Trimmed $16 for review

[taipan168]

If anybody has time to look over this that would be great. Particularly interested to see whether I was being too aggro when I went from hero to zero from Hand 12 onwards.

The Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) was developed by JeffreyGB at http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com.

---Statistics---
Data for 51 hands.
You played 14 hands (27.45%).
You raised 8 times preflop (15.69%).




-----Hand 1-----
Hero's M = 50.00
PokerStars Game #6888459023: Tournament #35126116, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/11/04 - 07:20:34 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '35126116 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: guet24 (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: NASTEE_BET (1500 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: xlr8s13 (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: alesanre (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: feldo (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: Bloomer (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: pilawyer1 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: BluntRubble (1500 in chips)
NASTEE_BET: posts small blind 10
Hero: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [2h As]
xlr8s13: folds
alesanre: folds
feldo: folds
Bloomer: folds
pilawyer1: calls 20
BluntRubble has timed out
BluntRubble: folds
BluntRubble is sitting out
guet24: folds
NASTEE_BET: calls 10
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [Kd Ah 9s]
BluntRubble has returned
NASTEE_BET: bets 20
Hero: calls 20
pilawyer1: raises 40 to 60
NASTEE_BET: calls 40
Hero: folds
*** TURN *** [Kd Ah 9s] [Kc]
NASTEE_BET: bets 20
pilawyer1: calls 20
*** RIVER *** [Kd Ah 9s Kc] [Ad]
NASTEE_BET: checks
pilawyer1: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
NASTEE_BET: shows [7c Ks] (a full house, Kings full of Aces)
pilawyer1: shows [9c 9d] (a full house, Nines full of Aces)
NASTEE_BET collected 240 from pot

[7c 3h] SB (M=48.67; f+f+f+f+f+f+c+F)
[5s Kc] BU (M=48.33; f+f+f+c+f+f+F)
[Ad 8h] CO (M=48.33; f+f+f+f+f+F)
[9d 4c] CO-1 (M=48.33; f+c+f+c+F)
[5c 3c] MP2 (M=32.22; f+f+c+F)
[9h Jd] MP1 (M=32.22; f+f+F)

-----Hand 2-----
Hero's M = 32.22
PokerStars Game #6888496213: Tournament #35126116, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/11/04 - 07:29:09 (ET)
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Table '35126116 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: guet24 (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: NASTEE_BET (2130 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (1450 in chips)
Seat 4: xlr8s13 (1280 in chips)
Seat 5: alesanre (1470 in chips)
Seat 6: feldo (1615 in chips)
Seat 7: Bloomer (1510 in chips)
Seat 8: pilawyer1 (1355 in chips)
Seat 9: BluntRubble (1190 in chips)
BluntRubble: posts small blind 15
guet24: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Qh Ad]
NASTEE_BET: calls 30
Hero: raises 90 to 120
xlr8s13: folds
alesanre: folds
feldo: folds
Bloomer: folds
pilawyer1: folds
BluntRubble: raises 1070 to 1190 and is all-in
guet24: folds
NASTEE_BET: folds
Hero: folds
BluntRubble collected 300 from pot
BluntRubble: doesn't show hand


-----Hand 3-----
Hero's M = 29.56
PokerStars Game #6888499577: Tournament #35126116, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/11/04 - 07:29:55 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '35126116 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: guet24 (1470 in chips)
Seat 2: NASTEE_BET (2100 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (1330 in chips)
Seat 4: xlr8s13 (1280 in chips)
Seat 5: alesanre (1470 in chips)
Seat 6: feldo (1615 in chips)
Seat 7: Bloomer (1510 in chips)
Seat 8: pilawyer1 (1355 in chips)
Seat 9: BluntRubble (1370 in chips)
guet24: posts small blind 15
NASTEE_BET: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [7c 7d]
Hero: calls 30
xlr8s13: folds
alesanre: folds
feldo: folds
Bloomer: calls 30
pilawyer1: folds
BluntRubble: raises 1340 to 1370 and is all-in
guet24: folds
NASTEE_BET: folds
Hero: folds
Bloomer: folds
BluntRubble collected 135 from pot
BluntRubble: shows [Th Tc] (a pair of Tens)

