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home tourney help needed
I play in a $5 NL home game tournament style that starts with T500 and blinds of 5/10. Top 2 get paid.Blinds increase every 35-40 minutes, but usually dont exceed 25/50 until heads up. This is a loose-passive game, average of 4 people to a flop per hand (out of 8 total). Preflop raises come about 35% of the time roughly. What would be the best strategy for this game? Should I be aggressive early or let the tiny blinds eat at me until I get a good hand? Also, what kinds of hands should I be playing? The last question is extremely important because I found myself folding hands that many others at the table would be playing. Nobody played the 93offsuits, but people would limp with AX, 8-9o, two suited cards, basically stuff that only a dealer in a full-table should be playing.
Also, I was getting crappy hands in the beginning of the tournament, and I was overly aggressive IMO on this hand. Please tell me how and where I messed up. Me: A : [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]10 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] in MP, with T~370 EP calls, EMP calls, I raise to T40 (blinds are 10/20), Button calls, EP & EMP call. Flop: K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Everyone knows I'm tight so I bet T50 representing the king after EMP and EP check. Only Button calls. Now I'm thinking button has a king. Turn: 10 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] I bet T200 (as I write this I see how dumb and desperate I was). I was hoping for an immediate fold, and if not, I still have a nut flush draw. Button calls River: 5 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] I check, Button puts me all-in, I call knowing T~80 can't get me anywhere. I flip over 2nd pair and Button flips over K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]10 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] That's it for me. I had been playing for about 2 hours and the best hand I got was that A10o, other than that I received QJo once, 6's once , 9-10offsuit, AX, and crap. Do I have a chance in hell for aggressiveness to pay off, or is this me not noticing that I went on tilt? Any input at all would be appreciated. |
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