I played my usual Tuesday night live tournament last night and early on I knew it was going to be a decent night when sitting in the BB with 2,9 off suit and the flop comes 296 rainbow. I of course won that pot when I bet and everyone folded. Soon after I got moved to a new table and I got dealt AKh. A lady in early position who is an excellent player and who already had a decent stack bet just over 3 x BB. I just called and everyone else folded. Flop came Q86 with 2 hearts. She bet again big which looked like a continuation bet so liking the amount of outs I had and hoping to push her off the hand I went all in. She insta called and flipped over pocket Kings.Whoops. Still had lots of outs though and I hit my Ace on the turn and just to rub it in more caught my flush on the river. A nice double up.
I was sailing along until 3 consecutive hands changed my fate. I again got dealt AK this time in the BB. I had 2 limpers to me and with blinds at 400/800 I raised to 3000. One guy folded and the lady in the SB after some thought pushed. It was only 400 more to call and I did of course. She had A5c. Awesome but of course she hit her 5 on the flop and then the turn and river brought AA. She had her full house and I took a bit of a hit to my stack. The very next hand in the SB I got dealt 95d. I limped in with 2 others. Flop brought 2 diamonds. I just checked and someone bet the minimum so I called just to see another card. The other guy folded. The turn brought another diamond. Got my flush but not liking just having a 9 high and not wanting another card to come bet enough to put the original better all in. She called and looked surprised when I turned over my flush which held up. You got to like those SB specials. While I was still stacking my chips I got dealt Pocket Kings. I raised to just over 3 x the BB and only the BB called me. Flop come QJ6 rainbow. He bet pretty big and I immediately put him on AQ. Without doing a lot of thinking (big mistake) I pushed all in. He inst called me and turned over QJ for a flopped two pair. Yikes. I couldn't get my third King or get the turn or river to pair to give me a higher two pair and just like that I was out as he had me covered. I am still thinking about that hand and wondering if I over played it. I just couldn't put him on QJ. I probably should have thought it through better before pushing especially when he bet out. Any thoughts?
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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I wonder if 3x the BB was enough of a preflop raise? And, yes, Mike Caro said that putting an opponent on a specific hand can be the costliest mistake in poker - you put them on a range of hands.
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, I would've probably played exactly as you did.
But I don't play tournaments. I used to love the Party Poker sit'n'go's, but that got buggered. Now I'm strictly cash.
Yea I might have raised more preflop but knowing how the guy plays and he had an even bigger stack than me he would have still probably called anyways. I think I was screwed not matter what I did.
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