[Td 8d] BB (M=17.33; r+f+f+f+f+f+f+f+F)
[7d Ks] SB (M=16.67; f+f+f+f+r+f+f+F)
[8h 2c] BU (M=16.33; f+f+c+f+c+f+F)

-----Hand 4-----
Hero's M = 16.33
PokerStars Game #6888515777: Tournament #35126116, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/11/04 - 07:33:40 (ET)
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Table '35126116 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: guet24 (1680 in chips)
Seat 2: NASTEE_BET (2045 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: Hero (1225 in chips)
Seat 4: xlr8s13 (930 in chips)
Seat 5: alesanre (1420 in chips)
Seat 6: feldo (1615 in chips)
Seat 7: Bloomer (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: pilawyer1 (1205 in chips)
Seat 9: BluntRubble (1900 in chips)
alesanre: posts small blind 25
feldo: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Jd Kd]
Bloomer: folds
pilawyer1: folds
BluntRubble: folds
guet24: folds
NASTEE_BET: folds
Hero: raises 100 to 150
xlr8s13: folds
alesanre: folds
feldo: folds
Hero collected 125 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand


-----Hand 5-----
Hero's M = 17.33
PokerStars Game #6888517872: Tournament #35126116, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/11/04 - 07:34:09 (ET)
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Table '35126116 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: guet24 (1680 in chips)
Seat 2: NASTEE_BET (2045 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: Hero (1300 in chips)
Seat 4: xlr8s13 (930 in chips)
Seat 5: alesanre (1395 in chips)
Seat 6: feldo (1565 in chips)
Seat 7: Bloomer (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: pilawyer1 (1205 in chips)
Seat 9: BluntRubble (1900 in chips)
feldo: posts small blind 25
Bloomer: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [2d 2c]
pilawyer1: calls 50
BluntRubble: folds
guet24: folds
NASTEE_BET: folds
Hero: calls 50
xlr8s13: folds
alesanre: folds
feldo: calls 25
Bloomer: checks
*** FLOP *** [Kd 4d Js]
feldo: checks
Bloomer: checks
pilawyer1: checks
Hero: checks
*** TURN *** [Kd 4d Js] [2h]
feldo: checks
Bloomer: checks
pilawyer1: checks
Hero: bets 150
feldo: folds
Bloomer: folds
pilawyer1: calls 150
*** RIVER *** [Kd 4d Js 2h] [8h]
pilawyer1: checks
Hero: bets 250
pilawyer1: folds
Hero collected 500 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

[4c Ac] MP2 (M=21.33; f+f+f+F)
[Js 7h] MP1 (M=10.67; f+f+F)
[Qs 3d] UTG+1 (M=10.67; f+F)
[Tc Ad] UTG (M=10.67; F)

-----Hand 6-----
Hero's M = 10.67
PokerStars Game #6888540751: Tournament #35126116, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/11/04 - 07:39:21 (ET)
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Table '35126116 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: guet24 (1480 in chips)
Seat 2: NASTEE_BET (1945 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (1600 in chips)
Seat 4: xlr8s13 (930 in chips)
Seat 5: alesanre (1345 in chips)
Seat 6: feldo (2520 in chips)
Seat 7: Bloomer (1730 in chips)
Seat 9: BluntRubble (1950 in chips)
NASTEE_BET: posts small blind 50
Hero: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Th 8d]
xlr8s13: folds
alesanre: folds
feldo: folds
Bloomer: folds
BluntRubble: folds
guet24: folds
NASTEE_BET: calls 50
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ah Kh 7d]
NASTEE_BET: checks
Hero: checks
*** TURN *** [Ah Kh 7d] [Jc]
NASTEE_BET: checks
Hero: bets 150
NASTEE_BET: folds
Hero collected 200 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

