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December 30, 2015
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No Limit Holdem Tournament PokerStars
5 Players
$4.00+$0.40
Blinds 1k/2k 5
UTG masternix411 89k
CO iury Bravin 112k
D Hero 53k
SB bliga1 88k
BB B.Paulino 42k
5 4.3k Hero is BTN A Q
masternix411 raises to 4k, iury Bravin calls 4k, Hero goes all-in 52k, 2 folds, masternix411 folds, iury Bravin calls 48k
2 113k, 1 all-in 8 5 J
2 113k, 1 all-in 3
2 113k, 1 all-in 7
iury Bravin shows high card Ace A K
Hero shows high card Ace – lower kicker A Q
iury Bravin wins 113k (net +60k)
masternix411 lost 4.3k
Hero lost 53k
Was I too deep to risk this on the FT bubble? Would a call or 3-bet have been enough while leaving me a possibility of escape? 12k in the middle and 53k in my stack definitely seemed like a profitable squeeze. At this SPR, is a call perhaps even more profitable?
This was interesting timing. I actually went all in when 5-handed but as soon as I clicked the button I glanced at the second table (had it up) and there was a 3-way all-in just finishing in a double elimination. It was nice getting the FT pay jump as a consolation prize.
V1 was an exceptionally loose-passive call-station pre-flop. No respect needed for his open. While I was able to exploit him by using larger sizing a number of times he was still capable of folding to a decent 3-bet.
V2 was solid and playing well but I think he made a big mistake here not re-raising V1.
I don’t think V2 was trapping with the way the table was running. No one was overly aggro. I probably had the most shoves and 3-bets but I was calling and folding enough that no one would have been depending on me to spaz. I wasn’t even opening a lot of my buttons. In fact I was actively working on chilling out and picking better spots be cause I had just posted in another thread here a couple of days ago about how I always feel like I have to be active when short handed to stay afloat. I felt really good about my play through-out this one.
December 30, 2015
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I should explain the alternate line I considered after busting. I could have called in-position.
If checked-to on the flop I could have either taken a stab or taken a free card with a couple back door draws and 2 overs.
If V1 c-bet or V2 bet I could have gotten away from the hand or maybe floated one depending on who bet and how much. I think I’d have a real choice to make if V1 bet and V2 folded, but if V2 bet or called I could have folded quite easily and still had ~24BB going in to the FT.
February 20, 2015
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Would love other opinions here. Looks like a cooler here, except I don’t know how to adjust because of the 3-way all-in on the other table. Did you have enough time bank to see what was going on in the other hand before making a decision?
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December 6, 2012
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Tricky spot. I suspect that calling might be better given the heavy ICM considerations. However, it seems to me that your plan for playing post-flop is specific to the flop you ended up getting, which of course was not info you had at the time. You should think a bit more broadly about how your hand will play post-flop, when considering whether to call.
December 30, 2015
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I’m not sure if I could have noticed the other table action in time. It was that close. In-game I had already clicked the button as I didn’t even consider any other line (to be honest). I think if I knew I was moving to the FT I would have just called as the pay jumps plus the full ring would have been worth it. As it was I thought I was buying time and it is such a strong hand short-handed.
@macdog90: I was theorizing using the actual flop because I was last to act and could have just called to see that flop. In general I think if I just call and catch an A I probably go broke anyway. A queen and I play for stacks. A draw depends on the action. Anything else and it probably goes the same as the flop I saw depending on texture.
Of course the hand becomes a 3-way pot and V1 could have flopped two-pair with whatever silliness he was playing.
June 11, 2012
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first, at FT bubble its a must having the other table open
second, stall in the first instance until time bank gets activated and shove for 90% of your stack
third, time bank down as long as possible before calling off and see what happens on the other table
fourth, just a cooler.
April 30, 2015
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Some questions here. If it feels n00b-like, please excuse.
1. Why squeeze with a hand that plays very well post flop? Especially when raise has come from UTG. May be I am out of whack here, but I will squeeze with KT-type hand or something like A2-A9. AQs is too precious a hand to shove 26BBs preflop, even as a squeeze. That too, you have players to act behind you. But again, I may be totally wrong here. Comments are welcome.
2. If UTG raises, I guess it should be respected especially considering ICM and final table playability. Suddenly you get to 9 handed from 5 handed and you have more room with 20BBs.
As played, I am going to bluff on the flop and release my hand to any resistance on the turn/river.
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