Key Hands from Slump Breaking SnG - Plz Critique

[rubixstreub]

Key hands I’d like to discuss in my latest SnG
Sorry, I don’t have exact hand #’s but you can tell lvl’s from the blinds
I’ll label them for reference for later discussion. Sorry, no converter for Pokerroom yet....

HAND 1:
Seat 1: stretch68 ($1,480 in chips)
Seat 2: thevegas66 ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 3: dude10x ($800 in chips)
B Seat 4: dillionaire5 ($1,570 in chips)
SB Seat 5: twotone309 ($2,210 in chips)
BB Seat 6: kimmie_P ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 7: streubie [10S,10D] ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 8: malas36 ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 9: xxxstraight7 ($1,480 in chips)
Seat 10: Frank Bones ($1,460 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
twotone309 posts blind ($10), kimmie_P posts blind ($20).

PRE-FLOP
streubie calls $20, malas36 folds, xxxstraight7 folds, Frank Bones calls $20, stretch68 folds, thevegas66 folds, dude10x bets $100, dillionaire5 calls $100, twotone309 folds, kimmie_P folds, streubie calls $80, Frank Bones folds.

FLOP [board cards 8D,3S,10C ]
streubie checks, dude10x bets $300, dillionaire5 bets $600, streubie bets $1,400 and is all-in, dude10x calls $400 and is all-in, dillionaire5 calls $800.

TURN [board cards 8D,3S,10C,2D ]

RIVER [board cards 8D,3S,10C,2D,4C ]

SHOWDOWN
streubie shows [ 10S,10D ]
dude10x shows [ JS,JH ]
dillionaire5 shows [ 7H,7D ]
streubie wins $1,400, streubie wins $2,450.

SUMMARY
Dealer: dillionaire5
Pot: $3,850
stretch68, loses $0
thevegas66, loses $0
dude10x, loses $800
dillionaire5, loses $1,500
twotone309, loses $10
kimmie_P, loses $20
streubie, bets $1,500, collects $3,850, net $2,350
malas36, loses $0
xxxstraight7, loses $0
Frank Bones, loses $20

Limped in, caught the nuts and after 2 raises I thought it’d be worth risking my stack to take a stab at these jokers. Paid off.

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HAND 2:
Seat 1: stretch68 ($1,480 in chips)
Seat 2: thevegas66 ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 4: dillionaire5 ($70 in chips)
B Seat 5: twotone309 ($2,200 in chips)
SB Seat 6: kimmie_P ($1,480 in chips)
BB Seat 7: streubie [QH,QD] ($3,850 in chips)
Seat 8: malas36 ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 9: xxxstraight7 ($1,480 in chips)
Seat 10: Frank Bones ($1,440 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
kimmie_P posts blind ($10), streubie posts blind ($20).

PRE-FLOP
malas36 calls $20, xxxstraight7 folds, Frank Bones calls $20, stretch68 folds, thevegas66 calls $20, dillionaire5 bets $70 and is all-in, twotone309 folds, kimmie_P bets $110, streubie bets $300, malas36 folds, Frank Bones folds, thevegas66 folds, kimmie_P calls $200.

FLOP [board cards 8H,7H,9D ]
kimmie_P checks, streubie bets $800, kimmie_P calls $800.

TURN [board cards 8H,7H,9D,6C ]
kimmie_P checks, streubie bets $500, kimmie_P calls $360 and is all-in.

RIVER [board cards 8H,7H,9D,6C,8S ]

SHOWDOWN
streubie shows [ QH,QD ]
dillionaire5 shows [ 3S,AD ]
kimmie_P shows [ AH,AS ]
streubie wins $140, kimmie_P wins $2,820, kimmie_P wins $270.
SUMMARY
Dealer: twotone309
Pot: $3,230
stretch68, loses $0
thevegas66, loses $20
dillionaire5, loses $70
twotone309, loses $0
kimmie_P, bets $1,480, collects $3,090, net $1,610
streubie, bets $1,620, collects $140, net -$1,480
malas36, loses $20
xxxstraight7, loses $0
Frank Bones, loses $20

This was the very next hand after I hit my nut set. I think I played this okay, although my flop bet was a little strong just to get a read, but I wanted to push him out if he was drawing for A or K. I was prepared to call him all-in if he reraised, but looking back that would have been dumb- I had a stack and I got cocky. This wont be the last time he slow played aces this game.

