888 bounty TR.
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Thought you deserved a really hearty TR to make up for the shit op! Was in a massive hurry so didn't have time to do it justice.
Loved the structure - 88,800 starting stack blinds start at 150/300 with 25 ante. pretty cool, always wanted to play a comp with antes from the off. Table was tough compared to the field, some good aggro guys but some weaker spots, but weaker in a different way to I'm used to- they're bad aggro- too aggressive and fps. Not as easy to play against, but I don't mind it.
The bounties were worth 400euros, And 400 went to the prize pool, so each bounty was worth a lot in chip EV (I wanna say 88,800 but I'm not sure that's technically exactly right lol). It's big enough that you can call allins super light and makes bluff shoving the river for example pretty dangerous!
First pot of interest i opened QQ utg, utg+2 good player peels, irratic bad aggro guy peels cutoff. I cbet 2k on 864r, utg2 flats, co raises to 6600 I call utg2 doesn't think for too long and sort of flicks in the call. Turn J, checks around.River 2 i check, utg2 tank bets 15400, co folds exposing
by accident.
I decided to call for a bunch of reasons which on balance, probably don't outweigh the reasons to fold, so I slightly regret that call. He had 66 which I wasn't totally surprised by but expected him to raise the flop with sets (perhaps not 44) vs the cutoff. I expected 86 of all the value hands tbh.
Anyway, we chipped up and then down and then just blinded off card dead for ages. Tried one 3b squeeze in a decent spot where i felt like id get credit, and would require a lot of heart and commitment to take me on in the hand lol, but someone woke up behind with a cold 4 and I let it go.
When less than 20bbs I had to tighten my shoving ranges because ppl would call so wide because the bounty was worth so much and also I was like 1/6 avg anyone awake would be priced in to call almost any two. Not that I had any even marginal spots. Blinded down to 12bbs and shoved ATdd and got called by A6 and held to double to 55k. Well below starting stack in level 10 lol.
Get a close spot after the break with 21bbs, aggro young btn tank opens I'm in sb with A6o. I figured he's never raise folding vs me, since the equity of my bounty is worth more than my stack in chip EV, so he's got to call any two. So I figured he'd have a tighter opening range than standard, and even though I get called by Q9, K7 and JT I didn't like shoving 21bbs with a6 with almost no fold equity so folded. My logic might be flawed there, its obviously a v uncommon spot but I think it was right.
I busted shoving AQcc vs the same guy for 17bbs and he called and held with 33, sigh.
Quite interesting tournament and required a lot more 'on the job' thinking than a usual comp, with some tricky spots. Most of the adjustments I saw people making were definitely wrong so I'm happy that it was a good comp to play despite being inexperienced in bounty comps.
I was really happy with one hand that I wasn't even in. I saw the most bizarre action and river bluff from this old guy who id paid off earlier with bottom two vs a straight. I got rinsed by the boys for paying him off, because from the look of him, you'd think he was super nutted in the hand, but I read him as being capable of this crazyness or bizarre aggression so seeing this crazy bluff made me much happier about my call earlier.
Thanks for buying, we'll get em next time
Alex.
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