[4h 5s] SB (M=11.33; f+f+f+f+r+f+F)
[2d Jd] BU (M=7.33; f+f+f+r+f+F)
[Qc 3c] CO (M=7.33; f+f+f+r+F)
[6s Kc] MP2 (M=7.33; c+f+f+F)
[6c 4d] MP1 (M=7.33; f+f+F)
[9c 7s] UTG+1 (M=7.33; f+F)
[Kc 8s] UTG (M=7.33; F)

-----Hand 7-----
Hero's M = 5.50
PokerStars Game #6888569883: Tournament #35126116, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/11/04 - 07:45:44 (ET)
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Table '35126116 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: guet24 (1855 in chips)
Seat 2: NASTEE_BET (1920 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (1650 in chips)
Seat 4: xlr8s13 (980 in chips)
Seat 5: alesanre (1120 in chips)
Seat 6: feldo (2295 in chips)
Seat 7: Bloomer (1730 in chips)
Seat 9: BluntRubble (1950 in chips) is sitting out
NASTEE_BET: posts small blind 100
Hero: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Tc Th]
xlr8s13: folds
alesanre: folds
feldo: folds
Bloomer: folds
BluntRubble: folds
guet24: folds
NASTEE_BET: raises 200 to 400
Hero: raises 1250 to 1650 and is all-in
NASTEE_BET: calls 1250
*** FLOP *** [9c 8d 3s]
*** TURN *** [9c 8d 3s] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [9c 8d 3s Qc] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
NASTEE_BET: shows [7s Ac] (high card Ace)
Hero: shows [Tc Th] (a pair of Tens)
Hero collected 3300 from pot

[7c 6d] SB (M=11.00; f+f+f+f+r+f+F)
[Ks 2h] BU (M=10.67; f+f+f+f+f+F)
[Ks 4d] CO (M=10.67; f+f+f+f+F)
[5s Qs] MP2 (M=10.67; f+f+p+F)
[5s Js] UTG+1 (M=10.67; f+F)
[Kc 6s] UTG (M=10.67; F)
[Tc 9c] BB (M=10.67; f+f+r+f+f+F)
[9s 8s] SB (M=10.00; f+f+f+r+F)
[Ts Ad] BU (M=6.44; f+f+r+F)
[4s 3c] CO (M=6.39; f+f+F)
[8s 7h] MP1 (M=6.33; f+F)
[9c Ks] UTG (M=6.28; F)
[Qh Th] BB (M=6.22; f+f+f+f+r+F)

-----Hand 8-----
Hero's M = 5.72
PokerStars Game #6888602099: Tournament #35126116, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2006/11/04 - 07:52:41 (ET)
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Table '35126116 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: guet24 (3080 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (2575 in chips)
Seat 4: xlr8s13 (1705 in chips)
Seat 6: feldo (2310 in chips)
Seat 7: Bloomer (2605 in chips)
Seat 9: BluntRubble (1225 in chips) is sitting out
All Players post the ante 25
Hero: posts small blind 100
xlr8s13: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Jd Ts]
feldo: folds
Bloomer: folds
BluntRubble: folds
guet24: folds
Hero: raises 2350 to 2550 and is all-in
xlr8s13: folds
Hero collected 550 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

[6s Qs] BU (M=6.44; f+f+f+F)

-----Hand 9-----
Hero's M = 6.39
PokerStars Game #6888607149: Tournament #35126116, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2006/11/04 - 07:53:44 (ET)
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Table '35126116 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: guet24 (3030 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (2875 in chips)
Seat 4: xlr8s13 (3060 in chips)
Seat 6: feldo (805 in chips)
Seat 7: Bloomer (2555 in chips)
Seat 9: BluntRubble (1175 in chips) is sitting out
All Players post the ante 25
feldo: posts small blind 100
Bloomer: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Kh Js]
BluntRubble: folds
guet24: folds
Hero: raises 300 to 500
xlr8s13: folds
feldo: raises 280 to 780 and is all-in
Bloomer: folds
Hero: calls 280
*** FLOP *** [Qh 5d Ks]
*** TURN *** [Qh 5d Ks] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [Qh 5d Ks Kd] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
feldo: shows [5s As] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
Hero: shows [Kh Js] (three of a kind, Kings)
feldo is sitting out
Hero collected 1910 from pot