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HAND: 3
BB Seat 1: stretch68 ($1,245 in chips)
Seat 2: thevegas66 ($760 in chips)
Seat 5: twotone309 ($3,745 in chips)
Seat 6: kimmie_P ($2,580 in chips)
Seat 7: streubie [2H,AH] ($1,835 in chips)
B Seat 8: malas36 ($2,185 in chips)
SB Seat 9: xxxstraight7 ($2,650 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
xxxstraight7 posts blind ($50), stretch68 posts blind ($100).

PRE-FLOP
thevegas66 folds, twotone309 folds, kimmie_P folds, streubie bets $300, malas36 folds, xxxstraight7 folds, stretch68 folds.

SHOWDOWN
streubie wins $450.
SUMMARY
Dealer: malas36
Pot: $450
stretch68, loses $100
thevegas66, loses $0
twotone309, loses $0
kimmie_P, loses $0
streubie, bets $300, collects $450, net $150
malas36, loses $0
xxxstraight7, loses $50

First in, looking back this was probably reckless this early, but it worked. Lvl 4 blinds, time to steal? Probably want to do this with A8s or better… what do you guys think?

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Hand 4:
Seat 1: stretch68 ($1,095 in chips)
B Seat 2: thevegas66 ($2,440 in chips)
SB Seat 5: twotone309 ($3,545 in chips)
BB Seat 6: kimmie_P ($1,910 in chips)
Seat 7: streubie [KS,QS] ($1,985 in chips)
Seat 8: malas36 ($2,185 in chips)
Seat 9: xxxstraight7 ($1,840 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
twotone309 posts blind ($50), kimmie_P posts blind ($100).

PRE-FLOP
streubie bets $300, malas36 folds, xxxstraight7 folds, stretch68 folds, thevegas66 folds, twotone309 folds, kimmie_P calls $200.

FLOP [board cards 7D,4C,4D ]
kimmie_P checks, streubie bets $700, kimmie_P calls $700.

TURN [board cards 7D,4C,4D,AS ]
kimmie_P checks, streubie checks.

RIVER [board cards 7D,4C,4D,AS,9S ]
kimmie_P checks, streubie checks.

SHOWDOWN
kimmie_P shows [ KD,5D ]
streubie shows [ KS,QS ]
streubie wins $2,050.
SUMMARY
Dealer: thevegas66
Pot: $2,050
stretch68, loses $0
thevegas66, loses $0
twotone309, loses $50
kimmie_P, loses $1,000
streubie, bets $1,000, collects $2,050, net $1,050
malas36, loses $0
xxxstraight7, loses $0

Okay, this was by far the controversial hand I played. Let me explain. I’ve seen this guy play out only 2 hands, but slow playing aces. He’s been calling a lot, especially big bets on the flop, folding to smaller bets on the River. I’ve established myself as a tight player, throwing big bets with good hands. I figure he plays real tight, premium cards, but he’s quick to fold if he doesn’t hit. I’m looking to go over his head betting the pot on the flop. He calls and I figure I’m up against Aces again and this is going to be an uphill battle from here on out. When the Ace hits I’m ready to fold against any action. I never would have guessed he’d call a 700 bet on a draw. How would anyone else played this out?

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HAND 5:
Seat 1: stretch68 ($2,165 in chips)
Seat 2: thevegas66 ($995 in chips)
B Seat 5: twotone309 ($4,240 in chips)
SB Seat 6: kimmie_P ($620 in chips)
BB Seat 7: streubie [7S,7C] ($2,190 in chips)
Seat 8: malas36 ($2,850 in chips)
Seat 9: xxxstraight7 ($1,940 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
kimmie_P posts blind ($150), streubie posts blind ($300).

PRE-FLOP
malas36 calls $300, xxxstraight7 folds, stretch68 folds, thevegas66 folds, twotone309 folds, kimmie_P folds, streubie checks.

FLOP [board cards 7H,JS,9S ]
streubie checks, malas36 bets $300, streubie bets $1,890 and is all-in, malas36 folds.

SHOWDOWN
streubie wins $2,940.
SUMMARY
Dealer: twotone309
Pot: $2,940
stretch68, loses $0
thevegas66, loses $0
twotone309, loses $0
kimmie_P, loses $150
streubie, bets $2,190, collects $2,940, net $750
malas36, loses $600
xxxstraight7, loses $0

Too strong? I figured I’d rather take a $1,000 pot right there than risking the flush to draw out. Had this been a rainbow I would have given a modest reraise hoping to confuse him.

