I’m really upset at myself for spewing off my stack in the 4-max. It’s such a fun tournament, especially in the early stages when everyone is really deep and trying to play loose aggressive. Many otherwise good tournament players are just clueless about playing wide ranges super-deep and seem to think that being deep is a justification for never folding anything preflop and that being shorthanded is a justification for never folding anything ever. So of course what do I decide to do but run some huge bluff. I accidentally left $6 behind, which in this case didn’t affect anything since Villain snap-shoved over my river bet and presumably had the nuts (I probably should have called just to see his hand, though I did run the $6 up to the $72 before getting bad beat!). I think in theory this is a fine line, but the way people were playing in this tournament he might not even fold like two-pair.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, 215 Tournament, 15/30 Blinds (4 handed) – PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (Button) (t4313)
SB (t7167)
BB (t4705)
UTG (t3795)
Hero’s M: 95.84
Preflop: Hero is Button with K♠, 8♠
1 fold, Hero bets t60, SB raises to t160, 1 fold, Hero calls t100
Flop: (t350) Q♣, 8♣, J♥ (2 players)
SB bets t250, Hero raises to t666, SB calls t416
Turn: (t1682) 10♣ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t888, SB calls t888
River: (t3458) 6♠ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t2593, SB raises to t5186, Hero folds
Total pot: t8644
Results:
SB didn’t show
Outcome: SB won t8644
Unfortunately in the $100 second-chance I got a guy who actually plays a lot of deep-stacked 6-max cash games at my table, so that was a bummer because he knew what he was doing. It still went well for me though until I lost a big flip (Villain was not the aforementioned cash game player, but this is still a clear shove):
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, 109 Tournament, 100/200 Blinds 25 Ante (4 handed) – PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
BB (t19826)
UTG (t10722)
Hero (Button) (t16550)
SB (t21734)
Hero’s M: 41.38
Preflop: Hero is Button with A♦, K♥
UTG bets t400, Hero raises to t999, SB raises to t3000, 2 folds, Hero raises to t16525 (All-In), SB calls t13525
Flop: (t33750) 9♠, Q♣, 2♥ (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (t33750) 8♠ (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t33750) 4♣ (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: t33750
Results:
Hero had A♦, K♥ (high card, Ace).
SB had Q♦, Q♥ (three of a kind, Queens).
Outcome: SB won t33750