Low Buy-In MTT Hands

TheBenfer · #1 10-22-2007, 06:22 PM

OK, $5 Full Tilt 18 person SNG. I have been playing tight (due to lack of cards and two calling stations 2 and 3 spots to my left), but we just moved to the final table so half of the people (including the villain) are new.

Hand #1 - I fold UTG. CO raises, SB calls, Villain folds in the BB.

Hand #2 -
Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t80 (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

UTG+1 (t2465)
MP1 (t2360)
MP2 (t3025)
MP3 (t1575)
CO (t6740)
Button (t2880)
SB (Villain) (t4600)
Hero (t980)
UTG (t2375)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
7 folds, SB (Villain) raises to t240, Hero raises to t980 (All-In), SB (Villain) calls t740.

Flop: (t1960) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)
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Turn: (t1960) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t1960) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t1960

Results in white below: 
Villain has 2d 2h (one pair, twos).
Hero has Ac Kh (straight, ace high).
Outcome: Hero wins t1960. 

Hand #3 - MP calls, Villain folds on Button, I fold garbage in SB.

Hand #4 -
Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

BB (t2465)
UTG (t2360)
UTG+1 (t3025)
MP1 (t1575)
MP2 (t6260)
MP3 (t2880)
CO (Villain) (t3620)
Hero (t1920)
SB (t2895)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
4 folds, MP3 calls t100, CO (Villain) raises to t400, Hero raises to t1000, 2 folds, MP3 folds, CO (Villain) raises to t4020 (All-In), Hero calls t920 (All-In).

Flop: (t6190) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players, 2 all-in)
.

Turn: (t6190) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t6190) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: t6190

Results in white below: 
Villain has Ks Kd (two pair, Kings and Sevens).
Hero has As Kc (one pair, Sevens).
Outcome: Villain wins t6190.

These are the only four hands played, in order, since the merger. After the re-raise, I was worried I was beat, but I was getting 3 to 1 to call and I thought I had some additional equity since he might still have been smarting over my win two hands earlier. I'm still debating if I could have played this any other way. Any thoughts?

ssnyc · #2 10-22-2007, 06:25 PM

raise to 1000 sucks in hand 2...just stick it in...you have some FE and you aren't folding to a reraise

Wish · #3 10-22-2007, 06:43 PM

You're on a shortstack, on the button, with AK facing only one raise. Shove, do it happily, cringe when he flips up KK, hope for an A, load the next tournament.

illini43 · #4 10-22-2007, 06:56 PM

Both of these hands are very standard preflop pushes.

Dunkman · #5 10-22-2007, 08:37 PM

Fold PF in both, AK is a drawing hand and people have already raised in both hands, meaning they have made hands already.

umistboy · #6 10-23-2007, 09:23 AM

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Fold PF in both, AK is a drawing hand and people have already raised in both hands, meaning they have made hands already.

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I hope that you are joking when you write this crap? Anyone raising has a made hand?

By this thinking YOU would never raise with AK yourself because it's not yet a made hand?

Push it all in on both occasions.

CobraGoat · #7 10-23-2007, 09:36 AM

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raise to 1000 sucks in hand 2...just stick it in...you have some FE and you aren't folding to a reraise

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agreed. however, it seems like all villains in MTTs these days interpret an overshove as AK and call with 77+ always. but what other option is there, def shove.

Dalek · #8 10-23-2007, 09:54 AM

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Fold PF in both, AK is a drawing hand and people have already raised in both hands, meaning they have made hands already.

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This is wrong. Both hands are easy shoves.

Hand 2: When a bet will commit more than half your stack, you are usually better off shoving.

Dunkman · #9 10-23-2007, 12:04 PM

Lol @ you guys taking me seriously. Sometimes I can't help myself.

umistboy · #10 10-23-2007, 12:19 PM

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Lol @ you guys taking me seriously. Sometimes I can't help myself.

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I strongly suspected but was never sure. Decision taken: if in oubt, flame him!