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HAND 6:
Seat 1: stretch68 ($2,165 in chips)
Seat 2: thevegas66 ($995 in chips)
Seat 5: twotone309 ($4,240 in chips)
B Seat 6: kimmie_P ($470 in chips)
SB Seat 7: streubie [JC,JD] ($2,940 in chips)
BB Seat 8: malas36 ($2,250 in chips)
Seat 9: xxxstraight7 ($1,940 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
streubie posts blind ($150), malas36 posts blind ($300).

PRE-FLOP
xxxstraight7 folds, stretch68 calls $300, thevegas66 folds, twotone309 folds, kimmie_P bets $470 and is all-in, streubie calls $320, malas36 calls $170, stretch68 calls $170.

FLOP [board cards 9S,3S,KD ]
streubie checks, malas36 checks, stretch68 checks.

TURN [board cards 9S,3S,KD,QD ]
streubie checks, malas36 checks, stretch68 checks.

RIVER [board cards 9S,3S,KD,QD,10C ]
streubie checks, malas36 checks, stretch68 checks.

SHOWDOWN
streubie shows [ JC,JD ]
malas36 mucks cards [ AH,7C ]
stretch68 mucks cards [ AC,8D ]
kimmie_P mucks cards [ KS,QS ]
streubie wins $1,880.
SUMMARY
Dealer: kimmie_P
Pot: $1,880
stretch68, loses $470
thevegas66, loses $0
twotone309, loses $0
kimmie_P, loses $470
streubie, bets $470, collects $1,880, net $1,410
malas36, loses $470
xxxstraight7, loses $0

This was the very next hand again. I think this may have been my 2nd poorest play. I wanted to raise this, but people were starting to get desperate and making all-in moves. I also didn’t want to seem too aggressive playing 2 consecutive hands strong from these positions. Didn’t want a coinflip. I felt way out of position especially with 2 callers ahead of me. Now my buddy yelled at me for not betting the river but here’s why. There are four of us in this hand, and this is a very tight table. I didn’t want to see anyone show AJ. Maybe I’m a p**sy, but I’m vary wary of hitting straights that aren’t the nuts. And being out of position, I figured I was lucky to make it this far holding onto JJ.

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HAND 8:
B Seat 1: stretch68 ($2,490 in chips)
SB Seat 5: twotone309 ($3,990 in chips)
BB Seat 7: streubie [9S,10C] ($1,700 in chips)
Seat 9: xxxstraight7 ($6,820 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
twotone309 posts blind ($300), streubie posts blind ($600).

PRE-FLOP
xxxstraight7 folds, stretch68 bets $1,200, twotone309 folds, streubie bets $1,100 and is all-in, stretch68 folds.

SHOWDOWN
streubie wins $3,200.
SUMMARY
Dealer: stretch68
Pot: $3,200
stretch68, loses $1,200
twotone309, loses $300
streubie, bets $1,700, collects $3,200, net $1,500
xxxstraight7, loses $0

Granted I haven’t posted the full tourney report, so you can’t see what I was dealt prior, but trust me it wasn’t pretty. I was getting total rainbow rags and I couldn’t survive another go around. I was ready for a lopsided coin flip and just pray. On 2nd inspection it looks like he was just looking to steal the blinds and he wasn’t willing to risk his tourney life. Any comments?

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HAND 9:
Seat 1: stretch68 ($1,290 in chips)
Seat 5: twotone309 ($3,690 in chips)
Seat 7: streubie [QC,7D] ($3,200 in chips)
Seat 9: xxxstraight7 ($6,820 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
streubie posts blind ($300), xxxstraight7 posts blind ($600).

PRE-FLOP
stretch68 folds, twotone309 folds, streubie bets $900, xxxstraight7 folds.

SHOWDOWN
streubie wins $1,800.
SUMMARY
Dealer: twotone309
Pot: $1,800
stretch68, loses $0
twotone309, loses $0
streubie, bets $1,200, collects $1,800, net $600
xxxstraight7, loses $600

The very next hand… Seems overly risky especially against the chip leader… I don’t think I would do it again…. Right or wrong?

