(5.50's) Full session for review

[Im_new]

Here are 7 full tourneys for review. This is my last session. I'm probably tilting because of my downswing and I need for it to end immediately. Please feel free to rip them to shreds, piss on them, stomp on them, whatever...

Tourney 1:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/Online-...ment-3944.html

Tourney 2:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/Online-...ment-3945.html
(hand 2= def misclick on flop...)
(hand 8=...just gettin aggressive to see how the blinds are playing against UTG raises)
(hand 11...PLEASE comment on this one!)
(between 35 and 36... I made a slew of mistakes, I'm sure. These weak-tight bubbles ALWAYS screw me up)

Tourney 3:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/Online-...ment-3946.html

Tourney 4:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/Online-...ment-3947.html

Tourney 5:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/Online-...ment-3948.html

Tourney 6:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/Online-...ment-3949.html

Tourney 7:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/Online-...ment-3950.html

I'm going to go through these in a few.

[GatorJH]

I took a look at tourney 6. Below are my comments:

Hand 5 - Just put in a standard raise here. Your stack is big enough to not have to push.

Run the hands that are between hands 6 and 7. There are a couple in there that look like they could be pushes.

Other than that this one just looks like a cooler. The hand where the BB picked up Q's was bad luck and you lost the only race you got into.

When you review these try reviewing them in SNGWIZ as I still think your biggest leak is not maximizing the hands that you can push with.

[mikeneron]

Tourney 7

I don't see anything really wrong with this one.

In Hand 6, you shoved with AT. Not sure if this is a push or not without knowing how your opponents are playing. You won the blinds though

The problem with this tourney is there was still 7 players left when the blinds got to 100/200. I have a problem with this situation as well as you basically need a better hand to push with as there are more players that can call you. So you gotta try and look for spots where you can pick up the blinds...tough spot to be in.

[mikeneron]

Tourney 5
Your only real hand you played perfect...don't worry about the result. You got all the chips in with way the best of it. You were 75% to win on that flop.

Tourney 4 is the same one as Tourney 5

Tourney 3
-Players seemed to like to call a lot of raises preflop in this one.
-In between hands 1&2, you folded 55. There was a raise and then a call. Just wondering how much the raise was here.
-In between hands 2&3, you folded JJ. There was a raise and then a re-raise. Just wondering your reasons for folding here.
-Hand 3: KK vs AA. Always nice when the poker gods reward you with one of these.
-Hand 6: You raised QJ from the SB...was the BB playing pretty tight? Not sure I would make that raise in that spot.
-Hand 7: You folded JJ earlier in a similar spot to this. Maybe others can give their thoughts on this one. I don't see a problem with shoving here, but perhaps this could be a spot where you just call and hope to see a flop? You have 3K in chips and are in good shape.[/u][/b]

[mikeneron]

Tourney 2
-Always nice when it's down to 4 handed by the third level.
-Hand 2: call me a nit, but I am folding AQ this early from this position.
-Hand 4: raise a bit more preflop with that many limpers already in.
-Hand 6: NICE....chump indeed.
-Hand 11: With one player sitting at only 800 chips, this would be a bad call.
-Hand 20: Looks like this guy likes to put out big bets on the flop. I may have just called here to see if he will bet again on the turn.
-In between hands 35&36 you folded 44 from the SB. I think you should just complete here and see a flop. You still have a decent chip stack.
-You play pretty aggressively on the bubble. Don't think I would play this aggressive, but again I'm a nit

[Im_new]

Tourney 5
Your only real hand you played perfect...don't worry about the result. You got all the chips in with way the best of it. You were 75% to win on that flop.

Tourney 4 is the same one as Tourney 5

Tourney 3
-Players seemed to like to call a lot of raises preflop in this one.
-In between hands 1&2, you folded 55. There was a raise and then a call. Just wondering how much the raise was here.
-In between hands 2&3, you folded JJ. There was a raise and then a re-raise. Just wondering your reasons for folding here.
-Hand 3: KK vs AA. Always nice when the poker gods reward you with one of these.
-Hand 6: You raised QJ from the SB...was the BB playing pretty tight? Not sure I would make that raise in that spot.
-Hand 7: You folded JJ earlier in a similar spot to this. Maybe others can give their thoughts on this one. I don't see a problem with shoving here, but perhaps this could be a spot where you just call and hope to see a flop? You have 3K in chips and are in good shape.[/u][/b]

First of all, thanks for all the replies! . You're clearly really really

The JJ hand: There was only one raise there... aI have no idea what I was doing there... that was either a misclick, or I was seriously distracted by something.

