An entire SNG report

[ZeeJustin]

Here is a report from a 200+15 NL SNG on Party. Let me know any comments / questions you have. Be sure to post the hand # when you respond. Also, I didn't proof read this, so there may be errors / typos.

Note that I decided to do a report before this SNG began, so I could have finished 10th or 1st. You'll have to read it all (or scroll down to the bottom) to find out!

Blinds 10/15. I start off utg in the 5 seat
hand 1 (UTG): T6o, fold
hand 2 (BB): T9o, EP LP and SB limp, i check. Flop: KQJ rainbow, SB and I check, EP bets 45 into 60 chip pot. LP and SB call
I raise to 150. EP reraises to 555. LP goes all-in. I call, EP calls. EP has T9o. LP has QJo. EP and I split.
1530 chips for me. LP (2 seat) eliminated
hand 3 (SB): 54o 3 limpers to me, i complete, JJ3 flop, i check and fold to a half pot bet
hand 4 (Button): T3o fold
Hand 5 (CO): K3s, limp, 4x BB raise, call to me, i fold
Hand 6: A8o MP limps, i fold.
Hand 7: T5o fold.
Hand 8: 43o fold.
Hand 9: A2o fold.
Hand 10: T9o fold.

Blinds increase to 15/30

Hand 11 (BB): J5o 3 limpers and a 600 chip shove. I fold.
Hand 12 (SB): 98o utg limps. folded to me, i complete. BB checks. Flop: Q76 rainbow. I bet 45 into 90 chip pot. BB folds.
utg calls. Turn 2. I check. UTG bets 95 into 180 chip pot. I call. River 6. I check. UTG checks. UTG wins w/ QJo.
Hand 13 (Button): AKs folded to CO who limps. I raise to 90. BB and CO call. Flop: J64. check, check,
I bet 200 into 285 chip pot. I take it down
Hand 14 (CO): 53o fold.
Hand 15: 77 MP limps. I raise to 90. SB calls. BB reraises to 350. MP folds. I fold. SB goes all-in for 1520.
BB calls w/ AA. SB has AQo. BB doubles up to 2k. SB still has 600.
Hand 16: QTo. 1 limper to me. I fold.
Hand 17: 85o fold.
Hand 18: 87o fold.
Hand 19: Q5o fold.
Hand 20 (BB): J7o folded to SB who completes. I check. Flop T77. check, I bet 45 into 60 chip pot. SB folds.
1450 chips for me.

Blinds increase to 25/50. Still 9 players.

Hand 21 (SB): 74o EP minraises. I fold.
Hand 22 (Button): 88 MP open limps. MP raises all-in to 305. I think and fold 88.
folded to MP limper who calls with KJo. Other guy has K6o. KJo wins. My 88 would have held up. 952TA board.
Seat 3 is eliminated
Hand 23 (CO): A5o utg limps. I fold.
Hand 24 T4o fold.
Hand 25 T7o fold.
Hand 26 88. utg limps. I minraise to 100. Button calls. BB reraises to 500. All fold.
Hand 27 54o fold.
Hand 28 (BB): K3o. MP limps. Button raises to 125. I fold.
Hand 29 (SB): EP limps. I fold.
Hand 30 (Button: JTs utg Minraises. I call. Blind folds. Flop 743. UTG checks. I bet 200 into 250 pot.
utg folds. 1400 chips for me

Blinds increase to 50/100

Hand 31: T5o fold. Seat 3 is eliminated by Seat 7 who limped UTG with aces.
Hand 32: T7o fold.
Hand 33: J3o fold.
Hand 34 (BB): QTo folded to button who raises to 250. SB folds. I call. Flop QJ3 rainbow. I check.
Button bets 225 into 950 chip pot. I go raise all-in to 950. Button folds. 1725 chips for me.
Hand 35 (SB): J8o. UTG minraises. I fold.
Hand 36 (Button): A2o. Folded to me. I raise to 300. SB folds. BB calls. KJT flop. BB bets 300 into 650 pot. I fold.
Hand 37 (CO): 63s fold.
Hand 38: J6s fold
Hand 39: A9o. I raise to 300. Everyone folds

