*** 5+R 15k Guaranteed ***

Who's in? I've already sucked out on GigaBet at table 69. (AJs v AQo)

[Melchiades]

I'm in.

[wiggs73]

I'm in and it's looking to be expensive for me.

[Melchiades]

Looks to be cheap and boring for me. People need AQs+ JJ+ to go all in. No gambool.

Possibly a minimum price for me... passed up about ~15k chips here though.

Bad laydown? I've got enough chips for post-rebuy, but I could've gotten a ton here. (i.e. chipleader) I limped just to see if I could catch an Ace or TPTK or nut flush draw on the flop, KidKGB hadn't pushed much in the last 15 minutes or so.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Button (t1500)
SB (t2865)
BB (t3600)
UTG (t3045)
Hero (t19265)
MP1 (t3030)
MP2 (t2835)
MP3 <font color="#A500AF">(GigaBet)</font> (t11935)
CO <font color="#A500AF">(KidKGB)</font> (t14925)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls t30, MP1 calls t30, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP3 <font color="#A500AF">(GigaBet)</font> calls t30, <font color="#CC3333">CO <font color="#A500AF">(KidKGB)</font> raises to t14925</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero folds, MP1 folds, MP3 <font color="#A500AF">(GigaBet)</font> calls t11905 (All-In).

Flop: (t26965) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Turn: (t26965) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t26965) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t26965

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
GigaBet has Qs Kd (high card, ace).
KidKGB has Jh Kh (high card, ace).
Outcome: GigaBet wins t23975. KidKGB wins t2990. </font>

[wiggs73]

Guys, what are your thoughts on this hand? It was the last hand before the break and UTG is riverdave who (I think) is fairly well known and good. He's been playing tight since he got over 10k. As you can tell, I folded. Would it have been worth it to risk my 10k stack? I was fairly certain that I'd get calls from the 2 players to act after me, so the pot would have been something like 30k. So here are my options...

1. risk having 5k at the break for the chance of having 30k at the break.
2. take a sure 12k at the break.

Edit: I should say, incase I haven't made it obvious, that I'm pretty sure I'm behind to riverdave or at the very best, a coinflip.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (8 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

MP2 (t2500)
CO (t10445)
Hero (t10910)
SB (t5050)
BB (t3585)
UTG (t10980)
UTG+1 (t5490)
MP1 (t14645)

Preflop: Hero is Button with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t400</font>, UTG+1 calls t400, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t2500</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>

[Exitonly]

in the rebuy period i'm pushing there

Don't pair the board! Don't pair the board! Don't pair the board! (He had Jacks.)

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (8 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG+1 (t14990)
MP1 (t11457)
MP2 (t14675)
CO (t16450)
Button (t28705)
SB (t10657)
BB (t18315)
Hero (t29096)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t600</font>, UTG+1 calls t600, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, SB calls t500, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: (t1875) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t1200</font>, UTG+1 calls t1200, SB folds.

Turn: (t4275) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t2400</font>, UTG+1 calls t2400.

River: (t9075) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t4000</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t9000</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t22075

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
UTG+1 doesn't show.
Outcome: UTG+1 wins t22075. </font>

19,421 at the break, a bit above the average. At a table with Exitonly4... very angry table. And moved during the break.

[wiggs73]

21.5k at break. was up to 48k.

i have a serious bad habit of bluffing WAY too much in MTTs. not necessarily too much, but bluffing too hard at a pot once i decide to bluff at it. i didn't used to do this and i'm not quite sure what made me start. i do know i need to stop it though.

On the upside, I hope my entire table saw me stack someone with 46 on a board of 24QJK. I suppose it could be good since I still have enough chips left to do some damage.