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Am I truly a strategy and/or etiquette idiot?
I just had a situation in a 10+1 SNG on PP where there were 4 players left and I was called an idiot for not checking on the bubble to increase the odds of knocking the low stack out. Here is the hand in question:
200/400 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 14148970) - Fri Jul 22 04:02:29 EDT 2005 Table Table 35338 (Real Money) -- Seat 10 is the button Total number of players : 4 Seat 3: Im_an_ogre (535) Seat 6: cablevision (3075) Seat 8: Hero (2455) Seat 10: yepikim (1935) Im_an_ogre posts small blind (100) cablevision posts big blind (200) ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt to Hero [ Kh, Ac ] Hero raises (400) to 400 yepikim folds. Im_an_ogre raises (435) to 535 Im_an_ogre is all-In. cablevision calls (335) Hero calls (135) Creating Main Pot with $1605 with Im_an_ogre ** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ks, 3d, 9d ] yepikim: check check it cablevision checks. yepikim: check it yepikim:check Hero bets (1920) Hero is all-In. cablevision folds. ** Dealing Turn ** : [ 5h ] ** Dealing River ** : [ Qc ] Creating Side Pot 1 with $1920 with Hero ** Summary ** Main Pot: 1605 | Side Pot 1: 1920 Board: [ Ks 3d 9d 5h Qc ] Im_an_ogre balance 0, lost 535 [ 4d 4c ] [ a pair of fours -- Ks,Qc,9d,4d,4c ] cablevision balance 2540, lost 535 (folded) Hero balance 3525, bet 2455, collected 3525, net +1070 [ Kh Ac ] [ a pair of kings -- Ac,Kh,Ks,Qc,9d ] yepikim balance 1935, didn't bet (folded) Here is the dialogue that followed: yepikim: idiot cablevision: I agree Hero: me? yepikim: yes Hero: im trying to win Hero: not come in the money Hero: if you wanna be bubble players then fine cablevision: winning is finishing in the money Hero: um, no Hero: its personal preference Was I wrong for trying to win, instead of just checking to the river so that one of us at least could knock out the 4th place? If I had a marginal hand I would have, but not for the reason they wanted me to, but for the reason of it being a bad hand. I had AK with top pair after the river and I am supposed to play timid. Should I have played it safe to increase the odds of us taking out that player? In my opinion, no I wasn't. I think that was proven by the fact that I ended up winning the SNG for my first win at the $10 level. Any input into this strategy or etiquette issue would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I am just totally unaware. |
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