interconnected (making a non-standard play on a later hand because of a non-standard play on an earlier hand, etc)

Hand 1: that's fine. 3bb is a nice guideline, but you're right in realizing that it's not a rule. 100 is a nice bet .

Hand 2: the button is extremely short stacked. It's possible they limped 10% of their stack pre-flop with a 5, a 2 or a bigger pocket pair, but it's more likely that they didn't. Since you know it's heads-up, I say call. You'll be shown overcards and a pair of fives often enough to make it profitable.

Hand 3: I'm bored.

Hand 4: JJ isn't big enough to bet smaller. If you lack confidence in your post-flop play, limping it and treating it like 22 is an option, but you're better to open-raise as you did, and proceed from there.

Hand 5: you just bet 750 into a 250 pot. You're almost certainly ahead here, why not try check-raising in, or underbetting to induce a bluff-raise from an aggressive player? Your push will either take down the pot, or get called by a hand that creams you.

Hand 6: pushing here is fine. You're short-stacked, and while AQ is good, you don't really want to play a hand with it in this situation.

Hand 7: you're short and gambling. If you're playing for first (the only position worth winning) then you need to do this and hope for folds or a coin flip.

Hand 8: there's no such thing as a hand that is too weak if you have enough fold equity.

Hand 9: this seems strange to me. If you missed this flop heads-up you'd likely throw out a probe bet and see if you could pick it up. Why not do the same when it hits you?