24 hands of a Party $100NL SNG for review

[Ulysses]

OK, I've started to get bored playing ring games online, so I've decided to play the NL games for a while. For a change of pace, I decided to play a single-table tourney tonight. I'm going to post all the hands where I had any significant involvement. I'd love feedback on any of this since there are a bunch of you here who actually know what you're doing in these things. Not sure how well I played here, but I liked the outcome. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

As far as the players go, Player5 is very aggressive and seems to steal a lot. He seems pretty decent. Player8 is pretty aggressive, can't tell how good he is. Most other players seem a little on the passive side, but everyone seems reasonable. Not enough crazies here to make this a really good game.

Summary
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Played on : 04 January 2004 11:46 PM
On Table : Card Room Table 3660
Game Type : Texas Holdem
Buy-In : $100
Fee : $9
You finished in position 1
1st place - akshawnd - $500
2nd place - Player5 - $300
3rd place - Player7 - $200

Hand 1: This is the second hand of the game

***** Hand History for Game 316978279 *****
15/30 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Sun Jan 04 23:47:54 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Player1 (985)
Seat 2: Player2 (295)
Seat 3: Player3 (1925)
Seat 4: Player4 (795)
Seat 5: Player5 (1000)
Seat 6: Player6 (1000)
Seat 7: Player7 (1000)
Seat 8: Player8 (1000)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1000)
Seat 10: Player10 (1000)
Player3 posts small blind (10)
Player4 posts big blind (15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ Kd, As ]
Player5 calls (15)
Player6 folds.
Player7 folds.
Player8 folds.
akshawnd raises (80) to 80
Player10 folds.
Player1 folds.
Player2 calls (80)
Player3 calls (70)
Player4 calls (65)
Player5 calls (65)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Qs, Kc, 6d ]
Player3 checks.
Player4 checks.
Player5 checks.
akshawnd bets (920)
akshawnd calls all-In.
Player2 calls (215)
Player2 calls all-In.
Player3 folds.
Player4 folds.
Player5 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Ah ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 6s ]
Creating Main Pot with $830 with Player2
Creating Side Pot 1 with $705 with akshawnd
** Summary **
Main Pot: 830 | Side Pot 1: 705
Board: [ Qs Kc 6d Ah 6s ]
Player2 balance 0, lost 295 [ Qc Jd ] [ two pairs, queens and sixes -- Ah,Qc,Qs,6d,6s ]
akshawnd balance 1535, bet 1000, collected 1535, net +535 [ Kd As ] [ two pairs, aces and kings -- As,Ah,Kd,Kc,Qs ]

OK. Nice. I have some chips. Now I don't do anything for a long time.

Hand 2: Then I play this hand - what do you think of my fold to the turn min-raise?

***** Hand History for Game 316992422 *****
30/60 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Sun Jan 04 23:56:20 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Player1 (1120)
Seat 3: Player3 (1575)
Seat 4: Player4 (535)
Seat 5: Player5 (1320)
Seat 6: Player6 (1430)
Seat 7: Player7 (645)
Seat 8: Player8 (910)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1490)
Seat 10: Player10 (975)
Player8 posts small blind (15)
akshawnd posts big blind (30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ 7d, Qs ]
Player10 folds.
Player1 folds.
Player3 folds.
Player4 folds.
Player5 folds.
Player6 folds.
Player7 folds.
Player8 calls (15)
akshawnd checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 4s, 9c, Td ]
Player8 checks.
akshawnd checks.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Jc ]
Player8 checks.
akshawnd bets (65)
Player8 raises (130) to 130
akshawnd folds.

I'm getting lots of hands like 7-high and someone is always open-raising in front of me. This sucks.

Hand 3: I feel like I need to do something. I haven't played a hand in a couple of rounds. Are eights enough?

***** Hand History for Game 317007496 *****
100/200 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:05:36 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Player1 (1455)
Seat 3: Player3 (1555)
Seat 4: Player4 (500)
Seat 5: Player5 (930)
Seat 6: Player6 (1430)
Seat 7: Player7 (990)
Seat 8: Player8 (950)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1350)
Seat 10: Player10 (840)
Player5 posts small blind (50)
Player6 posts big blind (100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ 8c, 8d ]
Player7 folds.
Player8 folds.
akshawnd raises (400) to 400
Player10 folds.
Player1 folds.
Player3 folds.
Player4 folds.
Player5 folds.
Player6 folds.

Hand 4,5: The very next two hands, I get pocket pairs again and fold them

***** Hand History for Game 317008250 *****
100/200 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:06:03 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Player1 (1455)
Seat 3: Player3 (1555)
Seat 4: Player4 (500)
Seat 5: Player5 (880)
Seat 6: Player6 (1330)
Seat 7: Player7 (990)
Seat 8: Player8 (950)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1500)
Seat 10: Player10 (840)
Player6 posts small blind (50)
Player7 posts big blind (100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ 4h, 4s ]
Player8 folds.
akshawnd folds.


