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[duke3016]

Well I guess there"s no time like the present to get started so decided to play the £5 feeder tonight.

46 players, 4 seats to £55 sat up for grabs. (5th-11th get paid cash, all of these are less than buy-in  )

Value in the one tonight - just saying  

[SirPercival]

Attempt 2 tonight.

Hoping this will be the one because tomorrow it"s the £55 sat which I might be tempted to buy-in directly too.

57 in tonight so 5 seats available.

[duke3016]

Attempt 2 tonight.

Hoping this will be the one because tomorrow it"s the £55 sat which I might be tempted to buy-in directly too.

Who"s you on Genting then

[SirPercival]

Attempt 2 tonight.

Hoping this will be the one because tomorrow it"s the £55 sat which I might be tempted to buy-in directly too.

Who"s you on Genting then

If I miss, I will still be amougst the stars.  

[duke3016]

Attempt 2 tonight.

Hoping this will be the one because tomorrow it"s the £55 sat which I might be tempted to buy-in directly too.

Who"s you on Genting then

If I miss, I will still be amougst the stars.  

OK think I worked it out

EDIT: and if I am right NH

[SirPercival]

Comments welcome.  

Should I have just folded pre?
Should I bet the flop?
Was my bet size wrong on turn?
Was it just a terrible call on river?


GAME #3920589192: Holdem NL - 2012-01-03 21:22:03
Tournament  (610457441)
Table GPS Seat Stage 2
Server poker17.ipoker.com

Seat 1: demtek (4,540.00 in chips)
Seat 2: Scusman (5,915.00 in chips)
Seat 3: me (2,395.00 in chips)
Seat 4: 180legend (695.00 in chips)
Seat 5: Dr0pTheHammer (3,650.00 in chips)
Seat 6: betspliff (1,870.00 in chips)
Seat 9: wheresmejulie (3,030.00 in chips)
Seat 10: 38Hunk (1,485.00 in chips)

38Hunk: SB 50.00
demtek: BB 100.00

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to me [SA S7]
Scusman: Fold  
me: Call 100.00
180legend: Fold  
Dr0pTheHammer: Fold  
betspliff: Fold  
wheresmejulie: Call 100.00
38Hunk: Fold  
demtek: Check  

*** FLOP *** [C4 SJ D6]
demtek: Check  
me: Check  
wheresmejulie: Check  

*** TURN *** [C4 SJ D6 HA]
demtek: Check  
me: Bet 200.00
wheresmejulie: Call 200.00
demtek: Call 200.00

*** RIVER *** [C4 SJ D6 HA D3]
demtek: Check  
me: Bet 475.00
wheresmejulie: Fold  
demtek: Raise 4,240.00
me: Allin 1,620.00

*** SHOW DOWN ***
demtek: shows [H2 D5] (Straight)
me: shows (mucked) [SA S7] (Pair)

[SirPercival]

2 attempts -£11.00  

Now need to decide if I"m buying in to the £55 sat or grinding away at the feeders.  

[duke3016]

Played one won one - hmm fish do prosper  

[MintTrav]

Comments welcome.  

Should I have just folded pre?
Should I bet the flop?
Was my bet size wrong on turn?
Was it just a terrible call on river?

TBH Stuart, what I really hate is the River bet. What is the purpose of your bet? I can"t see you driving away any 2P hand on that board. Or are you hoping for a call from A5 or A2 (the only A"s you are beating) or a J? Check behind with your showdown hand here IMO. I"d be very interested to know why you bet there.

[TheSnapper]

fold pre, you have 24 bb"s and there"s a 7bb and a 14bb stack yet to act, they will likely have a wide range for shoving versus an open limp.

No point betting the river as John has mentioned and probably likewise on the turn, there aren"t many worse hands that can call a bet. Which emphasizes why you should fold preflop tbh.

[SirPercival]

Thanks for the comments and honesty guys, the reason I posted the hand is because I know I played it badly and I also know the reason why. Posting it was sort of a punishment to myself to try and stop me being so stupid in future (does that make sense?)

Looking back at the hand I know I should have folded pre and I was thinking this part way through the hand also (another error). When it came to the river all I was thinking was what could he have called my turn bet with? At the time I was more annoyed with the river call than the bet but I agree it was the bet that was wrong in the first place. I couldn"t find a timeclock and only had about 2 seconds to make a decision. This brings me to the main reason for my mistakes - I wasn"t focussed  

I am struggling to focus on a "£5 online game" rather than seeing it as a route to a £430 tourney that could give me a big score. It"s like the opposite effect of playing with scared money (does that make sense?)

Posting the hand, getting slated by 2 friends, then being honest in this post has helped a lot - no mistakes tonight  

oh, and the fact Ger qualified gives me hope!  

[duke3016]

oh, and the fact Ger qualified gives me hope!  

Give me a shout if you require tips on satellite play  

[SirPercival]

Just found a £1.10 rebuy event which gives entry into same Super Sat.

So will give that a bash at 7.30 and play the £5.50 at 8.30

EDIT: not enough runners for the rebuy

[nosey-p]

How did you get on?

Going to have a go at this next week

[SirPercival]

How did you get on?

Going to have a go at this next week

still in  

but short