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1st hand post in forum; let me know if formatting is wrong. At the time I was in the top 25 I believe and we were 4 away from the money. I had a nitty image as I had a VPIP/PFR of 14/9 approx. This guy had repopped 3 out of the last 4 hands (none of which were against me) and seems to be just abusing the bubble. I didnt feel comfortable getting it in this close to the bubble and with a good sized stack. Poker Buddy thinks I am nuts for folding.
Poker Stars $30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament – t400/t800 Blinds + t75 – 9 players
TournamentPokerEdge.com Hand History Converter
henkelmanr88 (MP2): BB = 51.7, t41350
djames1988 (CO): BB = 35.9, t28720
miw210 (BTN): BB = 25.3, t20225
2_Basic (SB): BB = 66.7, t53385
TurtleBomb (BB): BB = 13.3, t10622
ROMDOM (UTG): BB = 8.6, t6905
Hero (UTG+1): BB = 34.6, t27710
ProV1000 (UTG+2): BB = 5.2, t4140
Kafrou (MP1): BB = 11.8, t9436
Pre Flop: (t1875) Hero is UTG+1 with Q
Q
1 fold, Hero raises to t2000, 2 folds, henkelmanr88 raises to t9600, 5 folds
He's owning the bubble and YOU!, Play to win not to cash!
October 6, 2010
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formatting is great
to be honest, with your reads, i would be snap shoving here – if you are going to raise-rold queens here, you may as well be open folding them.
the goal in the tourney is always to win (or top 3) – min cashing is a consolation prize, and the difference in this spot between a min cash and a bubble will do nothing to your long term ROI, which will be almost exclusively rely on final table finishes. so i would be breaking my arm off to get it in here, and if you get cooled well so be it, load up another and keep grinding 😀
(small side note – i would probably be opening for 1600-1800 instead of the full 2.5x at this stage of the tourney – 2.5x is ok but definitely no more)
Yea, especially w/ him appearing to be dominating the bubble, shove all day on him. If your stats are nitty, that's even more reason to shove over him. +1 to benny on bet sizing, I like 2.2ish
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March 17, 2010
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Love all the responses in this thread….cosigned.
hawkeyeK9 said:
Nits don't bink tournies!
This is my favorite answer of all…3rd best starting hand in poker and you´re second guessing yourself cuz villain has shown aggression and taking advantage of the situation..Been the bubble and all he´s doing a great job pushing everybody around and making fold better hands most of the time (im sure about this)..And he´s doing such a great job of abusng the bubble that you are considering folding QQs against him cuz i believe flatting is out of the question (as it should be folding too)…And FYI i would flat AA and KK and let villains aggression do the betting for me.
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