playin ss deep

[ripjohngotti]

I get dealt k/qs 2nd position one limper brand new to table. blinds are 300 150 ..

so after it passes me id be about 1500.


I push get called by a/8 and 10 10 , flop is 98j, x,a

i miss all my outs and go out of tourney..

earlier i passed up aq which i wouldnt of it flop and 44 to a raiser...

i probably shoulda waited until after blinds..eveyrone post ur deep SS tourney info on this topic..

thanks

[JeffreyGB]

Play position a lot more. Push pots that have no limpers when you're in late position (in a lot of cases regardless of the cards). You definitely do not want to play KQ against a limper with the entire table left to act. With 2000 and 300/150 blinds, you're not nearly desperate enough for this.

I really wonder about passing up AQ and then pushing here. What were the specifics of the AQ hand? Dropping 44 to a raiser is ok, though in some cases so is pushing.

In general, position trumps cards. However if there are others in the pot before you, cards are a bit more necessary (reads will suffice against limpers; cards are needed against raises). I'd look for 99+/AJ+ if I'm expecting cards to matter. Possibly higher than that if facing a raise. Again, with no action before me in late position, every few orbits I'll make moves with any two (the frequency of this is determined by stack sizes and reads of the players still to act, esp. those in the blinds).