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First out in Swansea - Hand advice needed!

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showdown:
So to summarise the thread, I play bad :)

Just remember guys if I"m shoving the turn to a 3-bet, I"ve got the nuts....


--- Quote from: mort1971 on March 23, 2010, 16:42:50 PM ---
damn ....couldn`t even manage 1st out..nevermind must try harder lol... :"(

--- End quote ---


I"m happy to exchange my last place with you if it makes you happy?

Starting to think my 11th at Bolton was a fluke  :P

George2Loose:
I would probably fold pre but don"t mind the call at all.

Think the raise size on the turn is perfect.

On the river, particularly in an APAT tourney you beat nothing. Just fold.

pompeytone:
Leigh, it takes many tournaments before we realise that it is not about being good or bad at poker, it is about playing our best and praying hard to the poker gods for some luck.
I expect to win every tournament but the reality is i maybe cash in 20% of all the tournaments i play, leaving me 80% dissapointed.
Maybe London will be good for you, i know for certain that i am going to win it because i always beleive in myself. I imagine that leaves all the others left in after i bow out able to laugh at me for being so brazen or big headed about my abilities, on the other hand, if a miracle does happen i can say "i told you so" ...lol

BOINGBLITZ:
Gotta love Pants-Man"s note at the end......"Friend of Tony Trippier - Bronze Medal in the Stud !"

MintTrav:
Leigh - wrote a long response but lost it when I had just finished. In a nutshell, my thinking is a lot closer to yours.

Shoving over the 600 is way too conservative. The majority say to shove over his reraise. Some want to do this to make him fold, a few for value in the hope he"ll call. Then there are several that tell you to shove his reraise but don"t say what their objective is - do they want him to call or fold? I think most want him to fold but who knows*. But why would we want him to fold? We are a huge favourite going to the River - >3:1 if he has a set and >9:1 if he has 2P. If we won"t take chances when we are such big favourites, when will we?

I definitely don"t want everyone to fold, but neither do I want them getting to the River cheaply and having the option to put chips in depending on whether they hit. Against two, I"m raising the 600 to about 2600 in the hope of getting one caller. A reraise from him is better, as we can then shove with a realistic hope of being called. If we can get him to call a shove we maximise our advantage, avoid the possibility of being bluffed off a paired board he has missed and accept the small risk of being outdrawn.

I understand what you were trying to do and don"t really disagree with it but he probably won"t pay us off much if he misses the River, so I would try to get as many of his chips as I could into the pot on the Turn, all of them if possible.


*It should be a condition when suggesting an action that you give a reason and state what response you want from your opponent.

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