some plays I made today... thoughts?

[zenbitz]

Early middle of a MTT, ~700 out of 2000 remaining.


NL Hold'em Trny:6823520 Level:5 Blinds (50/100) - Friday, October 29, 18:36:35 EDT 2004
Table Multi-Table(119056) Table #32 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: heflima ( $920 )
Seat 2: zenbitz ( $1135 )
Seat 3: stitches13i ( $370 )
Seat 9: calbearsfan ( $1400 )
Seat 7: Cdub2k ( $4390 )
Seat 8: jjcrapgame ( $4235 )
Seat 6: wolfys ( $1345 )
Seat 10: horryclutch ( $1065 )
Seat 4: barrydister ( $4910 )
Seat 5: philabp ( $1945 )
Trny:6823520 Level:5
Blinds (50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to zenbitz [ Tc Ts ]
Cdub2k folds.
jjcrapgame calls [100].
calbearsfan folds.
horryclutch folds.
heflima folds.
zenbitz raises [500].
stitches13i folds.
barrydister folds.
philabp folds.
wolfys folds.
jjcrapgame raises [1100].
zenbitz is all-In.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3s, 9h, 2d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jh ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qh ]
Results in white

jjcrapgame shows [ Ks, As ] high card ace.
zenbitz shows [ Tc, Ts ] a pair of tens.
jjcrapgame wins 65 chips from side pot #1 with high card ace.
zenbitz wins 2420 chips from the main pot with a


Was it too risky to push with 10s in this position? jj is loose passive.
My bet of 500 was... silly. 5xBB good, buy 1/2 stack, bad. As soon as I bet it, I knew he was going to push me all-in (good move, with AKs!) Won the crap shoot, luckily.

3 hands later....

NL Hold'em Trny:6823520 Level:6 Blinds (75/150) - Friday, October 29, 18:39:51 EDT 2004
Table Multi-Table(119056) Table #32 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: heflima ( $920 )
Seat 2: zenbitz ( $2420 )
Seat 3: stitches13i ( $370 )
Seat 9: calbearsfan ( $1200 )
Seat 7: Cdub2k ( $2545 )
Seat 8: jjcrapgame ( $2950 )
Seat 6: wolfys ( $3440 )
Seat 10: horryclutch ( $1065 )
Seat 4: barrydister ( $4910 )
Seat 5: philabp ( $1895 )
Trny:6823520 Level:6
Blinds (75/150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to zenbitz [ Qc Kc ]
horryclutch folds.
heflima folds.
zenbitz calls [150].
stitches13i is all-In.
barrydister folds.
philabp calls [370].
wolfys folds.
Cdub2k folds.
jjcrapgame calls [295].
calbearsfan folds.
zenbitz folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kd, Ah, Tc ]
jjcrapgame checks.
philabp checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9h ]
jjcrapgame checks.
philabp checks.
** Dealing River ** [ 9d ]
jjcrapgame checks.
philabp bets [275].
jjcrapgame folds.

Results in white

philabp shows [ Ac, 8c ] two pairs, aces and nines.
stitches13i shows [ Ks, Th ] two pairs, kings and tens.
Player stitches13i finished in 769 place
philabp wins 275 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, aces and nines.
philabp wins 1410 chips from the main pot with two pairs, aces and nines.

Again, Smooth call seemed not great, but I was too early to PFR on the raise, I folded because I was so out of position, and figured to be dominated. When the short stack when all-in I was sure some greedy bastard would call him, and I didn't like KQ multi-way in a raised pot, even suited.

[zenbitz]

Then this boner:
***** Hand History for Game 1116189250 *****
NL Hold'em Trny:6823520 Level:6 Blinds (75/150) - Friday, October 29, 18:51:43 EDT 2004
Table Multi-Table(119056) Table #32 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: zenbitz ( $2045 )
Seat 9: calbearsfan ( $750 )
Seat 7: Cdub2k ( $3182 )
Seat 8: jjcrapgame ( $3275 )
Seat 6: wolfys ( $2263 )
Seat 10: horryclutch ( $3030 )
Seat 4: barrydister ( $4460 )
Seat 5: philabp ( $2935 )
Seat 3: hayesmeking ( $5975 )
Seat 1: Rickan8tor ( $2790 )
Trny:6823520 Level:6
Blinds (75/150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to zenbitz [ Ac Qc ]
zenbitz raises [300].
hayesmeking calls [300].
barrydister folds.
philabp raises [900].
wolfys folds.
Cdub2k folds.
jjcrapgame folds.
calbearsfan folds.
horryclutch folds.
Rickan8tor folds.
zenbitz folds.
hayesmeking calls [600].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, Kc, Jh ]
hayesmeking checks.
philabp bets [425].
hayesmeking folds.
philabp does not show cards.
philabp wins 2750 chips

Again, out of position, somewhat short stacked. I probably should have called, I could have bailed on that flop, but I was worried that the original caller would put me all-in

[a500lbgorilla]

Alright hand 1 is fine, pushing in that spot is a gamble but so is poker. You can't fold tens when you're getting to be a shorter stack. The next hand: if you're going to limp, you are going to raise and since you weren't going to raise, you shouldn't limp just fold and chalk it up to bad position and not that strong of a hand (especially if you get played back at).

The third hand, you're playing AQs too weak. If you raise to 450 or 600, anyone planning on making it 900 to go now has to either call your raise or push all in (or fold). You can fold to the allin if you've got a read and think you can find a better spot with your stack. Flat calling would be a small mistake becuase he would be the agressor and a follow through bet will get you to fold, so 2/3 of the time when you miss a pair you're letting go of the hand -900 chips. So you're decision to fold instead of call was acceptable given the circumstances. An interesting note: he made it 900 to go preflop then bet 450 on the flop. This play seems to be a forced sign of weakness meaning he flopped something wicked and wanted to get someone to try raise him off.

-'rilla

[zenbitz]

Ah, I was missing a CRITICAL piece of strategy - you can only be raised (minimum) what you have raised. I guess I knew that, but knowing it and applying it are different things.