Comments on this resteal on the button (Party Super)
 

***** Hand History for Game 2626658920 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:15309578 Level:6 Blinds (75/150) - Wednesday, August 31, 00:20:24 EDT 2005
Table Super Tuesday(439750) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: mman_status ( $2150 )
Seat 2: pheochroma ( $5232 )
Seat 3: TheLastJack ( $4508 )
Seat 4: Arse_Clown ( $6837 )
Seat 5: stalrock ( $2677 )
Seat 6: BEBSS ( $810 )
Seat 7: cadilac922 ( $3710 )
Seat 8: PushPushPush ( $3825 )
Seat 9: dingeling ( $3466 )
Seat 10: tymurraysu ( $1770 )
Trny:15309578 Level:6
Blinds (75/150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to mman_status [ 5h 7h ]
YoureSoGood: .
Arse_Clown folds.
stalrock folds.
BEBSS folds.
cadilac922 folds.
PushPushPush folds.
PushPushPush: .
dingeling raises [350].
tymurraysu folds.
stalrock: .
stalrock: nh
PushPushPush: ty
PushPushPush: lucky
mman_status is all-In [2150]
pheochroma is all-In [5157]
TheLastJack folds.
dingeling folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2s, 2h, 8c ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4d ]
** Dealing River ** [ Jc ]
pheochroma shows [ Kc, Kh ] two pairs, kings and twos.
mman_status shows [ 5h, 7h ] a pair of twos.
pheochroma wins 3082 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, kings and twos.
pheochroma wins 4800 chips from the main pot with two pairs, kings and twos.
Player mman_status finished in 320 place
gg
mman_status has left the table.


I was very patient up to this point, moved to this table a little bit ago and folded about 7 hands straight. I thought this would be a good opportunity to pick up some chips... obviously i ran into a monster... but is this play ok?

Re: Comments on this resteal on the button (Party Super)
 

With blinds at 75 / 150, I don't think I'm quite that desperate yet. How sure were you original raiser was on a steal?

Re: Comments on this resteal on the button (Party Super)
 

Easy to say it was bad when the results are there but:

1) Saying you folded 7 hands in a row is irrelevant.
2) Raise to 350 one off the button in my experiences means strength.
3) It really seems like you were just trying to make something happen; which is not how you progress in tournaments.
4) A resteal doesn't have to be allin....

Re: Comments on this resteal on the button (Party Super)
 

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Easy to say it was bad when the results are there but:

1) Saying you folded 7 hands in a row is irrelevant.
2) Raise to 350 one off the button in my experiences means strength.
3) It really seems like you were just trying to make something happen; which is not how you progress in tournaments.
4) A resteal doesn't have to be allin....

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That raise screams weak attempt to steal to me... and a reraise leaves me basically committed anyway.

I had about 14BB. gaining that extra 4BB would be some nice chipage in my opinion, and I thought I had a good chance of taking it down.

BTW I've done well in tournaments and have had to make "something happen".

The more I think about it, the more I think it was just too early to do something liek this though.

Re: Comments on this resteal on the button (Party Super)
 

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The more I think about it, the more I think it was just too early to do something liek this though.


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Exactly. You were correct in your assessment of the original raiser, but variance reared its ugly head and someone woke up with Kings. There's a time amd place for this, and you still had plenty of BB.

Re: Comments on this resteal on the button (Party Super)
 

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That raise screams weak attempt to steal to me

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I would raise to 350 here with AA or a 72o blind steal, why was it screaming, did you have some sort of a read? However, I still don't think it's worth the risk for T575, but might attempt it at the next level once I had a better read - you'd gain more chips and the all in wouldn't be borderline (making it look dubious).