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Hands from EPT qualifier
Hi,
I just played a qualifier on Stars for an EPT event, and I would like to know what you think about my play. Here are the only 3 important hands, not very interesting, but I think I could have done better. 72 entrants, we start at 2500, no rebuy, level increases every 30 minutes. I dont play a hand during the 20 first minutes, and then I get dealt AKo. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) converter BB (t1470) UTG (t2870) UTG+1 (t3400) MP1 (t2550) MP2 (t2560) MP3 (t2610) Hero (t2410) Button (t2500) SB (t2470) Preflop: Hero is CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. UTG calls t20, UTG+1 calls t20, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t20, MP3 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t120</font>, Button folds, SB calls t110, BB folds, UTG calls t100, UTG+1 folds, MP2 calls t100. Flop: (t520) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font> SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets t20</font>, MP2 calls t20, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t300</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t680</font>, UTG folds, MP2 folds, Hero folds. Final Pot: t1540 SB is not a good player, he enters with a lot of hands, and dont play them well on flop, but here that read does not help me. Should I have just called on flop ? Raised more ? Maybe could I have called his reraise, but what is my plan on next street ? After 15 more minutes, I get 66. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (8 handed) converter UTG (t1920) UTG+1 (t4580) MP1 (t2530) MP2 (t2560) CO (t2460) Hero (t1870) SB (t4200) BB (t2720) Preflop: Hero is Button with 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t40</font>, UTG+1 calls t40, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t40, CO folds, Hero calls t40, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t240</font>, BB calls t220, UTG calls t200, UTG+1 calls t200, MP2 calls t200, Hero calls t200. Flop: (t1440) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font> SB checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets t1680 (All-In)</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP2 folds, Hero folds, SB folds, BB folds. Final Pot: t3120 My main question is : should I have called preflop ? It was expensive, but a lot of callers, and I close the round of bettings. On the other hand, I can hit my set and still lose, with such a small pair and so many callers... 20 minutes later, I find KK. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter BB (t2700) UTG (t5050) UTG+1 (t4010) MP1 (t2170) MP2 (t1585) MP3 (t3605) Hero (t1435) Button (t6405) SB (t1970) Preflop: Hero is CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. UTG folds, UTG+1 calls t30, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t30, MP3 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t150</font>, Button calls t150, SB folds, BB folds, UTG+1 folds, MP2 calls t120. Flop: (t525) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font> MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t420</font>, Button folds, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t1435</font>, Hero calls t865 (All-In). Turn: (t3245) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font> River: (t3245) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font> Final Pot: t3245 This was my last hand of the tourney. What should I have done differently ? I knew MP2 was not a good player. Should I have folded for his reraise ? Just checked behind in order to see an inocuous turn before commiting myself to the pot ? All comments appreciated, I would really like to improve my tournament level. Thanks. sahaguje |
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Re: Hands from EPT qualifier
Hand 1 fine. You might raise a little less on the flop as it is drawless, but 300 is OK. Good fold to the reraise. When a player C/Rs a PFraiser on this board they can beat Ace high, unless they are total maniacs.
Hand 2 is an easy call. Rule of thumb is call of 1/15 of your stack with any pair if you are sure you won't get raised. Hitting a set is a great double up opportunity. Hand 3 was well played. Unless MP2 is ultra passive you can not get away from this hand. A bad player could have any pair, a 6, a flush draw etc. as well as a set or two pair. The money is just not deep enough to find out. |
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Re: Hands from EPT qualifier
Thanks for your comments.
In hand 3, wouldnt it be superior to check behind ? The board was full of draws, and some of them could be favorites if there were 2 cards to come. My opponent, with Ac 3c, was actually almost a 2:1 favorite over my hand. I remind you it was a qualifier with 10 tickets to be won, and the blinds increased very slowly, so accumulating chips was not as badly needed as in a regular tourney. This leads to a more general question : with an overpair and position on a flop full of draw possibilities, is it better to check behind on flop in order to see an inocuous turn before betting ? Or should you make draws pay for that card, even if by doing so you let them get proper odds to go all in with their draw on the flop ? Thanks for your answers. sahaguje. |
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