The proper tourney was worth less money than the freeroll....

You think ICM based its a bad fold then? Knowing i can easily make another 2 spots for sure unless getting coolered and by doubling up it will hardly have any impact on my chances vs the chip leader. I would prefer to be doing the shoving with AJ rather than shoving and letting him call me off with a better hand 80% of the time??

Thanks for opinions guys, I eventually folded to which he shows me an A, sighhh but i guess could still be locked! Went on to grind to HU as i thought i could , one reasoning behind my fold as was a really soft table. Came out 2nd after getting a 8:1 chip deficit back to 2:1 and eventually getting it in, with A4 v Q6 and it coming Q high sighhh

No antes and has generally been a very tight table, i eventually folded as there seemed to be better spots to pick up chips with less risk on the table ??

Payouts: (roughly)

1st. £760
2nd. £470
3rd. £310
4th. £190
5th. £150
6th. £110

Stacks, one huge chipleader and then rest of us all between 40k and 70k with chip leader close to 200k...

Playing local live comp in Reigate last night, is a freeroll for everyone tournament winner over the past couple of months. £700 + up top, and theres 6 of us left. Villiain is virtually unknown as he is playing another comp at the same time that is running in the same card room :S and keeps changing between tournaments so no real idea what hes like.

Villain: 50k
Hero: 65k

Blinds are 2k 4k

Villian opens utg + 1 to 13k and is anxiously looking over at the other tournament as its Final table on there too and his blinds are fast approaching. I wake up in the SB with  ....what are peoples opinions on where to take the hand from here??

well i value bet 1175 and the villain i chopped sat nights comp with obv snaps me off with 78 spades...sighhhh

Playing in the £150 at DTD. Early on in comp, so have around 9k with blinds at 50-100. We pick up  in the Hijack and make it 250 to go. Get called by btn, SB and BB. Flop comes  , Villain in SB leads for 300, BB calls, i call with btn folding. Turn brings the  , Sb once again leads for about 550, BB folds, i call thinking he could be leading with 10 J, A 9, 9 10, etc . River is an irrelevant off suit 2, he checks .....value bet here or check behind in case he has led with an 8???

History on player is a guy who has called my 3 bet with9 5 when i have  KK around 50 hands before...peeled on a Q 9 3 board and turned the 5, obv all goes in and he gives me the rub down(standard)



PokerStars Game #65400274482: Tournament #432010631, $8.00+$0.80 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XIX (625/1250) - 2011/08/01 20:02:12 ET
Table '432010631 45' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: PioCowboy (37178 in chips)
Seat 2: Chum 0FF (85464 in chips)
Seat 3: powerhockey (28144 in chips)
Seat 4: topzozi (7068 in chips)
Seat 5: Mattis89 (23184 in chips)
Seat 6: yid_craig (44864 in chips)
Seat 7: wegwijspiet (6620 in chips)
Seat 8: JuniorJ77 (5929 in chips)
Seat 9: donald0404 (20771 in chips)
PioCowboy: posts the ante 150
Chum 0FF: posts the ante 150
powerhockey: posts the ante 150
topzozi: posts the ante 150
Mattis89: posts the ante 150
yid_craig: posts the ante 150
wegwijspiet: posts the ante 150
JuniorJ77: posts the ante 150
donald0404: posts the ante 150
powerhockey: posts small blind 625
topzozi: posts big blind 1250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to yid_craig [ ]
Mattis89: raises 21784 to 23034 and is all-in

Horrible spot in my opinion....opinions?

He may think hes good, but by betting £50 into about £80, i dont think thats for value, my opening range is pretty tight and if i was to ever call his £50 ( which is never going to happen with out stack sizes) it could never be with a hand worse than 66..?

cos its £70 more to him to win like £320 whereas me betting the turn means it would prob be more like £50 to win £80? By checking the turn he now has about £90 invested in the pot so feels like he cant fold, exactly where i want him, whereas by betting the turn even though he is up and down, he may just give up on it?

If your pretty certain hes going to float with mostly any two cards, then surely checking is the best option. It allows him to bluff the turn whereas by betting, he is going to fold a large amount of hands that he may believe is good if we check, ie 77 through 10-10 as well as J-9 10-j etc etc? By betting again with quite a shallow stack, i think this looks uber stong?

In this hand, i checked the turn to which he bet out £50, i dwelled and then shoved for around £140 which he snapped me off. The river came the  , and he turned over  for a rivered straight. By betting the turn, there is a strong possibiliy i get him to fold here, which is not what i want, and he has sort of turned his hand into a bluff by betting 50 on the turn into about £60..? Opinions???

JJ utg, sitting with around 80bb, villain to my direct left, is a work colleague/ fellow dealer! I raise to 12 utg with  , and get snap called by villain and one other complete fish! Flop (£40)      so basically the nut flop for my hand. I'm 1st to act and see checking as looking suspect so bet out £19 knowing villain is very likely to float me here, he calls and other guy folds. The turn is the  which isn't the best turn card but very unlikely he can have gone ahead in he hand. What lines do you guys see as he correct play FTP
Here as to leading out again, checking to trap, inducing etc? Thanks il let you know the outcome once I hear a response

My point is I know his range is so wide here, hence the reason I have 4 bet him putting him in a spot where the only way he can really shove is with a 10 which is unlikely or with 66? Do you not agree that the 4 bet is my only option once he has check raised me??

Its an extremely dry board though to check back...a C bet should get through like 80% of the time IMO, hes calling with Q7 Q8 pre etc, and hes going to just check fold a lot of the time. I just think that for him to raise me shows its virtually impossible for him to have the 10 as at this sort of standard, he would just check call to trap me! For this reason, i made it 16450 to go, leaving myself around 15k which he snap went all in, leading to my sighhh and muck