Well, I finally got onto Cake and made some nasty runs in MTTs but only to get run-down by stupid callers close to the FT. Thrice I busted in 12-15 positions at these MTTs when I was at or above the average stack. Probably I could have waited but the action and cards were such that I had to make a stand but the idiots wanted to make a stand too against the person who was playing TAG.
This one guy to my left was mad that I was open shoving some hands and wanted me to learn more tricks. I did give him an earful and he kept going at it. All said, close to the FT and even in chips he calls my SB allin(A8) in BB with Q2o (!!!!) and rivers the flush with 2h. Well you could be mad that ppl open shove but risk your stack with any two cards against an even stack. It just baffled me how he made that call! And the races at other MTTs were - pushed with KJs from MP to A4o(BB) and busted. And the last one was when I pushed on the button with A8 only for the BB to call with KJs and bust with two Ks on board. Deja Vu!!
The whole while I played at 0.50/1 NL and at the end of all tournaments made like 100 after buying in for $30. Not a bad deal. The games seemed real soft. The MTTs are fun until one gets into the last 20 or 30 remaining when the sharks remain and I gotta learn this stretch real fast if I dream to crack open one of these MTTs. So wish me good luck, so that the next time I post it would be about taking down an MTT at Cake!!
Monday, October 26, 2009
AC - II
I apologize for the late posts. Been tied up a lot more than I had imagined.
Live tourneys are so much fun! A hand from the tourney I played at Taj. This guy in BB (20K) sported a PS cap. Couple of limpers in MP and I limped on the button with A3.(300/600 - 10K chips). The blinds complete and the flop is 778. Checked around I bet 1800, BB makes the call and rest fold. Turn is A, he makes the forward motion to collect his chips and push and I hold up my stack to shove it. He retracts and I check, river is K and after more drama he pushes and I insta-call he shows down 89 and asks me how I bet with A3 on that flop and how I can call the river. I told him if he had made the move on the turn i would have thought about it but not on the river. It was way simple, the basics of TELLS!!
Guy in MP open shoves for 6K(200/400) and a guy I know who plays good reshoves for 11k. In BB with 9K in chips I wake up with red queens and cursing aloud I muck telling them what I folded. The reshove guy is aghast how I folded QQ and shows KK. The first shover had AJs and made the nuts on turn. Well I seemed to have got a hold of how to make the big laydowns!
Live tourneys are so much fun! A hand from the tourney I played at Taj. This guy in BB (20K) sported a PS cap. Couple of limpers in MP and I limped on the button with A3.(300/600 - 10K chips). The blinds complete and the flop is 778. Checked around I bet 1800, BB makes the call and rest fold. Turn is A, he makes the forward motion to collect his chips and push and I hold up my stack to shove it. He retracts and I check, river is K and after more drama he pushes and I insta-call he shows down 89 and asks me how I bet with A3 on that flop and how I can call the river. I told him if he had made the move on the turn i would have thought about it but not on the river. It was way simple, the basics of TELLS!!
Guy in MP open shoves for 6K(200/400) and a guy I know who plays good reshoves for 11k. In BB with 9K in chips I wake up with red queens and cursing aloud I muck telling them what I folded. The reshove guy is aghast how I folded QQ and shows KK. The first shover had AJs and made the nuts on turn. Well I seemed to have got a hold of how to make the big laydowns!
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