Re: Figured I would start the Nightly REBUY thread early today......
 

No shame in folding the button, ya know.
It's just that when the standard raise is 36k, a 30k raise there either screams "I really want a call" or "I'm saving a little more of my stack in case I'm reraised."

Oh, I have 27k at second break of late night 11r. Haven't picked up a hand in a while, but I'm moving ahead thanks to bizarre hands like this one:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (9 handed) converter

SB (t19985)
BB (t6470)
UTG (t12587)
UTG+1 (t22785)
MP1 (t22290)
MP2 (t21108)
MP3 (t7341)
Hero (t23990)
Button (t15128)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to t1200</font>, Hero calls t1200, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>.

Flop: (t2600) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP3 checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (t2600) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">MP3 bets t2000</font>, Hero calls t2000.

River: (t6600) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP3 checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: t6600

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
MP3 has 6h Jc (high card, ace).
Hero has Qh Kd (one pair, kings).
Outcome: Hero wins t6600. </font>

Re: Figured I would start the Nightly REBUY thread early today......
 

[ QUOTE ]
No shame in folding the button, ya know.
It's just that when the standard raise is 36k, a 30k raise there either screams "I really want a call" or "I'm saving a little more of my stack in case I'm reraised."

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i didnt actually think about it, just figured too many chips to shove, so 2.5bb would do. I hadnt had anycards/it folded to me for like 3 orbits, so wanted some chips [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Maybe i should have just shoved

Re: Figured I would start the Nightly REBUY thread early today......
 

understandable... that's just what I thought when I saw it. I think either a shove or a fold is the best play there. (Unless you have a hand that welcomes action.)

I just caught my rush and I'm at 53k. JJ wins the race against AK, 22 flops a set, I call a raise in BB with K9s, flop the 9 for top pair and win a decent pot against 88. Top 10 in chips but still a long way to go.

tell me a better way to play this / do i call this turn?
 

my good chip position was part of the reason i folded (blech), but i also instafolded without really thinking about my opponent's hand. this is a problem i have. help me out.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (9 handed) converter

UTG+1 (t16820)
MP1 (t7640)
MP2 (t10812)
MP3 (t19450)
CO (t24815)
Button (t9148)
SB (t2832)
Hero (t56375)
UTG (t26803)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, CO calls t800, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t2400) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t1400</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t4800</font>, SB calls t1982 (All-In), Hero calls t3400.

Turn: (t13982) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets t19165 (All-In)</font>, Hero folds.

River: (t33147) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t33147

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
SB has Jd Tc (straight, queen high).
CO has Qs Js (two pair, queens and eights).
Outcome: CO wins t24801. SB wins t8346. </font>

Re: tell me a better way to play this / do i call this turn?
 

Anyone still awake? I'm at 3rd break, second in chips with 120k. 68 left, pays 45, 4800 for first.
I'll keep you posted.

Am now one of two massive chip leaders
 

This pot puts me at 350k at the 2k/4k/200 level:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t4000 (7 handed) converter

CO (t133070)
Button (t46168)
SB (t37740)
BB (t69682)
UTG (t148434)
Hero (t195926)
MP2 (t48978)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t12000</font>, Hero calls t12000, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>.

Flop: (t25200) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG bets t16000</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t40000</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t136234</font>, Hero calls t96234.

Turn: (t297668) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: (t297668) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t297668

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
UTG has Kh Kd (two pair, kings and nines).
Hero has 9s 9d (four of a kind, nines).
Outcome: Hero wins t297668. </font>

Re: Am now one of two massive chip leaders
 

Dropped just under 300k at fourth break. Losing races against short stacks, losing an AK to an AQ, getting reraised preflop frequently, that'll do it.

Re: Am now one of two massive chip leaders
 

done in 13th. i lost half my big stack when my KK got all in with AQ on a Qxx flop and he turned an ace. then it was a fight for survival. i found KQ and with one limper in front (who had limped far too frequently) i pushed. he instacalled with AQs. That's that.
I'm taking a break. I feel like I'm being strung along.

Re: Figured I would start the Nightly REBUY thread early today......
 

I had my first and last experience with rebuy tournaments yesterday. Played two, and rebought 3 times in one and 1 time in the other.

I simply don't like them. The whole idea why I like tournament-style poker is that when I put a mofo out, he is OUT. Or she! True enough, if I get donked out, or simply outplayed, I can rebuy, and I did. But it was not a right move for me. Rebuy Tilt is all it was.

That buy-in together with those rebuys equals a buy-in to a better-paying freezeout.

I learned my lesson.

Re: Figured I would start the Nightly REBUY thread early today......
 

I like rebuys because they let me build a big stack to survive beats and any stupid crap I might pull, as well as survive into the ante rounds, where I can gleefully steal pots much more frequently.
Throwing a bunch of money at the table in the first hour to try to build a big stack is my way of reducing variance. Would that I were better at playing a super-aggressive game and building a big stack early in a normal freezeout.