quinner
03-23-2005, 10:10 PM
Any insight would be appreciated.
I was playing in my first $500 11 person sit'n go at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood Florida.
The game has a very aggressive blind structure:
2500 chips
Blind Structure -
50-100 15 minutes
100-200 15 minutes
200-400 15 minutes
400-1800 15 minutes
800-1600 15 minutes etc.
I found out soon enough this would be an aggressive game.
There were 7 players left at the 200-400 blind level (soon to increase to 400-800). Here were the positions and approximate chips:
UTG (3500)
ME - Quinner (2200)
3 (7000)
4 (1800)
Dealer (2400)
SB (2900)
BB (4600)
The blinds were about to go up and I have only played 2 hands since we started, won with pocket 9's, folded A 10 S after flop with a re-raise. I have been deatlt 10 - 4 three times and was not seeing a good run of cards.
It became evident to me that I had to double up and quick, as the blinds were coming my way. I was dealt pocket aces in the position highlighted above. More than anything given the tourney structure I decided it was more important to double up than to protect my aces with a raise.
Here was pre-flop action
UTG (3500) FOLD
ME (2200) Call 400 - Pocket A's
3 (7000) FOLD
4 (1800) FOLD
Dealer (2400) FOLD
SB (2900) Call 400
BB (4600) CHECK
I was in early position and desperately wanted a later position raise so I could come over the top all-in. All night, there were raises that were abnormally high (ie. 800 during 1st blind structure).
I did not want to raise and potentially win blinds only (my normal 2x to 5x BB) because I felt I would still be in trouble (given the blinds) with only 2800 (2200 + Blinds). I thought for sure I would see a raise, but was prepared to risk a bunch on a couple of limpers. Much to my chagrin, all folded to the blinds who just came in.
Flop Comes 6d 3S 9H. SB checks, BB bets 1300, I quickly go all-in for 1800. SB folds, BB obviously calls the 500 raise.
I turn my Aces over, he shrugs and shows J 6 unsuited. Needless to say a J hits on 4th street (now 2 pair) and I am eliminated.
My question or dilemma was did I basterdize this hand/tourney or did I have sound reasoning. Obviously, in retrospect, a raise of 400 pre-flop would have allowed me to control the hand, probably getting one caller, but unlikely to double and would have to get extremely lucky to be in the money here.
Looking forward to your comments.
I was playing in my first $500 11 person sit'n go at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood Florida.
The game has a very aggressive blind structure:
2500 chips
Blind Structure -
50-100 15 minutes
100-200 15 minutes
200-400 15 minutes
400-1800 15 minutes
800-1600 15 minutes etc.
I found out soon enough this would be an aggressive game.
There were 7 players left at the 200-400 blind level (soon to increase to 400-800). Here were the positions and approximate chips:
UTG (3500)
ME - Quinner (2200)
3 (7000)
4 (1800)
Dealer (2400)
SB (2900)
BB (4600)
The blinds were about to go up and I have only played 2 hands since we started, won with pocket 9's, folded A 10 S after flop with a re-raise. I have been deatlt 10 - 4 three times and was not seeing a good run of cards.
It became evident to me that I had to double up and quick, as the blinds were coming my way. I was dealt pocket aces in the position highlighted above. More than anything given the tourney structure I decided it was more important to double up than to protect my aces with a raise.
Here was pre-flop action
UTG (3500) FOLD
ME (2200) Call 400 - Pocket A's
3 (7000) FOLD
4 (1800) FOLD
Dealer (2400) FOLD
SB (2900) Call 400
BB (4600) CHECK
I was in early position and desperately wanted a later position raise so I could come over the top all-in. All night, there were raises that were abnormally high (ie. 800 during 1st blind structure).
I did not want to raise and potentially win blinds only (my normal 2x to 5x BB) because I felt I would still be in trouble (given the blinds) with only 2800 (2200 + Blinds). I thought for sure I would see a raise, but was prepared to risk a bunch on a couple of limpers. Much to my chagrin, all folded to the blinds who just came in.
Flop Comes 6d 3S 9H. SB checks, BB bets 1300, I quickly go all-in for 1800. SB folds, BB obviously calls the 500 raise.
I turn my Aces over, he shrugs and shows J 6 unsuited. Needless to say a J hits on 4th street (now 2 pair) and I am eliminated.
My question or dilemma was did I basterdize this hand/tourney or did I have sound reasoning. Obviously, in retrospect, a raise of 400 pre-flop would have allowed me to control the hand, probably getting one caller, but unlikely to double and would have to get extremely lucky to be in the money here.
Looking forward to your comments.