Thinker_145
Visionary
Silver Level
I made 2 very big lay downs and all thanks to a stupid player.
So its the very first hand of a 10 player SNG, I have QQ on the button. The UTG makes a massive 22 BB raise, now as I am contemplating whether to just call or go all in.........a middle position player goes all in. Now I am like surely I am beat? I fold after using all the available time to decide.
Turns out the UTG had AA and the middle position donk had A5s. A king did come on the flop but I doubt I would have gotten away with the hand if I had called. This was the very first time I ever folded QQ pre-flop.
Now comes the second part and this one is even better play on my part I think. Its a 30 player SNG and I am a huge stack(50 BB) with just over half the players remaining, the table is 9-handed. The chip leader is UTG and raises 5 BB, UTG+1 calls who is a medium stack. Now I am a middle position with QQ and I feel like shoving here but the UTG has me covered and I have position on both so I just call.
Its a 3 way pot then with me having position. The flop comes T9T, I immediately think that JJ is the only big pair I am beating now. The UTG makes a half pot bet and I make my mind to call it. However the UTG+1 makes a huge re-raise and now I tell myself surely I am beat? So I fold.
Now turns out in the end the UTG had KK and UTG+1 had 33 lolol. The turn card was an ace and certainly I could have folded after that but it would have considerably worsened my tournament position. As it turned out I did make it in the money and that hand was the key in the end I believe.
So thats that I'll like to hear if you have had similar situations where a bad player helped you immensely in getting away from a hand?
So its the very first hand of a 10 player SNG, I have QQ on the button. The UTG makes a massive 22 BB raise, now as I am contemplating whether to just call or go all in.........a middle position player goes all in. Now I am like surely I am beat? I fold after using all the available time to decide.
Turns out the UTG had AA and the middle position donk had A5s. A king did come on the flop but I doubt I would have gotten away with the hand if I had called. This was the very first time I ever folded QQ pre-flop.
Now comes the second part and this one is even better play on my part I think. Its a 30 player SNG and I am a huge stack(50 BB) with just over half the players remaining, the table is 9-handed. The chip leader is UTG and raises 5 BB, UTG+1 calls who is a medium stack. Now I am a middle position with QQ and I feel like shoving here but the UTG has me covered and I have position on both so I just call.
Its a 3 way pot then with me having position. The flop comes T9T, I immediately think that JJ is the only big pair I am beating now. The UTG makes a half pot bet and I make my mind to call it. However the UTG+1 makes a huge re-raise and now I tell myself surely I am beat? So I fold.
Now turns out in the end the UTG had KK and UTG+1 had 33 lolol. The turn card was an ace and certainly I could have folded after that but it would have considerably worsened my tournament position. As it turned out I did make it in the money and that hand was the key in the end I believe.
So thats that I'll like to hear if you have had similar situations where a bad player helped you immensely in getting away from a hand?
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