$3 R/A ITM...

[revolvingiris]

I don't play many R/A but I thought I would jump into this one to get some experience. I played pretty LAGG during the rebuy and then tightened up once over with a marginal stack. I actually didnt get a great rebuy table, everyone was VERY tight (A majority of the table was 20/15 or less). All advice is welcome

http://www.flopturnriver.com/Online-...ment-4221.html

[mcatdog]

I won't go into the rebuy period but it's all pretty brutal, where did you get the idea that it's good to play like this?

Hand 26 - You can bet 2K on that flop and take it down often enough, lots of good double barrel cards too

Hand 29 - No need to get fancy on this board, just bet the turn mang.

Hand 31 - I'd usually bet flop or raise turn but this is fine I guess, but I might fold preflop unless he's bad.

Hand 32 - Opener is so short that you should definitely just flat the raise preflop. I don't understand why you played the 99 so slow but not here? This is a way better spot to call and trap. Don't you want to get action from worse hands instead of scaring them away?

Hand 36 - This is fine you're a little deep to jam it in preflop and you have position, but I wouldn't fault you for 3betting and calling a shove.

A 9 SB (M = 13.72; f+f+f+f+f+r+F) - This is pretty damn nitty. Post teh hand please.

Hand 38 - why not 3bet, you're button vs CO and he gets it in with worse for sure.

Hand 42 - bad. I prefer a limp behind but the raise is not horrible I guess, on the turn I'd definitely bet way less or just check. What are you even trying to accomplish by betting that big on the turn?

Hand 43 - 4x raise is overkill and really bad. Like the AA hand before, stop scaring away worse hands.

Hand 47 - this is a fold unless the dude is really loose.

[revolvingiris]

Thanks for the replies! I have a tone of respect for your game. Thanks for taking the time to review.

H 29- I wasn't getting fancy here. I was checking because I thought he might have just caught. I was going into check call mode, unless I obv. spike a boat.

H 31- I was calling for set value. I knew villain to be a very aggressive player and figured if I could spike I would be able to get a lot of chips. Out of position, I am folding here.

H 38- I could have popped him back here, maybe its a little tight to just call. But I did this for two reasons. A) I didn't want to race off my stack if he comes back over the top of me. B) for pot control. Villain has enough to bust me and Im not willing to gamble my stack with AKs when its not needed. If I 3x-4x his bet, I have committed myself for his re-push. Im not folding if I do reraise. I just didnt think the risk was worth it at this point.

H 42- This is my mistake hand for the tourny. I got lost in what I was doing and just spewed chips. I agree, bad...

H 43- I 4x this because the hand right before I showed down 4xing with 44. I figured people would have thought it was a weak raise and would be more inclined to pop me back. This was just my thinking, doesnt mean it was the correct play.

H 47- he was pretty loose but the more I look at this. The more I realize it should have been a fold. It wasnt even 10k for him to call, he was getting over 2.5-1 and was invested. I had some folding equity but he snapped called and I should have assumed this. At best I was a race against a gambling player. No way he was folding here...


About the A9o hand, Im at work and dont have the HH with me at time of this replay. When I get off, Ill throw it up here.

[revolvingiris]

PokerStars Game #20329659356: Tournament #106780782, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (800/1600) - 2008/09/11 18:01:00 ET
Table '106780782 301' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: ixi0n (71082 in chips)
Seat 2: treesfull (24348 in chips)
Seat 3: tnapoleao (50775 in chips)
Seat 4: BAGAAK (24435 in chips)
Seat 5: jocafeca1 (91518 in chips)
Seat 6: revolvingIRS (17725 in chips)
Seat 7: broce4 (16385 in chips)
Seat 8: dolphins_525 (25085 in chips)
Seat 9: reggie2303 (27612 in chips)
ixi0n: posts the ante 150
treesfull: posts the ante 150
tnapoleao: posts the ante 150
BAGAAK: posts the ante 150
jocafeca1: posts the ante 150
revolvingIRS: posts the ante 150
broce4: posts the ante 150
dolphins_525: posts the ante 150
reggie2303: posts the ante 150
treesfull: posts small blind 800
tnapoleao: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to revolvingIRS [9s Ad]
BAGAAK: folds
jocafeca1: folds
revolvingIRS: folds
broce4: folds
dolphins_525: raises 1600 to 3200
reggie2303: folds
ixi0n: calls 3200
treesfull: folds
tnapoleao: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kd Th 5s]
dolphins_525: bets 3200
ixi0n: calls 3200
*** TURN *** [Kd Th 5s] [2h]
dolphins_525: bets 6400
ixi0n: calls 6400
*** RIVER *** [Kd Th 5s 2h] [5h]
dolphins_525: checks
ixi0n: bets 20800
dolphins_525: folds
Uncalled bet (20800) returned to ixi0n
ixi0n collected 29350 from pot
ixi0n: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 29350 | Rake 0
Board [Kd Th 5s 2h 5h]
Seat 1: ixi0n (button) collected (29350)
Seat 2: treesfull (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: tnapoleao (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: BAGAAK folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: jocafeca1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: revolvingIRS folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: broce4 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: dolphins_525 folded on the River
Seat 9: reggie2303 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[mcatdog]

That's a different hand, the hand I'm talking about the blinds were 400/800 and you folded to a button raise. The hand you just posted is close to a shove but not quite, fold is good.

[revolvingiris]

Sorry, here is the correct one.

PokerStars Game #20328302474: Tournament #106780782, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (400/800) - 2008/09/11 17:07:18 ET
Table '106780782 301' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: oohcharlie (16170 in chips)
Seat 2: 6-bullets (16004 in chips)
Seat 3: tnapoleao (46825 in chips)
Seat 4: BAGAAK (39560 in chips)
Seat 6: revolvingIRS (24700 in chips)
Seat 7: broce4 (22610 in chips)
Seat 8: lady129 (33245 in chips)
Seat 9: reggie2303 (35535 in chips)
oohcharlie: posts the ante 75
6-bullets: posts the ante 75
tnapoleao: posts the ante 75
BAGAAK: posts the ante 75
revolvingIRS: posts the ante 75
broce4: posts the ante 75
lady129: posts the ante 75
reggie2303: posts the ante 75
revolvingIRS: posts small blind 400
broce4: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to revolvingIRS [Ad 9s]
lady129: folds
reggie2303: folds
jocafeca1 is connected
oohcharlie: folds
6-bullets: folds
tnapoleao: folds
BAGAAK: raises 800 to 1600
revolvingIRS: folds
broce4: calls 800
*** FLOP *** [Ac Jc 4h]
broce4: bets 20935 and is all-in
BAGAAK: folds
Uncalled bet (20935) returned to broce4
broce4 collected 4200 from pot
broce4: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4200 | Rake 0
Board [Ac Jc 4h]
Seat 1: oohcharlie folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: 6-bullets folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: tnapoleao folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: BAGAAK (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: revolvingIRS (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: broce4 (big blind) collected (4200)
Seat 8: lady129 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: reggie2303 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[mcatdog]

That's fine then, the stacks are deep enough that there's nothing you can do here.