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swinebag's blog - proof that teachers have too much time on their hands!!
PHIL_TC:
Team America reference made me smile... "i am so ronery...." ;D
Massive congrats again sir, well deserved. Will get you a beer at DTD
fandango:
Super read Rob .. Have learnt a few strategies that could mend possible/def flaws in my own game thanks.
TheSnapper:
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a few hands were played that you may wish to comment on (rodders/noble/brendan)
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Like I need encouraging ;D
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even if I had thought about it before putting in the 4 bet, I may have still 4 bet folded
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Is flatting the 3b an option, seems better than 4b fold.?
Is 4b fold line a bluff, can villain call with hands we beat?
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I have a proper grinding stack and am never opening light now and shipping light in good spots.
This is where the difference in live and online is for me. I am a predominantly online player and the bit in italics is pretty standard for online tourneys (isn't it??). It was also pretty standard from a lot of players who played UKIPT Edinburgh where the majority of deep runners were predominantly online players. However, in this event, I seemed to be the only player with this mindset with a lot of players raise folding from 15BB stacks, hardly anyone 3 bet light with a short stack and I even saw a 3 bet fold from a 20BB stack. It seemed I was playing differently to everyone which led me to think I wasn't playing that correctly.
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Online MTT'rs will have much better stack size awareness and adjust their strategies accordingly, sounds like the player standard was pretty poor.
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I then make a very puzzling fold with AQ against steve. Steve was no 1 in chips and I was number 2 at the time. He raises and I fold after a bit of thought. This is terrible from me but my twisted logic at the time was....
Steve is targeting a 7BB stack in the BB so I think he is not raising light. I can't ever flat AQo OOP there and my hand felt too good to 3 bet/fold but not good enough to 3 bet/call it off vs his stack. Doesn't make sense? Didn't think so, but then folding AQ pre doesn't. In hindsight 3 bet folding is fine here. Thoughts? It probably was a laddering decision on my part and not a great one. I simply didn't want to tangle with Steve this early in the final.
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Again with the "can't flat" line? You don't have a calling range in these spots?
As it happens I like the fold, it seems prudent to avoid such a tough spot, is that what good poker is all about?
nosey-p:
Nice result Rob
Did you win the last longer?
noble1:
--- Quote ---Our table is then moved to lucky 13 away from the cameras, but the table continues to play solid. I chip up to about 180K after 3 betting Andrew Duffy with ATo in the h/j and him folding to my cbet. The next hand I get QQ (blinds are 1.5K/3K/300) and make it 6K. The BB then makes it 15K. I then make it 35K. Trouble is I have done this without a plan, so when BB (had played pretty solid) makes it 80K I go into the tank. I spend most of my time in the tank having a go at myself for 4 betting without a plan. Flatting is out of the question and 6 betting seems like such a spew when I have been picking up easy chips elsewhere on the table. I fold which feels correct and even if I had thought about it before putting in the 4 bet, I may have still 4 bet folded, but at least my thought process would have been more advanced than “errr I have QQ, I rereraise”. Back to awkward stack size time as the blinds go up to 2K/4K/400 and I am grinding again as the bubble approaches....
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as long as u reason out every move you make before u make it this will make you play more actively/not in autopilot mode.[u already know this as per the tanking :)]
constantly keep thinking Rob, constantly analyzing your play aids the improving... hopefully it will help prevent you from making terrible, tilty, or spewy plays because you won"t just be acting on a whim etc, you will be hopefully consciously reasoning through all your options. [in play]
tbh i"d call the 3bet and plan to call a reasonable sized cbet if he makes one and see what action he makes on 4th 5th street.. all on what flops, how u view his range and how u think he perceives your 3bet call range...
the rest seems ok"ish , u have plenty of experience now in mtts ;) [and bit of intelligence :)] so your assumptions in play on your opponents and how they play the ranges u give them have/will get better/more accurate... so trust your gut...
away from the table - i"d be more interested in how u thought u was perceived by your oppo"s regarding your thinking on being/taking more creative [lines] with some of your stronger hands..
the QJ call on the final table is close, all on how wide u thought his range was... me, i don"t mind it :) u know my views on possible negative ev flips, as long as it doesn"t effect your overall strategy to much by losing, but can make a fairly significant change by winning [aka - Gigabet]
further thoughts - invest in a blond wig and a bit of lippy etc, work on a cute Danish/Dutch accent and reap the awards ;D
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