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Bronze Level
500gtd Turbo10 on ACR
Fast structure with very aggressive play throughout the entire event.
Numbers are not exact - all from memory.
Approx. 55 players remain from a total field of 500 not counting rebuys.
Money bubble pops at 50. Min cash is approximately $3.50.
Up top $110.
Blinds 400/800, anties 100?
I'm on the button with Ks/Tc. Currently top 15 in chips approximately 55k.
CO 3x opens. CO has me covered by about 15k in chips.
CO is loose in LP. Tendencies = opens in LP 90% of hands. Always opens for 3x or more. Cbets 90% of hands after opening from LP.
I call the open planning to continue with any pair vs CO because of his over aggressiveness in LP.
BB defends.
I have no notes on BB - other than the most recent hands, he has not been overly aggressive. We have only played 5-6 hands together at this point on this table. I saw no showdown from the one hand he was involved in. He called a min-raise and folded on the flop.
My initial thought is he will be calling here with any Ace, and connectors, and possibly any two broadway cards.
BB and my chip stack are nearly identical. He has me by about 2 bb total.
Flop
KcJhTs.
Two pair for me.
CO cbets 1/2 pot. Approx. 3650
I make the easy call planning to call down all the way to river. The board is super wet however - I'm going with my plan with two pair vs CO's overly aggressive tendencies.
BB shoves!! Wow didn't expect that.
CO folds.
For the sake of proper decision making, 1st place payout is approximately half of my ACR bankroll.
What is opponent shoving with in this spot that I beat?
Any pair with Ace kicker? I suspect an oop 3bet would have come from any A/T, A/J, and certainly A/K. So I do not put him on those hands.
Is opponent donk shoving any Ace in this spot? Donk shoving any pair, any King? Without history with this opponent, making this assumption is folly in my opinion.
Other possible hands opponent could be shoving here that I beat. T/J, Q/J, Q/T, 9/T, 8/9, K/9, J/9. That is quite a lot of combos.
Hands that have me toast that may not have been 3bet preflop.
Q/9 is the only hand that has me toast here - that was not 3bet. Any pocket pair JJ, TT of course KK would be 3bet - plus I have blockers to all but TT. So those are out of the question. This is assuming this player is not a passive player that would only flat A/Q. Is A/Q a flat in the BB in this situation? I believe not.
1. Call - because I have a very strong hand and I'm playing to win, regardless of the situation, and how sloppy wet the board is. I'm not playing to min-cash, or survive - this decision and all others are ALL-or-NOTHING decisions.
Even though I have a healthy stack and could still make a strong run, this IS THE decision of this tournament for me. Reward out weighs the risk?
2. Fold - because I will still have a healthy stack and can make a more informed decision in a better spot after the bubble has popped. I have no information on the opponent - so it is simply a coin flip luck spot. I have a strong hand here but I know nothing about the opponent. Is the opponent committing ICM suicide - or is he leveraging ICM to his advantage here? Opponent could be shoving with one pair and Ace kicker, although unlikely, I suspect that hand would have re-raised preflop. I believe I'm a solid player and if I choose to fold I can continue to play well and still make FT.
What say you?
Fast structure with very aggressive play throughout the entire event.
Numbers are not exact - all from memory.
Approx. 55 players remain from a total field of 500 not counting rebuys.
Money bubble pops at 50. Min cash is approximately $3.50.
Up top $110.
Blinds 400/800, anties 100?
I'm on the button with Ks/Tc. Currently top 15 in chips approximately 55k.
CO 3x opens. CO has me covered by about 15k in chips.
CO is loose in LP. Tendencies = opens in LP 90% of hands. Always opens for 3x or more. Cbets 90% of hands after opening from LP.
I call the open planning to continue with any pair vs CO because of his over aggressiveness in LP.
BB defends.
I have no notes on BB - other than the most recent hands, he has not been overly aggressive. We have only played 5-6 hands together at this point on this table. I saw no showdown from the one hand he was involved in. He called a min-raise and folded on the flop.
My initial thought is he will be calling here with any Ace, and connectors, and possibly any two broadway cards.
BB and my chip stack are nearly identical. He has me by about 2 bb total.
Flop
KcJhTs.
Two pair for me.
CO cbets 1/2 pot. Approx. 3650
I make the easy call planning to call down all the way to river. The board is super wet however - I'm going with my plan with two pair vs CO's overly aggressive tendencies.
BB shoves!! Wow didn't expect that.
CO folds.
For the sake of proper decision making, 1st place payout is approximately half of my ACR bankroll.
What is opponent shoving with in this spot that I beat?
Any pair with Ace kicker? I suspect an oop 3bet would have come from any A/T, A/J, and certainly A/K. So I do not put him on those hands.
Is opponent donk shoving any Ace in this spot? Donk shoving any pair, any King? Without history with this opponent, making this assumption is folly in my opinion.
Other possible hands opponent could be shoving here that I beat. T/J, Q/J, Q/T, 9/T, 8/9, K/9, J/9. That is quite a lot of combos.
Hands that have me toast that may not have been 3bet preflop.
Q/9 is the only hand that has me toast here - that was not 3bet. Any pocket pair JJ, TT of course KK would be 3bet - plus I have blockers to all but TT. So those are out of the question. This is assuming this player is not a passive player that would only flat A/Q. Is A/Q a flat in the BB in this situation? I believe not.
1. Call - because I have a very strong hand and I'm playing to win, regardless of the situation, and how sloppy wet the board is. I'm not playing to min-cash, or survive - this decision and all others are ALL-or-NOTHING decisions.
Even though I have a healthy stack and could still make a strong run, this IS THE decision of this tournament for me. Reward out weighs the risk?
2. Fold - because I will still have a healthy stack and can make a more informed decision in a better spot after the bubble has popped. I have no information on the opponent - so it is simply a coin flip luck spot. I have a strong hand here but I know nothing about the opponent. Is the opponent committing ICM suicide - or is he leveraging ICM to his advantage here? Opponent could be shoving with one pair and Ace kicker, although unlikely, I suspect that hand would have re-raised preflop. I believe I'm a solid player and if I choose to fold I can continue to play well and still make FT.
What say you?