***** Hand History for Game 317008739 *****
100/200 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:06:21 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Player1 (1455)
Seat 3: Player3 (1555)
Seat 4: Player4 (500)
Seat 5: Player5 (880)
Seat 6: Player6 (1430)
Seat 7: Player7 (890)
Seat 8: Player8 (950)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1500)
Seat 10: Player10 (840)
Player7 posts small blind (50)
Player8 posts big blind (100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ 5c, 5s ]
akshawnd folds.

Three hands in a row 88, 44, 55. Raise, fold, fold. Was that OK?

Hand 6: OK. I finally get a hand I like and fold to a possible steal. At this early stage, I thought this was a good fold. Was it? This guy was pretty aggressive.

***** Hand History for Game 317009856 *****
100/200 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:07:02 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Player1 (1455)
Seat 3: Player3 (1555)
Seat 4: Player4 (400)
Seat 5: Player5 (1130)
Seat 6: Player6 (1430)
Seat 7: Player7 (990)
Seat 8: Player8 (800)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1400)
Seat 10: Player10 (840)
akshawnd posts small blind (50)
Player10 posts big blind (100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ Qd, Ad ]
Player1 folds.
Player3 folds.
Player4 folds.
Player5 folds.
Player6 folds.
Player7 folds.
Player8 raises (800) to 800
Player8 calls all-In.
akshawnd folds.
Player10 folds.

Hand 7: With a reasonable amount of chips, I fold 66 in the middle. Good?

***** Hand History for Game 317011990 *****
100/200 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:08:19 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Player1 (1305)
Seat 3: Player3 (1455)
Seat 4: Player4 (400)
Seat 5: Player5 (1130)
Seat 6: Player6 (1580)
Seat 7: Player7 (1140)
Seat 8: Player8 (950)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1350)
Seat 10: Player10 (690)
Player3 posts small blind (50)
Player4 posts big blind (100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ 6s, 6c ]
Player5 folds.
Player6 folds.
Player7 calls (100)
Player8 folds.
akshawnd folds.

Hand 8: I go another couple of rounds where I get Ten-high at best and someone is always open-raising in front of me. Now I find A4s in the CO and fold. This was a mistake, right?

***** Hand History for Game 317018330 *****
200/400 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:12:11 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: Player1 (1105)
Seat 3: Player3 (1405)
Seat 4: Player4 (1050)
Seat 5: Player5 (1560)
Seat 7: Player7 (1740)
Seat 8: Player8 (1400)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1050)
Seat 10: Player10 (690)
Player1 posts small blind (100)
Player3 posts big blind (200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ As, 4s ]
Player4 folds.
Player5 folds.
Player7 folds.
Player8 folds.
akshawnd folds.

Hand 9: OK. Nothing again for a while. My chips are dwindling. Should I make a move w/ A8o UTG with these blinds and chip positions? Again, I just fold. Mistake or OK?

***** Hand History for Game 317022739 *****
200/400 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:14:52 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 1: Player1 (1805)
Seat 3: Player3 (905)
Seat 4: Player4 (750)
Seat 5: Player5 (2550)
Seat 7: Player7 (1540)
Seat 8: Player8 (1400)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1050)
Player7 posts small blind (100)
Player8 posts big blind (200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ 8c, Ad ]
akshawnd folds.

Hand 10: Chips are dwindling. Aggressive chip leader makes a move. Should I make my stand here?

***** Hand History for Game 317023798 *****
300/600 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:15:32 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 1: Player1 (1805)
Seat 3: Player3 (905)
Seat 4: Player4 (750)
Seat 5: Player5 (2550)
Seat 7: Player7 (1740)
Seat 8: Player8 (1200)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1050)
Player8 posts small blind (150)
akshawnd posts big blind (300)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ Ad, 5c ]
Player1 folds.
Player3 folds.
Player4 folds.
Player5 raises (600) to 600
Player7 folds.
Player8 folds.
akshawnd folds.

Hand 11: I'm getting blinded away. I just folded a few Aces, though. Now folded to me in SB. I go in w/ any two. Good?

***** Hand History for Game 317025433 *****
300/600 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:16:33 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 1: Player1 (1805)
Seat 3: Player3 (905)
Seat 4: Player4 (750)
Seat 5: Player5 (3000)
Seat 7: Player7 (1740)
Seat 8: Player8 (1050)
Seat 9: akshawnd (750)
akshawnd posts small blind (150)
Player1 posts big blind (300)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ 4c, 5c ]
Player3 folds.
Player4 folds.
Player5 folds.
Player7 folds.
Player8 folds.
akshawnd raises (600) to 750
akshawnd calls all-In.
Player1 folds.

