Basic MTT spots- A PHA diary

[cambridgealex]

is that allowed George? 

[Rupert]

OK first hand.

Deepish in big 55. 180 left so a long way off the deece money.

My image is pretty solid but have been opening a few hands.

Villian is very decent reg. I've just 4 bet jammed on him after I opened AK from hijack, c off peeled and villian made it 8.5k from blinds. I jammed for 35k and he folded.

What is the best line here and why?

PokerStars Hand #76872357329: Tournament #563010574, $50+$5 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (700/1400) - 2012/03/08 23:37:28 WET [2012/03/08 18:37:28 ET]
Table '563010574 98' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Vinni-jok (71626 in chips)
Seat 2: robot139 (30171 in chips)
Seat 3: VonStieglitz (7990 in chips)
Seat 4: Gags30 (42925 in chips)
Seat 5: mement_mori (6210 in chips)
Seat 6: RonaldKosh (22690 in chips)
Seat 7: adrinun (47033 in chips)
Seat 8: xXAlCapwnXx (69139 in chips)
Seat 9: George2Loose (52874 in chips)
Vinni-jok: posts the ante 175
robot139: posts the ante 175
VonStieglitz: posts the ante 175
Gags30: posts the ante 175
mement_mori: posts the ante 175
RonaldKosh: posts the ante 175
adrinun: posts the ante 175
xXAlCapwnXx: posts the ante 175
George2Loose: posts the ante 175
George2Loose: posts small blind 700
Vinni-jok: posts big blind 1400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to George2Loose [ ]
robot139: folds
VonStieglitz: folds
Gags30: raises 1400 to 2800
mement_mori: folds
RonaldKosh: folds
adrinun: folds
xXAlCapwnXx: folds
George2Loose:

Just fold, he's not gonna open that wide from there and is probs playing a bunch of tables anyway.  If we call or 3 bet we are just gonna be put in a coffin

[pleno1]

3x pre, call turn, fold river.

[cambridgealex]

3x pre, call turn, fold river.

Wrong thread mate

[pleno1]

not happy with sizing n stuff in this hand but even if i size it diff what do i do? what would u do here? Very early doors in a 30w1 on stars. both already got the rb. No history as i rarely play on stars

PokerStars Hand #76948153940: Tournament #526900137, $30+$3 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (20/40) - 2012/03/10 13:02:47 WET [2012/03/10 8:02:47 ET]
Table '526900137 8' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: 3LCH1N (2274 in chips)
Seat 2: ZaXoMy (7330 in chips)
Seat 3: geil_schneck (2499 in chips)
Seat 4: bfizz11 (6000 in chips)
Seat 5: 4chrisdim (6000 in chips)
Seat 6: Akiem (2880 in chips)
Seat 7: quixote123 (3000 in chips)
Seat 8: simonjjj (6000 in chips)
Seat 9: THE__D__RY (6000 in chips)
geil_schneck: posts small blind 20
bfizz11: posts big blind 40
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to simonjjj [ Ah]
4chrisdim: folds
Akiem: folds
quixote123: folds
simonjjj: raises 40 to 80
THE__D__RY has timed out
THE__D__RY: folds
THE__D__RY is sitting out
3LCH1N: folds
THE__D__RY has returned
ZaXoMy: calls 80
geil_schneck: folds
bfizz11: folds
*** FLOP *** [ As ]
simonjjj: bets 160
ZaXoMy: calls 160
*** TURN *** [ As ] []
simonjjj: bets 440
ZaXoMy: raises 440 to 880
simonjjj: folds
Uncalled bet (440) returned to ZaXoMy
ZaXoMy collected 1420 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1420 | Rake 0
Board [ As ]
Seat 1: 3LCH1N folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: ZaXoMy (button) collected (1420)
Seat 3: geil_schneck (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: bfizz11 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: 4chrisdim folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Akiem folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: quixote123 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: simonjjj folded on the Turn
Seat 9: THE__D__RY folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[cambridgealex]

