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Need advice/feedback from 2 tricky hands
Both came in a 20 dollar, NL Holdem tourney on Poker Stars last night.
#1. Blinds were 100/200. I was on the button with around 5000 chips. I was dealt KQo and the table folded around to me. I figure this is an easy raise to 3x BB so I raise to 600. SB folds. BB has around 2000 chips and pushes all in. I called it. My reasons for calling were that he had been a pretty active player on the table and I had actually called a bluff on him earlier on. Also I thought he could have been thinking that I was on rags and was making a positional play (which I was but I did have a pretty good hand). Long story short, he had Kings. I lost the hand. Feedback on my play there? #2. 63 spots pay and there are only 65 players left. I'm in 48th with around 10,000 chips. I'm in 3rd position and I get dealt Kings. This is such a tricky spot for me. I really want to get in the money. That is important to me as a relatively new player. However, this could also be a big chance for me. Problem is that chip leader is on BB with 60,000 chips and third place is on the button with 45,000 chips. What I did (and tell me if this is unenthical) is I stalled as long as I could, using my full minute to make a play. I was hoping a couple people would bust out and then I'd have no problem proceeding as normal. Well, no one busted. Blinds were 400/800. I bet 3600. Button calls me. I'm thinking "Oh crap". Any ace scares the crap out of me. Flop comes all blanks. Something like 7 9 3 rainbow. I stalled as long as possible again. No one busts. I bet 3600 again. Button thinks for a while and folds. It ended up being pretty decent for me. Got into the third level of money and basically blinded away. Never got a playable hand after that and I finally took my final stand on A 10 suited. Did I do the right thing here? Was it ethical to stall like that? Should I have been bolder in my betting? |
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