Maybe I haven’t forgotten how to play tournaments altogether? I went into yesterdays’ session resolved not to LAG off too many stacks in my tournaments, and while I didn’t entirely keep that pledge, I did play a pretty disciplined game in the Stars $300. To wit:
MP (t127213)
Hero (CO) (t79552)
Button (t84040)
SB (t67653)
BB (t142860)
UTG (t76565)
Hero’s M: 15.15
Preflop: Hero is CO with Q
, Q
UTG bets t5575, 1 fold, Hero raises to t12222, 2 folds, BB raises to t32500, 2 folds
Total pot: t32769
UTG was by far the most active player at the table, and I’d been 3-betting him quite a bit on the final table bubble. Here I was going to fist-pump-snap-call if he shoved, but the cold 4-bet from the much tighter BB sent me packing without much thought.
Immediately after that hand, I was moved to the other table, where I made this slightly more questionable fold:
UTG (t226479)
MP (t160520)
Button (t42353)
SB (t213820)
Hero (BB) (t61025)
Hero’s M: 12.21
Preflop: Hero is BB with 9, A
1 fold, MP calls t2500, 1 fold, SB calls t1250, Hero checks
Flop: (t8750) 9
, 7, 8 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP bets t7500, 1 fold, Hero folds
Total pot: t8750
This might be a bit too tight, but my thinking was that this guy’s limp was a little suspicious to begin with (remember, I am brand new to the table, so no read), and I don’t think he’s potting it with just anything. In particular, I’m not sure how many worse pairs/weak draws are in his pre-flop limping range, and I don’t think he’s betting with air. Even if I am ahead of his betting range, I don’t think I’m ahead of his range for calling a check-shove, and the hand will be tough to play if I just check-call. Maybe I should have led out?
Anyway, I went on to make the final table only to be eliminated in 9th when my 77 lost to AKs all in preflop.
Well done.
How many runners? What was payout?
Just over 400 runners, my cut of the prize pool was something like $2700.