Final Table, 3 left, Stars $22 10-table

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Reads: Both players have played a solid final table, both on the tight side, benefitting from big hands rather than abusing their way to the top.

Button complained that I stole his blinds too much on the final two tables, and said things like "5 high" or "7 high" every time he folded. He said more than once that he would come over the top with Q high. Sure, buddy. He played back once with AQs. I was opening for 3BBs with any two when I was in the small blind and he was in the big blind. This happened often when we were 5- to 18-handed.

SB seemed to play solid, if not 90% ABC, but conscious of blind stealing. I stole his BB with a narrow range because he showed that he was more willing to play back at me when I would open-raise in LP during the final two tables.

My Image: Built my stack with standard pushes with AA|AK|AJ at the final table. Button probably regarded me as loose aggressive -- bordering on maniacal -- pre-flop because of my incessant theft of his BB. SB was position-aware and likely did not see me as maniacal, but definitely aggressive.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t4000 (3 handed) converter

Hero (t80480)
Button (t80004)
SB (t109516)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
Button calls t4000, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t10400) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets t7000</font>, SB calls t7000, <font color="#CC3333">Hero ???</font>