Monkey Staking II

[MC]

Whether your winning or not- getting it in with AJ at 15/30 is a huge spew/leak

In these sngs when i know i'm favourite then i'll take my chances - the majority of the time i'm either a 60/40 fav or 75/25 fav if they call

How did you know you are were favourite, did you have a read on the big blind? What hands call your shove that you are a 60/40 or 75/25 favourite if they call? I know there are plenty of muppets in these games, but anyone half decent will not be calling you with KQ or AT here, I think the best you can hope for here is that they have pocket tens. Obviously he shows five high this time, but most of the time I think you will fold out all the hands you crush and will be up against TT+ and AQ+ when called, this early in the game.  

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Dude, getting anything worse than QQ+ or perhaps AK preflop in the first two levels is generally bad in these tournaments. You can open up your range to like TT+ and AQ if HUD stats insinuate a maniac.

The AK raise to 400 from like a 900 stack is not a good line, whatever your explanation. Just shove. And I'd really recommend getting your open raises down to 2.5x. 4x opens like the AQs are just not a good standard line...

Not hating, just giving advice. Taking advice = $$$

[George2Loose]

Whether your winning or not- getting it in with AJ at 15/30 is a huge spew/leak

In these sngs when i know i'm favourite then i'll take my chances - the majority of the time i'm either a 60/40 fav or 75/25 fav if they call

How did you know you are were favourite, did you have a read on the big blind? What hands call your shove that you are a 60/40 or 75/25 favourite if they call? I know there are plenty of muppets in these games, but anyone half decent will not be calling you with KQ or AT here, I think the best you can hope for here is that they have pocket tens. Obviously he shows five high this time, but most of the time I think you will fold out all the hands you crush and will be up against TT+ and AQ+ when called, this early in the game.  

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Dude, getting anything worse than QQ+ or perhaps AK preflop in the first two levels is generally bad in these tournaments. You can open up your range to like TT+ and AQ if HUD stats insinuate a maniac.

The AK raise to 400 is not a good line, whatever your explanation. Just shove.

Not hating, just giving advice. Taking advice = $$$.

I know early doors  shving AK can be profitable cos you get called by Aq and Aj so often in these games

[MC]

Whether your winning or not- getting it in with AJ at 15/30 is a huge spew/leak

In these sngs when i know i'm favourite then i'll take my chances - the majority of the time i'm either a 60/40 fav or 75/25 fav if they call

How did you know you are were favourite, did you have a read on the big blind? What hands call your shove that you are a 60/40 or 75/25 favourite if they call? I know there are plenty of muppets in these games, but anyone half decent will not be calling you with KQ or AT here, I think the best you can hope for here is that they have pocket tens. Obviously he shows five high this time, but most of the time I think you will fold out all the hands you crush and will be up against TT+ and AQ+ when called, this early in the game.  

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Dude, getting anything worse than QQ+ or perhaps AK preflop in the first two levels is generally bad in these tournaments. You can open up your range to like TT+ and AQ if HUD stats insinuate a maniac.

The AK raise to 400 is not a good line, whatever your explanation. Just shove.

Not hating, just giving advice. Taking advice = $$$.

I know early doors  shving AK can be profitable cos you get called by Aq and Aj so often in these games

True, AK is tricky. Against regs/good players you shouldn't be looking to get it in, against donks its fine.

The problem is you're still flipping against donks a lot as although they are more likely to have Ax, they are also more likely to have small pairs for flips.

Then again 180-mans play different to 45-mans which is where my main experience lies. Gambling it up early isn't so bad in 180mans I guess.

[DaveShoelace]

Whether your winning or not- getting it in with AJ at 15/30 is a huge spew/leak

In these sngs when i know i'm favourite then i'll take my chances - the majority of the time i'm either a 60/40 fav or 75/25 fav if they call

How did you know you are were favourite, did you have a read on the big blind? What hands call your shove that you are a 60/40 or 75/25 favourite if they call? I know there are plenty of muppets in these games, but anyone half decent will not be calling you with KQ or AT here, I think the best you can hope for here is that they have pocket tens. Obviously he shows five high this time, but most of the time I think you will fold out all the hands you crush and will be up against TT+ and AQ+ when called, this early in the game.  

