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[KarmaDope]

Also dislike, especially with a 6bb stack to be the blinds in the next 4 hands.

Alrite adam, why do u think that is particularly relevant?

ICM.

He is the shortstack and our range should be tighter as he will be forced to make his move first.

[CW86]

Also dislike, especially with a 6bb stack to be the blinds in the next 4 hands.

Alrite adam, why do u think that is particularly relevant?

ICM.

He is the shortstack and our range should be tighter as he will be forced to make his move first.

So essentially you are looking to ladder in a $2.50 mtt?

[AAroddersAA]

Also dislike, especially with a 6bb stack to be the blinds in the next 4 hands.

Alrite adam, why do u think that is particularly relevant?

ICM.

He is the shortstack and our range should be tighter as he will be forced to make his move first.

So essentially you are looking to ladder in a $2.50 mtt?

There is nothing really wrong with that. Sometimes it is correct to ladder, the stakes are not relevant, I would not be looking to do so in this spot but I sometimes do if it is the right thing to do.

I am not sure that the 6BB stack makes a huge difference here and the main problem with reshoving this hand is position, the min raise UTG is strong. Saying that I don"t think it is as bad as Stu seemed to suggest, not that I am saying I like it either, if it was a button raise and we shove the BB it is almost standard.

fwiw Stu was a bit unlucky not to win this event as he lost a flip that would have won him the tournament heads up, then was very short so could not do much.

[Fatcatstu]

Getting back on the horse tonight, got a couple fired up while i play the APAT online game, will keep you posted!

[Fatcatstu]

Picked up a 5th place so far tongiht, so overall roll is up to $300.04, will be playing a few more tonight i think

[samson]

Also dislike, especially with a 6bb stack to be the blinds in the next 4 hands.

Alrite adam, why do u think that is particularly relevant?

ICM.

He is the shortstack and our range should be tighter as he will be forced to make his move first.

So essentially you are looking to ladder in a $2.50 mtt?

There is nothing really wrong with that. Sometimes it is correct to ladder, the stakes are not relevant, I would not be looking to do so in this spot but I sometimes do if it is the right thing to do.

I am not sure that the 6BB stack makes a huge difference here and the main problem with reshoving this hand is position, the min raise UTG is strong. Saying that I don"t think it is as bad as Stu seemed to suggest, not that I am saying I like it either, if it was a button raise and we shove the BB it is almost standard.

fwiw Stu was a bit unlucky not to win this event as he lost a flip that would have won him the tournament heads up, then was very short so could not do much.

Aside from ICM, which I don"t think is that relevant here, as we not looking to min cash in these, the 6BB player needs to be considered, at times, as they might be calling off here and we don"t particularly want to go heads up in this spot with Q high.
Obv this is going to be player dependent, hence getting notes on players for spots like this

[Fatcatstu]

Scored a win tonight, so new roll is up to $412.40!

[Fatcatstu]

Starting a (hopefully)  big session today. Roll was $402 at the start of play, will post some hands that are key as i go

[Fatcatstu]

Not going well so far!! Poker stars appears to have a bee in its bonnet with me today, this being a prime example!!

PokerStars Hand #103691927276: Tournament #783858289, $2.28+$0.22 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2013/09/05 11:55:15 WET [2013/09/05 6:55:15 ET]
Table "783858289 1" 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: NearDream (6112 in chips)
Seat 2: jay83666 (1390 in chips)
Seat 3: Leo Ballard (3100 in chips)
Seat 4: Tipocheg (1710 in chips)
Seat 5: ShoWMusTgON (1125 in chips)
Seat 6: pipi486 (5775 in chips)
Seat 7: Visva21 (3300 in chips)
Seat 8: jara1010 (6200 in chips)
Seat 9: fatcatstu (1160 in chips)
jay83666: posts small blind 75
Leo Ballard: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatcatstu [ Tc]
Tipocheg: folds
ShoWMusTgON: folds
pipi486: folds
Visva21: folds
jara1010: calls 150
fatcatstu: raises 300 to 450
NearDream: folds
jay83666: folds
Leo Ballard: folds
jara1010: raises 750 to 1200
fatcatstu: calls 710 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (40) returned to jara1010
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jara1010: shows [ ] (a pair of Threes)
fatcatstu: shows [ Tc] (high card Ace)
jara1010 collected 2545 from pot
ff Threes
Seat 9: fatcatstu showed [ Tc] and lost with high card Ace

One min cash so far, will keep on battling though!!

[AAroddersAA]

Not going well so far!! Poker stars appears to have a bee in its bonnet with me today, this being a prime example!!

