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i am crusing at the moment top 3 stack about 15 runners left and i am building up chips without many hands
this i raise MP with a suited broadway ace and get shoved on
if i fold i can get the chips back at a later date hopefull without running into a cold deck
but i am +EV over the guys range with includes pairs down too 44 and QJs+ K9s+ A6o+

PokerStars Hand #101882279911: Tournament #765463567, $6.42+$0.58 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2013/07/25 21:11:09 WET [2013/07/25 16:11:09 ET]
Table '765463567 3' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Keona478 (9002 in chips)
Seat 2: keegon (4350 in chips)
Seat 3: Ironside (6250 in chips)
Seat 5: Mentality135 (3255 in chips)
Seat 6: ozzy_x_79 (3451 in chips)
Seat 7: KarlOlaaav (5082 in chips)
Seat 9: Pagasses... (5961 in chips)
Keona478: posts the ante 25
keegon: posts the ante 25
Ironside: posts the ante 25
Mentality135: posts the ante 25
ozzy_x_79: posts the ante 25
KarlOlaaav: posts the ante 25
Pagasses...: posts the ante 25
Pagasses...: posts small blind 150
Keona478: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Ironside [Ac Jc]
keegon: folds
Ironside: raises 300 to 600
Mentality135: folds
ozzy_x_79: raises 2826 to 3426 and is all-in
KarlOlaaav: folds
Pagasses...: folds
Keona478: folds
Ironside:

another hand i am not sure i am playing right

PokerStars Hand #101883338637: Tournament #765471710, $6.42+$0.58 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (200/400) - 2013/07/25 21:30:59 WET [2013/07/25 16:30:59 ET]
Table '765471710 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: 10domen10 (1122 in chips)
Seat 3: Alligator717 (10215 in chips)
Seat 4: TauruswOw (2614 in chips)
Seat 5: Ironside (9507 in chips)
Seat 6: NSStefan (5495 in chips)
Seat 7: Chipzee (3390 in chips)
Seat 8: Flavone (3135 in chips)
Seat 9: clu178 (4383 in chips)
10domen10: posts the ante 25
Alligator717: posts the ante 25
TauruswOw: posts the ante 25
Ironside: posts the ante 25
NSStefan: posts the ante 25
Chipzee: posts the ante 25
Flavone: posts the ante 25
clu178: posts the ante 25
TauruswOw: posts small blind 200
Ironside: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Ironside [Ac Jd]
NSStefan: folds
Chipzee: folds
Flavone has timed out
Flavone: folds
Flavone is sitting out
clu178: folds
10domen10: folds
Alligator717: raises 400 to 800
TauruswOw: folds
Ironside: raises 1000 to 1800
Flavone has returned
Alligator717: calls 1000
*** FLOP *** [8c 2c 8h]
Ironside: checks
Alligator717: checks
*** TURN *** [8c 2c 8h] [2d]
Ironside: checks
Alligator717: bets 1500
Ironside: calls 1500
*** RIVER *** [8c 2c 8h 2d] [6s]
Ironside: checks
Alligator717: checks

Scenario one) you have to be playing bb effective, although ICM you need to take into account if you feel you are ahead of their range and still have 10bb to play with after call. its opponent & stack specific but in this example not only are you ahead of his range (In Your Opinion) but if you lose you have 10bb still which is still enough. In certain spots vs other chipleaders then you fold but people have to call the shorties and longterm it will be +ev given this instance IMO


2) Again its down to your reads on the table, i am never 3 betting for value here just for bluffs or if we can outplay postflop. In this instance since you rep a biggish pair/AK/AQ sort of hand would be worth the c bet with the flush draw as they will fold a good % where they have no equity, if we check we have to fold to any bet and aim to check down but we are oop so would prefer bet/fold flop

Hand one: if you're sure that's his reshoving range then we are literally burning money by doing anything but calling.

If you're plan is to raise a lot and try to steal (and I'm thinking it should be), then you have to remember that we have to be prepared to call off wider vs the players that are going to adjust to us, otherwise we will end up getting massively exploited!

