I come from the 6-max limit world, where the mantra is fastplaying and aggression. I've been messing around with 5+.5 1TTs on Stars and had fun with some weirdplay. What do you think of these hands?
Hand 1
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed)
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Button (t1500)
SB (t1500)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1500)
Hero (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)
MP3 (t1500)
CO (t1500)
Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
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2 folds</font>, Hero calls t20, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, CO calls t20, Button calls t20, SB completes, BB checks.
Flop: (t100) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, CO checks, Button checks.
Turn: (t100) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t20</font>, BB calls t20, Hero calls t20, CO folds, Button calls t20.
River: (t180) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t100</font>, BB folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t300</font>, Button folds, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t500</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t1460</font>, SB calls t960 (All-In).
Final Pot: t3100
Hand 2
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (6 handed)
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SB (t2440)
Hero (t2755)
UTG (t2520)
MP (t1280)
CO (t3135)
Button (t1370)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
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3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t400</font>, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t2755</font>...
Hand 3
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (5 handed)
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UTG (t3120)
MP (t725)
Button (t2392)
SB (t2730)
Hero (t4533)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls t150, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.
Flop: (t450) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks.
Turn: (t450) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t150</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t500</font>, UTG folds, SB calls t350.
River: (t1450) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t1000</font>...
Hand 4
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (5 handed)
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SB (t3195)
BB (t575)
UTG (t2392)
MP (t1080)
Hero (t6258)
Preflop: Hero is Button with T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
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1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises to t1080</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t6258</font>... [remember BB is yet to act]