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I was playing a microstakes tourney the other day (90player) and managed to win it. Though I myself thought I was a lucky sh*t as I weren't 100% sure on what I was doing on particular hands. Here was one of the important hands in the tournament where I doubled up...


Seat 1: spideysense0 (10,799)
Seat 2: lenantais51 (6,600)
Seat 3: gingernut1 (8,934)
Seat 4: watergod (14,196)
Seat 5: BANKO005 (15,006)
Seat 6: bartonbuilt (4,440)
Seat 7: OnTheCards (17,704)
Seat 8: Nibbit (9,806)
Seat 9: wnmca-john (7,220)

bartonbuilt posts the small blind of 250
OnTheCards posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to OnTheCards [ Aspades Kd]
Nibbit folds
wnmca-john calls 500
spideysense0 calls 500
lenantais51 folds
gingernut1 folds
watergod folds
BANKO005 folds
bartonbuilt raises to 1,000
OnTheCards raises to 17,654, and is all in
wnmca-john folds
spideysense0 has 15 seconds left to act
spideysense0 calls 10,249, and is all in
bartonbuilt calls 3,390, and is all in
OnTheCards shows [ Aspades Kd]
spideysense0 shows [Ts Js]
bartonbuilt shows [6c 6s]
Uncalled bet of 6,905 returned to OnTheCards
*** FLOP *** [Ad Jd 4c]
*** TURN *** [Ad Jd 4c] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [Ad Jd 4c 8h] [4h]
OnTheCards shows two pair, Aces and Fours
spideysense0 shows two pair, Jacks and Fours
OnTheCards wins the side pot (12,718) with two pair, Aces and Fours
bartonbuilt shows two pair, Sixes and Fours
OnTheCards wins the main pot (14,120) with two pair, Aces and Fours
bartonbuilt stands up
spideysense0 stands up

I don't understand why the J10s calls me. I myself thought It was awful to push J10 there but is it legit?


Seat 1: ZR3000 (18,022)
Seat 2: autotech777 (8,715)
Seat 3: gingernut1 (11,264)
Seat 4: watergod (17,821)
Seat 5: BANKO005 (18,715)
Seat 7: OnTheCards (35,593)
Seat 8: Nibbit (8,664)
Seat 9: wnmca-john (16,381)

OnTheCards posts the small blind of 500
Nibbit posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to OnTheCards [ Ad Kh]
wnmca-john folds
ZR3000 raises to 2,000
autotech777 folds
gingernut1 has 15 seconds left to act
gingernut1 folds
watergod folds
watergod: hey autotech
BANKO005 raises to 4,600
OnTheCards has 15 seconds left to act
OnTheCards raises to 35,468, and is all in
Nibbit folds
ZR3000 folds
BANKO005 calls 13,990, and is all in
OnTheCards shows [ Ad Kh]
BANKO005 shows [Tc Ts]
BANKO005: i have to
Uncalled bet of 16,878 returned to OnTheCards
*** FLOP *** [9h Jc Ks]
watergod: i liked the out come of that hand rather then the 5 ball on the river
*** TURN *** [9h Jc Ks] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [9h Jc Ks 7s] [3c]
OnTheCards shows a pair of Kings
BANKO005 shows a pair of Tens
OnTheCards wins the pot (41,180) with a pair of Kings
BANKO005 stands up

I think I get a little excited when looking up at AK, but I don't really want to be in the situation where he re-raises my cont bet after missing the flop.

Also....


Seat 1: ZR3000 (20,412)
Seat 3: gingernut1 (13,089)
Seat 4: watergod (22,760)
Seat 7: OnTheCards (50,769)
Seat 8: Nibbit (9,764)
Seat 9: wnmca-john (18,381)

ZR3000 posts the small blind of 600
gingernut1 posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to OnTheCards [ Td 7d]
watergod folds
OnTheCards raises to 3,200
Nibbit raises to 9,614, and is all in
wnmca-john folds
ZR3000 folds
gingernut1 folds
OnTheCards calls 6,414
Nibbit shows [8h 8s]
OnTheCards shows [ Td 7d]

Some guy flamed me for calling him but I thort it was totally okay (taking into account stack size)...

Sorry for the long and boring post, and to the few of you that get this far thanks in advance for any advice you could give. I'm only a small stakes player and am somewhat poker newbie so go easy. :)

Thanks.

I like your game here.

Hand 1 i probs raise to like 3,875 - 4,225 rather than a massive jam, but i play Hands 2 and 3 exactly the same.

I like your line in hand 3. The raise to 3,200 is sweet and the call taking account stack sizes is standard.

WP in the win - you can probs stake your bro for a couple of low buy in MTTs. 60/40 you tho obv.

Yeah your brother will hate the first hand - he was slating someone yesterday for the exact same thing.

I prob wouldn't have  raised with the T7s but once you have, I think you have to call the shove. 

The AK hand, nowt much wrong

Congrats on the win ;applause;

I think this is pretty good son. Shows you are starting to understand pot odds and positional agression.

Hand 1 is a tough call and yes i flamed some cock yesterday for doing it but i think the circumstances are slightly different here.

Most important thing being the buy in size $3. This has a pretty huge impact on how you play AK. In a $200 tournament  you will rarely be called by a worse hand for a shove of 30bb with AK. In a $3 KO tournament you will regularly be called by a worse hand.

Also take into account the chip stack sizes of other players and i think it makes shoving AK here the right move.

I just want to say well done on raising with the 10 7. You have a stack and use it...top man.