3 hands: early, mid, late ... (55k rebuy)

[donkbee]

Played this tourney for fun and had a really good time. In case you're wondering or concerned though, don't worry, I won't play it again for a while.

Not great at playing rebuy hours, trying to figure them out. Probably half the people at my table didn't rebuy at the very start, and a high percentage of all the hands were limped pots. In this hand, I suppose you would be really surprised if no one had a T at show down, but are the times that no one does worth calling down with a K? Is this something you do during rebuy hour? Obviously the reason I bet that amount on the river was so that I could rebuy when the hand was over.

PokerStars Game #6444455775: Tournament #32353916, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/09/27 - 22:22:58 (ET)
Table '32353916 12' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: freshanclean (1870 in chips)
Seat 2: bern__42 (1710 in chips)
Seat 3: brada-ron (2170 in chips)
Seat 4: RedeyeX (7750 in chips)
Seat 5: courtiebee (2700 in chips)
Seat 6: expert4 (1830 in chips)
Seat 7: Bluff_a_lil (2030 in chips)
Seat 8: kamsa (2660 in chips)
Seat 9: Dogs_Up (1280 in chips)
freshanclean: posts small blind 10
bern__42: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to courtiebee [9d Kc]
brada-ron: folds
RedeyeX: folds
courtiebee: calls 20
expert4: calls 20
Bluff_a_lil: folds
kamsa: calls 20
Dogs_Up: folds
freshanclean: calls 10
bern__42: checks
*** FLOP *** [Kh Tc Ts]
freshanclean: checks
bern__42: checks
courtiebee: checks
expert4: bets 80
kamsa: calls 80
freshanclean: folds
bern__42: folds
courtiebee: calls 80
*** TURN *** [Kh Tc Ts] [5s]
courtiebee: checks
expert4: bets 100
kamsa: raises 300 to 400
courtiebee: calls 400
expert4: folds
*** RIVER *** [Kh Tc Ts 5s] [Ah]
courtiebee: bets 700
kamsa: calls 700


I've got a decent stack here. How do you feel about the push? Is it better to reraise an amount instead? How much? Does a push make it too obvious what I have, and does that matter? I asked someone about this and he said that I want to see all five cards with this hand. Maybe ... but I still don't know if I like it.

Not much for reads on the guy, couldn't really figure him out. He changed gears a lot during the time I sat with him.

PokerStars Game #6446729442: Tournament #32353916, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (800/1600) - 2006/09/28 - 01:27:14 (ET)
Table '32353916 150' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: vovo_leo (19884 in chips)
Seat 2: lilholdem954 (26558 in chips)
Seat 3: Ilwaco (73041 in chips)
Seat 4: MyDads_Mayor (135235 in chips)
Seat 5: Karthur (35260 in chips)
Seat 6: speedybell (23957 in chips)
Seat 7: BSpanza (24184 in chips)
Seat 8: courtiebee (56090 in chips)
Seat 9: V12Pilot (11100 in chips)
vovo_leo: posts the ante 75
lilholdem954: posts the ante 75
Ilwaco: posts the ante 75
MyDads_Mayor: posts the ante 75
Karthur: posts the ante 75
speedybell: posts the ante 75
BSpanza: posts the ante 75
courtiebee: posts the ante 75
V12Pilot: posts the ante 75
MyDads_Mayor: posts small blind 800
Karthur: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to courtiebee [Kc Ad]
speedybell: folds
BSpanza: raises 3400 to 5000
courtiebee: raises 51015 to 56015 and is all-in


Easy push? We were getting close to the ITM bubble.

PokerStars Game #6446922028: Tournament #32353916, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (1500/3000) - 2006/09/28 - 01:52:20 (ET)
Table '32353916 150' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: vovo_leo (54827 in chips)
Seat 3: Ilwaco (67216 in chips)
Seat 4: MyDads_Mayor (135372 in chips)
Seat 5: iamgod1234 (56850 in chips)
Seat 6: speedybell (58964 in chips)
Seat 7: BSpanza (76491 in chips)
Seat 8: courtiebee (24556 in chips)
Seat 9: Molman (62217 in chips) is sitting out
vovo_leo: posts the ante 150
Ilwaco: posts the ante 150
MyDads_Mayor: posts the ante 150
iamgod1234: posts the ante 150
speedybell: posts the ante 150
BSpanza: posts the ante 150
courtiebee: posts the ante 150
Molman: posts the ante 150
iamgod1234: posts small blind 1500
speedybell: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to courtiebee [6d 6s]
BSpanza: folds
courtiebee:

[LeFou]

1.

he said that I want to see all five cards with this hand

I don't want to see more than 2 (i.e. the hole cards). wtf? As played, okay I guess.

2. I like the push

3. Game's far from over. How about a limp?

[chardrian]

Hand 1 - If you are going to play manaic style - play maniac style and raise or push the flop. You just pussyfooted around until you realized, crap I might as well just bet 700 more so that I can rebuy now.

Hand 2 - really depends on your play style and reads. If you raise to 15k and he then does a stop'n'go are you are going to have to call (his bet will be so small at that point you will be priced in). If he calls and checks the flop you are going to have to push. So deciding whether to raise or to just push there really depends more on what bet you think will just take the pot down for you easiest.

Hand 3 - easy push for me. Limping with 8xBB is retarded.

[LeFou]

Hand 3 - easy push for me. Limping with 8xBB is retarded.

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Seat 8: courtiebee (56090 in chips)
Karthur: posts big blind 1600

[LeFou]

oh, nvm. GG me. Push

[fjuanl]

thats hand 2. hand three is with 1500/3000 blinds

hand 3 i push

[drmcboy]

i know it's a rebuy, but it doesn't mean you should give chips away on the river. check... call if you must on river in hand 1. Any hand you have beat (maybe a PP?) will fold to 700, but maybe he'll bluff with it.

If you really want to play a pot here, I would CR the turn to 1k, then you can just give up unless you spike a FH.

[donkbee]

Hand 3 - easy push for me. Limping with 8xBB is retarded.

I would never limp this here. I folded and then instantly regretted it.

With what range am I pushing here?

[LeFou]

Harrington says hands as weak as T8o are pushable in low M spots. 8BB isn't quite low enough, but consult HOH2 or the book club's discussion of it.

[Sprayed]

With what range am I pushing here?

In EP I wouldn't make this set in stone but ATs&0+, 66+, KQs&o. If you go through the blinds and are back in this position again, I think that you have to consider that you are desperate and throw in suited connectors. Although, if you go through the blinds and folded to you on the button you can push with any two.

I would have pushed 66 there.

[lolzzz_321]

1.)Go ai preflop
2.)Yawn
3.)I would fold, hate small pocket pairs in this position, that being low chip stack realtive to BB and being in early position. I'd rather let the blinds go thru me and push in LP if no one opens in front of me (if you get a chance to). I won't go below 5x BB and would push this if I had a little less chips (<17k), but I think it's close.

[zenbitz]

1) I am not interested in playing TPNK on a KTT board vs. several opponents. Why even call the flop bet? Definitly fold the turn. I could see making a play on the flop and raising

2) I think if you raise here, you may as well push given his stack size. I don't hate a call here with position if the table is tight. It's sorta tricky to play if you miss the flop and he bets.

3) 66 is right on the border, because so many pairs dominate you. But you are happy with the coinflip unless you think you can squeak ITM.

[gus27]

1. push the flop
2. flat call
3. push

[donkbee]

2. flat call

Ew ... why?