Hand 12: OK. A bunch of people go all-in around me. I don't get anything higher than a nine. So, I'm dwindling, but others are dying. Finally, I find something to play.

***** Hand History for Game 317031718 *****
300/600 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:20:28 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 3: Player3 (3310)
Seat 5: Player5 (3500)
Seat 7: Player7 (2590)
Seat 9: akshawnd (600)
Player3 posts small blind (150)
Player5 posts big blind (300)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ Kc, 7c ]
Player7 folds.
Player1: nh
akshawnd raises (600) to 600
akshawnd calls all-In.
Player3 folds.
Player1: gla
Player5 calls (300)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9c, 5c, Ts ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6s ]
** Dealing River ** : [ Tc ]
Creating Main Pot with $1350 with akshawnd
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1350 |
Board: [ 9c 5c Ts 6s Tc ]
Player5 balance 2900, lost 600 [ Qh Kd ] [ a pair of tens -- Kd,Qh,Ts,Tc,9c ]
akshawnd balance 1350, bet 600, collected 1350, net +750 [ Kc 7c ] [ a flush, king high -- Kc,Tc,9c,7c,5c ]

Nice. Still alive.

Hand 13: The very next hand, I go all-in again.

***** Hand History for Game 317032217 *****
400/800 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:20:45 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 3: Player3 (3160)
Seat 5: Player5 (2900)
Seat 7: Player7 (2590)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1350)
Player5 posts small blind (200)
Player7 posts big blind (400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ 2h, Ah ]
akshawnd raises (1350) to 1350
akshawnd calls all-In.
Player3 folds.
Player5: i guess
Player5 folds.
Player7 folds.

Hand 14: With chip positions like this, should I be making moves w/ King-high? I think so. Maybe?

***** Hand History for Game 317033274 *****
400/800 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:21:25 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 3: Player3 (2760)
Seat 5: Player5 (3300)
Seat 7: Player7 (1990)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1950)
Player3 posts small blind (200)
Player5 posts big blind (400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ Kc, 8d ]
Player7 folds.
akshawnd folds.
Player3 calls (200)
Player5 checks.

Hand 15: Dwindling again. I push.

***** Hand History for Game 317036269 *****
400/800 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:23:19 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 3: Player3 (1960)
Seat 5: Player5 (3900)
Seat 7: Player7 (2790)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1350)
Player5 posts small blind (200)
Player7 posts big blind (400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ 9c, Jh ]
akshawnd raises (1350) to 1350
akshawnd calls all-In.
Player3 folds.
Player5 folds.
Player7 folds.

Hand 16: Easy push

***** Hand History for Game 317037012 *****
500/1000 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:23:48 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 3: Player3 (1960)
Seat 5: Player5 (4300)
Seat 7: Player7 (2190)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1550)
akshawnd posts small blind (250)
Player3 posts big blind (500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ Ks, Js ]
Player5 folds.
Player7 folds.
akshawnd raises (1300) to 1550
akshawnd calls all-In.
Player3 folds.

I fold a lot of garbage to constant all-ins

Hand 17: I decide I have to take a stand here.

***** Hand History for Game 317038712 *****
500/1000 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:24:52 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 3: Player3 (1210)
Seat 5: Player5 (3110)
Seat 7: Player7 (4130)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1550)
akshawnd posts small blind (250)
Player3 posts big blind (500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ 9c, Ac ]
Player5 folds.
Player7 raises (1500) to 1500
akshawnd raises (1300) to 1550
akshawnd calls all-In.
Player3 folds.
Player7 calls (50)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 7h, 3c, As ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Tc ]
** Dealing River ** : [ Qd ]
Creating Main Pot with $3600 with akshawnd
** Summary **
Main Pot: 3600 |
Board: [ 7h 3c As Tc Qd ]
Player7 balance 2580, lost 1550 [ 5h 5c ] [ a pair of fives -- As,Qd,Tc,5h,5c ]
akshawnd balance 3600, bet 1550, collected 3600, net +2050 [ 9c Ac ] [ a pair of aces -- Ac,As,Qd,Tc,9c ]

Nice, chip leader!

Hand 18: I think I messed up here, hoping to let these guys fight it out. I should do something here right?

***** Hand History for Game 317040115 *****
500/1000 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:25:46 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 3: Player3 (1420)
Seat 5: Player5 (2400)
Seat 7: Player7 (2580)
Seat 9: akshawnd (3600)
Player5 posts small blind (250)
Player7 posts big blind (500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ Ah, 6h ]
akshawnd folds.

Hand 19: Brutal. Should I have raised pre-flop? I think so.

