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louaylouay
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So, I've been playing online for about 6 months or so, and I've been taking it pretty seriously. I'm constantly studying, going over previous hands, watching streams, watching hand breakdowns, reading articles etc. etc. etc.
Either way, I found the courage to play in my first live MTT earlier this week, and it was weird.. really weird.
I need some help adjusting from online to live, I guess I just couldn't figure it out? I played in a $50 Buy-In, 1k GTD MTT at a VFW hall. Definitely not a wsop tournament, but it was my first tourney so I looked for the cheapest buy-in local tourney to try it out.
I felt like I played fine, as far as my first live tourney goes. I had no trouble following hands or calculating the pot, but I feel like nobody played anywhere near the way I am used to playing. There were multiple times someone would raise a pot and showdown J9o or something weird that they played to the river with a paired 9 on the turn. This was not just ONE or TWO people playing like this, it was the entire table, relatively deep into the tourney. I actually want to share the hand I got railed on, because I don't think I'd play it differently if I came into the same spot again, but I was dominated way worse than I could have imagined.
9-handed
20/70 remaining, top 9 cash.
Hero on BTN
Blinds 500/1k
Hero stack 22,000
Dealt AhKd
UTG limps
UTG +1 limps
UTG +2 folds
UTG +3 folds
HiJack limps
CO limps
Hero Raises to 4,000
SB Fold
BB Fold
UTG call
UTG+1 fold
HiJack fold
CO fold
Heads up with UTG, Flop comes AdKhJs
UTG Checks
Hero Bets 9,000
UTG Calls
(I'm thinking 910 suited? MAYBE J10? Weak Ace that he can't let go of? K7-K9 with a wide limp? His limping range, from what hands I saw, was pretty small compared to his mile-wide open range. He was opening with really really strange hands in a couple instances)
Turn 6c
UTG checks
Hero shoves all-in for 8k I think it was? I was covered.
UTG calls
UTG Turns up JcJh
River comes Jd
Lost to the quads, which I would have lost to trips anyway. He ends up winning High-Hand jackpot with it, either way.
My problem is, I have no idea how in the world I am supposed to read that hand? I feel like we were past the point of people limping Jacks at that point in the tournament, and I had seen him raise K10o UTG so I thought I was dominating his limping range. I was really mad, to be honest, because it just didn't make sense to me.
My actual questions is
-Was I playing at a low enough stake to just be a gamble fest? That's what it felt like. Almost like everyone just wanted to see 5 cards while their money was in the middle because it was exciting for them or something lol. I figured, going into it, that $50 was enough for people to play somewhat standard because there was real dollars on the line; but as far as "standard poker" goes, I couldn't find it within a mile. Weird limps with monsters and early raises with trash into calling stations, I couldn't pattern anything.
-As for that specific hand I got knocked out on: any pointers? I thought it was the correct play based on the info I had, and as I go over it, I still think it was. I can use some help.
- Any quick tips or tricks for live games vs online? I was really nervous at first but I won a few hands that I played to the script, and I gained my confidence and calmed down pretty quickly. Apparently that was not enough haha.
Any other questions about my experience, feel free to ask! I'll give as much info as possible.
Either way, I found the courage to play in my first live MTT earlier this week, and it was weird.. really weird.
I need some help adjusting from online to live, I guess I just couldn't figure it out? I played in a $50 Buy-In, 1k GTD MTT at a VFW hall. Definitely not a wsop tournament, but it was my first tourney so I looked for the cheapest buy-in local tourney to try it out.
I felt like I played fine, as far as my first live tourney goes. I had no trouble following hands or calculating the pot, but I feel like nobody played anywhere near the way I am used to playing. There were multiple times someone would raise a pot and showdown J9o or something weird that they played to the river with a paired 9 on the turn. This was not just ONE or TWO people playing like this, it was the entire table, relatively deep into the tourney. I actually want to share the hand I got railed on, because I don't think I'd play it differently if I came into the same spot again, but I was dominated way worse than I could have imagined.
9-handed
20/70 remaining, top 9 cash.
Hero on BTN
Blinds 500/1k
Hero stack 22,000
Dealt AhKd
UTG limps
UTG +1 limps
UTG +2 folds
UTG +3 folds
HiJack limps
CO limps
Hero Raises to 4,000
SB Fold
BB Fold
UTG call
UTG+1 fold
HiJack fold
CO fold
Heads up with UTG, Flop comes AdKhJs
UTG Checks
Hero Bets 9,000
UTG Calls
(I'm thinking 910 suited? MAYBE J10? Weak Ace that he can't let go of? K7-K9 with a wide limp? His limping range, from what hands I saw, was pretty small compared to his mile-wide open range. He was opening with really really strange hands in a couple instances)
Turn 6c
UTG checks
Hero shoves all-in for 8k I think it was? I was covered.
UTG calls
UTG Turns up JcJh
River comes Jd
Lost to the quads, which I would have lost to trips anyway. He ends up winning High-Hand jackpot with it, either way.
My problem is, I have no idea how in the world I am supposed to read that hand? I feel like we were past the point of people limping Jacks at that point in the tournament, and I had seen him raise K10o UTG so I thought I was dominating his limping range. I was really mad, to be honest, because it just didn't make sense to me.
My actual questions is
-Was I playing at a low enough stake to just be a gamble fest? That's what it felt like. Almost like everyone just wanted to see 5 cards while their money was in the middle because it was exciting for them or something lol. I figured, going into it, that $50 was enough for people to play somewhat standard because there was real dollars on the line; but as far as "standard poker" goes, I couldn't find it within a mile. Weird limps with monsters and early raises with trash into calling stations, I couldn't pattern anything.
-As for that specific hand I got knocked out on: any pointers? I thought it was the correct play based on the info I had, and as I go over it, I still think it was. I can use some help.
- Any quick tips or tricks for live games vs online? I was really nervous at first but I won a few hands that I played to the script, and I gained my confidence and calmed down pretty quickly. Apparently that was not enough haha.
Any other questions about my experience, feel free to ask! I'll give as much info as possible.
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