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HAND 10:
BB Seat 1: stretch68 ($1,290 in chips)
Seat 5: twotone309 ($3,690 in chips)
B Seat 7: streubie [9H,7C] ($3,800 in chips)
SB Seat 9: xxxstraight7 ($6,220 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
xxxstraight7 posts blind ($400), stretch68 posts blind ($800).

PRE-FLOP
twotone309 folds, streubie bets $1,600, xxxstraight7 folds, stretch68 folds.

SHOWDOWN
streubie wins $2,800.
SUMMARY
Dealer: streubie
Pot: $2,800
stretch68, loses $800
twotone309, loses $0
streubie, bets $1,600, collects $2,800, net $1,200
xxxstraight7, loses $400

The very next hand… okay, this really seems reckless and I swear I don’t remember doing it. These guys are all playing very tight, but three consecutive blind steals. I know I wouldn’t pull this crap again.

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HAND 11:
Seat 1: stretch68 ($180 in chips)
Seat 5: twotone309 ($4,000 in chips)
Seat 7: streubie [AS,10S] ($5,000 in chips)
Seat 9: xxxstraight7 ($5,820 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
stretch68 bets $180 and is all-in, twotone309 posts blind ($800).

PRE-FLOP
streubie bets $5,000 and is all-in, xxxstraight7 folds, twotone309 folds.

FLOP [board cards 5S,9S,JD ]


TURN [board cards 5S,9S,JD,4C ]


RIVER [board cards 5S,9S,JD,4C,5D ]


SHOWDOWN
streubie shows [ AS,10S ]
stretch68 shows [ 8D,3H ]
streubie wins $5,440, streubie wins $540.
SUMMARY
Dealer: xxxstraight7
Pot: $5,980
stretch68, loses $180
twotone309, loses $800
streubie, bets $5,000, collects $5,980, net $980
xxxstraight7, loses $0

Basically I wanted to isolate this all-in. Twotone is my buddy, so I knew he wouldn’t call and anything short of AA or KK the chip leader wouldn’t risk an auto 3rd if I beat him.

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HAND 12:
Seat 7: streubie [9S,KC] ($5,680 in chips)
Seat 9: xxxstraight7 ($9,320 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
xxxstraight7 posts blind ($500), streubie posts blind ($1,000).

PRE-FLOP
xxxstraight7 bets $1,500, streubie calls $1,000.

FLOP [board cards QD,5C,3S ]
streubie checks, xxxstraight7 bets $1,000, streubie bets $3,680 and is all-in, xxxstraight7 folds.

SHOWDOWN
streubie wins $8,680.
SUMMARY
Dealer: xxxstraight7
Pot: $8,680
streubie, bets $5,680, collects $8,680, net $3,000
xxxstraight7, loses $3,000

Okay, I’m posting this hand to pat myself on the back (or get flamed), but this is probably my first honest big play/heads-up read ever- and is really the turning point against this guy. At this point he’s taken a number of the last pots and I’m looking weak. Looking back, calling his preflop raise was probably a bad idea, yes? Discuss. So I check after thinking a while. He starts to think…. And takes a while. I realize varying decision speed is an advanced play to trap, but I didn’t think this guy was advanced. He thought about the raise and then bet the minimum at me. Immediately I reraise all in. I hope this makes all you veterans chuckle, but you’re little boy Rubix13 is growing up so fast. He folds. Best bluff of my poker career (it’s not a very long career).

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HAND 13:
Seat 7: streubie [QH,10C] ($9,680 in chips)
Seat 9: xxxstraight7 ($5,320 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
xxxstraight7 posts blind ($500), streubie posts blind ($1,000).

PRE-FLOP
xxxstraight7 calls $500, streubie bets $2,500, xxxstraight7 bets $4,320 and is all-in, streubie calls $1,820.

FLOP [board cards 3H,QC,7C ]


TURN [board cards 3H,QC,7C,8S ]


RIVER [board cards 3H,QC,7C,8S,JH ]


SHOWDOWN
xxxstraight7 shows [ JS,KS ]
streubie shows [ QH,10C ]
streubie wins $10,640.
SUMMARY
Dealer: xxxstraight7
Pot: $10,640
streubie, bets $5,320, collects $10,640, net $5,320
xxxstraight7, loses $5,320

I know it worked for me, but was this an okay play overall. Q10o, not very strong, but worth a raise… should I have folded? Probably a bad call.

