Three Huge hands in a row, $4, 180-man Stars

roamer590 · #1 04-05-2006, 02:28 PM

Hey !

I just busted out of a $4 180-man sit-n-go on Pokerstars. This is my first post here, and I'd be thankful for some comments on these few hands which eventually led to my demise about 5 hands later (all in w/AK but thats another story).

Anyone want to read this and comment on my play ?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) internettexasholdem.com

MP1 (t5455)
MP2 (t1235)
Hero (t940)
Button (t9875)
SB (t1820)
BB (t2580)
UTG (t3065)
UTG+1 (t1030)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG raises to t150, 3 folds, Hero raises to t940, 3 folds, UTG calls t790.

Flop: (t1955) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)

Turn: (t1955) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

River: (t1955) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: t1955

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The hand right after this one went down like this:
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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) internettexasholdem.com

UTG+1 (t5455)
MP1 (t1235)
Hero (t1955)
CO (t9875)
Button (t1795)
SB (t2530)
BB (t2125)
UTG (t1030)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
3 folds, Hero raises to t100, 2 folds, SB calls t75, BB calls t50.

Flop: (t300) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB bets t100, BB folds, Hero calls t100.

Turn: (t500) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets t100, Hero raises to t300, SB calls t200.

River: (t1100) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets t150, Hero raises to t500, SB folds.

Final Pot: t1750

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3 hands later this happens when I pick up Aces again:
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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) internettexasholdem.com

CO (t5330)
Button (t2285)
Hero (t2005)
BB (t9875)
UTG (t6585)
UTG+1 (t1595)
MP1 (t1730)
MP2 (t2075)
MP3 (t1105)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls t50, UTG+1 calls t50, 3 folds, CO calls t50, 1 fold, Hero raises to t150, 1 fold, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls t100, CO calls t100.

Flop: (t550) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero bets t300, UTG+1 raises to t1445, CO folds, Hero calls t1145.

Turn: (t3440) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

River: (t3440) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: t3440

seke2 · #2 04-05-2006, 02:34 PM

Hand 1: Good
Hand 2: I'd make it 3xBB preflop rather than minraise. I'd raise the flop. I know you want to slowplay that, but with a flop having 2 connected high cards and 2 of a suit, there's a ton of draw possibilities. I wouldn't slowplay, I'd repop the flop to 300. The turn seems fine, you might have been able to get a little more value there, maybe 400 or 500 instead of 300. River is fine.

Hand 3: Looks pretty good. Preflop I'd raise to 4xBB instead of 3xBB, with 3 limpers in I'm not too worried about everyone folding to that sized raise. Flop looks fine. I guess that T on the turn gave him trips, oh well.

tubasteve · #3 04-05-2006, 02:41 PM

Bet more every street of hand 2, raise more preflop hand 3.

sngmachine · #4 04-05-2006, 02:45 PM

if your gonna reraise on hand 2, do it on the flop. not a big fan of letting him get free spades. and well the min raise... no comment. raise to 250 PF on hand 3, your begging for a 3 way pot here.

roamer590 · #5 04-05-2006, 02:47 PM

THanks.

The reason I chose to slowplay the aces is because it was against the same guy who just lost to my queens. i guess that reasoning was bad.

seke2 · #6 04-05-2006, 02:49 PM

I'd think, if anything, you can afford to play faster against that guy who just lost to your queens, he probably won't think you have a premium hand twice in a row. I dunno. I'm not sure what metagame things are worth worrying about in a situation like that, but that board is scary enough for me to play fast regardless of any other factors.

sngmachine · #7 04-05-2006, 02:49 PM

the biggest mistake you can do at low level buyins is trying to slow play something, if the fishies hit TPNK your AA will be money - don't be scared to raise 4x bb you'll still get action. Again avoid 3 way pot on hand 3, they will probably think its a steal because of your rush anyways.

seke2 · #8 04-05-2006, 02:53 PM

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the biggest mistake you can do at low level buyins is trying to slow play something

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I don't think that's entirely true, but you have to be careful about what you slowplay. I'll slowplay a flopped set (or better) fairly often and get paid off well. But you have to be very selective about it. I would almost never slowplay an overpair to the board, especially on a board with any sort of draw possibilities. I might consider trying to slowplay AA on a K83r board or something like that.