Tonight in Ladbrokes $3 rebuy tourney , this is the hand I went out on.
I analysed it afterwards and started to think I should have played it differently.
To cut a long story short , I flopped middle set on a flushing board and went bust when another player made the nut flush.
Ill post the hand history then give a bit of info and thought process throughout the hand.
Any opinions / advice would be great , cos this is the kind of hand that I think is making the difference between making the money and going further.
Also , I would appreciate good opinions and advice rather than the bashing and niggling you sometimes get on PHA.
Game starting - 2007-03-16 21:47:45
$1,500 GTD $3 NLHE Rebuy Table 5 Multi Table Hold 'em 1000/2000 No Limit Real Money
- Eoannis39 sitting in seat 1 with $65464.31
- hef sitting in seat 2 with $38809.12 [Dealer]
- julesjb sitting in seat 3 with $21092.69
- Jack2310 sitting in seat 4 with $26246.68
- peachy4444 sitting in seat 5 with $28318.44
- Sandra1 sitting in seat 6 with $63833.30
- AB18 sitting in seat 7 with $63550.00
- chop176 sitting in seat 8 with $39988.07
- swisster sitting in seat 9 with $92448.01
- JoeChink sitting in seat 10 with $38965.16
julesjb posted the small blind - $1000.00
Jack2310 posted the big blind - $2000.00
Dealing card to Jack2310
peachy4444 folded
Sandra1 folded
AB18 folded
chop176 folded
swisster raised - $4000
JoeChink folded
Eoannis39 folded
hef called - $4000
julesjb folded
Jack2310 called - $2000
Dealing the flop:
Jack2310 bet - $6000
swisster raised - $12000
hef called - $12000
Jack2310 went all-in - $18246.68
swisster called - $12246.68
hef called - $12246.68
Dealing the turn:
swisster checked
hef went all-in - $10562.44
swisster folded
hef shows:
Dealing the river:
hef wins $85740.04 from the main pot
End of game
now , a couple of hands before this I lost about 12k when I ran QQ into AA , by now i was below average , Swisster has been pretty solid from what ive seen , so i figured he could have a big hand here and didnt want to push with 66 at this stage of the tourney ( just inside top 30 paid places )
when hef called I figured he had a playable hand , but didnt put him on too big a hand. he is pretty well known on Ladbrokes and is a good tournament player.
I decided to flat call the minimum raise , hoping to flop a set.
So , I got a good flop for my 66 , I originally thought about checking , but the Clubs made me decide to bet out , hoping for the raise , then i could re raise all-in , I now think this was the mistake.
If Swiss or Hef have AK / KQ or a pair ( JJ , 10 10 ) Im hoping for the raise or at least a call.
When Swiss min raised again , I put him on a big hand , the K at least , maybe AA
then hef flat calls , so by this point there is 43,000 in the pot and i have 18,000 left , im more than committed to the pot.
Should i have checked the flop , then say if Swiss bets the 6k or bit more , I imagine Hef would just call a bet here , as he did the min raise.
Then if I push , do I have more fold equity , or do Swiss and Hef have to call ? Does Hef call 18,000 all in re raise anyway with a draw ?
this is what is getting to me , in the end hef puts roughly 70% of his chips in on and before the flop with a draw.
Is he going all the way no matter how i play it , or could i have played it a bit differently ?
for example , pushing the flop , to get rid of draws , but perhaps get a call from AK/KQ ??
this is really doing my head in , if I won this pot id have 85k , chip leader at the table , probably top 3 overall , and have a chance to go on and play for the $600 on offer at final table.
i appreciate this is a long post , but any advice / pointers from some of the quality MTT players on Blonde would be really appreciated.
cheers . BigT
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