Blind on blind a chap raises into Sky James's Big Blind, & James shoves all-in for 1.2 milly. After an agonised dwell, the chap folds, & says afterward he folded 9-9. Big fold, that. What you think? Posted by Tikay10
Been a great atmosphere over the last couple of days, as good as the SPT old days. Thanks to the Sky guys for bringing it back and another one planned for Brighton in November. I think on the back of the success of this one, SPTs will remain a feature for the foreseeable future. Disappointed not to have made day 2, went out last night in level 11, but wish all remaining players the best of luck. Have a terrific day. Posted by Dollie
pleasure to meet and chat with you Dollie, fun table.....until my bluff went wrong !
Blind on blind a chap raises into Sky James's Big Blind, & James shoves all-in for 1.2 milly. After an agonised dwell, the chap folds, & says afterward he folded 9-9. Big fold, that. What you think? Posted by Tikay10
What is BB and avg stack? I despise the play unless it's two of the biggest stacks and ICM becomes a serious problem.
If it is the case that ICM is enough of a problem to be r/f 99 BvB, then we're presumably somewhat deep (else we'd just be open jamming, right?). We're also getting about 4/1 on a limp. If the opponent is able to exploit the ICM situation to such an extent that you're being forced to raise/fold 99 to a 3bet shove, then either a l/3b or l/c is preferable to a raise/fold IMO for most stack depths where a 3bet shove is a sensible option for our opponent.
I personally think it's a l/3b if the BB is aggro and ICM means we struggle to call a 3b jam ourselves and withstand significant pressure if we peel OOP, particularly as we're going to likely be guessing somewhat with overcard(s) to our pair on most flops.
By limping SB, we encourage opponent to isolate wider than he would 3b shove, as well as protecting a weaker range of things such as suited connectors where 4/1 from the small blind is a favourable situation if our limps are not getting isolated constantly - Simply put, if we can limp/3b 99, then BB is less likely to isolate us when we limp a hand like J8s from SB in future, which enables us to play that hand more profitably, too.
I can't say whether the mistake is raising or folding to the shove without knowing stacks, blinds, chips in play, pay jumps etc, but I think without knowing Sky James' game, one of the two is likely a mistake.
I may raise/fold 99 here against people that are looking to sneak onto the FT and playing overly tight with the BB's stack size, as I'd rather just take the pot in the 70%+ of cases they fold pre, and let them play fit/fold when they peel pre and miss - They're generally not 3betting even close to wide enough, and ICM can actually make 99 a not too difficult (but still kinda painful) fold.
I also raise/fold vs anyone who is overly passive, as I want to get value preflop from what is almost always the best hand, but they're not going to put the same level of pressure on me postflop and a 3bet is going to be a tighter range, so I can get away with it, knowing that I'm not going to be put in ICM ****.
However, provided the big blind is fairly competent, my gut feeling is I think it's a pretty bad option to be raise/folding.
EDIT: Seen above post saying about 20bb deep. Definitely either a raise/call or limp/3b depending on the opponent for me.
Kirsty is BUSTO Bad news I'm afraid, it's all over. She collected £980, so that's not so bad really. She is not sure whether to laugh or cry - it's her biggest ever cash, so she's pleased with that, but she was playing so well & was going for the win. Poker, eh? Posted by Tikay10
No Tear,s Kirsty remember the NEXT SPT IF YOUR PLAYING MY MONEY WILL BE ON YOU TO WIN XX WELL DONE LOVE PAIGE XX
Kirsty is BUSTO Bad news I'm afraid, it's all over. She collected £980, so that's not so bad really. She is not sure whether to laugh or cry - it's her biggest ever cash, so she's pleased with that, but she was playing so well & was going for the win. Poker, eh? Posted by Tikay10
Well done Kirsty, great result, and nice 2 meet you over the weekend.
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Level 22 has started.
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So with 10 left, & a 9 seat Final, we are now playing hand for hand, 5 players on each table.
FINAL
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Seat 1 - BigFatFish - 1,860,000
Seat 2 - Tim Hickling - 509,000
Seat 3 - Heddoh18 - 517,000
Seat 4 - Leon Harris - 1,347,000
Seat 5 - NMongoosez - 573,000
Seat 6 - Sky James - 1,215,000
Seat 7 - WI03 - 983,000
Seat 8 - TheSaw - 485,000
Seat 9 - Andy Watson - 625,000
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