Hand 6: I remembered this guy from other tables. He was calling/folding to cbets in bvb play if he didn't hit anything. And when he hit less that TP, he was being pretty passive with it. So if I were called, I was shutting down without improvement of course.

Hand 7: though this is a UTG + re-raise... I can't see myself getting away here. There is a strong chance that if I just call, UTG is coming over top anyway since there are about 1300 chips already in the pot. And I'll be waaay OOP on the flop with a smooth call. What would I do when I A or K hits? I'm screwed in that case lol. I've got the chips + a great hand = shove over.

[zachaser]

Tourney 1:

Hand 4 (88): This is read dependent, as you're playing for half your stack. This is just me, but I'd usually fold up to Tens here, just because I don't wanna be the one accepting a coin flip. I'd much rather make the offer. Also, you have 12 BB's, so you're still in pretty good shape. Note that this isn't a bad play, just weigh your equity of flipping versus waiting for better spots. As played, shove over is fine to isolate.

Hand 5 (JJ): I think this is a perfect spot to just shove over. Reraising isn't bad, but you don't like to see boards like the one you shoved all in on. All in wins the pot a good amount and if you're called you have a great hand.

Hand 6 (KQs): Raise PF is fine, as is the flop bet, shove over is read dependent. Be careful in spots like because you have a lot more to lose than big stack does. You are the middle stack by a wide margin on the pre bubble, you need to play very cautiously against big stacks. As played, shove over is ok, but I'd rather not be in this spot too often.

Hand 8 (44): This is a bit thin with blinds at 50/100. Small stack still has about 8.5 BB's, so he doesn't have to be pushing super wide here. I just fold, if blinds were 75/150 it'd be a lot easier call.

Hand 9(22): I like the aggression, but just fold here on the bubble. Big stack can shove over, making you fold, and you don't really want to call a shove from the short stack with 22.

Hand 10 (22): Same as hand 9. As played, checking behind flop is fine, turn is worth a stab for 1/2-3/4 pot if you think there's a good chance he'll fold. River is fine.

Hand 11 (KK): Fine, you don't mind a little action here. Bet way more on flop, like 7-800. Defends against draws and sets up your turn shove better as well.

Hand 12 (44): I just fold to this particular big stack, as he's shown he's willing to call a lot preflop. As played, cbet is fine.

Hand 15 (57): Cool, I like this play. You've got pair plus OESD, and he can shove over with a lot of crap here, or complete air. Nice river suckout.

Hand 16 (A9): You know your call here on the flop was bad. Blinds are low, there's no need to make these kind of hero calls.

Hand 23 (97): don't really like the turn bet here. This guy's too stupid to realize you're representing a flush.

Hand 26(K4s): I probably raise the donk min bet up, just because it's usually means weakness.

Hand 30 (57): This is definitely a fold against someone who's calling very loose preflop.

Hand 35 (5T): Not a fan of the overbet shove on this flop. He will never call you with worse here, and a normal bet gets him to fold the same hands.

Hand 38 (AQ): Against this guy just shove preflop. As played, you have to fold the flop, even though your overs are clean outs here a good deal of the time.

Just looking at this tournament you're playing fine in the early stages all the way through the bubble. Just remember to adjust to your opponent's playstyle heads up and you'll be fine. You got a little impatient in the heads up battle and you were overaggressive against a loose station in several spots.

[Im_new]

much thanks!

[mikeneron]

Tourney 1:

Hand 6 (KQs): Raise PF is fine, as is the flop bet, shove over is read dependent. Be careful in spots like because you have a lot more to lose than big stack does. You are the middle stack by a wide margin on the pre bubble, you need to play very cautiously against big stacks. As played, shove over is ok, but I'd rather not be in this spot too often.

I think I am leading towards a fold here just because we are raising the by-far chip leader. I would like to leave him alone with 2 players around the 10BB mark. You are in great shape to make the money.

Like zachaser stated, I think in the situation where there is a huge stack and you are comfortably in 2nd with the remaining 2 players around the 10BB mark, you need to tighten up quite a bit and just dump those low pocket pairs. Would anyone just try and limp in with these types of hands and try to hit a set? I would only try this given the situation of this tourney.

Hand 15 (57): Cool, I like this play. You've got pair plus OESD, and he can shove over with a lot of crap here, or complete air. Nice river suckout.

What is this guy thinking pushing all in with a gutshot? I guess you probably knew he could be pushing with anything in this spot...nice result. Looks like he will call whatever you raise as well preflop with any two cards. I am trying to keep pots small until I hit a hand. Should we be raising 4-5x BB preflop with our really good hands when our opponent is calling so openly?