Thinker_145
Visionary
Silver Level
I think my biggest problem is how I play once I make it deep into a tourney. This situation illustrates well the sort of things that can happen.
So its a 12 player 2 table SNG with top 4 cashing out. We are down to 4.
I have 3500 chips, the chip leader is sitting at around 6500 chips, one player has 1200 and the last one has just 200 left. The blinds are 50/100.
The chip leader has been playing very losely and I have so far folded even decent cards to his raises as I am waiting to atleast get into the top 3 before taking him on.
But it happens, he makes a min raise UTG and I call with 99 on the BB. The flop comes 852 with 2 diamonds. I immediately bet 70% of the pot as I want to end the hand there but he re-raises me. Now I know I have the best hand and I shove all-in and he calls with KT of diamonds. Turns out I wasnt really ahead even though I had the best hand. And given his chip count he didnt do much wrong there.
But the problem is if I had checked and if he had kept raising me big what would I do? He only made the flush on the river and the turn was another under card to my pair. I see this in 2 ways,
1. If I win this pot I am in prime position to win the tourney and pretty much guaranteed 2nd place. The first position wins 100% more than the second place in this particular SNG.
2. However I was already in very good position to come 2nd and the blinds were still quite comfortable so there was no urgency.
Would you say its reasonable that I just give up on the hand after the flop? Or even before the flop? I know the best play here is probably check/call but I really dont think he would have gone for small value bets the way he was playing.
So its a 12 player 2 table SNG with top 4 cashing out. We are down to 4.
I have 3500 chips, the chip leader is sitting at around 6500 chips, one player has 1200 and the last one has just 200 left. The blinds are 50/100.
The chip leader has been playing very losely and I have so far folded even decent cards to his raises as I am waiting to atleast get into the top 3 before taking him on.
But it happens, he makes a min raise UTG and I call with 99 on the BB. The flop comes 852 with 2 diamonds. I immediately bet 70% of the pot as I want to end the hand there but he re-raises me. Now I know I have the best hand and I shove all-in and he calls with KT of diamonds. Turns out I wasnt really ahead even though I had the best hand. And given his chip count he didnt do much wrong there.
But the problem is if I had checked and if he had kept raising me big what would I do? He only made the flush on the river and the turn was another under card to my pair. I see this in 2 ways,
1. If I win this pot I am in prime position to win the tourney and pretty much guaranteed 2nd place. The first position wins 100% more than the second place in this particular SNG.
2. However I was already in very good position to come 2nd and the blinds were still quite comfortable so there was no urgency.
Would you say its reasonable that I just give up on the hand after the flop? Or even before the flop? I know the best play here is probably check/call but I really dont think he would have gone for small value bets the way he was playing.
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