Riptide 5K Complete Tourney Summary

Paradise $2 rebuys 5K gauranteed

Level 1 (10/20)

Dealt 87o in SB. 5 players see flop of 7,8,3. Bet 40. MP calls. Turn Q. I bet 80 Mp folds. Stack: t1640

Dealt J10 on button. 3 callers and I limp as well. Flop 8,9,A rainbow. Checked around. Turn 8. MP bets 150 I call. River 3. MP Bets 250 I fold. Stack: 1340

Dealt J9 in MP3. Two callers, I limp and fold to a missed flop. Stack 1320

Dealt AQs UTG and raise 80. MP1 calls, MP3 raises all-in 560, BB calls, I raise all-in, BB calls. Chop pot with BB. Stack: 1560


LEVEL 2 (15/30)
(Rebuy 1500 chips)…stack 2985

Did not see a hand better than Q4. Should I be taking chances this early in the rebuy period with pretty much any two cards because of aggressive players?

LEVEL 3 (25/50)

Dealt A10o in MP. UTG+1 raise 100 I call, CO raises to 200, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 raises 800, I fold. Stack:2685


Dealt A2o UTG+1. I call, MP1 raises all-in. I fold. Stack:2635

Dealt J10 BB. MP raise 500 MP3 raises to 950, I fold. Stack: 2585. Should I be taking chances in spots like these?

LEVEL4 (50/100)

UTG and UTG+l limp, MP3 raise 300 I call in CO w/ A4s. UTG raise to 600,UTG+1 pushes all-in. I fold. Stack: 2220

Dealt AA in MP1. I raise 300, BB raises 600, I raise 1000. All-in on fop of 463. I win. Stack: 5070

Dealt 55 UTG+1, I limp. MP3 riase 300, 5 callers. Flop 7,A,J checked around. Turn,3, MP3 bets 400. I fold. T 4870

Dealt Ad9d in SB. 5 callers and I complete. Flop is 2c 6d 2d. I check. MP2 bets 800. I call. Turn Ks. MP2 bets 1400. I call. River is a blank and I check/fold to MP2 bet. Stack: 2470

Dealt A5o in OO. Three limpers, I call 200. Flop comes A,8,K all diamonds. MP bets 600. I raise all-in. SB calls. Shows AK. I lose.

REBUY 3000 chips


LEVEL 5 (75/150)

Dealt AJo UTG+1. I raise 500. UTG+2,UTG+3, button, and BB all call. Flop is 4,4,6. I is checked around. Turn is 4. I bet 750, UTG+2 calls. River is a J. I bet AI 1700. UTG+2 calls and shows 99. I win. Stack: 7375


LEVEL 6 (100/200)

Dealt A4s in MP. I limp. MP3 raises to 750. I fold. Stack:6875

Add-on 2500 chips Stack: 9175
LEVEL 7 (100/200 ante 25) (Re-buy period is over)

NO HANDS played at this level. Still loose game, dealt no hands, and got no steal opportunities. Am i playing to tight? Blinds are only 10 minutes long.

LEVEL 8 (200/400 ante 25) Stack: 8900

Dealt Kqo in MP2. UTG min-raises. MP1 calls. I fold. This is the only reasonable hand I am dealt at this level also.

LEVEL 9 (300/600 ante 50) Stack: 8150

Uneventful once again. Lots of looose calling stations are in on every hand. There is an average of 3-4 people seeing the flop whether it is raised or not. Stealing is not possible.

LEVEL 10 (400/800 ante 50) Stack: 6750

Dealt A5s in CO. MP1 raises 1600. MP3 calls. I fold. BB calls. Should I be playing these marginal hands in late position as blinds increase?

Dealt 77 in MP2. UTG raises to 1600 I raise AI 6500. SB calls with Q10. UTG calls.

Flop Q 10 4...9...4..I bust in 335th place

Any comments or suggestions are appreciated. I know I donked a few plays in the rebuy period but felt that I really was on a bad run during the second hour. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks.

Nick

[beenben]

1- looks fine
2- not with any two cards. why wait to level to rebuy though?
3- Dealt A2o UTG+1- ick! too early a position for that hand (if ever); JT- good fold. no don't take chances with connectors when there's a 10xBB bet
4- A4s. look out for those baby aces. you're going to be dominated too often when you hit your ace and you're going to lose a lot of chips. leak city. case in point- and I'm commenting as I go so I didn't see this coming- A5o losing to Ak.
7- i like to play tight at this stage as well. people who aren't used to rebuys can't put on the brakes; a lot of people go out. your M is very high. pick your spots.

The rest of it is fine- if you can't steal you can't steal. you pushed with a pushable hand when you had to push.

[graarrg]

I hate how Paradise Poker gives players a timebank that can last more than 1/10 of the level length. The blinds go up so goddamn fast relative to the amount of hands played compared to anywhere else.

I busted out in the 100s again when my JJ lost to K4o and QTs 3-way. I called the two all ins and lost to a Q on the river.

some things I've learned about the riptide: go for the stack double or triple early, sit on your chips for a while, doubling through anxious rebuyers, hope you get a monster right before the break and take some more anxious rebuyer chips..

You're just going to find yourself in any hand you're involved in either going all-in, or calling an all in for a serious amount of your chips. On the bright side, you can be assured that many of these all-ins are with junky hands, as weak as an unsuited King high. and remember, if you think you have an opportunity, TAKE IT. The blinds go up VERY fast relative to the hands, like I said. I might have considered folding the JJ to the two all ins if it wasn't like that, but I knew that desperation caused by the blinds (for both the players who went all in, and mostly ME) forced me to call for my best shot at making high money.

I hope my (edit: newbie) wisdom brings much happiness and 90th place to many, for a whopping profit of .50.

Level 1 87o: I'm probably checking the flop to induce a bluff, than reraising big time. If no one takes a stab at the flop I'm going aggro on the turn if it's non-scary.
AQs: At a full 9handed table, I muck AQ UTG.

Level 4
A4s: Stinky!! A4 is only playable from LP against a maximum of 3 players IMO. Absoloutely no way you should be contesting this pot in any way shape or form.
AA: I love this!! You got your donkeys money in the middle very skillfully.

Level 10
A5s: Should you or should you not be playing these hands in these situations is really read dependant. You should lean towards trying not to let people bully you off your hands, but at the same time be aware of who's not been in there ramming and jamming every third pot.

I wouldn't worry about not playing hands through an entire level. Once in a blue moon I go as long as 25 minutes at a time without playing a pot if the blinds are low and my opponents are idiots.
In general I think our styles are pretty much similar, although I think you need to work on not overvaluing your weaker aces.
Oh, and as for rebuy-specific strat, I can't help you there. I avoid rebuy tourneys like a festering plague. When I knock someone out I want them to stay out.