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Dude, getting anything worse than QQ+ or perhaps AK preflop in the first two levels is generally bad in these tournaments. You can open up your range to like TT+ and AQ if HUD stats insinuate a maniac.

The AK raise to 400 is not a good line, whatever your explanation. Just shove.

Not hating, just giving advice. Taking advice = $$$.

The reason to shove with AK in this spot is because AK is much more powerful as a semi bluffing hand than it is playing it like a made hand, so plan A for the hand is to take the pot down uncontested and plan B is to see all five cards when called. You'll miss the flop two thirds of the time when you 4x here and get called and will get into all kind of tricky spots, whereas if you shove you will take the pot down uncontested a lot of the time and you will get you see all five cards when you are called, which means you can dog them on the turn or river when you miss the flop.

Also, and this probably doesn't apply to the majority of your opponents especially the dude that called you with five high, but shoving with AK will help you protect all your lighter shoves with rags. If you get looked up a couple of times when you shove with AK then they will give future shoves some credit, whereas a thinking opponent will see right through you when you put 4 big blinds in pre flop with just 5 big blinds left behind.

Also not hating as MC says, getting constructive feedback on your hands is one of the most beneficial things a player can do and still very few do it.

[anthonyl]

PokerStars Game #34406946339: Tournament #206178481, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2009/10/23 22:46:19 CET [2009/10/23 16:46:19 ET]
Table '206178481 13' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: texastay (9619 in chips)
Seat 2: Oo DiScO oO (9604 in chips)
Seat 3: superanni1 (21277 in chips)
Seat 4: matt674 (11756 in chips)
Seat 5: RS147 (9191 in chips)
Seat 6: brorlort (7786 in chips)
Seat 7: tiltoderwas (10795 in chips)
Seat 9: HegeLill (13057 in chips)
texastay: posts the ante 25
Oo DiScO oO: posts the ante 25
superanni1: posts the ante 25
matt674: posts the ante 25
RS147: posts the ante 25
brorlort: posts the ante 25
tiltoderwas: posts the ante 25
HegeLill: posts the ante 25
superanni1: posts small blind 125
matt674: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
RS147: folds
brorlort: folds
tiltoderwas: folds
HegeLill: folds
texastay: folds
Oo DiScO oO: raises 372 to 622
superanni1: folds
matt674: calls 372
*** FLOP *** [ ]
matt674: checks
Oo DiScO oO: checks
*** TURN *** [ ] []
matt674: bets 1000
Oo DiScO oO: raises 2500 to 3500
matt674: raises 7609 to 11109 and is all-in
Oo DiScO oO: calls 5457 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (2152) returned to matt674
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
matt674: shows [As ] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
Oo DiScO oO: shows [Ah ] (a full house, Sixes full of Aces)
Oo DiScO oO collected 19483 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 19483 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: texastay folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Oo DiScO oO (button) showed [Ah ] and won (19483) with a full house, Sixes full of Aces
Seat 3: superanni1 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: matt674 (big blind) showed [As ] and lost with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 5: RS147 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: brorlort folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: tiltoderwas folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: HegeLill folded before Flop (didn't bet)


explain??

[matt674]

made a move and tried to represent the hand i didnt think he could have

[matt674]

and this is how the night ended - first 5 off the money in a $10 sng

PokerStars Game #34411117498: Tournament #206198089, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (200/400) - 2009/10/23 23:27:38 WET [2009/10/23 18:27:38 ET]
Table '206198089 16' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: BaBaBooYa (7610 in chips)
Seat 2: Xmachine888 (20302 in chips)
Seat 3: katatoniky (2915 in chips)
Seat 4: dutchboy078 (11155 in chips)
Seat 5: juri 0407 (16285 in chips)
Seat 6: matt674 (6555 in chips)
Seat 7: DutchRemco (5695 in chips)
Seat 9: Freckly (28595 in chips)
BaBaBooYa: posts the ante 50
Xmachine888: posts the ante 50
katatoniky: posts the ante 50
dutchboy078: posts the ante 50
juri 0407: posts the ante 50
matt674: posts the ante 50
DutchRemco: posts the ante 50
Freckly: posts the ante 50
Freckly: posts small blind 200
BaBaBooYa: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to matt674 [  ]
Xmachine888: folds
katatoniky: folds
dutchboy078: raises 800 to 1200
juri 0407: folds
matt674: raises 5305 to 6505 and is all-in
DutchRemco: folds
Freckly: folds
BaBaBooYa: folds
dutchboy078: calls 5305
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dutchboy078: shows [ ] (two pair, Tens and Sevens)
matt674: shows [  ] (a pair of Sevens)
dutchboy078 collected 14010 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 14010 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: BaBaBooYa (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Xmachine888 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: katatoniky folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: dutchboy078 showed [ ] and won (14010) with two pair, Tens and Sevens
Seat 5: juri 0407 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: matt674 showed [  ] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 7: DutchRemco (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Freckly (small blind) folded before Flop