***** Hand History for Game 317040864 *****
500/1000 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:26:15 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 3: Player3 (2170)
Seat 5: Player5 (2150)
Seat 7: Player7 (2080)
Seat 9: akshawnd (3600)
Player7 posts small blind (250)
akshawnd posts big blind (500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ Ah, 4d ]
Player3 folds.
Player5 folds.
Player7 calls (250)
akshawnd checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Qc, 7h, Ac ]
Player7 checks.
akshawnd bets (1600)
Player7 calls (1580)
Player7 calls all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 3c ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 2c ]
Creating Main Pot with $4160 with Player7
** Summary **
Main Pot: 4160 | Side Pot 1: 20
Board: [ Qc 7h Ac 3c 2c ]
Player7 balance 4160, bet 2080, collected 4160, net +2080 [ 5c Ad ] [ a flush, ace high -- Ac,Qc,5c,3c,2c ]
akshawnd balance 1520, bet 2100, collected 20, lost -2080 [ Ah 4d ] [ a pair of aces -- Ah,Ac,Qc,7h,4d ]

Get nothing to go in with for a while. I'm in trouble....

Hand 20: Should I call w/ any two here or if I get crap should I wait for the SB? Anyway, easy call here.

***** Hand History for Game 317043080 *****
600/1200 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:27:43 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 3: Player3 (1420)
Seat 5: Player5 (3750)
Seat 7: Player7 (3560)
Seat 9: akshawnd (1270)
Player7 posts small blind (300)
akshawnd posts big blind (600)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ Ad, 5s ]
Player3 raises (1420) to 1420
Player3 calls all-In.
Player5 folds.
Player7 folds.
akshawnd calls (670)
akshawnd calls all-In.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 7c, 3c, 2s ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Td ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 4d ]
Creating Main Pot with $2840 with akshawnd
Creating Side Pot 1 with $150 with Player3
** Summary **
Main Pot: 2840 | Side Pot 1: 150
Board: [ 7c 3c 2s Td 4d ]
Player3 balance 150, bet 1420, collected 150, lost -1270 [ 6d 6h ] [ a pair of sixes -- Td,7c,6d,6h,4d ]
Player5 balance 3750, didn't bet (folded)
Player7 balance 3260, lost 300 (folded)
akshawnd balance 2840, bet 1270, collected 2840, net +1570 [ Ad 5s ] [ a straight, ace to five -- Ad,5s,4d,3c,2s ]

Hand 21: Along the way, 4th guy busts out. I haven't done anything. Finally find a hand. Easy call, of course

***** Hand History for Game 317045184 *****
600/1200 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:29:08 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 5: Player5 (4800)
Seat 7: Player7 (2360)
Seat 9: akshawnd (2840)
akshawnd posts small blind (300)
Player5 posts big blind (600)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ Qh, Qd ]
Player7 raises (2300) to 2300
akshawnd: ok, here we go
akshawnd raises (2540) to 2840
akshawnd calls all-In.
Player5 folds.
Player7 calls (60)
Player7 calls all-In.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9s, Jc, 2h ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Ks ]
** Dealing River ** : [ Qc ]
Creating Main Pot with $5320 with Player7
Creating Side Pot 1 with $480 with akshawnd
** Summary **
Main Pot: 5320 | Side Pot 1: 480
Board: [ 9s Jc 2h Ks Qc ]
Player5 balance 4200, lost 600 (folded)
Player7 balance 0, lost 2360 [ 7c 7h ] [ a pair of sevens -- Ks,Qc,Jc,7c,7h ]
akshawnd balance 5800, bet 2840, collected 5800, net +2960 [ Qh Qd ] [ three of a kind, queens -- Ks,Qh,Qd,Qc,Jc ]
Player7 finished in third place and won $200.

OK. Heads-up. Nothing much happens. My opponent is a little overaggressive. I think I'll be able to trap him. I'm restealing every now and again, but letting him run over me a little.

Hand 22: OK?

***** Hand History for Game 317047909 *****
600/1200 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:30:55 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 5: Player5 (5700)
Seat 9: akshawnd (4300)
akshawnd posts small blind (300)
Player5 posts big blind (600)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ 4s, Ac ]
Player5: yep
akshawnd raises (1200) to 1500
Player5 folds.

Hand 23: OK, I've been folding a little more than normal to get you to start getting out of line. I call.

***** Hand History for Game 317048296 *****
600/1200 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:31:10 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 5: Player5 (5100)
Seat 9: akshawnd (4900)
Player5 posts small blind (300)
akshawnd posts big blind (600)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ Kc, Qc ]
Player5 raises (4800) to 5100
Player5 calls all-In.
akshawnd: ok, let's do it
akshawnd calls (4300)
akshawnd calls all-In.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 7h, Ad, 6s ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2s ]
** Dealing River ** : [ Tc ]
Creating Main Pot with $9800 with akshawnd
Creating Side Pot 1 with $200 with Player5
** Summary **
Main Pot: 9800 | Side Pot 1: 200
Board: [ 7h Ad 6s 2s Tc ]
Player5 balance 200, bet 5100, collected 200, lost -4900 [ 9c 4d ] [ high card ace -- Ad,Tc,9c,7h,6s ]
akshawnd balance 9800, bet 4900, collected 9800, net +4900 [ Kc Qc ] [ high card ace with king kicker -- Ad,Kc,Qc,Tc,7h ]

Yahoo!