Hand 2: probs bet flop and evaluate, there will be sooooo much in the middle by the turn I might be tempted to do something funky.  If you're cbet gets raised / shoved over then we probs have to go away.

ok hand 1 he turned up with 88 i dont think its bottom of his range
players will 3b very wide around the time of the bubble as they think
people wont call and risk missing out

hand 2 i wanted pot control and didnt think he would do anything stupid with our stacks think there was about 18 players left
so had average stacck for when we hit the money he turned up with AQ for the split i suppose i could of repped a bigger pair on flop and turn

just didnt want too walk into a trap

Sometimes they will be trapping but it's a risk you have to take.  If they do trap, just make a note and move on. 

Hand 1 is opponent specific and we can go either way. I think your range for villain is far too wide readless and if this is their range it is a very clear call.

Hand 2- I am pretty much never 3 betting with this specific hand oop without history.Your hand is way too strong to fold but not strong enough to 3b/call in these games. Just peel and play down the streets as a default line.

As played got to cbet this flop (and loads of others)

this is why i have such wide ranges for 3betting
as there calling range is huge surely a 3 bet range is bigger

PokerStars Hand #101932230359: Tournament #765995994, $6.42+$0.58 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2013/07/27 0:24:01 WET [2013/07/26 19:24:01 ET]
Table '765995994 5' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Ironside (2900 in chips)
Seat 2: lyentje (4228 in chips)
Seat 3: rosko58 (1675 in chips)
Seat 4: firio3 (1735 in chips)
Seat 5: hotjenny314 (1025 in chips)
Seat 6: santydany (2969 in chips)
Seat 7: Tony MYJ (1352 in chips)
Seat 8: Markov_1074 (1235 in chips)
Seat 9: Donkin8or (2650 in chips)
lyentje: posts small blind 100
rosko58: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Ironside [Qc Ad]
firio3: calls 200
hotjenny314: folds
santydany has timed out
santydany: folds
santydany is sitting out
Tony MYJ: folds
Markov_1074: folds
Donkin8or: calls 200
santydany has returned
Ironside: raises 2700 to 2900 and is all-in
lyentje: folds
rosko58: folds
firio3: folds
Donkin8or: calls 2450 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (250) returned to Ironside
*** FLOP *** [Kd Td 5d]
*** TURN *** [Kd Td 5d] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [Kd Td 5d 4h] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Donkin8or: shows [7d 7s] (a pair of Sevens)
Ironside: shows [Qc Ad] (high card Ace)
Donkin8or collected 5800 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5800 | Rake 0
Board [Kd Td 5d 4h 6h]
Seat 1: Ironside (button) showed [Qc Ad] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 2: lyentje (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: rosko58 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: firio3 folded before Flop
Seat 5: hotjenny314 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: santydany folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Tony MYJ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Markov_1074 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Donkin8or showed [7d 7s] and won (5800) with a pair of Sevens

Two different scenarios, the aq hand you only have to think about your exact equity vs the limpers range. Your shoving so dont need to worry about how the hand plays postflop.

The  second AJ hand is completely different. Your AJ may be ahead of the OR's range but imo 3b is a mistake. Your hand plays ok vs his open but not against the hands he will call the 3b with and if he 4b shoves we're not loving it. When he calls the 3b we've inflated the pot OOP in a now marginal spot and if we're folding to a 4b then we're essentially turning the hand into a bluff.

Think this is my first strategy post ever so apologies if it sounds like waffle. It makes sense in my head though.

I like the 3 bet FWIW. Looking at the positions it looks like button vs big blind and OR is button (correct me if I'm wrong). His button opening range and call 3 bet will contain a lot of hands we dominate so I like it. Only mistake I see is not cbetting the flop

The third hand there is no 3b, this is just a standard shove over two limpers, limpers tax if you will.  Would certainly shove much wider than this too fwiw.

Oh BTW I'm talking about hand no.2

3rd hand was just trying to show how big the ranges of players are