I'm currently deciding it it's possible (and if so, to what extent) to open and play a lot of plots early in a tournament like this where stacks are not that deep.
Party Super Thurs, very first hand, 7 handed.
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (7 handed) [url:
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BB (t1000)
UTG (t1000)
MP1 (t1000)
Hero (t1000)
CO (t1000)
Button (t1000)
SB (t1000)
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
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2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t60</font>, CO calls t60, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t105</font>, Hero calls t45, CO calls t45.
Flop: (t322.50) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t55</font>, Hero calls t55, CO calls t55.
Turn: (t487.50) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t555</font>, Hero folds, CO folds.
Final Pot: t1042.50
Maybe this is boring. I guess I could have open limped, but for quite some time now, the thought of not playing this hand preflop (or worse hands like K9s or QJo) makes me sick.
I guess with relatively shallow stacks, a lot of limping and taking a lot of flops might give me more room to outmanuever people, but then the pots just don't get built. Yet putting in 6% of my stack preflop just doesn't seem to be getting it done. Maybe I'm not handling postflop properly, but without many chips to play with these raises just don't create the pot dynamics that I'm looking for postflop.
No real point, looking for any/all comments on the subject. Spill your guts.
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