Blinds increase to 100/200
Chip counts:
Seat 1: (2535)
Seat 4: (2630)
Seat 5: ZeeJustin (1525)
Seat 7: (625)
Seat 9: (2685)

Hand 40 (BB): 95o. Folded around. I have 1625 chips now.
Hand 41 (SB): K7s. Folded to button who minraises. I fold.
Hand 42 (Button): 63o. utg raises to 425. I fold.
Hand 43 (button again because SB was eliminated last hand) 66 UTG (2830) minraises. I go all-in for 1525.
UTG calls with A9s. I win and double up to 3350.
Hand 44 (CO aka UTG) 87s I raise to 600. Everyone folds. 3650 for me.
Hand 45 (BB): J5o CO minraises. SB calls. I fold.
Hand 46 (SB) 96o Everyone folds.
Hand 47 (Button): 88 I raise to 600. Everyone folds. 3650 for me.
Hand 48 (CO): 73o fold.
Hand 49 (BB): AKo. Button (1510) raises to 450. I go all-in for 3650. Button folds. 4200 for me.

Blinds increase to 150/300
Chip counts:
Seat 1: (1060)
Seat 4: (205)
Seat 5: ZeeJustin (4200)
Seat 9: (4535)

Hand 50 (SB): Q9o folded to me. I raise to 800. BB folds. 4500 chips for me.
Hand 51 (Button): AJo. CO folds. I raise to 1060 (exact amount to put BB all-in). SB (4235) calls. BB folds.
Flop: K22 rainbow. SB bets 1000 into 2420 pot. I fold. 3440 chips for me.
Hand 52 (utg): Q6o Fold.
Hand 53 (BB): T3s. CO (5390) limps. Button folds. SB (560) goes all-in. I call.
flop: KQ9, all 1 suit (not mine). I check. CO bets 600 into 1680 pot. I fold. CO shows J9s. SB has KQo and triples up.
Hand 54 (SB): 44. CO (610) goes all-in. I call in the SB. BB calls.
flop: JT6, all one suit (i have a 4 of that suit). I check. BB minbets. I fold. BB has T3s. CO has A8s, flopped the nut flush
and triples up. I have 2270 chips after that hand.
Hand 55 (Button): Q4s. CO (1680) minraises. I fold.
Hand 56 (CO): 75o I fold.
Hand 57 (BB): 64o. CO (2820) raises to 700. SB (3080) goes all-in. I fold. CO folds.
Hand 58 (SB): 32o. Everyone folds.
Hand 59 (Button): J8o. CO folds. I go all-in for 1820. SB (2270) folds. BB (1830) folds. I have 2270 chips now.

Blinds increase to 200/400
Seat 1: (1530)
Seat 4: (4080)
Seat 5: ZeeJustin (2270)
Seat 9: (2120)

Hand 60 (CO): A9o. I go all-in for 2270. BB (4080) calls with AA and wins.

So I finished 4th despite having a decent chiplead at one point.

[eastbay]

I'd be a lot more inclined to just watch the tournament here: http://teamfu.freeshell.org/replayer.html

by pasting in a history. Reading all that is too much like work. Watching it is more like entertainment.

eastbay

[sabre170]

Thank you for posting this. I think I learn a lot by following your actions and comparing them to how I might have played in the same situations.

Could you explain your thinking on hand 34? I doubt I'd have called that raise. Was it a pot odds thing? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[stripsqueez]

i dont like 53 and 54 much - both are marginal calls but what seems most horrible is that you were giving the short stack a chance to more than double up

stripsqueez - chickenhawk

[ZeeJustin]

[ QUOTE ]
Hand 34 (BB): QTo folded to button who raises to 250. SB folds. I call. Flop QJ3 rainbow. I check.
Button bets 225 into 950 chip pot. I go raise all-in to 950. Button folds. 1725 chips for me.

[/ QUOTE ]

Button raise to 2.5x BB? It certainly doesn't represent very much strength. I have no reason to think that my top pair won't be good after the flop, and my odds to draw to those 6 outs (+ straight draws, etc.) are fine.