[8d Ks] UTG (M=9.36; F)

-----Hand 10-----
Hero's M = 9.31
PokerStars Game #6888611063: Tournament #35126116, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2006/11/04 - 07:54:35 (ET)
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Table '35126116 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: guet24 (3205 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (3955 in chips)
Seat 4: xlr8s13 (3010 in chips)
Seat 7: Bloomer (2305 in chips)
Seat 9: BluntRubble (1025 in chips) is sitting out
All Players post the ante 25
guet24: posts small blind 100
Hero: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Td Th]
xlr8s13: raises 600 to 800
Bloomer: folds
BluntRubble: folds
guet24: calls 700
Hero: calls 600
*** FLOP *** [4c 8s 4h]
guet24: checks
Hero: bets 3130 and is all-in
xlr8s13: folds
guet24: folds
Hero collected 2525 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand


-----Hand 11-----
Hero's M = 13.31
PokerStars Game #6888614031: Tournament #35126116, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2006/11/04 - 07:55:12 (ET)
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Table '35126116 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: guet24 (2380 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (5655 in chips)
Seat 4: xlr8s13 (2185 in chips)
Seat 7: Bloomer (2280 in chips)
Seat 9: BluntRubble (1000 in chips) is sitting out
All Players post the ante 25
Hero: posts small blind 100
xlr8s13: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Td 3c]
Bloomer: folds
BluntRubble: folds
guet24: folds
Hero: raises 5430 to 5630 and is all-in
xlr8s13: folds
Hero collected 525 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

[Qd 5h] BU (M=8.21; f+r+F)

-----Hand 12-----
Hero's M = 8.18
PokerStars Game #6888618033: Tournament #35126116, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2006/11/04 - 07:56:02 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '35126116 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: guet24 (3055 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (5930 in chips)
Seat 4: xlr8s13 (1735 in chips)
Seat 7: Bloomer (1830 in chips)
Seat 9: BluntRubble (950 in chips) is sitting out
All Players post the ante 25
Bloomer: posts small blind 200
BluntRubble: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [3s 3h]
guet24: folds
Hero: raises 5505 to 5905 and is all-in
xlr8s13: calls 1710 and is all-in
Bloomer: folds
BluntRubble: folds
*** FLOP *** [4s As 9d]
*** TURN *** [4s As 9d] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [4s As 9d Js] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [3s 3h] (three of a kind, Threes)
xlr8s13: shows [Ad Ac] (three of a kind, Aces)
xlr8s13 collected 4145 from pot

[5d Qs] UTG (M=5.79; F)

-----Hand 13-----
Hero's M = 5.75
PokerStars Game #6888621594: Tournament #35126116, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2006/11/04 - 07:56:46 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '35126116 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: guet24 (3330 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (4170 in chips)
Seat 4: xlr8s13 (4120 in chips)
Seat 7: Bloomer (1580 in chips)
Seat 9: BluntRubble (300 in chips) is sitting out
All Players post the ante 25
guet24: posts small blind 200
Hero: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [4s Kd]
xlr8s13: folds
Bloomer: folds
BluntRubble: folds
guet24: calls 200
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ah Td 8d]
guet24: checks
Hero: bets 600
guet24: calls 600
*** TURN *** [Ah Td 8d] [3s]
guet24: checks
Hero: checks
*** RIVER *** [Ah Td 8d 3s] [Qc]
guet24: bets 800
Hero: folds
guet24 collected 2125 from pot


