I'm trying to work out why I'm not quite getting there in tournaments at the moment so I'm going to look at exit/damaging hands to see where I'm going wrong.
So, tourrney 1, any thoughts on the way I played it?
PokerStars Game #7915727154: Tournament #39825059, $10+$1 Omaha Pot Limit - Level XII (800/1600) - 2007/01/13 - 13:40:47 (ET)
Table '39825059 20' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: cbrchutney (42514 in chips)
Seat 3: xDANGERZONEx (29676 in chips)
Seat 4: tommas1974 (16180 in chips)
Seat 5: tommi1212 (64609 in chips)
Seat 6: SoerenV (119526 in chips)
Seat 7: ArnieAA (63386 in chips)
Seat 9: Graham0573 (14868 in chips)
Graham0573: posts small blind 800
cbrchutney: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Graham0573 [
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xDANGERZONEx: folds
tommas1974: folds
tommi1212: calls 1600
SoerenV: calls 1600
ArnieAA: folds
Graham0573: calls 800
cbrchutney: checks
*** FLOP *** [
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Graham0573: bets 4800
cbrchutney: folds
tommi1212: calls 4800
SoerenV: calls 4800
*** TURN *** [
] [
]
Graham0573: checks
tommi1212: checks
SoerenV: bets 17600
Graham0573: calls 8468 and is all-in
tommi1212: folds
*** RIVER *** [
] [
]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Graham0573: shows [
] (two pair, Fives and Threes)
SoerenV: shows [
] (a straight, Four to Eight)
SoerenV collected 37736 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 37736 | Rake 0
Board [
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Seat 2: cbrchutney (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: xDANGERZONEx folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: tommas1974 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: tommi1212 folded on the Turn
Seat 6: SoerenV showed [
] and won (37736) with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 7: ArnieAA (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Graham0573 (small blind) showed [
] and lost with two pair, Fives and Threes
I'm 20 out of 22 left, money is on 18. I called the BB mainly because I'd have nothing for absolutely ages, AKs isn't too bad even though my other cards are crap. Then I made 2 pairs on the flop with my bad cards.
Should I have bet into this? Trouble is the chip leader is in the pot. If I don't bet, he will bet then what do I do? The turn card
I really didn't want but am I pot commited? I thought so so I called. If I'd have folded I'd have had to double up to still be 20 out of 22.
I think (in hindsight having lost the hand) I should have just folded preflop. I usually look for some sort of relationship between all four cards but not having played a hand for ages I thought I'd see what happens on the flop with this one. The two pairs with my weak two hards was a bit o a surprise. Fold preflop next time, wait for better times, especially around the bubble. Shame the CL had so many chips, I'd have folded his hand preflop for sure
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