HH from Stars 100+9

Rizen · #1 12-05-2005, 10:59 PM

Warning, this is a pretty big file, I just dumped the entire tournament to a file. Anyways, I think I only luckboxed once for my entire stack. I know for a fact I made a couple of mistakes, but enjoy and feel free to ask/discuss hands:

http://www.sneakybuffalo.com/starshh.txt

-Rizen

KneeCo · #2 12-05-2005, 11:01 PM

Thanks for sharing.

gobboboy · #3 12-05-2005, 11:18 PM

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*** FLOP *** [Tc Qs 8c]
Rizen: bets 400
rock82: raises 1400 to 1800
Rizen: raises 1153 to 2953 and is all-in
rock82: calls 1153
Rizen said, "nh"
*** TURN *** [Tc Qs 8c] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Qs 8c 4s] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Rizen: shows [6h Qh] (two pair, Queens and Fours)
rock82: shows [5c Kc] (a pair of Fours)
Rizen collected 6506 from pot

rock82 said, "rizen, guess u dont win much, u r one of them programed played that cant fold top pair 6 kicker"
Rizen said, "I never win [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]"
rock82 said, "good luck, i hope u dont get top pair beat this tourney"
rock82 said, "u will have a shot"
...
rock82 said, "u did have the 6 though"
Rizen said, "the 6 is powerful"
rock82 said, "was it that obvious, ot do you suck, be honest?"
Rizen said, "I suck [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]"
rock82 said, "good, cause i would make that play again if i could see your cards"
Rizen said, "and I would make my play again if I could see your cards [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]"
Rizen said, "so I gues we're even"
rock82 said, "yea guess so, good luck with my chips"

*Rizen busts him*

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This is comedic gold.

mlagoo · #4 12-06-2005, 12:31 AM

care to share your thoughts here? seems a bit reckless given the BBs stack size:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (7 handed) converter

UTG (t5594)
MP1 (t13838)
MP2 (t14417)
CO (t12145)
Hero (t13888)
SB (t6765)
BB (t12563)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
4 folds, Hero raises to t13888, 2 folds.

Final Pot: t14188

and thanks again for sharing this.

mlagoo · #5 12-06-2005, 12:39 AM

actually there were a number of hands where you pushed for 15xBB or more.

could you share your thoughts on this, generally?

mlagoo · #6 12-06-2005, 12:42 AM

hmm, here is another interesting one. did you have a specific read on the guy?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1600 (5 handed) converter

SB (t22962)
Hero (t71485)
UTG (t15670)
MP (t30967)
Button (t32548)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
1 fold, MP raises to t30967, 3 folds.

Final Pot: t31267

Rizen · #7 12-06-2005, 12:57 AM

[ QUOTE ]
hmm, here is another interesting one. did you have a specific read on the guy?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1600 (5 handed) converter

SB (t22962)
Hero (t71485)
UTG (t15670)
MP (t30967)
Button (t32548)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
1 fold, MP raises to t30967, 3 folds.

Final Pot: t31267

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Villian raised there less than 2% of hands, so it was read specific. I probably would have called anyone else at the table there. That's if I'm remembering the hand right.

-Rizen

Rizen · #8 12-06-2005, 01:29 AM

[ QUOTE ]
care to share your thoughts here? seems a bit reckless given the BBs stack size:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (7 handed) converter

UTG (t5594)
MP1 (t13838)
MP2 (t14417)
CO (t12145)
Hero (t13888)
SB (t6765)
BB (t12563)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
4 folds, Hero raises to t13888, 2 folds.

Final Pot: t14188

and thanks again for sharing this.

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Against those particular players in that situation (since the SB was short and the BB was a tricky/aggressive player) I would have called a re-raise all in by either had I raised, I pushed. I don't always do this, but once my M reaches about 10, I like to mix some pushes into my game occasionally, especially in situations against players who I would call their push from anyways. This serves to A) let the players at the table know I don't mind getting my chips in the middle and B) to put the pressure on my opponents.

As an FYI - I always think of my stack in terms of it's relation to the size of the initial pot, and never in terms of big blinds. There is a definite strategy chance between sites like Stars (with antes) and Party (those without). I would never have made this move on Party, FWIW. Not sure how well I answered your question though [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

-Rizen

beenben · #9 12-06-2005, 08:33 AM

It seemed like you only played solid cards. I didn't see one steal raise (I stopped reading when you reached the FT). (other than 44 that you folded when someone came back over the top).

What was interesting to me was that when you raised, you raised all-in even if it didn't seem like you need to- ie you had more than 10x BB . Do you have a different rule than 10xBB for when you push vs. 3x BB? Then when it got to 2k/4k you switched to 3xBB. Was this b/c you had a high chip position or because of the blind level.

badluckal · #10 12-06-2005, 10:29 AM

Thanks for sharing, much appreciated! I enjoyed reading through the tournament and playing along with you.

Do you have notes on many of these players that help with your reads? You also mention in the TT hand that the player raised less than 2% of his hands - is this verbatim from poker tracker or was this more of an approximation?

Thanks again.