Oh phew, I did honestly believe that's pleno's gone off on one again lol

[pleno1]

hero is way wya ool vs villain over 200 hands or so. its the 215 6max

Seat 1: bearsfan775 (3221 in chips)
Seat 2: engelberth.v (2642 in chips)
Seat 3: danger0us (1507 in chips)
Seat 4: steve575mm (5128 in chips)
Seat 5: G's zee (3750 in chips)
Seat 6: hero (4742 in chips)
hero : posts small blind 40
bearsfan775: posts big blind 80
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hero  [ ]
engelberth.v: folds
danger0us: folds
steve575mm: raises 160 to 240
G's zee: calls 240
hero : raises 480 to 720
bearsfan775: folds
steve575mm: folds
G's zee: calls 480
*** FLOP *** [ ]
hero : bets 580
G's zee: calls 580
*** TURN *** [ ] []
hero :

assuming it goes check check

 

Hero? 2450 effective

[George2Loose]

Guys- not being a spoilsport but can we ensure we've finished chatting about one hand before we post post another.

I mean if you have similar examples to the one I've posted then that's cool or questions related to it.

Otherwise it's just going to get muddled and we won't know what we're talking about!

Pleno's is fine tho as it's often a spot where I'm scratching my head. Pretty sure villian is a reg too?

[Amatay]

Sorry George, is this just a thread for the hands you have been in mate? Didn't realise if so.

[George2Loose]

Sorry George, is this just a thread for the hands you have been in mate? Didn't realise if so.

Mainly.

Don't mind other people posting hands as long as discussion is over. Problem will be if too many hands get posted at the same time. Won't quite work.

One from 22 cubed. What's your default line post flop here? ie: bet/call, bet/fold. Check back... Is my sizing too pre too small?

PokerStars Hand #77093754562: Tournament #564010531, $20+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (2000/4000) - 2012/03/12 23:26:20 WET [2012/03/12 19:26:20 ET]
Table '564010531 24' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: üä-qaypö.wsx (83215 in chips)
Seat 2: EvilSoviet (190577 in chips)
Seat 3: besar_cz (225366 in chips)
Seat 4: George2Loose (111551 in chips)
Seat 5: BarnyStinsen (57199 in chips)
Seat 6: Stama69 (110576 in chips)
Seat 7: Karolijanas (94602 in chips)
Seat 8: splasher22 (142344 in chips)
Seat 9: r1v3rm4n (223471 in chips)
üä-qaypö.wsx: posts the ante 400
EvilSoviet: posts the ante 400
besar_cz: posts the ante 400
George2Loose: posts the ante 400
BarnyStinsen: posts the ante 400
Stama69: posts the ante 400
Karolijanas: posts the ante 400
splasher22: posts the ante 400
r1v3rm4n: posts the ante 400
BarnyStinsen: posts small blind 2000
Stama69: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to George2Loose [ ]
Karolijanas: folds
splasher22: raises 5120 to 9120
r1v3rm4n: calls 9120
üä-qaypö.wsx: folds
EvilSoviet: folds
besar_cz: folds
George2Loose: raises 13430 to 22550
BarnyStinsen: folds
Stama69: folds
splasher22: folds
r1v3rm4n: calls 13430
*** FLOP *** [ ]
r1v3rm4n: checks
George2Loose:

[doubleup]

Is there an argument for pushing pre here?  There is quite a lot in the middle and we are going to be facing an A/K hi flop a lot.

[the rage]

made a total mess of my last one (the one i just deleted) lol.
This time i will go for-
 Jam pre. Great spot to jam. You will certainly get called by worse hands.
 As played, i would bet the flop. If villian re-raises, it puts you in a seriouisly tough spot. Would villian do this with a semi bluff, such as AQ?  Would he do it with a flopped set? I think that villian would have 4 bet with just about everything that was beating you pre, and also AK too.
 My main concern would be that villian may have flopped a set of tens. He could have AQ, but obv your hand drastically reduces the likelyhood of this. same goes for KQs. So, IF, you have narrowed his likely range down to TT-QQ, AQ you are ahead against everything but a set of tens.
 Bet-call for me, but not loving it. Good one George.

[BulldozerD]

3bet is fine/standard, not shoving pre with these stack sizes with anything I don't think.

I'd probably check back flop as he should have alot of mid pairs in his range that may call one bet on a later street but depends on villain and history as to how I would proceed (ie bet/call flop)

[muckthenuts]

Assuming no reads (?) i would deffo check. We aren't getting 3 streets out of worse hands unimproved, there's no draws, so imo this is a fine sitch to pot control/underrep our shit without losing too much.

[david3103]

Do we check back this flop with all our 3bet range ?