It happens don"t worry about it you can"t change it just keep making the right plays. It will come to you soon, it might not be today, it might not be tomorrow but it will be soon :-)

[Fatcatstu]

Still playing silly buggers
PokerStars Hand #103692700710: Tournament #783860937, $2.28+$0.22 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2013/09/05 12:25:13 WET [2013/09/05 7:25:13 ET]
Table "783860937 14" 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: fatcatstu (3030 in chips)
Seat 2: jloby (2530 in chips)
Seat 4: Pandainis (3988 in chips)
Seat 5: thirstystack (8060 in chips)
Seat 6: JustMixo (2130 in chips)
Seat 7: AnastazjaPOL (3045 in chips)
Seat 8: Fauu (3260 in chips)
Seat 9: pokshtas (2970 in chips)
fatcatstu: posts the ante 25
jloby: posts the ante 25
Pandainis: posts the ante 25
thirstystack: posts the ante 25
JustMixo: posts the ante 25
AnastazjaPOL: posts the ante 25
Fauu: posts the ante 25
pokshtas: posts the ante 25
JustMixo: posts small blind 150
AnastazjaPOL: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatcatstu [ ]
Fauu: folds
pokshtas: folds
fatcatstu: raises 450 to 750
jloby: folds
Pandainis: folds
thirstystack: folds
JustMixo: folds
AnastazjaPOL: raises 2270 to 3020 and is all-in
fatcatstu: calls 2255 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (15) returned to AnastazjaPOL
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AnastazjaPOL: shows [ As] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
fatcatstu: shows [ ] (a pair of Kings)
AnastazjaPOL collected 6360 from pot
fatcatstu finished the tournament in 62nd place

[Fatcatstu]

Seem destined to go towards the cash but struggle to get there today!!!

PokerStars Hand #103693220824: Tournament #783865148, $2.28+$0.22 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level X (300/600) - 2013/09/05 12:43:47 WET [2013/09/05 7:43:47 ET]
Table "783865148 5" 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: Jefgenij (6576 in chips)
Seat 3: WasPL1 (3522 in chips)
Seat 4: Komandarm16 (16790 in chips)
Seat 5: JimmyGrande (3936 in chips)
Seat 6: kwolf 20 (10408 in chips)
Seat 7: titanks (7304 in chips)
Seat 8: fatcatstu (8244 in chips)
Seat 9: sositojas (2978 in chips)
Jefgenij: posts the ante 50
WasPL1: posts the ante 50
Komandarm16: posts the ante 50
JimmyGrande: posts the ante 50
kwolf 20: posts the ante 50
titanks: posts the ante 50
fatcatstu: posts the ante 50
sositojas: posts the ante 50
fatcatstu: posts small blind 300
sositojas: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatcatstu [ ]
Jefgenij: folds
WasPL1: folds
Komandarm16: folds
JimmyGrande: raises 3286 to 3886 and is all-in
kwolf 20: folds
titanks: folds
fatcatstu: calls 3586
sositojas: folds
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fatcatstu: shows [ ] (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
JimmyGrande: shows [ ] (two pair, Jacks and Eights - Ace kicker)
JimmyGrande collected 8772 from pot

[Fatcatstu]

2 min cashes so far, roll down to $380, but still playing. Enjoying it, despite some of the frustration.

[Fatcatstu]

PokerStars Hand #103694444044: Tournament #783884828, $2.28+$0.22 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2013/09/05 13:24:45 WET [2013/09/05 8:24:45 ET]
Table "783884828 17" 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Godzilla835 (1480 in chips)
Seat 2: zenh8 (2400 in chips)
Seat 3: Pokemouche84 (1625 in chips)
Seat 4: Agi+Peter (3435 in chips)
Seat 5: AggelosGate7 (4095 in chips)
Seat 6: Kasar85 (2935 in chips)
Seat 7: fatcatstu (4105 in chips)
Seat 8: underdog077 (695 in chips)
Seat 9: marialoukas (3135 in chips)
marialoukas: posts small blind 100
Godzilla835: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fatcatstu [ ]
zenh8: folds
Pokemouche84: folds
Agi+Peter: folds
AggelosGate7: folds
Kasar85: folds
fatcatstu: raises 200 to 400
underdog077: folds
marialoukas: calls 300
Godzilla835: raises 1080 to 1480 and is all-in
fatcatstu: raises 2625 to 4105 and is all-in
marialoukas: folds
Uncalled bet (2625) returned to fatcatstu
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Godzilla835: shows [ ] (a straight, Five to Nine)
fatcatstu: shows [ ] (high card Ace)
Godzilla835 collected 3360 from pot

[Fatcatstu]

Another min cash for $3.89!