This was my first time playing a live tournament poker in years. I have a few spots I'm curious about. I was always generally short so I didn’t have too many post-flop decisions to make after the first day.
Top heavy prize pool. 1st gets 22k cash + 30k package.
1)
10k/20k, 20k Blinds
I'm new to the table. Playing 7 handed. Short stack with less than 100k is two to my left. Other stacks are about 500k+.
I had about 420k UTG+1
UTG huge stack opens 44k. Too soon to have any substantial reads but from his table talk, he seems to play a lot / is up to speed on online poker.
I have AA
This is an awkward spot in terms of my range. A 3bet here is so strong. I'm not sure if it ever really makes sense to be 3betting light here. If I flat I encourage other players to call. The short stack can't expect any FE.
The next three hands are vs the same player. Generally chip leader. Raising very frequently. Probably 70%+ CO, 100% BU, 100% SB.
2)
10/25, 25 ante
Playing 450k, bu has at least 1.2m and
I call min raise in BB with Qd3d
Js9s3x
c/c 25k.
Turn
Ad
c/ 75k bet.
Feels like a hand where just about every option is bad. Maybe you could argue that I should just fold the flop. My impression is, that he's just barrelling everything. He's getting to the turn with a huge range and yet I still feel inclined to fold.
3) Final Table 6 left I think.
I've c 1.4m.
I'm BB. SB opens min-raise. He covers.
25/50, 50
I call KcQs. I think I'm going to be in this spot a lot, so I'd rather flat hands and let him barrel.
AhAd9h
I call 75k
8h
He bets 150k
Normally I would think this was a weird board to double barrel. Very few hands have been played post-flop. But my impression is his game plan is just to put everyone else under pressure. Part of me wants to just call, and close my eyes and call a shove on the river.
4)
50/100k. 5 left.
I'm button.
450k.
CO opens, I shove A4o.
5)
Very general. But situations at the middle stage of the tournament with middling stacks I find awkward. Like AJ/AQ in late position facing a single open raise, where the table has been playing preflop fairly straightforward. People are only really 3 betting for value, or where they feel someone is being exceptionally wide pre-flop. I feel like stacks are too short to call and play poker and we wouldn't get the equity of the hand. But if we're 4 bet we're generally crushed and probably need to fold. So essentially using the hands as blockers. Although obv not bad if we're folding out 88-10, AQ etc.
6)
FT 7 left. I've about 1.6m. Blinds are 40/80 I think at this point.
Short stack shoves 160k HJ, folded to me on the button with AJo
Avg is about 1.3m.
SB 700k
BB covers me.
SB is relatively tight. And bb has been playing snug. I don't think he'll put me under pressure for having a capped range. I'm wary of shoving and running into a hand in the BB. But, I also would like to iso.
Top heavy prize pool. 1st gets 22k cash + 30k package.
1)
10k/20k, 20k Blinds
I'm new to the table. Playing 7 handed. Short stack with less than 100k is two to my left. Other stacks are about 500k+.
I had about 420k UTG+1
UTG huge stack opens 44k. Too soon to have any substantial reads but from his table talk, he seems to play a lot / is up to speed on online poker.
I have AA
This is an awkward spot in terms of my range. A 3bet here is so strong. I'm not sure if it ever really makes sense to be 3betting light here. If I flat I encourage other players to call. The short stack can't expect any FE.
The next three hands are vs the same player. Generally chip leader. Raising very frequently. Probably 70%+ CO, 100% BU, 100% SB.
2)
10/25, 25 ante
Playing 450k, bu has at least 1.2m and
I call min raise in BB with Qd3d
Js9s3x
c/c 25k.
Turn
Ad
c/ 75k bet.
Feels like a hand where just about every option is bad. Maybe you could argue that I should just fold the flop. My impression is, that he's just barrelling everything. He's getting to the turn with a huge range and yet I still feel inclined to fold.
3) Final Table 6 left I think.
I've c 1.4m.
I'm BB. SB opens min-raise. He covers.
25/50, 50
I call KcQs. I think I'm going to be in this spot a lot, so I'd rather flat hands and let him barrel.
AhAd9h
I call 75k
8h
He bets 150k
Normally I would think this was a weird board to double barrel. Very few hands have been played post-flop. But my impression is his game plan is just to put everyone else under pressure. Part of me wants to just call, and close my eyes and call a shove on the river.
4)
50/100k. 5 left.
I'm button.
450k.
CO opens, I shove A4o.
5)
Very general. But situations at the middle stage of the tournament with middling stacks I find awkward. Like AJ/AQ in late position facing a single open raise, where the table has been playing preflop fairly straightforward. People are only really 3 betting for value, or where they feel someone is being exceptionally wide pre-flop. I feel like stacks are too short to call and play poker and we wouldn't get the equity of the hand. But if we're 4 bet we're generally crushed and probably need to fold. So essentially using the hands as blockers. Although obv not bad if we're folding out 88-10, AQ etc.
6)
FT 7 left. I've about 1.6m. Blinds are 40/80 I think at this point.
Short stack shoves 160k HJ, folded to me on the button with AJo
Avg is about 1.3m.
SB 700k
BB covers me.
SB is relatively tight. And bb has been playing snug. I don't think he'll put me under pressure for having a capped range. I'm wary of shoving and running into a hand in the BB. But, I also would like to iso.
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