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cotta777
Visionary
Silver Level
I played in the 8kgtd tournament at the casino last night.
and I just struggled to get off the mark...
I felt I did everything right... ish.
I had no premiun hands the only two good hands I had I correctly folded ace king on the turn when I was beat by two pair, and I folded pocket jacks pre flop as I was certain my opponent had kings or aces which he did...
so I was pretty disciplined,
I pulled off a couple of convincing bluffs as well read my opponents as missed draws in one hand, and put another on a medium pocket pair and repped the board well when a possible straight & overcards turned. .
despite all this every time I attempted to raise pre flopI would get 4 callers maybe 5 very donkish. id miss the flop im then in a position where I cant really float someone who is betting out in a 5-way pot.
this was to often the story..
so I got involved with ķ3 suited I bet both streets made my two pair put the guy on a flush draw.. I was convinced he had missed his draw on the river he only only turned over j9 he had hit one out for his straight.... i couldnt believe it..
similiar story against the king of the donks table captain, I raise 3.5x pre flop with pocket tens 7-3-3 - lovely board turns an 8 great card. . he had flatted pre flop so by the way he was playing I ruled out JJ + I pretty much put him on a 7 or 8 because its how he plays his weak paired hands such as 10-7 for example....
I tank for a minute were 4 hours into the tournament and im stacking 30k about average.
I want the double up im quite frustrated because it hasnt happened for me all night,
I call!! and he turns over 4-3 off, I couldn't believe it! the same guy who had just called a 3-bet with 5-2 off OOP and knocked out a guy holding AK top pair.
my general summary of night dissapointing.. maybe I need to be involved in more hands, as all the guys stacking big play all kinds of hands and just seem to win with those.
and I just struggled to get off the mark...
I felt I did everything right... ish.
I had no premiun hands the only two good hands I had I correctly folded ace king on the turn when I was beat by two pair, and I folded pocket jacks pre flop as I was certain my opponent had kings or aces which he did...
so I was pretty disciplined,
I pulled off a couple of convincing bluffs as well read my opponents as missed draws in one hand, and put another on a medium pocket pair and repped the board well when a possible straight & overcards turned. .
despite all this every time I attempted to raise pre flopI would get 4 callers maybe 5 very donkish. id miss the flop im then in a position where I cant really float someone who is betting out in a 5-way pot.
this was to often the story..
so I got involved with ķ3 suited I bet both streets made my two pair put the guy on a flush draw.. I was convinced he had missed his draw on the river he only only turned over j9 he had hit one out for his straight.... i couldnt believe it..
similiar story against the king of the donks table captain, I raise 3.5x pre flop with pocket tens 7-3-3 - lovely board turns an 8 great card. . he had flatted pre flop so by the way he was playing I ruled out JJ + I pretty much put him on a 7 or 8 because its how he plays his weak paired hands such as 10-7 for example....
I tank for a minute were 4 hours into the tournament and im stacking 30k about average.
I want the double up im quite frustrated because it hasnt happened for me all night,
I call!! and he turns over 4-3 off, I couldn't believe it! the same guy who had just called a 3-bet with 5-2 off OOP and knocked out a guy holding AK top pair.
my general summary of night dissapointing.. maybe I need to be involved in more hands, as all the guys stacking big play all kinds of hands and just seem to win with those.