Out on the bubble, but I felt good.

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A few days ago I had been playing an MTT and it was an extremely small field that day with what being something like ~30 showing up, so I only top 4 got payed. The gtd wasn't huge or anything, but it was good amount to win.
I had been chip leader by a pretty big margin for a while now, I knew that the table was nitty and decided to raise nearly every hand because the table let me get away with it. The player on my right, who has been a pretty avg stack throughout the tournament and has been shoving ATC on his SB (or my BB) if folded to. And I've been letting him get away with it, because I hadn't been getting the right hands to call with.

So in an odd enough scenario small stack shoves, player in 2nd reshoves and person to my right calls. AJ vs TT vs KK. The player on my right has nearly tripled up, but i still have him covered, but not by much.

He continues to shove my BB, even though he's shoving some 40+ BBs to win 2 BBs.

2 orbits go by and he shoves again, I have ATs, normally, this deep on the bubble, I would never call. But he has been shoving ATC on the SB for a while. So I went for it, I had him covered by 5 BB at this point.
I call, he shows 2To.
I have a sigh of relief until he binks a 2 on the flop.
I get out with AK vs K8 2 hands later in 5th.


All that aside, I'm not asking for hand review or anything, because I felt pretty justified with my call there, given the circumstances. I knew I had played good that tournament. And I felt like that mattered more than winning some BI's. Is it good to not be so results oriented? I have been trying to let go of a result oriented mentality and it seems like it is starting to set in.

Does knowing that your play is getting stronger mean more to you than winning a tournament?
I've gotten enough FT's to not really remember how well I played in them a couple days later. But that tournament I just felt as if I had been "on it". Even though I wasn't rewarded.
 
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why people shove with strange hands like 2 10 off i dont understand
 
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A few days ago I had been playing an MTT and it was an extremely small field that day with what being something like ~30 showing up, so I only top 4 got payed. The gtd wasn't huge or anything, but it was good amount to win.
I had been chip leader by a pretty big margin for a while now, I knew that the table was nitty and decided to raise nearly every hand because the table let me get away with it. The player on my right, who has been a pretty avg stack throughout the tournament and has been shoving ATC on his SB (or my BB) if folded to. And I've been letting him get away with it, because I hadn't been getting the right hands to call with.

So in an odd enough scenario small stack shoves, player in 2nd reshoves and person to my right calls. AJ vs TT vs KK. The player on my right has nearly tripled up, but i still have him covered, but not by much.

He continues to shove my BB, even though he's shoving some 40+ BBs to win 2 BBs.

2 orbits go by and he shoves again, I have ATs, normally, this deep on the bubble, I would never call. But he has been shoving ATC on the SB for a while. So I went for it, I had him covered by 5 BB at this point.
I call, he shows 2To.
I have a sigh of relief until he binks a 2 on the flop.
I get out with AK vs K8 2 hands later in 5th.


All that aside, I'm not asking for hand review or anything, because I felt pretty justified with my call there, given the circumstances. I knew I had played good that tournament. And I felt like that mattered more than winning some BI's. Is it good to not be so results oriented? I have been trying to let go of a result oriented mentality and it seems like it is starting to set in.

Does knowing that your play is getting stronger mean more to you than winning a tournament?
I've gotten enough FT's to not really remember how well I played in them a couple days later. But that tournament I just felt as if I had been "on it". Even though I wasn't rewarded.

Good, you made the right moves. The problem is that in tournaments, even if you play consistente poker, sometimes luck will be a fator, and even you are playing right you can get busted really soon. Good luck next time!


why people shove with strange hands like 2 10 off i dont understand

He kinda explained in his post. He was doing it to steal blinds. A guy that shoves every hand, is hard to read.
 
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I think your outlook on the situation is wonderful. As long as you look at your play logically and not give in to emotion, the long term result will be favorable. Reminds me of a similar scenario where I got sucked out, much to the glee of the villain. I responded saying not to be results oriented to which he said "its all about the results idiot" haha. Gotta love BetOnline.
 
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why people shove with strange hands like 2 10 off i dont understand

They are either watching too much poker on TV or compensating for a small schmekel...
 
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They are either watching too much poker on TV or compensating for a small schmekel...

Well he was shoving any 2 on the SB, he honestly didn't care what hand he had, whether it would be KK or 2-7o he was shoving, but I honestly dont think he would shove kings.

Fun game, good play though. I really dont feel bad about getting sucked out on as much lately
 
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Man losing on the bubble is the worst feeling ever to me. All that work just to know that because of you now everyone gets a prize. But it does feel good to know that you made it that far if the field was big like 1000+
 
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but I honestly dont think he would shove kings.

That would be hilarious if he shoved every hand and then raise 3x, that would be an obvious read for strength.
 
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It was a terrible call on 40+bb's, ESPECIALLY after you've told us how you've been easily chipping up vs. a bunch of players who are playing too tight while on the bubble. So why toss away our advantage by calling it off there?
 
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Doyle Brunson won back to back WSOPs with a deuce and a ten
 
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