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Taxxman
Rising Star
Bronze Level
I just got knocked out of 1000 person tournament 5 people off the money. I was fairly decent stack, 35k with average stacks at 22k, so a little room to play some hands. Blinds were on 400/800 with 85 antes and I was second under the gun. I get dealt A10 off-suite and raise 3bb (3200), was called by button, sb and bb (13,700 in the pot), all slightly bigger stacks than me par bb who had a 90k stack. Flop came Ah, 3h, 4d, sb and bb checked quickly, and I suspected the button was weak as he had come in on a few weak hands before. I raise half the pot (7200k) which made button fold, sb fold and then bigstack on the bb raises me all in. I am thinking this is bluff to steal the pot, so I call, he turns over A 3, two pair, turn and river came up blank, and that was the end of my run.
The question is, how could I have better evaluated the situation. Should I have played this differently? Not played this at all and wait for people to get out so I can get to the money? (my problem with this is that you do not get good money until you get to the last table, so might as well go out aiming to win big or not at all, is this thinking wrong too?) Any help much appreciated!
The question is, how could I have better evaluated the situation. Should I have played this differently? Not played this at all and wait for people to get out so I can get to the money? (my problem with this is that you do not get good money until you get to the last table, so might as well go out aiming to win big or not at all, is this thinking wrong too?) Any help much appreciated!