Come sweat me if you want

[Huskiez]

At Empire 50K guaranteed tourney, 150+12 buy in, down to 21, in 9th place overall.

[LondonBroil]

Down to 8. Your in 7th now with around 10k. Guaranteed $1500!

[Huskiez]

Yeah hopefully wahoo can get knocked out soon. I had AK earlier, raised, got called by Henry Steele. Flop came J96, he checked, I bet, he raised, I folded. Think it was the right move.

[Huskiez]

Thanks for those who came to say gl. I didn't notice because a window was covering the chat screen. I ended up 7th, and best payout for any tourney I have ever entered with 2K. I have a couple hands that I want to know if I played right. I will post them soon. Please give input if possible. Thanks again.

[Huskiez]

Hand 1 is early on. Hands 2 and 3 are final table.

Hand 1:

I folded this because it was 1/7 of my stack to call. It seemed like a lot at the time. The board was not favorable to my not calling.

Party Poker Limit Hold 'Em Tourney, Big Blind t100 (8 handed) converter (http://www.stompandcrush.com/cgi-bin/hhparser.cgi)

UTG (t1960)
UTG+1 (t4515)
MP1 (t1555)
Hero (t1480)
CO (t1760)
Button (t775)
SB (t1870)
BB (t2000)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 raises, Hero folds, CO calls, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds.

Flop: (5.50 SB, t550) 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif, 9/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
MP1 bets, CO calls.

Turn: (3.75 BB, t750) 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
MP1 bets, CO calls.

River: (5.75 BB, t1150) 5/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
MP1 bets, CO raises, MP1 calls.

Final Pot: 1950 BB (t1950)
<font color="#990066">Main Pot: 9.75 BB (t1950), between MP1 and CO.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by CO (9.75 BB (t1950)).</font>

Results:
MP1 shows Ad Qh (two pair, aces and nines).
CO shows Jc Kc (flush, ace high).
Outcome: CO wins 9.75 BB (t1950).

Hand 2:

I think I have to lay this down to a check raise here?

Party Poker Limit Hold 'Em Tourney, Big Blind t1000 (8 handed) converter (http://www.stompandcrush.com/cgi-bin/hhparser.cgi)

UTG (t25858)
UTG+1 (t50105)
Hero (t9660)
MP2 (t50028)
CO (t3864)
Button (t42586)
SB (t10688)
BB (t10211)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, Hero raises, MP2 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB, t4500) 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero bets, BB raises, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 7500 BB (t7500)
<font color="#990066">Main Pot: 3.25 BB (t6500), won by BB.</font>
<font color="#990066">Pot 2: 0.50 BB (t1000), overbet by BB.</font>

Results: No showdown. BB wins.

Hand 3:

Should I have even called this preflop? Raise? I wanted to make sure BB was eliminated, as each place was a significant difference in money.

I think the key is that I did not bet the flop. Should I have? I would have won, as the final winning hand had King high.

Party Poker Limit Hold 'Em Tourney, Big Blind t1500 (8 handed) converter (http://www.stompandcrush.com/cgi-bin/hhparser.cgi)

UTG (t6858)
UTG+1 (t70855)
Hero (t4410)
MP2 (t47778)
CO (t2614)
Button (t58336)
SB (t10938)
BB (t1211)

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

Flop: (3.30 SB, t4961) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP2 bets, Hero folds.

Turn: (2.15 BB, t6461) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>

River: (2.15 BB, t6461) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: 6461 BB (t6461)
<font color="#990066">Main Pot: 1.65 BB (t4961), won by MP2.</font>
<font color="#990066">Pot 2: 0.50 BB (t1500), between MP2 and BB.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by MP2 (0.5 BB (t1500)).</font>

Results:
BB shows 4d 9c (high card, jack).
MP2 shows 3c Kc (high card, king).
Outcome: MP2 wins 2.15 BB (t6461).

Thanks for any advice. I will also post these on the multitable tournament forum.

[BreakEvenPlayer]

Hand 1 = good fold unless you have a solid read on the pre-flop raiser in which case if anything you reraise him PF to isolate... obviously this flop hit you big so it made you feel bad but I think you made a good fold.

Hand 2 = Played well

Hand 3 = I would usually raise this hand pre-flop... people at this final table most likely were playing tight and I would want to take AKo against the BB's random hand... Even if he ends up beating you you still have him out-chipped and he still has to face his SB... The only problem is that MP2 and the button have so many chips that they might want to take a crack at you with a marginal hand in which case your odds are diminished. So if either of these two are playing a lot of hands I'm afraid I have to fold and hope that BB gets knocked out on this hand.

[Senor Choppy]

Hand 3: Gotta raise preflop. By just calling, you invite limpers behind you, which are going to take a shot at the pot when checked to because you obviously are scared to death of committing $ in this pot unless the flop hits you (which is what happened). If you raise, you probably isolated the bb which is fine. If you get called you are pot committed and can move in with at least a couple of over cards, which might be the best hand anyway.

Even though you are one of the short stacks, you shouldn't be shooting for 5th or 6th here. If you double up in just one hand (like you could've done here), you're over 10k in chips and have a real shot again. Because of the payout structure, your goal should usually be to win at this point, and let everyone else try and fold there way to 5th place.

Entirely unrelated, but I wanted a reason to tell someone other than my wife, finished 2nd a few weeks ago and 1st on saturday in the last two 100+ people tournaments I played /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[steeser]

Congrats on the good finish.

Hand 1: No way I fold this here to one raise. I re-raise to clean up any overcards behind me, define his hand better, and take the raiser on heads up. Being the first raiser, he could have anything from AJ on up. You have to play this to a flop.

Hand 2: Looks good to me.

Hand 3: Raise pre-flop, bet the flop. When you checked, he was basically on auto-bet. I would make this hand my last stand.

[Huskiez]

Thanks for the advice.

Senor Choppy read my intentions perfect, as I was aiming for 5th or 6th, but if I had played this AK hand a bit more aggressive I'd be in a lot better chip position.

In hand 1, I just felt like he could be raising with any overcards, and I couldn't feel confident in my 99 unless a 9 hit on the flop, and even then he could still have an overpair. A raise would take away a good chunk of my stack, leaving me semi-committed. Though the consensus seems to be reraise or fold.

Thanks again, hopefully will do better next week if there is a tourney then.

Also, nice job on the tournies Senor.