[matt674]

and then the 30k guaranteed - for a top 30 spot with about 170 left of 5000

PokerStars Game #34411300330: Tournament #207770495, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXV (2000/4000) - 2009/10/23 23:32:30 WET [2009/10/23 18:32:30 ET]
Table '207770495 199' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: matt674 (69491 in chips)
Seat 2: fullsoda (30098 in chips)
Seat 3: Nitefoxe87 (89549 in chips)
Seat 4: Nightbreed9 (119374 in chips)
Seat 5: Szilárd10 (58539 in chips)
Seat 6: Nevels64 (204725 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: swing x x (131564 in chips)
Seat 8: Pichasson (113140 in chips)
Seat 9: leah_cim83 (93566 in chips)
matt674: posts the ante 500
fullsoda: posts the ante 500
Nitefoxe87: posts the ante 500
Nightbreed9: posts the ante 500
Szilárd10: posts the ante 500
Nevels64: posts the ante 500
swing x x: posts the ante 500
Pichasson: posts the ante 500
leah_cim83: posts the ante 500
Nitefoxe87: posts small blind 2000
Nightbreed9: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to matt674 [ ]
Szilárd10: folds
Nevels64: folds
swing x x: folds
Pichasson: folds
leah_cim83: folds
matt674: raises 8000 to 12000
fullsoda: folds
Nitefoxe87: folds
Nightbreed9: raises 12000 to 24000
matt674: raises 44991 to 68991 and is all-in
Nightbreed9: calls 44991
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Nightbreed9: shows [ ] (a pair of Tens)
matt674: shows [ ] (a pair of Sevens)
Nightbreed9 collected 144482 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 144482 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: matt674 showed [ ] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 2: fullsoda (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Nitefoxe87 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Nightbreed9 (big blind) showed [ ] and won (144482) with a pair of Tens
Seat 5: Szilárd10 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Nevels64 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: swing x x folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Pichasson folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: leah_cim83 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[matt674]

sometimes i wonder why i bother with the 180 sng's - up until this morning i had played 261 HORSE tourneys on stars cashing in 48 of them with a ROI of 47%. The tournaments normally have between 150-200 runners in them and thankfully because the 180 sng's were slow to get going again this afternoon i played the $15 HORSE at 13:45 having missed all the warm up rebuys........

PokerStars Tournament #207770317, HORSE
Buy-In: $15.00/$1.50 USD
181 players
Total Prize Pool: $2715.00 USD
Tournament started 2009/10/25 13:45:00 WET [2009/10/25 9:45:00 ET]

Dear matt674,

You finished the tournament in 1st place. A USD 597.31 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 293.73 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/
Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

Maybe i should re-write my proposal and just play the HORSE tourneys instead

[amcgrath1uk]

Sweet. Wd

[anthonyl]

wiiiii 20 more of them will do

[anthonyl]

gg matt, just seen stars error but they dont pause it lol

[matt674]

yep, exactly same as what happened last time - got booted and couldn't log back in. thankfully i only lost 20% of my chips this time while trying to get back in

[anthonyl]

ul matt, another bankroll booster though..

[matt674]

so nearly two in two days   had 2-1 chip lead heads up with A8 vs Q10, but Q on flop and Q on turn and downhill from there on in

PokerStars Tournament #207006745, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00 USD
180 players
Total Prize Pool: $1800.00 USD
Tournament started 2009/10/26 18:30:47 WET [2009/10/26 14:30:47 ET]

Dear matt674,

You finished the tournament in 2nd place. A USD 360.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 190.75 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/
Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.