Two Plus Two Newer Archives  

Go Back   Two Plus Two Newer Archives > Tournament Poker > MTT Strategy
FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 05-08-2007, 05:04 PM
bmk67 bmk67 is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Stacking donks & robbing nits.
Posts: 193
Default AA hand live 3 table tournament, 6 players remain

3 table live MTT, 6 players remain.

Blinds T200/T400
Villian has T11200 (1st in chips)
Hero has T10000 (2nd in chips)

Villian is UTG and raises to T2500. 4 folds.
Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] and calls.

Flop is K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Hero checks, villain checks.

Turn is 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Hero open pushes T7500, Villain goes in the tank for about 3 minutes and calls.

There's a lot of things to hate about the way I played this hand, however, I have played with this particular villain and there are a few bits of information I have.

- Villain's preflop raises are transparent. He raises 5-6xBB with most pocket pairs, open pushes (regardless of stack size) with AA/KK, and otherwise raises 2-3xBB.

- Villain sees me as very aggressive.

- I am confident Villain will stack off with 99+ on a reasonable flop.

- I'm sure he has a lower pocket pair, and I'm also sure he doesn't have AK/AQ/etc.

- Villain has a poor understanding of odds.

Against a medium or shorter stack, I auto-reraise here almost 100% of the time. In this case, I opt to underrep my hand and sacrifice some pre-flop equity for the implied odds of taking nearly his whole stack.

On the flop, there is little for me to be afraid of (based on reads). He doesn't have KK, and if he has 88 or 55, so be it. I'm going to let him hang himself. Unfortunately he doesn't bite. He has to think I don't have a big pair or Kx here, he knows I'd bet it to find out where I'm out.

On the turn, I figure if I'm going to get paid, I'm trying to make it look like a total bluff (say a whiffed AQ), and I'm rooting for a call.

Suggestions on all streets welcome.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 05-08-2007, 05:18 PM
MJBuddy MJBuddy is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,513
Default Re: AA hand live 3 table tournament, 6 players remain

Read dependant, you have him nailed to the wall...you're line got you his entire stack, so there's not much to argue about.

Everything you did was what you personally read he would respond to, so you played it correctly imo. And juding by the results, he didn't have the set and was at best on a draw or holding up 9s or 10s?
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 05-08-2007, 05:38 PM
bmk67 bmk67 is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Stacking donks & robbing nits.
Posts: 193
Default Re: AA hand live 3 table tournament, 6 players remain

[ QUOTE ]
Read dependant, you have him nailed to the wall...you're line got you his entire stack, so there's not much to argue about.

[/ QUOTE ]

I don't want to dwell too much on results, which is why I didn't post them. I will say my read was accurate, and that this isn't BBV. Whether or not I stacked villain is unimportant.

I'm more interested in comments on the line given the read.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:10 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.