jb9
05-04-2005, 06:20 PM
I think I made a reasonable play here but would be interested in hearing others opinions .
This was in a Party points freeroll for a WSOP entry, so there are over 500 players and only 1 prize.
We are down to 70 players and I have an average stack. The second break just ended and the first hand is:
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
MP1 (t11050)
MP2 (t6740)
Hero (t11479)
CO (t9101)
Button (t25666)
SB (t8073)
BB (t13852)
UTG (t3604)
UTG+1 (t17344)
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG calls t400, UTG+1 calls t400, MP1 calls t400, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>,
I had just been moved to this table and have no reads on anyone (except the small blind who came from my previous table and who seemed to be a decent player), but I didn't want to play TT against so many people, so...
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t2000</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t3600</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds,
The button (table, and I think tournament, chip leader) raises, and it's folded back to me. I don't have a read on him, but I assume he didn't get that many chips without being aggressive and taking risks and so I'm not necessarily facing a big pair here.
Since I really don't believe I'm better than most of the remaining 70 players (I've only played about 10 MTTs...), I decided that I would have to take some chances and get lucky to have a good chance to make the final table with a decent stack.
I considered calling and seeing a flop, but that didn't feel right... Folding felt worse... So, I reraised allin and hoped he'd fold or call with something I had a decent chance against.
If the tournament had paid for more than 1st place, I think I might have played a little more carefully and worried about just making it in the money. But since this was an all or nothing tournament, I thought it made more sense to take a reasonable shot at becoming one of the chip leaders with 70 players left.
So, does this seem like an especially bad choice or a reasonable risk?
Thanks.
This was in a Party points freeroll for a WSOP entry, so there are over 500 players and only 1 prize.
We are down to 70 players and I have an average stack. The second break just ended and the first hand is:
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
MP1 (t11050)
MP2 (t6740)
Hero (t11479)
CO (t9101)
Button (t25666)
SB (t8073)
BB (t13852)
UTG (t3604)
UTG+1 (t17344)
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG calls t400, UTG+1 calls t400, MP1 calls t400, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>,
I had just been moved to this table and have no reads on anyone (except the small blind who came from my previous table and who seemed to be a decent player), but I didn't want to play TT against so many people, so...
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t2000</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t3600</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds,
The button (table, and I think tournament, chip leader) raises, and it's folded back to me. I don't have a read on him, but I assume he didn't get that many chips without being aggressive and taking risks and so I'm not necessarily facing a big pair here.
Since I really don't believe I'm better than most of the remaining 70 players (I've only played about 10 MTTs...), I decided that I would have to take some chances and get lucky to have a good chance to make the final table with a decent stack.
I considered calling and seeing a flop, but that didn't feel right... Folding felt worse... So, I reraised allin and hoped he'd fold or call with something I had a decent chance against.
If the tournament had paid for more than 1st place, I think I might have played a little more carefully and worried about just making it in the money. But since this was an all or nothing tournament, I thought it made more sense to take a reasonable shot at becoming one of the chip leaders with 70 players left.
So, does this seem like an especially bad choice or a reasonable risk?
Thanks.