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06-15-2005, 02:32 PM
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worst brain freeze ever???
I need to vent - what an idiot I was last night. Playing $20 no-limit holdem tournament with 746 players. Two tables left with 10 players - need to get down to 9. I am in 6th place with $75,000. Chip leaders have around 200,000. Blinds are 4000/8000. All I need to do is wait out one player. I get AJ unsuited and raise all-in to steal the blind out of position with a chip leader ahead of me. WHY??? He calls with AK. What was I thinking - I have no idea why I did something that stupid. I had been stealing blinds before this but should not have been doing it at this point. Has anyone else done anything this stupid???
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06-15-2005, 02:42 PM
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Re: worst brain freeze ever???
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Yeah, that's a horrible play. Maybe worth a 3xBB raise ... maybe. [/ QUOTE ] You have <10BB already, now you're going to raise 3x and fold to a big-stack push (which they should do with a broad range of hands considering the situation)? Don't forget you're eating the blinds again in a couple of hands. I think this is surely a push or fold hand.
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#4
06-15-2005, 02:53 PM
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Re: worst brain freeze ever???
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[ QUOTE ] Yeah, that's a horrible play. Maybe worth a 3xBB raise ... maybe. [/ QUOTE ] You have <10BB already, now you're going to raise 3x and fold to a big-stack push (which they should do with a broad range of hands considering the situation)? Don't forget you're eating the blinds again in a couple of hands. I think this is surely a push or fold hand. [/ QUOTE ] Let me restate more clearly, since my sarcasm is not too loud today -- FOLD.
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#5
06-15-2005, 06:39 PM
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Re: worst brain freeze ever???
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Yeah, that's a horrible play. Maybe worth a 3xBB raise ... maybe. [/ QUOTE ] You have <10BB already, now you're going to raise 3x and fold to a big-stack push (which they should do with a broad range of hands considering the situation)? Don't forget you're eating the blinds again in a couple of hands. I think this is surely a push or fold hand. [/ QUOTE ] Let me restate more clearly, since my sarcasm is not too loud today -- FOLD. [/ QUOTE ] Oh yeah, my sarcasm meter was no where near that one. Better check the batteries...
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#6
06-15-2005, 02:40 PM
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Re: worst brain freeze ever???
Why are you placing so much value on just reaching the final table?
What were stacks 7-10 like? Have the chip leaders at your table been active, or have they clammed up waiting for someone to go broke? There's 1/6th of your stack out there in blinds (and I'm assuming antes) and you're 5-handed with AJ. I don't necessarily (sp?) think it's all that horrible a push.
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#7
06-15-2005, 02:45 PM
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Re: worst brain freeze ever???
They paid the same from 18-10 (like $164). From 9 up the payout was much better. 9th got like $250, 1st over $3000. I guess I was just trying to guarantee a last table spot - I am admitting it was a horrible play. Just wondering if I am the only one that has done something that stupid?
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#8
06-15-2005, 02:57 PM
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Re: worst brain freeze ever???
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... need to get down to 9 ... All I need to do is wait out one player... Has anyone else done anything this stupid??? [/ QUOTE ] Playing for 9th - as you obviously are - is far more stupid. Play for 1st.
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#10
06-15-2005, 03:43 PM
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Re: worst brain freeze ever???
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Are you saying you would not 'clam up' at that point? I was not playing for 9th but just a spot at the last table. Once there, I would be playing for 1st. [/ QUOTE ] Why shoot yourself in the foot before running a race? I don't get it.... Also, how can you be "out-of-position" at a 5-handed table? Raise this everytime, and PUSH it every time. 10BB rule IS in effect.
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