[ZeeJustin]

[ QUOTE ]
i dont like 53 and 54 much - both are marginal calls but what seems most horrible is that you were giving the short stack a chance to more than double up


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[ QUOTE ]
Hand 53 (BB): T3s. CO (5390) limps. Button folds. SB (560) goes all-in. I call.
flop: KQ9, all 1 suit (not mine). I check. CO bets 600 into 1680 pot. I fold. CO shows J9s. SB has KQo and triples up.

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The blinds are 150/300, and by calling the SB only stands to gain an extra 260. Anyway, I have a decent stack, so I'm certainly not gonna start worrying about getting 4th place at this point. Play for 1st.

[ZeeJustin]

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Hand 54 (SB): 44. CO (610) goes all-in. I call in the SB. BB calls.
flop: JT6, all one suit (i have a 4 of that suit). I check. BB minbets. I fold. BB has T3s. CO has A8s, flopped the nut flush

[/ QUOTE ]

He essentially minraise (raise to 610 with 150/300 blinds). I can't fold to this with a pair from the SB. Even if I know he has JTs (the worst non-overpair scenario), I'm still certainly getting the odds to play against him. I don't consider this to be close unless you are suggesting I should have raised.

[ZeeJustin]

[ QUOTE ]
I'd be a lot more inclined to just watch the tournament here: http://teamfu.freeshell.org/replayer.html

by pasting in a history. Reading all that is too much like work. Watching it is more like entertainment.

eastbay

[/ QUOTE ]

I'm too lazy to be the first to use this to post an SNG, but if someone else does it, and it turns out well, I'd be happy to post some more controversial SNG's.

[eastbay]

You could leave the work to us by just posting the full history, leaving it up to us to cut and paste into the replayer. It's pretty painless, really.

eastbay

[Girazze]

hand 3 (SB): 54o 3 limpers to me, i complete, JJ3 flop, i check and fold to a half pot bet
- Why play this at all? Was it all about pot odds? Was it just because you were SB and only had to complete? Connectors?

Hand 12 (SB): 98o utg limps. folded to me, i complete. BB checks. Flop: Q76 rainbow. I bet 45 into 90 chip pot. BB folds.
utg calls. Turn 2. I check. UTG bets 95 into 180 chip pot. I call. River 6. I check. UTG checks. UTG wins w/ QJo.
- Why play this at all? Was it all about pot odds? Was it just because you were SB and only had to complete? Connectors?

Hand 26 88. utg limps. I minraise to 100. Button calls. BB reraises to 500. All fold.
- In hand 15, you raised 3xBB with 77. Why didn't you do the same with this? Seems like the same scenario.

Hand 34 (BB): QTo folded to button who raises to 250. SB folds. I call. Flop QJ3 rainbow. I check.
Button bets 225 into 950 chip pot. I go raise all-in to 950. Button folds. 1725 chips for me.
- Did you call the 250 raise based on thinking he was stealing?

Hand 41 (SB): K7s. Folded to button who minraises. I fold.
- In hand 34, you call a 250 raise with QTo but fold to a minraise with K7s in this hand. Why the difference in play?

Hand 43 (button again because SB was eliminated last hand) 66 UTG (2830) minraises. I go all-in for 1525.
UTG calls with A9s. I win and double up to 3350.
- Was the minraise seen as a sign of weakness on the raisers part?

Hand 54 (SB): 44. CO (610) goes all-in. I call in the SB. BB calls.
flop: JT6, all one suit (i have a 4 of that suit). I check. BB minbets. I fold. BB has T3s. CO has A8s, flopped the nut flush
and triples up. I have 2270 chips after that hand.
- Why did you risk another T460 with 44? Seems the all-in guy had something decent to risk all his chips. I would think my 44 would be really weak for this.

Hand 59 (Button): J8o. CO folds. I go all-in for 1820. SB (2270) folds. BB (1830) folds. I have 2270 chips now.
- Seems gutsy when playing on the bubble. Risking a steal at this point for more chips or is that hand decent enough for that play?

I'm bringing up the hands that I would play differently, whether you won them or not. I'm trying to find leaks in my play since I tend to finish in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th a lot. Explaining them to me may also help you analyze your play on them. Hand 54 seemed to be your downfall hand.