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Played in the 10 pound (my keyboard wont do pound signs!!) pot limit rebuy in Leeds last night, and thought I'd share/ask for soem feedback!
We had a bit of a crazy opening table with two newbies in every pot calling every runner runner possible...which is fine apart from them hitting them... alot!
Anyway.. had a couple (5 i think) of rebuys and found myself with about 12k, where i stayed until two tables out.. small pot poker.. picking up three blinds every two or three rounds. Then with 14left i have 77 on the bb... button raises the pot and i just flat call (stupid?) anyhow it comes down ace high and three diamonds (i have 7 of diamonds) He checks i push all in, he calls with the ace... I hit the 7 on the river but think i wasnt't too far off 50:50 with the flush and a backdorr str8 possibility!!
That took me to 30k ish. Now my main problem in poker is not being able to recall hands... so i can't account for how i fell down to 11k... i rember holing A9 on a 9 2 something board.. betting it 3k all the way.. not realising the 2 on the turn made him trips.
So we were on bubble time for an age... my table had 5 left so we were paying more per set number of hands to play. I decided i would try to limp into the final and only play premuim hands.. each time i had made position raises in the last hour i had ran into a good pair of ak etc... I eventually limped into the final with 9k when the blinds had just turned to 1 and 2k.
there were three of us really low chipped, most of the chips lying with 3/4 players. I played quite ish and waited... I let myself get down to 6 k on the bb, looked at the first card as it came, the ace of spades... that was enough for me... UTG raised the pot, i called for all my chips and found myself with AJ against her A5... it held up.
Anywhooo to speed the story up I just played relatively conservative poker... My coach told me not to lose chips calling raises... so i only really limped from sb if there was pre protection or raised if i felt i could get it throu (I dont like callers!)
A few started to fall and I became more vocal.. not agressive but just plain cheewy and probably fairly entertaining... 'i've got aces on order' 'I'm hungry' 'what, the bars closed!' etc.
Again i can't really remember too many hands but i got down to five, then four... at this point i was real low and called a bet with 67 suited. he didnt have much and i was only a 2-1 dog - ideal.. of course the 7 came! The next short stack went and we were 3! I offered a deal.. more in jest.. the leap from 4th to 3rd was over 100quid and the next leap was a bit more again so I was happy with 3rd...and being the shortstack by some way i wasnt expecting a yes. I didnt get it i got a flat no, i'm going for the win from one bloke! He then proceeded to not play, folding sb and button and not calling the other guy raise - i pointed out to him that he was not playing for the win with that tactic! I proceeded to take hime out, remember having the better cards nd hitting the flop which was a comfort... so i was heads up.
the total prize for 1st and 2nd was 1160... split 750/410 ish.. now can anyone suggest a good deal here for someone in my position.. i have about a have of the chips he has, he has been chipped up all night. the only experience i have of heads up is the daft (but some incredible poker played) home gameswe have with 'at-it' and my other mates. he suggests a 500 600 split to end it there but i'm feeling good and think i could take it... so the CR manager suggests 450 each play for the rest...I agreed. with a freerole on the 260 remaining |(i think i should have said 200/60 for this final section) anyway first hand q 10... he raised i call... flop j q K... he raised again.. i re raised.. he put me all in, by this point i cant pass... he had kq and the K or 9 didnt come.. so i end up with 30 quid more than if had not made a deal. but still pleasing given the position i was in with 12 and on the final table.
So I have two questions, one: is playing conservative near the bubble.. even if it means going real low, a bad tactic? two: should i have bothered with a deal, or got a better deal?!
Oh and apart from that it is my highest live finish!
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