black_spruce
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I am interested, although I don’t really know what it is or how it works.
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Thanks, that makes me feel better. Great point about ICM cause tighter ranges.
I’m working on not being outcome-centric when bad variance comes my way. I’m better than I used to be, but this one just ate at me. The villians had 77 and 66, and the flop was TTx.
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I do that all the time. Yes, typo, thanks for interpreting my mess. BTN raises to 3BB. Hero, who is in the SB, 4x 3-bets, the BB calls, the limpers fold, and the BTN calls.
This is an amazing response, thank you. It’s a lot to take in. Clearly, I don’t think on this level yet (been playing 14 months – like with a baby, I’ll stop counting by month once I hit two years), but aspire to.
I feel better about my river call, while regretting not betting bigger on the turn. I let him hang on to his flush draw at a cheap price, which he hit on the river.
Thanks, again!
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It’s weird, if I had AQ, AJ, AT, KQ, KJ, QJ, or just about any pair, I may have jammed pre-flop. But, when I looked down and saw AK, I kind of froze and called – the worst play (besides folding…maybe).
UTG had A3o, so by the time I finally shoved, he knew he had two pair (still, he tanked for a little).
I would rather lose by a bad beat than bad play, but hopefully it’s a lesson learned. Thanks for the thoughtful feedback.
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Great thoughts, thanks.
I fired two bullets at the Wynn, lasting a total of 1h16m. Thinking I needed a change of scenery, I fired a bullet at the Venetian, and lasted for 3 hours before busting. Thinking I needed a break, I ate dinner and then fired this bullet and busted the quickest yet with AK♦︎.
I went outside and considered the universe and vented to my son via text and my Rec.Poker friends via Forums. My flight home was five hours away. I had placed 3rd in a tournament at the Venetian the day before, and I didn’t want to go out this way now, so I went back to the Wynn, fired a fifth bullet, tripled-up in less than two hours, and headed to the airport.
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Thanks for the reply. You are correct, Hero was in the BB. I’ll blame mislabeling my position on being tilted because…
Villain held AJ and a J came on the river (the turn was a rag).
Good play by Villain?
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Thanks. That makes me feel better. I folded and the BB called. UTG made a set (888), BB had KQ. River was a T. For a good (or bad) hour afterwards – I kinda sorta obsessed over a missed opportunity to triple up, even if I made the “correct” decision.
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I wouldn’t blame you for being tired of this hand, but to clarify, we were defintely 8- or 9-handed with approximately 17 players left and 9 making the money/final table. (I know this because KQo is well within my first-in range UTG when less than 8-handed (not borderline, as was the case in this hand), and we were down to two tables.)
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That is great advice, I will download both now. The fact is that I have never taken any notes in-game and instead try to reconstruct afterwards, but you’ve made the benefits of in-game notetaking clear. Thanks!
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Or maybe 6- or 7-handed with ~13 players left. I guess I’m not that observant, lol (and/or my memory stinks).
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Thanks.
I estimate that I had 320K chips (20BB), the chip leader had 900K (56BB), and the CU had 700K (44BB). I don’t recall any small stacks.
We were 8- or 9-handed. As I think about it, we were probably down to ~17 players with 9 making the money/final table, so more like approaching the bubble than on it, I guess.
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Thanks.
Yes, sequential hands and deep-stacked in Spot #1. I mini-tanked before folding. I just had visions of getting into trouble if I flopped a pair or a draw, but I didn’t feel good about folding. (I would have called if suited.) I felt I was going to be at a post-flop skill disadvantage. I’d say he was opening slightly more than his share and getting to showdown less than the average via strong post-flop play. Not a nit or passive and not a maniac, just a very good, solid player.
Spot 2: I guess my default is to check post-flop when out of position if I wasn’t the pre-flop aggressor. That may be a flawed default generally and/or re blind v blind specifically. Makes sense now that a bet on the flop may have gotten V to fold his 97o, although he had a straight draw, and got there on the turn (which is where, in retrospect, I should have folded).
Spot 3: I struggle with suited Wheel cards pre-flop when awkward stacked. 16BB with a pair or two cards J+, I’m reshoving. I’ve recently introduced A5s into my 3-betting range. A2s, I’m probably folding. But, A3s and A4s, in particular, I grapple with what to do.
Thanks again.