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noble1:

--- Quote ---I have around 22000 sitting say top 20 out of 50 left from 500. My opponent had around 27000 blind where 300/600.
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ok this one , you have 36bb oop in the sb with QTo i"m guessing this is a low to medium buy in so 3bets are not as effective as the players here are not sophisticated enough for it to work consistently , you need to identify loose/tight passive weak players to your right for it to work better [try to remember who folds a lot to flop/turn bets they are your targets for 3bets and floating]
Do not be a rush to gain chips at 30 to 40bb,be patient and tend to let the good cards come to you.
Do not feel you have to defend a blind just because someone is raising you from the button, you have the button and position in the next hand attempt to steal then.
If you feel that a aggressive opponent is re-raising cont. bets a lot on low boards and using position,then if he calls and you are out of position and you do not hit but have a decent draw try the check raise line and put them to the decision,if you brick out totally do not be afraid to check fold if you have plenty of chips back,there is always other spots to accumulate.
When the blinds are high relative to the stacks and the antes have kicked in be aware of opponents stacks to your left and who are near the push all in stage,there is no need to raise 4x, 2.3bb to 3bb is just as effective for stealing and if your still in the 20bb+ area you can afford to fold to re-raises..iF ANY ACES OR KINGS FLOP and you are the raiser and have plenty of chips , cont. bet everytime use your judgment on the turn as to whether a turn cont.bet is required.
In the end stages medium to high pairs and high cards are more valuable,tend to play these rather than the small pairs and 78s 89s etc that are better early when you are deeper stacked.
If you are in the hi-jack position or later and it has folded round to you, do not limp almost always raise or fold never LIMP, limp only very rarely when there are agressive opponents to your left and you have a monster to trap them with.In the early positions NEVER LIMP if 1st in the pot,IF YOU CANNOT RAISE IT THEN FOLD IT. 
If your card dead and cant find spots to gain chips remember patience pays..Also if the table tightens up start raising more from utg utg+1 utg+2 1st in once every 2 to 3 orbits just to help replenish your chips , this can still be a great steal position more so than the button..
So overall i"d suggest just slowing down a little and be patient,there is no need to go out on a fancy dan move,when you are 8 to 12bb that is the time to start shoving..Do not be afraid to fold in the blinds when you are ok chip stack wise.
Start paying attention to the 3 players to your right and there bet patterns and hands shown [play position]and the 2 to your left.[when they are in the blinds,do they defend or donk bet the flop]

There is loads more stuff and a lot is situational and read based, i"m sure the rest will chip in with ideas.Be aware of stack sizes [your own and opponents] and be patient,raise never limp if 1st in,be aggressive,do not feel it is wrong to fold,get a history replayer and play back and review all your mtts..work on that  ;D

THEGUY84:
thanks for the post noble. some great advice.

Kenny

Swinebag:
I think I"d have played all of these hands the same way as you (not that I"m saying I"m correct in thinking that LOL)

The only exception is tourney 2 hand 1. Effective stacks are only 7 BBs so I"d have open shoved here (not that it made any difference in the end)

noble1"s response (as always) is much more helpful though

Eck:
Feel like I should comment as i encouraged you to put theses up however I don"t play 6 handed games very often so not the best probably to advise but here is my view anyway.

Tourney one

H1


* You are very deep this late in a tourney so no real need to get involved oop with a marginal hand with the one guy (i assume) at the table who can bust you.

* If you do feel that a stand has to be made then raise more u created a slightly bigger pot and all he had to call was 3k. Make it nearer 7.5k and if he flats I jam that flop as it probably missed him completely and he wont be calling if he has A high etc as you have played it super strong.
* If he does call hit the jack and stick it in his eye  :D
 

However i still pass I prefer to do this if i have position tbh.

H2

Standard as can be seen, you were aware his range is massive you just need to get there more often.

Tourney 2

H1

With 10 bb you aren"t entering a pot to fold so pretty standard. I wouldn"t jam though, raise less (3bb max) as you may encourage action from weaker aces KJ KQ type hands who may fold to a jam.

H2

One "skill" in crapshoots is to be aware of how light you are of likely to be called. You had 3bb so pretty unlikely to get past much tbh and Q5 doesn"t do much v 3 opponents to get past. But don"t hate it either as i"m probably jamming everything that looks half decent with that stack.

Summary for Tourney 2 - run better you didn"t do too much wrong. You can"t win them all but you seem to be getting to the end game regularly so the rest will follow if you just keep looking at the situations in isolation.

Don"t take a standard line every single time is probably what i mean. Try to be aware of what people are playing and adjust your range for those guys accordingly. e.g.  ah th may be an easy pass v one guy but an easy jam v another etc.

Hope this helps

Oh and btw the  7h 7s was a pass last night imo. You still had half the table to play after you what was your plan if someone jammed over the top? Mid pairs play pretty poor at that stage of the comp you were calling hoping to be racing probably as v seldom is it 66 or lower in my experience. Lot better spots to risk more than half your stack IIRC.

noble1:

--- Quote ---Start paying attention to the 3 players to your right and there bet patterns and hands shown [play position]and the 2 to your left.[when they are in the blinds,do they defend or donk bet the flop]
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Just a bit more for you to think about and a bit more detail as to the kind of things you should be looking for,it is difficult at first to take it all in.The best way to start is to observe say 2 or 3 players only [the most active ones] and as it becomes 2nd nature with practice and experience you will have your beady eyes on the whole table and be able to pin point players where you can gain chips with relative safety or be able to trap/exploit position/value bet etc etc

Try to always be thinking what your opponent has [cards] based on his actions and general character [aggressive or passive , loose or tight]. At a minimum, you should be asking yourself:

Are your opponents disciplined with their starting hand requirements? If they are not varying their starting hand requirements based on their position (for example, they are playing an equal number of hands under the gun as they are on the button), then you know something about the quality of their play.[thoughts at low buy ins for utg raiser with K7s would be donkey lol  ;D]

What cards do your opponents generally call or raise with and in what position. Do they tend to smooth-call when strong? Do they only bet when weak? Or are the opposite tendencies true?

Do they vary their bets based on the strength of their hands? What does a big bet mean? What does a medium bet mean? A small bet?

If an opponent was the last aggressor pre-flop, how often will he bet on the flop? (Usually, if you have unpaired cards in the hole, you will miss pairing your hand two-thirds of the time on the flop.)

Do your opponents slow-play big hands? Under what circumstances? Do they know when to stop slow-playing, such as when a dangerous cards that may support lots of different draws come down on the flop

How often do they bluff? Under what circumstances?[Do they always represent a paired flop,do they represent flush boards a lot,do they always bet if checked to etc etc]

Do they bet or check/call their draws? etc likewise top pair with a weak kicker.


--- Quote ---Oh and btw the   was a pass last night imo. You still had half the table to play after you what was your plan if someone jammed over the top? Mid pairs play pretty poor at that stage of the comp you were calling hoping to be racing probably as v seldom is it 66 or lower in my experience. Lot better spots to risk more than half your stack IIRC.
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take note !!!! especially noting your stack size and that of players behind and your plan if called or re-raised...

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