Hand 24: I have a King!

***** Hand History for Game 317049950 *****
600/1200 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 1789628) - Mon Jan 05 00:32:14 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 3660 (Real Money) -- Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 5: Player5 (1100)
Seat 9: akshawnd (8900)
Player5 posts small blind (300)
akshawnd posts big blind (600)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to akshawnd [ 7s, Kh ]
Player5 raises (800) to 1100
Player5 calls all-In.
akshawnd calls (500)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9s, Tc, 8s ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6s ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 6d ]
Creating Main Pot with $2200 with Player5
** Summary **
Main Pot: 2200 |
Board: [ 9s Tc 8s 6s 6d ]
Player5 balance 0, lost 1100 [ 4s 6c ] [ three of a kind, sixes -- Tc,9s,6c,6s,6d ]
akshawnd balance 10000, bet 1100, collected 2200, net +1100 [ 7s Kh ] [ a straight, six to ten -- Tc,9s,8s,7s,6s ]
Player5 finished in second place and won $300.
akshawnd is the Champion of this tournament and wins $500.

Yahoo!

Well, I think my main error was not being as aggressive as I should pre-flop and folding some hands late that I should be stealing the blinds with. Any feedback is appreciated, though.

[M.B.E.]

Ulysses,

The hand where you had AQs and folded to a huge raise (8xBB) you played correctly. Who knows what the player had, but even if it was just a small pocket pair your AQs is an underdog, as I'm sure you know. There's no point in risking your entire stack on that at this point in the tournament. (The raise was for over half your stack; no way you could call that and then fold on the flop.)

There were three hands where you folded pocket pairs in early position. I like to limp, because you can get other limpers behind you and if you flop a set you might triple your stack. Of course if you limp you would fold if someone else raised.

On your Hand 8, you had 1050 and blinds were 100/200; it was folded to you in the cutoff with A4s. This is about half an hour in, and there's still eight players left, all with similar-size stacks except the button who is shortstacked with 690. Really you're all shortstacked, relative to the blinds. I think you have to move in here. (The blinds will probably call if they have medium pocket pairs or AJ/AQ/AK, but I'd say you have to take that risk. If you've observed loose calls from either SB or BB, such that they'd call your all-in raise with A7/A8/A9, then you can fold the A4 and wait for a better situation.)

Hand 9 -- yes, under the gun fold A8.

"<font color="blue">Hand 10: Chips are dwindling. Aggressive chip leader makes a move. Should I make my stand here?</font>" That's tough. I'm wavering on this hand. You've posted your BB of 300, leaving you with 750. You're dealt A5o. The chip leader (who started with 2550) minraises to 600 and everyone folds. Yes, if he's been raising preflop a lot, I would push in and hope for the best. You're getting exactly 2:1 pot odds (assuming your opponent calls), and you may well be a favourite (your opponent could have KQ, KJ etc.).

I notice that in the four minutes between Hand 11 and Hand 12, three players bust out, so now you're down to four. I would have expected that to happen sooner. Your very tight play earlier (folding those pocket pairs and so forth) would have been okay if everyone else had been going to war with each other. You could have leaned back and watched, then started playing when it was down to five players. But I infer, from the fact that seven players survived so long, that everyone else was playing pretty tight, either folding to preflop raises or calling but not betting heavily on the flop and after. Given that circumstance, I think you could have been more aggressive earlier.

Hand 15: you're the short stack with 1350, it's four-handed with blinds 200/400, you move in UTG with J9o. I think this is correct. It's easy for the SB and BB to fold because they'll be left with 3700 and 2390 respectively. They can't go broke against you, but if they call and lose it would seriously jeopardize their chance of finishing in the money. (I'm assuming top three get paid so this is the bubble.) If you do get called, there's a good chance you're only a 5:4 underdog.

Hand 17: I think your allin call from the SB with A9s was easy.

Hand 18. Blinds are 250/500, you're the chip leader with 3600, other stacks are 1420, 2400 (SB), and 2580 (BB). You fold A6s UTG. I think you have to move in and try to knock someone out or, preferably, steal the 750 in blind money. But I'm not sure -- it does seem to be taking a big risk that you'll drop from chip leader down to the short stack of 1020. I'd be curious to know what others think.

Hand 19. I don't know what Player7 was thinking, limping in the SB with A5. I guess he would have folded if you had raised preflop -- he really doesn't want to go out on the bubble. Given that you checked your option preflop, I don't see the point of betting the flop. I think you should check behind on the flop, to induce a bluff on the turn.

