Vid of me playing a SnG

$5 on Stars - for some reason it cuts off about 30 seconds before the end. :/

Anyway, assuming this actually works, gogo criticise my play!

http://rapidshare.de/files/16727978/SNG1.avi.html

wow big DL
how did you make the vid?

It was 400mb before I compressed it.

There's a guide to making vids here.

(I know linking to other fora is frowned upon, but I would feel even more guilty reposting that without due credit)

lol just finished watching all 55 mins of it (yes i have alot of free time on my hands)
very well done Dorkus, you play a solid, tight game
notes come in handy when tough calls are at hand (-->that AQ where you hit top pair and that lady check-pushed was a good laydown, i think that saved your tourney)

(clarky sir, please go into a relevant topic or make a new thread to discuss freeroll stuff and don't hijack this one, kthx)

Chuck, I hated that laydown - I think I was too shortstacked to make it really, but it was a very close call, and I was confident enough that even with a shortstack I could outplay the donks. Would appreciate any further comments on it.

For anyone who can't be bothered watching it...

Villain is uber calling station (28/0/0.15, ~50 hands). Whenever she actually bets postflop, it's ALWAYS allin, regardless of pot size etc. She's done it before with top 2 pair, and a couple of other times without showing down.

pokerstars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Button (t3060)
SB (t1305)
BB (t3645)
UTG (t3290)
Hero (t2200)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Qh, Ac.
1 fold, Hero raises to t150, 2 folds, BB calls t100.

Flop: (t325) Qs, 8d, 7h (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t250, BB raises to t3495, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t4070

Results below:
No showdown. BB wins t4070.

well she might have had a weaker kicker...i mean everytime she hit top pr she would check-raise all in
but it was too much of a risk to take considering she would do the same with 2pr and better
so i thought it was a good laydown

Bless you for posting the HH Chris; on behalf of all us losers still on dial-up, I thank you.

Now, on to the hand. I don't get why you folded??? Flop was rainbow, no draws. She is a major callling station? Why not push post-flop and let here double you up? Were you afraid of pocket Qs (she probably would have re-raised pre-flop) Q8? I think you could have pushed first and make some $$ off this hand. A bit too timid this hand, IMO.

I think you're ahead here more often than 50% of the time. Q8/Q7 would suck, and so would 8-7 (but not quite as much), but I just think you're up against Q9 here often enough to bite. A set would want to get paid off, so I doubt that would mean an all-in.

I hate that it's a checkraise, though. And although I think that a call is correct, it's close enough that I wouldn't consider a fold a complete disaster. Even with this laydown, you still have plenty of chips to move with, given that the BB is only at 50.

F Paulsson said:

I think you're ahead here more often than 50% of the time. Q8/Q7 would suck, and so would 8-7 (but not quite as much), but I just think you're up against Q9 here often enough to bite. A set would want to get paid off, so I doubt that would mean an all-in.

I hate that it's a checkraise, though. And although I think that a call is correct, it's close enough that I wouldn't consider a fold a complete disaster. Even with this laydown, you still have plenty of chips to move with, given that the BB is only at 50.

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From what i saw in the vid, this player was very passive, and semi-tight
i think Dorkus could have gone either way with a call or a fold
she might have called PF with a medium PP, Q7-QA but i dont think 78 - she wasn't the type to play small connectors IMO
and by the way she played, if she hit the flop (regardless what she had) then she would check-push if she acted first or raise all in if she acted last
so i wouldnt rule out 77 or 88...then again she could just simply have top pair but a smaller kicker than you - maybe KQ or QJ or something like that

BTW, I'd recommend downloading Microsoft's own Windows Media Encoder for doing screen captures - I've evaluated a number of bits of software that can do screencams, and Media Encoder had the advantage of being free, and also produced easily the smallest files.

F Paulsson said:

I think you're ahead here more often than 50% of the time. Q8/Q7 would suck, and so would 8-7 (but not quite as much), but I just think you're up against Q9 here often enough to bite. A set would want to get paid off, so I doubt that would mean an all-in.

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Consider that every time villain has actually bet/raised at all it has been allin, regardless of pot size etc. In my opinion she is clearly not concerned with wanting to get paid off, more with just overbetting very strong hands and check/calling the rest.

In other words, I think you're giving her 'thought processes' too much credit. I think AQ-QT and 77-88 are the most likely holdings here.

Oh. It's one of THOSE people. The special ones.

Dorkus Malorkus said:

Consider that every time villain has actually bet/raised at all it has been allin, regardless of pot size etc. In my opinion she is clearly not concerned with wanting to get paid off, more with just overbetting very strong hands and check/calling the rest.

In other words, I think you're giving her 'thought processes' too much credit. I think AQ-QT and 77-88 are the most likely holdings here.

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exactly what i was trying to say....in half the words and twice as simple