A_PLUS
03-25-2005, 03:50 PM
When I first started playing MTTs, I was like most players. Anything past the 1st hour was a good game for me. Then I unfortunately read TJs book. This led to me finishing just in the money quite a few times. At the time, this was such a huge improvement, I thought I had found the way. I gave up on MTTs for a long time and expanded my game and knowledge of poker through ring games, and countless hours on these forums. So now I am back to MTTs, and needless to say with the TJ strategy long gone.
So, I wanted to post two hands that I played last night, that I would have played much differently 2 years ago, that meant the difference between a final table and a near buble finish in a UB 30$ MTT.
Hand one:
Player who I have marked as tight pre-flop and flop. (so important to know how players play these two situations), leads out for 3XBB and 20% of my stack with 40 players left (50 pay), I am on the button. I figure if he misses his high card, or an over card comes, the pot is mine. So I call with JTs. Flop comes Q 7 3 rainbow, he checks, I bet the pot and he folds and shows a pair of 10s.
Hand two.
We are at 21 players, with a pay jump at 19. A player below the avereage who I think is pretty tight preflop and VERY tight post bets 2X the BB. I decide to go for the stop and go with a 55.I am the SB with 55. I call. flop is TT4. I lead for his stack. He folds, then gets busted a few hands later and admits he had 88.
Just minor exampels, but I hope it helps someone.
Flop comes
So, I wanted to post two hands that I played last night, that I would have played much differently 2 years ago, that meant the difference between a final table and a near buble finish in a UB 30$ MTT.
Hand one:
Player who I have marked as tight pre-flop and flop. (so important to know how players play these two situations), leads out for 3XBB and 20% of my stack with 40 players left (50 pay), I am on the button. I figure if he misses his high card, or an over card comes, the pot is mine. So I call with JTs. Flop comes Q 7 3 rainbow, he checks, I bet the pot and he folds and shows a pair of 10s.
Hand two.
We are at 21 players, with a pay jump at 19. A player below the avereage who I think is pretty tight preflop and VERY tight post bets 2X the BB. I decide to go for the stop and go with a 55.I am the SB with 55. I call. flop is TT4. I lead for his stack. He folds, then gets busted a few hands later and admits he had 88.
Just minor exampels, but I hope it helps someone.
Flop comes