Hand 23. You're heads up, with stack sizes essentially even, around 500. Blinds are 300/600. Your opponent moves all in from the button, and you call with KQs. I would have folded -- too great a chance you're against a weak ace or a small pocket pair. I'd rather fold, which would make the stacks 5700 to 4300. Wait for a situation where you can be more confident you're a favourite. (On the other hand, since your opponent was just making a play with 94o, I guess I should say good call.)

Hand 24. Congratulations! Kind of funny that your opponent makes trips and still busts out.

By the way, the hand histories are really a pain to read. I waded through them, but in future it would be nice if you could describe the hands in prose.

[Ulysses]

I really appreciate you taking the time to go through this all. Thanks.

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The hand where you had AQs and folded to a huge raise (8xBB) you played correctly. Who knows what the player had, but even if it was just a small pocket pair your AQs is an underdog, as I'm sure you know. There's no point in risking your entire stack on that at this point in the tournament. (The raise was for over half your stack; no way you could call that and then fold on the flop.)

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Yes, I folded for the obvious reasons. But, I had 1400 and the raiser was all-in from the button w/ 800. And he has done this before. And the only guy left, BB, only has 800 as well. So, I'm not going to be knocked out here, though I'd be crippled. Given this info, do you think this is close or a really easy fold?

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There were three hands where you folded pocket pairs in early position. I like to limp, because you can get other limpers behind you and if you flop a set you might triple your stack. Of course if you limp you would fold if someone else raised.

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The problem here was that I had 1500 and it was 100 to call. We saw a lot of all-in raises (to which I would just fold) and also a lot of min-raises. I didn't want to face a raise of 100-200 and call away my chips like that only to check-fold most times. I really don't like these hands in very early position, but maybe I'm undervaluing them.

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On your Hand 8, you had 1050 and blinds were 100/200; it was folded to you in the cutoff with A4s.
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I think you have to move in here.

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I agree.

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But I infer, from the fact that seven players survived so long, that everyone else was playing pretty tight, either folding to preflop raises or calling but not betting heavily on the flop and after. Given that circumstance, I think you could have been more aggressive earlier.

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I agree. There were a lot of big raises going uncalled and I should have been making more of them.

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Your opponent moves all in from the button, and you call with KQs. I would have folded -- too great a chance you're against a weak ace or a small pocket pair.

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At a general level, I agree. But in context, given the amount I was folding (a lot - I was getting absolutely nothing) and the fact that my opponent had taken to raising just about every time, I felt like this was enough hand to call with. Would like to hear other opinions on this one. He had occassionally folded, so I didn't think this was a completely random hand but rather a random somewhat playable hand (ie: a hand with a face card or Ace, a pair, a suited connector, etc.).

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Hand 24. Congratulations! Kind of funny that your opponent makes trips and still busts out.

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Thanks. Yeah, after his failed steal, he won the next two hands w/ Queen high and King high to go from 200 to 1100, then ironically lost with trips. Yippee for me!

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By the way, the hand histories are really a pain to read. I waded through them, but in future it would be nice if you could describe the hands in prose.

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Sorry about that. I always write out hands, but since stack sizes and other details like that are important here, I thought this might be the simplest way to present the hands. But maybe not. I'll write 'em out like normal next time.

Thanks again for your feedback.

[GrinningBuddha]

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The problem here was that I had 1500 and it was 100 to call. We saw a lot of all-in raises (to which I would just fold) and also a lot of min-raises. I didn't want to face a raise of 100-200 and call away my chips like that only to check-fold most times. I really don't like these hands in very early position, but maybe I'm undervaluing them.

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My general rule is that I'll call up to 10% of my stack with a pair if I don't suspect that I'll get raised out of the pot behind. Or, if I'm a big stack, I'll limp and call up to 10% of my stack if raised behind. In your situation, T100 is less that 10%, but even a min-raise behind would surpass that, so folding the small pairs isn't a bad thing. In a more passive game I'd play them.

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At a general level, I agree. But in context, given the amount I was folding (a lot - I was getting absolutely nothing) and the fact that my opponent had taken to raising just about every time, I felt like this was enough hand to call with. Would like to hear other opinions on this one. He had occassionally folded, so I didn't think this was a completely random hand but rather a random somewhat playable hand (ie: a hand with a face card or Ace, a pair, a suited connector, etc.).

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Good call here. You seemed to encourage his aggressiveness by folding and found a good hand to trap him with. You didn't want to necessarily give up too much more at these blind levels, as by the time you get a great hand, even a double up may leave you behind.

Hand histories present all the info, but some don't like reading them. You generally get more responses with written out hands, even if it is a pain in the tuckus. Congrats on the win!

[M.B.E.]

