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krezip
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Silver Level
I've lately begun to get my act together in tournaments and making more and more deep runs. Which is a good thing.
Now I'm encountering a new "problem", which is that I seem to bust by running my hand into stronger pocket pairs. It seems like the later the stage of the tournament, the tighter people are reshoving/shoving when they still have a stack >15bbs.
Is this true?
Here are two examples:
example 1
100 players left out of 5000, I have somewhere between 25 & 30bbs on the button and have 99. UTG (5bbs) raises allin, UTG+1 (bad player, calls anything) flat calls.
I look ahead - I cover the SB, which has half my stack. Only the BB covers me. I reraise all-in to isolate with my 99. BB wakes up with AA. Needless to say - UTG+1 calls off with KJo.
example 2
45 players left out of 2000. I have 22bbs left and am UTG+2 and I have TT. UTG+1 minraises. He has me covered. Most players at the table are around 20-30bbs.
I reraise allin - button wakes up with AA.
These are the standard plays right? There are only 4 or 5 hands that realistically call me and are ahead in example 1 (AA-QQ - does JJ or even TT call?) And in example 2 I could see myself flatting, but am I really going to fold the flop or to a reshove?
And how do these scenarios change on the final table, when ICM really comes into play?
Now I'm encountering a new "problem", which is that I seem to bust by running my hand into stronger pocket pairs. It seems like the later the stage of the tournament, the tighter people are reshoving/shoving when they still have a stack >15bbs.
Is this true?
Here are two examples:
example 1
100 players left out of 5000, I have somewhere between 25 & 30bbs on the button and have 99. UTG (5bbs) raises allin, UTG+1 (bad player, calls anything) flat calls.
I look ahead - I cover the SB, which has half my stack. Only the BB covers me. I reraise all-in to isolate with my 99. BB wakes up with AA. Needless to say - UTG+1 calls off with KJo.
example 2
45 players left out of 2000. I have 22bbs left and am UTG+2 and I have TT. UTG+1 minraises. He has me covered. Most players at the table are around 20-30bbs.
I reraise allin - button wakes up with AA.
These are the standard plays right? There are only 4 or 5 hands that realistically call me and are ahead in example 1 (AA-QQ - does JJ or even TT call?) And in example 2 I could see myself flatting, but am I really going to fold the flop or to a reshove?
And how do these scenarios change on the final table, when ICM really comes into play?