-----Hand 14-----
Hero's M = 4.34
PokerStars Game #6888624979: Tournament #35126116, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2006/11/04 - 07:57:28 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '35126116 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: guet24 (4430 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero (3145 in chips)
Seat 4: xlr8s13 (4095 in chips)
Seat 7: Bloomer (1555 in chips)
Seat 9: BluntRubble (275 in chips) is sitting out
All Players post the ante 25
Hero: posts small blind 200
xlr8s13: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ts 9h]
Bloomer: folds
BluntRubble: folds
guet24: folds
Hero: raises 2720 to 3120 and is all-in
xlr8s13: calls 2720
*** FLOP *** [2c Qs Ah]
*** TURN *** [2c Qs Ah] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [2c Qs Ah Js] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [Ts 9h] (a pair of Deuces)
xlr8s13: shows [Qd Ac] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
xlr8s13 collected 6365 from pot

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[Da GOAT]

hand 10 i dont like, either fold or push. i think a push is good if your ahead of raisers range, i expect the caller to fold.

hand 11 i just fold pf


everything else is fine, 2 hands you had KJ just shows your opening up your game as it gets on.

[taipan168]

hand 10 i dont like, either fold or push. i think a push is good if your ahead of raisers range, i expect the caller to fold.

I agree, I think I should have just pushed this preflop. TBH I was spooked by the caller, which is why I just flat called with the intention of getting it AI on any undercard (or obv T) flop. I guess the caller just adds some nice overlay making a preflop push over even more attractive.

hand 11 i just fold pf

Normally I would but this guy had been playing super duper tight, I knew his calling range was very tight indeed.

[Da GOAT]

hand 11 i just fold pf

Normally I would but this guy had been playing super duper tight, I knew his calling range was very tight indeed.

if he is really that tight why not just go 3xBB raise.

[taipan168]

hand 11 i just fold pf

Normally I would but this guy had been playing super duper tight, I knew his calling range was very tight indeed.

if he is really that tight why not just go 3xBB raise.

Go mad with the big stack

[Da GOAT]

hand 11 i just fold pf

Normally I would but this guy had been playing super duper tight, I knew his calling range was very tight indeed.

if he is really that tight why not just go 3xBB raise.

Go mad with the big stack

[Lokedog]

well played taipan

only hand i play differently is 10. i agree with goat on the push/fold pf there, and i push that all day unless opp. is overly tight.

[johnny_fish]

I'd shove hands 10-14 preflop.

[TLR]

[Ad 8h] CO (M=48.33; f+f+f+f+f+F) - I would raise it
#11: why risk your entire stack here ? I would fold T3, but if you want to steal raise 3BB
#12: see #11
#14: Same comment, raise 3BB, there are 2 very short stacks, if you raise 3BB and get reraised you can fold and still have enough chips to play

[jimmy44]

I have just 2 comments to the ones added from everyone else.


Hand 1: Why do you call the min bet on the flop? With 2 other guys, there will be a big chance that you'll be facing a bigger Ace. Should you be spending chips on this?

Hand 3: I tend to fold this early position (I limp with pair 88+ if the blinds are not too big from any position). Most of the time we'll face a raise or we'll miss the flop or we'll not make any decent money to compensate. Is this a leak from me?

[taipan168]

Hand 1: Why do you call the min bet on the flop? With 2 other guys, there will be a big chance that you'll be facing a bigger Ace. Should you be spending chips on this?

I take a minbet as a sign that a player is terrible. Terrible players will generally not minbet if they have an ace, so I took this to mean he had Kx or even 9x. If he was going to minbet the turn and river as well I would have called and expected to have had the best hand most of the time. Once the player raises behind me it is time to GTFO obv.

Hand 3: I tend to fold this early position (I limp with pair 88+ if the blinds are not too big from any position). Most of the time we'll face a raise or we'll miss the flop or we'll not make any decent money to compensate. Is this a leak from me?

Early on, I'll limp pocket pairs 22-TT from any position for set value AND call a raise with them provided that it's not more than 7% of my stack to see a flop. I'm still trying to figure out the maths behind this but Lee Jones' book said that this gives you the right implied odds to play for a set. On an aggressive table I'll fold the smaller pocket pairs (22-55) from EP but limp 66-TT.

[taipan168]

[Ad 8h] CO (M=48.33; f+f+f+f+f+F) - I would raise it

I guess I could have, but a) blinds are only 10/20 at this point and b) if somebody flat calls me and an A comes on the flop, there are potentially bad reverse implied odds as I won't know whether my kicker is good.

