Paul "Pab" Foltyn: In the well

[Dry em]

Similar spot with the 7's later on, although I suspect you were a bit steamed by then after just losing your stack and trying to get it back a little too quickly? Probably a fold do you think now? (although I can see myself making this call too, albeit for the wrong reasons)

[Dry em]

Last one - can you talk us through your strategy for 4 handed play? How much were the money jumps in your mind? There were a few spots where you decided not to push back against the CL when he was raising every hand (A8 from sb for example) which surprised me a bit

thanks

[GlasgowBandit]

Last one - can you talk us through your strategy for 4 handed play? How much were the money jumps in your mind? There were a few spots where you decided not to push back against the CL when he was raising every hand (A8 from sb for example) which surprised me a bit

thanks

I was also surprised by this hand, I felt that when anyone played back and CL he tended to fold. 

[cambo]

whats ur fav meal in scruffy murphys just off george street? and have you ever been snaking about at 6am in the basement club there looking for an irish slag that noone else wants? lol

[UpTheMariners]

hi pab just watched the video which was great viewing  On hand 251 where you flat called with JJ to an EP raise can you explain why you did this rather than RR preflop? also if the board came down with overcards to your jacks would you have played the hand the same way?

[crip17]

whats ur fav meal in scruffy murphys just off george street? and have you ever been snaking about at 6am in the basement club there looking for an irish slag that noone else wants? lol

LOL my sisters worked in scruffy murphys a few years ago, but since moved on to beter things lol.      24hr wack job, will be heading over there later the year myself.

[Pab]

Similar spot with the 7's later on, although I suspect you were a bit steamed by then after just losing your stack and trying to get it back a little too quickly? Probably a fold do you think now? (although I can see myself making this call too, albeit for the wrong reasons)

The 7's were a much easier call. I lost a decent sized pot the hand before when i 4bet shoved with A5 on the bubble and ran into QQ. So raise it up in MP and get flatted by the SB and then the BB squeezes. Paying against good players, I felt the squeeze opportunity opened up my opens range a lot more to include a fair amount of hands I dominate as well as all the hands im racing with. Again if I lose this hand im not crippled, 16k at 400/800 with a slow structure is definitely workable. Also as we were approaching the business end of the tournament it seemed like a good opportunity to gamble again for a big stack. I play tournaments better at the latter stages when im leading from the front, obviously circumstances sometimes dictate that its not possible, but I don't mind gambling it up a bit to get a big stack, also there are always the cash games afterwards, :-)

The A5 4 bet hand just before the 77 hand was a marginal shove on my part. It was the bubble and I knew one of the guys on my left was gonna re-raise me soon with or without a hand as people are fully aware of bubble dynamics and don't let big stacks run over it like they used to be able to. It looks very spewy when you get called but ive discussed the situation with a few different players and im happy with move.

[Pab]

Last one - can you talk us through your strategy for 4 handed play? How much were the money jumps in your mind? There were a few spots where you decided not to push back against the CL when he was raising every hand (A8 from sb for example) which surprised me a bit

thanks

Yeah the 4 handed dynamic was a really weird one with that guy winning the 3 way massive pot to knock 2 guys out and take such a commanding lead. My stack size was between 30-40BB;s for a lot of the 4 handed play which seemed like to much to jam preflop over the top of his raise. I was trying to pick my spots to play back at the chip leader but not risk my position too much as there was a good chance one of the other guys would bust pretty soon, then tmay picked up AK with 10BB's and I had AQ. This was after my AA had chopped with J3 for 266k pot with the other 2 under 100k stacks.

The A8 from the BB hand was a tricky one. I had 150k at 2k/4k and the other stacks were 67k and 132k. I felt shoving preflop over his raise was too much, and he has shown a propensity to 4 bet light which made me hesitant to 3 bet preflop. Looking back at the hand I maybe should have made a move on that flop raising his 15k bet to 40k or something leaving 100k behind in case he shoved on me. The jumps in money were not really that big a factor but I didn't wanna donk off to the CL and give away $8k in prize money when in all likelihood one of the others would bust b4 me.  It was such a strange situation with him having so many more chips, he had more than 2x the 3 of us put together and because the situation was so unfamiliar I probably didn't play it optimally.

[Pab]

whats ur fav meal in scruffy murphys just off george street? and have you ever been snaking about at 6am in the basement club there looking for an irish slag that noone else wants? lol

Only been to scruffy murphys once and didnt stay long, althought the 2nd part of our question might tempt me to revisit at about 6am

[Pab]

hi pab just watched the video which was great viewing  On hand 251 where you flat called with JJ to an EP raise can you explain why you did this rather than RR preflop? also if the board came down with overcards to your jacks would you have played the hand the same way?

Yeah that was a strange hand too. Im pretty sure the EP raiser was new to the table and I had no prior info on his game. If i 3 bet the guy I have to call a shove as 3 bet/folding would be pretty terrible IMO which seemed like risking a lot of chips at the time. I play a fair amount of cash games and have no issue seeing flops, especially in postion and it takes some very good tournament players well out of their comfort zone. As the had played out I had 4k invested and it cost me 51k total to call his shove with no information after he originally raised in EP, but the added variable of the SS squeezing from the BB made it a very close decision as I think the OR could isolate with a fairly wide range. For once I took the conservative route and being results orientated it was correct, lol. Moorman said he would 3 bet the hand almost 100% of the time but we play very different styles. It is however is a rubber stamp to the 3bet/calling shove option as well.

[Karabiner]

How do you generally tend to deal with mini-raises  ?

[julian]

hey paul,
not sure if these q's have already been asked, i just spotted the thread & thought i'd better get in quick before it finishes...
what is your biggest strength as a live player?
what is your biggest weakness as a live player?
what is your biggest strength as an online player?
what is your biggest weakness as an online player?
has anybody you've sat with & played really stood out from the crowd?
many tx in advance - hopefully hook up in vegas!

[TightEnd]

yes Julian, the well will conclude at the end of the day..so final questions now before we wrap up please....

[action man]

have you sorted out your wsop schedule yet? 

will you be playing any events outside of the rio? if so which ones

if i go on a mega rush can i stay on the couch of the ballas pad?

[LeKnave]

What are you thoughts on moving up to $100r and the nightly bigger tournies.

Any requirements you wanted before you starting playing them?

Is it a case of getting in there and taking shots @ them?