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No shame in folding the button, ya know.
It's just that when the standard raise is 36k, a 30k raise there either screams "I really want a call" or "I'm saving a little more of my stack in case I'm reraised." Oh, I have 27k at second break of late night 11r. Haven't picked up a hand in a while, but I'm moving ahead thanks to bizarre hands like this one: PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (9 handed) converter SB (t19985) BB (t6470) UTG (t12587) UTG+1 (t22785) MP1 (t22290) MP2 (t21108) MP3 (t7341) Hero (t23990) Button (t15128) Preflop: Hero is CO with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to t1200</font>, Hero calls t1200, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>. Flop: (t2600) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> MP3 checks, Hero checks. Turn: (t2600) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> <font color="#CC3333">MP3 bets t2000</font>, Hero calls t2000. River: (t6600) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> MP3 checks, Hero checks. Final Pot: t6600 Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF"> MP3 has 6h Jc (high card, ace). Hero has Qh Kd (one pair, kings). Outcome: Hero wins t6600. </font> |
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No shame in folding the button, ya know. It's just that when the standard raise is 36k, a 30k raise there either screams "I really want a call" or "I'm saving a little more of my stack in case I'm reraised." [/ QUOTE ] i didnt actually think about it, just figured too many chips to shove, so 2.5bb would do. I hadnt had anycards/it folded to me for like 3 orbits, so wanted some chips [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Maybe i should have just shoved |
#43
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understandable... that's just what I thought when I saw it. I think either a shove or a fold is the best play there. (Unless you have a hand that welcomes action.)
I just caught my rush and I'm at 53k. JJ wins the race against AK, 22 flops a set, I call a raise in BB with K9s, flop the 9 for top pair and win a decent pot against 88. Top 10 in chips but still a long way to go. |
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my good chip position was part of the reason i folded (blech), but i also instafolded without really thinking about my opponent's hand. this is a problem i have. help me out.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (9 handed) converter UTG+1 (t16820) MP1 (t7640) MP2 (t10812) MP3 (t19450) CO (t24815) Button (t9148) SB (t2832) Hero (t56375) UTG (t26803) Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, CO calls t800, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, Hero checks. Flop: (t2400) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font> SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t1400</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t4800</font>, SB calls t1982 (All-In), Hero calls t3400. Turn: (t13982) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font> Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets t19165 (All-In)</font>, Hero folds. River: (t33147) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font> Final Pot: t33147 Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF"> SB has Jd Tc (straight, queen high). CO has Qs Js (two pair, queens and eights). Outcome: CO wins t24801. SB wins t8346. </font> |
#45
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Anyone still awake? I'm at 3rd break, second in chips with 120k. 68 left, pays 45, 4800 for first.
I'll keep you posted. |
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This pot puts me at 350k at the 2k/4k/200 level:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t4000 (7 handed) converter CO (t133070) Button (t46168) SB (t37740) BB (t69682) UTG (t148434) Hero (t195926) MP2 (t48978) Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t12000</font>, Hero calls t12000, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>. Flop: (t25200) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets t16000</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t40000</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t136234</font>, Hero calls t96234. Turn: (t297668) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> River: (t297668) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> Final Pot: t297668 Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF"> UTG has Kh Kd (two pair, kings and nines). Hero has 9s 9d (four of a kind, nines). Outcome: Hero wins t297668. </font> |
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Dropped just under 300k at fourth break. Losing races against short stacks, losing an AK to an AQ, getting reraised preflop frequently, that'll do it.
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done in 13th. i lost half my big stack when my KK got all in with AQ on a Qxx flop and he turned an ace. then it was a fight for survival. i found KQ and with one limper in front (who had limped far too frequently) i pushed. he instacalled with AQs. That's that.
I'm taking a break. I feel like I'm being strung along. |
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I had my first and last experience with rebuy tournaments yesterday. Played two, and rebought 3 times in one and 1 time in the other.
I simply don't like them. The whole idea why I like tournament-style poker is that when I put a mofo out, he is OUT. Or she! True enough, if I get donked out, or simply outplayed, I can rebuy, and I did. But it was not a right move for me. Rebuy Tilt is all it was. That buy-in together with those rebuys equals a buy-in to a better-paying freezeout. I learned my lesson. |
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I like rebuys because they let me build a big stack to survive beats and any stupid crap I might pull, as well as survive into the ante rounds, where I can gleefully steal pots much more frequently.
Throwing a bunch of money at the table in the first hour to try to build a big stack is my way of reducing variance. Would that I were better at playing a super-aggressive game and building a big stack early in a normal freezeout. |
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