#11: why risk your entire stack here ? I would fold T3, but if you want to steal raise 3BB

Agreed, this was a bit too reckless

#12: see #11

This one I think is a good push, look at the stack sizes - neither of these guys is going to call me without a monster. Since both their stacks are around 1800, there's not much difference between me pushing and raising to 1200, if I raise to 1200 and they push I'm not folding. If the guy with the 3000 stack had been in front I would have just raised 3x BB.

#14: Same comment, raise 3BB, there are 2 very short stacks, if you raise 3BB and get reraised you can fold and still have enough chips to play

3x BB is like 40% of my stack, can I really just raise and fold if pushed over? If it had been 4-handed with the super short stack sitting out I would have folded this for sure. Plus I didn't think that the 1555 stack was quite short enough to justify folding here. If he had been 1000 or less I probably would have folded.

[TLR]

Taipan wrote:

TLR wrote:
#12: see #11

This one I think is a good push, look at the stack sizes - neither of these guys is going to call me without a monster. Since both their stacks are around 1800, there's not much difference between me pushing and raising to 1200, if I raise to 1200 and they push I'm not folding. If the guy with the 3000 stack had been in front I would have just raised 3x BB.

You are correct, my bad

TLR wrote:
#14: Same comment, raise 3BB, there are 2 very short stacks, if you raise 3BB and get reraised you can fold and still have enough chips to play

3x BB is like 40% of my stack, can I really just raise and fold if pushed over? If it had been 4-handed with the super short stack sitting out I would have folded this for sure. Plus I didn't think that the 1555 stack was quite short enough to justify folding here. If he had been 1000 or less I probably would have folded.

If you fold you still have 2000 stack, not great, but 3rd biggest stack and deep enough to have some fold equity even from the big stacks

[TLR]

Taipan wrote:

TLR wrote:
[Ad 8h] CO (M=48.33; f+f+f+f+f+F) - I would raise it

I guess I could have, but a) blinds are only 10/20 at this point and b) if somebody flat calls me and an A comes on the flop, there are potentially bad reverse implied odds as I won't know whether my kicker is good.

Most likely scenario is you pick up either 30 chips or 70 if BB calls and folds to c-bet. You may lose 60 if he comes over the top or 100 if he comes over your c-bet.

However there are 2 small benefits to raising here
1. Usually at the $16 1-2 opponents are actually paying attention, it is to your benenfit to appear less tight then you actually are
2. It gives you some indication to how fierceful the blinds are when you try to steal, some people just cant stand having their blinds stolen, and call with pretty much anything

[vqc]

Taipan
when its folded to you in the CO or button in the early blind levels (10/20, 15/30, sometimes even 25/50) you should start opening up your game ALOT and pick on those blinds, especially if your good postflop.

A8 is definitely in that raising range.

[taipan168]

Taipan
when its folded to you in the CO or button in the early blind levels (10/20, 15/30, sometimes even 25/50) you should start opening up your game ALOT and pick on those blinds, especially if your good postflop.

A8 is definitely in that raising range.

But I suck postflop!

[vqc]

Taipan
when its folded to you in the CO or button in the early blind levels (10/20, 15/30, sometimes even 25/50) you should start opening up your game ALOT and pick on those blinds, especially if your good postflop.

A8 is definitely in that raising range.

But I suck postflop!

O...
nevermind then
=P
haha

ur def better postflop then most fo the players at the 16s.

[MuddyWicket]

I struggle there as well. Most players seem to call a 3x raise by somone in late position early in a game with almost anything because it is a relatively small portion of their stack and also because they are sucking stations. This leaves me in a minefield postflop becuase it is hard to say what hand they have. I'm much happier stealing when the blinds are bigger.

Recently, I have found it to be a lot easier being tight as a clam for the first two rounds giving me a chance to watch the opposition and work out the table. I hate being stuck against a player not knowing what to do because I have no idea of who they are.