Some hands from tonight ($11)

[bjsaust]

On advice from a friend, trying out multitabling the $11 normals. I'm 4 tabling which isnt many for some, but for me it messes with my reads a fair bit. Heres some hands from tonight I'm not sure about:

Hand 1

This guy had been completing a lot, and I'd been letting him more than usual. The one time I pushed over earlier he called with 66 and his hand held up. Is this a good spot to push over?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero (t9104)
Button (t4396)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6, J.
Button calls t200, Hero raises to t9079



Hand 2

Villian has been raising very loosely, but dont have a good feel for how loose he's calling, a fair bit tighter than his raising range. Hows all of this hand?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (4 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

BB (t4770)
Hero (t2300)
Button (t4065)
SB (t2365)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
Hero raises to t400, 2 folds, BB calls t250.

Flop: (t875) , , (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t650, BB raises to t4370, Hero calls t1250 (All-In).

Hand 3

Man, I know I played this one badly myself looking at it, question is what line should I take on the flop?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (4 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

Hero (t3525)
Button (t5800)
SB (t1730)
BB (t2445)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
Hero raises to t500, Button calls t500, 2 folds.

Flop: (t1300) , , (2 players)
Hero bets t3025 (All-In)


Hand 4

Without showing you what moron who hates money has, I cant call this right?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (3 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

BB (t632)
Hero (t7623)
SB (t5245)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
Hero raises to t607, SB calls t507, BB calls t407 (All-In).

Flop: (t1571) , , (3 players, 1 all-in)
SB bets t4613 (All-In), Hero folds.

[taipan168]

Hand 1 (J6s) - with effective stacks of greater than 25x BB I just check and play some postflop - particularly if you've been caught shoving light earlier.

Hand 2 (AKs) - I think this is played fine. You're too deep to shove preflop and once you hit your K on the flop, you can't fold against an aggressive (?) opponent. You definitely can't bet/fold this flop so I like it.

Hand 3 (A7o) - just dump this preflop from UTG. You have a couple of problems here a) big stack is on the button so if he calls he has position on you b) BB's stack is such that he can shove over knowing you're NOT priced in to call with a marginal hand.

As played, on the flop I would just c-bet it for 800 or so and see what happens, however with a pair and the nut flush draw I would call a shove. Perversely, I think shoving screams that you are on a draw when a lot of the value from combo draw type hands comes from the fold equity you have. I don't hate it however.

Hand 4 (A6o) - NO way you can call this, if he's moronic enough to shove this (whatever he might have) then you will pwn him HU.

[DetroitHusling101]

Tai , hand 1 BB is 400 , effective stack size is just over 10bbs , or is it me misreading the HH? ,
Hand 1: I prob check , i don't mind though if he has been limp/folding a lot , if he had been previously pushing every hand and suddenly limps , alot of the time it's a trap.
Hand 2: Fine
Hand 3: Fold
Hand 4: Easy fold ,

[bjsaust]

Hand 1 villian began hand with about 11BBs. I wasnt exposed as shoving over that light, I think I had QJo the time I shoved over him and he called with 66.

Hand 3: If I'm folding A7 from UTG on the bubble, what hands from what position can I raise with bigstack on my left?

[taipan168]

Sorry I misread the HH in Hand 1, thought the BB was 200. Since the BB is 400 I don't dislike this as much, but I would probably check and see a flop. If opp was a known limp/folder HU then I'd shove it.

Hand 3: If I'm folding A7 from UTG on the bubble, what hands from what position can I raise with bigstack on my left?

There's no hard and fast rule to say you can't fold A7 from UTG, it's just a personal preference. A lot depends on how the big stack is playing. If he's tight then raising A7 is fine, if he's loose then I'd tighten up to something like 77+, AJ+.

The other issue is that you want something that if SB shoves over you can think about calling with. Obviously if big stack shoves over that's the spot to fold virtually everything except AA and KK and maybe QQ.

[bjsaust]

Yeah, I have (had) no intention of messing with the big stack there, and he hasnt been wielding his bigstack stick that I've noticed. This was fairly early on the bubble so it was somewhat testing the waters out.


Hand 1: Villian did call loose with K2o and I hit my 6 while he only hit his 2.

Hand 2: Villian called loosed here also with Q9o to flop a straight and no Q came to save me and I bubbled.

Hand 3: Bigstack called PF with 88 and obviously called my push, I didnt improve and bubbled.

Hand 4: I folded (agreed easy fold). Moron pushed with 44, shortstack had something like T2 and hit his T on one of the later streets, but it wasnt long before I knocked both of them out.

So 2 bubbles and 2 firsts from the four games. Should have made it ITM on at least 3 though .

[bonaparte]

Hand 1: No I wouldn't push over here. J6s is only in the top 50% of heads up hands. There's a good chance he'll call you only if he has a better hand. No sense doing this push when you have such a big lead on the guy.

Hand 2: The flop is really ugly here. Looks good except that I fold to the all in bet. BB is signaling that he has something pretty good here so I fold and go into push/fold mode.

Hand 3: I probably wouldn't have gotten involved with that hand from UTG. As played the push after to fold is great. You probably have the best hand, and you have 14 outs twice if you don't. I think you fold equity here is high.

Hand 4: You are correct, you cannot call that hand.

Disclaimer: I'm still a NOOB, so take what I say with a grain of salt. I also don't read others responces until after I post so that I don't bias my oppinion. If a few people disagree with me here, it is probably because their right.

[fjuanl]

Hand 3: Without reads on the 2 blinds, I raise pretty wide here. In a situation like this, the SB and BB typically have verry tight re-shoving ranges.

1. Its the bubble
2. Your UTG, most people will give you credit
3. The fact that the short stacks are in the blinds gives you huge leverage. SB is going to play really nitty hoping that if he folds, BB will bust out. If SB folds, BB isnt going to feel desperate knowing theres a smaller stack than his.

There is some concern about the bigstack, but this is such a high probability steal that I don't worry about it much. I'd think about raising up to 50% of my hands depending on how the blinds play