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Overall this was one of the tightest tables I’ve played at the $5 buy-in. I was very happy to see better play instead of the usual All-in game of attrition. This was my first time in the money after a 5 game slump and my first first in quite a long time. I thought I played pretty well, but I still need a lot of improvement. Please criticize. Thank you.

[JCMG]

Hand 1: The JJ guy had an excuse but wth was the 77 guy in there, nice pot

Hand 2: Riding on the crest of a wave, we've all been there, at least you learnt a bit about this guy and got a read on him. (maybe flop bet was a bit big)

Hand 3: I wouldn't like to steal until at least the next level and with a better kicker, but you got away with it, so props.

Hand 4: Yeah, not much to say here, don't know what he was doing calling 700, either of you might have repped the A.

Hand 5: I would of just tried to not give him pot odds and hope really, but your's was a good choice and probably the most sensible.

Hand 6: Bet the river...a small bet would give you information...even if someone reraised me I would probably call.

[fjuanl]

Hand 1 : I dont mind the limp from UTG this early, as long as your only playing for a set. If you want to get serious with this hand, raise it to $100

Hand 2 : I doubt I'd be able to let this hand go...but if you study the HH, he played it exactly like aces. Just a small re-raise after the guy when in, then just a call when you raise it to 300. Then he smooth calls again on the flop, this time for probably half his stack. At this point you cant really expect anything other than AA, KK or any of the pocket pairs that make a set.

Hand 3 : Don't give yourself stealing hand requirements. Let the situation decide for you. There are 2 players to act after you, and they both can be considered middle stacked. If they both play tight, this play is profitable with most any cards.

Hand 4 : Don't bet so much on the flop. You can figure out if he has a hand just with a 3/4 or 1/2 pot bet. That will save you a lot in the long run. You put out 700 with king high and get called, your pretty pot commited; only 800 left into a $2000 pot. You lucked out on this hand, this guy should have folded it to you on the flop(or preflop). Against a halfway decent opponent, your going broke here.

Hand 5 : A limp from UTG most of the time is a fairly strong hand, I would guess 2 face cards. When he comes out firing on the flop, you want to get as much chips as possible. If you know he's aggressive and he'll come after you on the turn, I wouldn't mind just calling on the flop. Then you could check raise him on the turn for all your chips.

Hand 6 : You have to reraise preflop here. You dont want weak Ax, Kx to get in cheap.

Hand 8 : Nothing wrong with moving in with 9T, your waaay behind in chips, not to mention you only have a little over 2BB.

Hand 9 : A little risky, I dont ususally like to mess with the bigstack unless I have a hand.

Hand 11 : Why would you risk your tournament when you dont need to? If your getting called, it will probably be AQ, AK, AA, KK, QQ, leaving you dead. I don't mind just doing the ususal minraise to 1600, that way if they fold you can actually show that your not raising with complete trash. (since stretch is all in)

Hand 12 : By no means is calling preflop a bad play. Heads up K9o is above average. With the blinds at 500/1000, you cant just wait for premium hands.

Hand 13 : Obviouslly you woulndt want to put in 5000 with QT, but it isnt as bad as it sounds. Limping his hand was weak, and with QT and I think a raise is a good play (depeding on how much he completes) The push seemed like a desperation move, like he just wants to see if he can get lucky with a marginal hand. Since it only costs 1800 more to get an almost 10000 pot, you have to call.

[TLR]

Hand#1: I dont like playing TT out of position with two other players, Any overcard hitting the board is a scare card for you, I would consider folding preflop. I would also not go all in on the flop, I would call hoping for a raise from the 1st guy, if there is no raise I would go AI on the turn.

Hand#2: Shit happens

Hand#3: I think it is a bit too early to steal, especailly with a weak hand like A2

Hand#4: Dont like your play here, sorry. The PFR was OK, although I would sometime limp with KQ from early position. The flop bet was aggressive and pretty much had you pot comitted, I would not have bet so much, probably 400-500.
Once you bet the flop and checked the turn when the A hit you were asking for him to bluff, if I was him I would raise you here with anything.

Hand#5: I would have bet the flop, I would not want anybody drawing on me on this board, once you check and got raised I think the AI was fine

Hand#6: Bet the river

Hand#8: You did not have much choice