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I really appreciate you taking the time to go through this all. Thanks.

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You're welcome.

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The hand where you had AQs and folded to a huge raise (8xBB) you played correctly. Who knows what the player had, but even if it was just a small pocket pair your AQs is an underdog, as I'm sure you know. There's no point in risking your entire stack on that at this point in the tournament. (The raise was for over half your stack; no way you could call that and then fold on the flop.)

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Yes, I folded for the obvious reasons. But, I had 1400 and the raiser was all-in from the button w/ 800. And he has done this before. And the only guy left, BB, only has 800 as well. So, I'm not going to be knocked out here, though I'd be crippled. Given this info, do you think this is close or a really easy fold?

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Oh, I had overlooked that the raiser was now all-in. That does change things. For one thing, it explains why the raise is so high relative to the blinds. If you've seen him push in a few times before, then I would call with AQs. But if it's only once before, I'd fold, even though I figure I probably have the best hand. What it comes down to is, what's the probability he has AK/AA/KK/QQ. If you think he'd push in with any ace as well as any pocket pair then you have a call. But if you think he'd need a medium-to-big ace (say A8 or better) or any pocket pair, it's a fold. Obviously there's a lot of guesswork because you don't have enough evidence on which to assess your opponent's raising standards.

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Your opponent moves all in from the button, and you call with KQs. I would have folded -- too great a chance you're against a weak ace or a small pocket pair.

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At a general level, I agree. But in context, given the amount I was folding (a lot - I was getting absolutely nothing) and the fact that my opponent had taken to raising just about every time, I felt like this was enough hand to call with. Would like to hear other opinions on this one. He had occassionally folded, so I didn't think this was a completely random hand but rather a random somewhat playable hand (ie: a hand with a face card or Ace, a pair, a suited connector, etc.).

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When you say your opponent is raising just about every time, was he moving in, or sometimes making smaller raises? If he's moving in every second hand (or every fourth hand, for that matter), then I revise my opinion: you have an easy call with KQ (unless the blinds are tiny).

[Andrew Kinsman]

First of all, well done Ulysses for winning the comp. I really enjoyed working through yours and MBE's analysis. There was one hand that I found particularly interesting.

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Hand 18. Blinds are 250/500, you're the chip leader with 3600, other stacks are 1420, 2400 (SB), and 2580 (BB). You fold A6s UTG. I think you have to move in and try to knock someone out or, preferably, steal the 750 in blind money. But I'm not sure -- it does seem to be taking a big risk that you'll drop from chip leader down to the short stack of 1020. I'd be curious to know what others think.


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Is this strictly a raise all-in or fold situation? With 3600 to play with, there is some flexibility in the size of the raise. Is it worth maybe raising to 1200 here?

Now if the 1420 guy comes over the top then you are obviously going to play the hand, whereas a reraise from one or other of the other two players leaves you with the option of getting out. Or would you feel that you would be committed at this stage anyhow, albeit facing a potentially better ace?

In my experience a lot of players make 'limit' raises in these kinds of SNG situations (i.e. to 1000 in the above example). Although I'm not a big fan of these in general, perhaps in this situation a raise to 1000 is also worth considering.

I'd be very interested in your thoughts on these points.

[Ulysses]

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If you think he'd push in with any ace as well as any pocket pair then you have a call. But if you think he'd need a medium-to-big ace (say A8 or better) or any pocket pair, it's a fold.

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At that stage this would be almost a complete guess, so I think folding was probably best. But I'm on the fence here. While I'd hate to call off that much of my stack that early to AA, I'd be in great position if I busted him. The advantage of getting a big stack that early is another point in favor of calling. Close, I guess.


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When you say your opponent is raising just about every time, was he moving in, or sometimes making smaller raises? If he's moving in every second hand (or every fourth hand, for that matter), then I revise my opinion: you have an easy call with KQ (unless the blinds are tiny).

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When he was first to act, out of four hands he would probably fold once, raise smaller once, and go all-in twice.

[Ulysses]

Two main problems w/ making a medium raise like that.

1) SB/BB are likely to just push all-in w/ anything they want to play (say a small pocket pair, something like KQs, etc.). I then face the situation of potentially laying down to a worse hand or calling vs. a better hand. Many of these hands (better ones like small pocket pairs or hands like AT included) they might easily fold to an all-in.

2) If one of them just calls and I miss the flop, I'm in a tough spot. A lot of players might just auto-bet all-in on the flop. If I miss, I have to lay down. If they check and I bet, they are likely to call w/ any piece or any draw getting 3:1 or so.

So, yeah, I think this is an all-in or fold.

[CrisBrown]

Hi Ulysses,

As others have said, in general it's easier to read prose hand reports rather than raw hand histories. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Okay....

