rtrombone
01-24-2004, 02:17 AM
$30 Party NL tournament. A little over 300 entrants.
We're down to fewer than 50. Blinds are 200 and 400. I have 4500, a slightly smaller than average stack. It's still frighteningly loose, so it's not easy to steal blinds. Basically, I've resolved to raise with only decent cards if I can and stack on the flop if I hit.
I open raise to 1000 from MP with AQ offsuit. LP cold-calls. He does this a lot. I am pretty sure I am ahead of him, as he plays a lot of hands. (He did just cold-call with AA when a guy with AQ raised, then called when AQ stacked on the K J x flop. A T came on the turn and AQ doubled up. This hand was an aberration, though.)
Now the small blind pushes for 2700 total. Big blind folds. Now I KNOW LP is going to call, giving me immediate odds of 4-1. Small blind would push here with 88 and better (maybe even any pocket pair), along with any big ace. After I call I will have 1800 left. LP has me covered.
I call. LP calls. Flop is K Q 9 rainbow. I move in. Comments?
LP called with AhJh. Small blind had JJ. A T came on the river and LP busted both of us.
We're down to fewer than 50. Blinds are 200 and 400. I have 4500, a slightly smaller than average stack. It's still frighteningly loose, so it's not easy to steal blinds. Basically, I've resolved to raise with only decent cards if I can and stack on the flop if I hit.
I open raise to 1000 from MP with AQ offsuit. LP cold-calls. He does this a lot. I am pretty sure I am ahead of him, as he plays a lot of hands. (He did just cold-call with AA when a guy with AQ raised, then called when AQ stacked on the K J x flop. A T came on the turn and AQ doubled up. This hand was an aberration, though.)
Now the small blind pushes for 2700 total. Big blind folds. Now I KNOW LP is going to call, giving me immediate odds of 4-1. Small blind would push here with 88 and better (maybe even any pocket pair), along with any big ace. After I call I will have 1800 left. LP has me covered.
I call. LP calls. Flop is K Q 9 rainbow. I move in. Comments?
LP called with AhJh. Small blind had JJ. A T came on the river and LP busted both of us.