What to do when card dead

[woodguy]

I have seen a lot of posts about being card dead, so I thought I'd post this.


Today's Super, saw JJ in level 1, that's about it.

Earlier, to keep up with the blinds, I had raised all in w/ J3o in the SB when the CO raised, which he had done often, he folded.

Moved to new table sat quiet for almost 3 orbits, no good spots to get involved, then these two guys who were also the type to raise whenever folded to, got involved.

When the button flat called, I decided to try this.

May be foolish, but with the active players, its good.

A good situation, all that's missing is the cards, not always needed.

The BB, open raiser and button all need a big hand to call.

I add about 50% to my stack without showdown.

Regards,
Woodguy



Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (9 handed) converter

BB (t2565)
UTG (t515)
UTG+1 (t10062)
MP1 (t1845)
MP2 (t1410)
MP3 (t2090)
CO (t3815)
Button (t5393)
Hero (t1860)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t400</font>, Button calls t400, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t1860 (All-In)</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO folds, Button folds.

Final Pot: t2810

Results:
No showdown. Hero wins t2810.

[inanevoyage]

I pushed myself up to a 16th finish in a field of 495 the other day by a strategy similiar to this. You definitely dont need to catch cards to make it far in a tournament. You just need to catch well-timed spots.

p.s. Considering your Subject title for this, i doubt there will be many replies or reads, as im sure everyone will assume it's another person complaining about not getting cards. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[woodguy]

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p.s. Considering your Subject title for this, i doubt there will be many replies or reads, as im sure everyone will assume it's another person complaining about not getting cards.

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Really?

Thanks.

Regards,
Woodguy

[inanevoyage]

What can i say? Im a professional lurker.

[Lloyd]

Perfect use of the Squeeze play.

[woodguy]

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Perfect use of the Squeeze play.

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I love ths SB for re-steals with air....really helps getting deep on a regular basis.

Now if I could win a flip......

Thanks Lloyd,

Woodguy

[redrooski24]

If only I had the balls to pull this off. nh

[inanevoyage]

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If only I had the balls to pull this off. nh

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I'd agree with that, except i know how easy it is to start making moves like this when you haven't seen a face card in between two breaks. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Lloyd]

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If only I had the balls to pull this off. nh

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The balls part is easy. It's knowing the right time to pull the trigger that's difficult.

[sirtemple]

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The balls part is easy. It's knowing the right time to pull the trigger that's difficult.

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