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exit hand from GaryLaud's first main event.
GaryLaud
Member Posts: 535
Just finished my very first entry to a main competition. I ran really well and ended up 133rd from 640 runners. Didn't cash this time (72nd and upwards was paying)
Here is my exit hand. I didnt have many chips to start off with and the blinds 400/800 I felt pressured to play a hand as I felt I had to do something with this rather than wimping out of the tournament with a poor hand EG 7-2.
I had an open-ended str8 draw at one point which encouraged me to shove, but it didn't come-off.
Was I wrong to shove? Was I wrong to play this hand?
Name's changed to protect user's being revealed against their wishes.
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| y*** | Small blind | 400.00 | 400.00 | 8255.00 | |
| OPPY | Big blind | 800.00 | 1200.00 | 5750.00 | |
| Your hole cards |
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| GaryLaud | Call | 800.00 | 2000.00 | 1462.50 | |
| **** | Fold | ||||
| **** | Fold | ||||
| ** | Fold | ||||
| **** | Fold | ||||
| OPPY | Check | ||||
| Flop | |||||
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| OPPY | Bet | 1500.00 | 3500.00 | 4250.00 | |
| GaryLaud | All-in | 1462.50 | 4962.50 | 0.00 | |
| OPPY | Unmatched bet | 37.50 | 4925.00 | 4287.50 | |
| OPPY | Show |
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| GaryLaud | Show |
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| Turn | |||||
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| River | |||||
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| OPPY | Win | Ace high | 4925.00 | 9212.50 | |
Comments
1) Not sure how you got so short stacked (if you just lost a big pot then fair enough and discard the rest of this bit), but we really shouldn't be letting ourselves get so short of blinds. You have 3 big blinds here. You should be looking for good spots to get our chips in the middle when hovering around the 10-15bb mark. Be that open shoving or shoving over a raiser/limper. With this being a turbo, I'd be getting busy around the 15-20bb mark, simply because of the structure (or lack of it!). You don't need to wait for premium cards to get busy. If the button raises every orbit, and you're sat with J10s and 13bb, get them in, assuming you have fold equity. Retaining fold equity is one of the most important aspects of an MTT.
2) If you want to play the 98, then you really have to just shove. It probably isn't going to get through, but we cannot limp with it (or any hand for that matter). The hand will work out the same as Mr A3s in the BB will most likely call, and then at least we flop some good equity for a sweat. On another day, the BB wakes up with 73 and has to fold, and you pick up the very much needed blinds without contest.
3) You didn't actually shove the flop, you called all in. Might seem like the same thing but it isn't! He puts you in for your MTT life and you call with the open ender, fair enough. But where possible in tournaments, we want to be first to get our chips in the middle. In this hand, had he checked to you then you go all in, you now have 2 chances to win the pot; either he folds and we take it down or he calls and we try to hit our outs. Calling all in doesn't afford us this luxury.
I know very little about you/your game other than that you are quite new to poker I believe. Of the above, I'd argue the most important thing to pick up would be number 1. The thing that instantly struck me when looking at that HH was that you were down to just 3bb (like I said, apologies if you are this short due to losing a pot previously!).
Gl sir. Any questions fire away! I'm sure better, proper MTT grinders will be along soon and can offer more than me but hopefully ^ gives a little food for thought.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceSmall B Small blind 25.00 25.00 1980.00 Big B Big blind 50.00 75.00 5204.00 Your hole cards A 10 UTG Fold UTG+1 Fold Matt237 Raise 100.00 175.00 4062.00 Dealer Call 100.00 275.00 5185.00 Small B Fold Big B Fold Flop 3 6 K Matt237 Bet 150.00 425.00 3912.00 Dealer Fold Matt237 Muck Matt237 Win 275.00 4187.00 Matt237 Return 150.00 0.00 4337.00
Position is really key in poker - as we have some control on the hand as the last player to act (sounds obvious but is very important). Pre flop it can allow us to play a wider range of hands on the button than we can when we are UTG or in the blinds. It's a lot more comfortable playing hands in the advantage of position, as if you lead pre flop, it's harder to continue/bluff out of position than it is when you are in position. We can definitely raise a wider range of hands in later positions, specifically on the button. Hands like the JT or suited connectors are easier to play/raise in later positions, as raising with these into 5 players can often get you into a lot of trouble if people 3bet (re-raise) in the later positions. They never have to have a hand to do this (could be a bluff re raise to isolate you) or if they have a premium hand (AA/KK/AK/QQ etc), You don't want to get into trouble playing against these hands, especially out of position. So it is adviseable to tighten up raising range in UTG/UTG+1 (First 2 positions to act) but then again we all have different approaches to things. Good example here:
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceSmall B Small blind 75.00 75.00 1940.00 Big BBig blind 150.00 225.00 6790.00 Your hole cards 2 J UTGFold UTG+1 Fold Cut off Fold Matt237 Raise 300.00 525.00 3825.00 Small B Fold Big BRaise 600.00 1125.00 6190.00 Matt237 Raise 900.00 2025.00 2925.00 Big B Call 450.00 2475.00 5740.00 Flop Q K 2 Big B Check Matt237 Bet 750.00 3225.00 2175.00 Big B Fold Matt237 Muck Matt237 Win 2475.00 4650.00 Matt237 Return 750.00 0.00 5400.00
I made this play purely because i had position on this opponent. You may think J2 offsuit is awful and it's shocking play to do this. It isn't necessarily bad play as such because i took a specific line and stuck to it. There's a good argument for doing with any hand so long as you can follow up the pre flop raise with some aggression. If you decide to raise with nothing pre flop and you are called and don't bet once post flop, it seems pointless. Don't do this unless you are confident/comfortable with making this play.
Hope it clears the queries up. Happy to help with any more questions :-)