Hand 1 (You have AKo): I like your pre-flop raise, though it didn't narrow the field as much as you'd have liked. On the K-Q-6 flop, though, I'd probably have been a bit more cautious. AK on a Ace-Face or King-Face flop is often a vulnerable hand, because people will often play Face-Face in raised pots. So you have to be wary of someone having already made two pair, and feel them out to see how strong they are. As it turned out, you caught an A and beat his (weaker) two pair.

Hand #2 (Your Q7o): Easy fold to the minimum raise. You have nothing but Q-high and with 9-T-J on board, it's too likely that someone has made two pair or a straight.

Hand #3 (Your 88): I like to semi-steal raise with pocket pairs on shallow money. People play tighter so you're more likely to get the blinds and antes. If you do get called by overcards, you're ahead unless big cards hit the board. If you spike a set, you may get a nice payoff.

Hands 4&amp;5 (Your 44 and 55): I'd have steal-raised again here, though with baby pairs you have to lay the hand down to a reraise. Still, you might pick up the blinds, and at this point people are going to start to read you for a Jackal, which means if you're patient and wait for good hands you might get action.

Hand #6 (Your AQs): Uggh, tough situation. I don't like to get crippled on AQs, but this might very well be a steal re-reraise as you raised from the SB. I'm 50/50 on whether I call or muck here, depending on my read of the player.

Hand #7 (Your 66): Tough decision. I might have raised on the pocket pair here. If he reraises, you can muck it and still have a good stack to work with. At blinds of 50/100 and your stack only 13xBB, you can't afford to waste many of these hands.

Hand #8 (Your A4s): If it's folded to you in the CO, I'd definitely move in on A4s here. You now have only 5xBB to play with. You have to take your shots where position and your hand permit it, and this was one of them.

Hand #9 (Your A8o): I'd muck this UTG. It's so weak that you are in serious trouble if called.

Hand #10 (Your A5s): With the chip leader aggressive and you short-stacked, you have a target on your back. As a rule, you want to attack smaller stacks with marginal hands and bigger stacks with strong hands. I don't think A5s is strong enough for a resteal here, so you have to muck.

Hand #11 (Your 54s): Yup, you have to push here and hope for the best. Otherwise you're going to be so short-stacked that you can't make a move at all that will gain you anything but a few more minutes of life support.

Hand #12 (Your K7s): Not a bad hand to steal-raise on. Alas, someone had KQs, not a bad hand to call a short stack's raise with. You caught lucky. Good job. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Hand #13 (Your A2s): This all-in steal is dangerous, considering that the other players just saw you move in with a marginal hand (K7s). You're more likely to get a call here than not, and you probably won't like the call. I'd have passed on this one.

Hand #14 (Your K8o): This is probably a smart fold, with the bigger stacks in the blinds. The hands they're likely to defend with are hands you don't want to tangle with on only K8o.

Hand #15 (Your J9o): Pushing in with this hand UTG is a smart play. If you're unlucky and someone has a hand, oh well. But the blinds are going to hit you next, and you are short-stacked enough that you need to defend them. A good way to defend your blinds is to steal UTG, and this isn't a terrible stealing hand.

Hand #16 (Your KJs): Easy push given your stack size.

Hand #17 (Your A9s): Dicey call, as he's likely to be ahead with a pocket pair (which he was) and/or have you dominated with a higher Ace. Glad it worked out for you.

Hand #18 (Your A6s): Your only possible steal-raise is all-in and A6 isn't the greatest hand to push with UTG when you have a big stack. Good fold.

Hand #19 (Your A4s): This was tough, but it's another case of being careful with big blind hands that you wouldn't have played and hit halfway. When this situation arises, you have to not only look the gift horse in the mouth, but take dental impressions. Still, it's hard to get away from top pair vs. a small blind pre-flop call.

Hand #20 (Your A5o): Yes, you have to call here. You're getting great pot odds and you already have money in the pot. You caught. Good play.

Hand #21 (Your QQ): Automatic all-in here.

Hand #22 (Your A4o): Not a bad steal. The 2.5xBB raise does kinda invite calls from the BB, though.

Hand #23 (Your KQo): Hrmmmmm ... this turned out to be a good call vs. an aggressive player on a weak hand, but in general I don't like calling a potentially crippling all-in with only KQ.

Hand #24 (Your K7o): Easy call of an all-in with K-high in a heads-up situation. Well played.

In general, I think you were a bit timid early on, and that forced you to be over-aggressive with marginal hands later, as the blinds got huge. You caught lucky a couple of times but you have to in order to win a tournament. Still, you could have been more aggressive earlier and possibly had a better cushion with which to avoid some of the marginal all-ins you had to make later.

Cris

[M.B.E.]

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Hand #18 (Your A6s): Your only possible steal-raise is all-in and A6 isn't the greatest hand to push with UTG when you have a big stack. Good fold.

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What if he were in the cutoff rather than UTG?