out of 37 runners in local live £10 rebuy tourney its down to 13 players
i"ve hardly a hand all night and the playable ones i"ve had like poctet 10"s or AQsuited or suited connectors in the button became unplayable when faced by raises and re raises vefore the action gets to me (and i turns out everytime a good fold as i was well behind and wouldnt have sucked out on any pot). there is alot of donkey/gambling play goes on in these tourneys
at the break, i rebuy and addon so total spend is £30 and i have an average chip stack at 6k but only becasue i paid for it and not managed to play a hand (blinds still only 100/200 after the break)
managed to win 3 pots all night when playing resumed (all blind steals with air) and managed to double up when down to 3k when i opened with the bullets and was reraised all in with KQo (as i said alot of spewy play goes on) and i double up
so hand 1
13 players left 400/800 and i have 7k, UTG+1 and pocket queens
UTG makes it 2400 to go and i think hard, something tells me he has the bullets or kings and has a stack of well above 40k (average is 10k). i dont realy want to tangle but this is only the 2nd good hand i"ve had all night but my thinking is he could have AK/AQ or jacks - so i think for a few minutes, saying i think im behind but i cant let this hand go and take the chance and push at which point UTG starts counting chips - i know im behind now
but as it folds round the BB pushes all in with 20k - UTG insta calls
BB AK suited
UTG AA
me QQ
board come down XXX X Q - i survive by my teeth and treble up to 21k and BB is eliminated by UTG
at which point i say and ask the table - thanks, i got lucky there but i would never have pushed all in with AK after a raise and re raise, especially after i went all in he (pointing to UTG player) started to count out his chips. to me thats asking for trouble
at which point the entire table (except UTG) says the"yd have done the same and pushed. i reply he had a 20k stack and didnt need to go looking for a fight - he couldve sat still and coasted to the final table
hand 2
final table down to 7 players top 4 get paid
im down to 12k and blinds at 3000/1500 and im in the SB
BB has 15k and is a decent player and been talking to him most of the night about poker subjects (books, tv shows etc but nothing on strategy or odds) and seems able to fold average hands when faced with aggresion pre flop (small pairs, A10/AJ/KQs etc)
so its folded to me in the SB and i have 25o great
now i cant call as i"d only have 9k left and not much to play with, i could give him a walk and hopefully get a chance to steal the next blind or 2 but with 9k and most stacks at 25k the BB would get great odds to call
i decide to try and steal anyone due to prior knowledge of his play and know he wont call unless he has a decent hand - and he does in JJ
balls but flop comes 234 - giving me alot more outs but it doesnt come and i go out and which point the table says - you wont go all in with AK but you"ll try to steal with 25o
i turn and walk away without saying a word but i think both my actions and comments were justified - i had good idea about the BB"s range in the 2nd hand and know he couldnt call with anything but a premium hand as his tourney would be at risk too leaving him just 3k (1BB)
comments.....