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ssbn743
Visionary
Silver Level
This is a live $210 buy in tourney at my local casino. Blinds are 800 and 1600 with a 200 ante and my stack is 30K and my stack has been hovering right around 7M the whole tournament, except for the first few levels of course.
We are just about ready to go on the second break and from UTG +2 I’m dealt AA. Prior to this I had pushed a couple of other hands as well, like QQ and 45 with on flopped open ender against the other blind – so I did think about just pushing and AA is the only hand I would consider not pushing. But, I raise to 4200 and everyone folds.
The next hand I’m dealt JJ and push all-in, everyone folds. We then go on break.
The first hand back from break I’m dealt AA from UTG and this time push them all-in in the hopes of seeming weak and possibly suicidal – again, no callers. WTF? My stack is now around 10M, but it’s just a consolation prize.
I need the action and without it I ended up shoving with a 5M stack and an Ah 3h about three levels later and losing – go figure! With my stack size I didn’t have a whole lot of room for other options, if I had been called even one time on one of those three hands it would have been enough to get me over that hump. I certainly was not playing like a rock, though I’m certain my table image wasn’t completely opposite of a rock’s image either. It was just one of those days where no matter what I did it didn’t work out! Do I adjust and start min-raising with no fold intent (I’ve learned my lesson there as a good way to get in trouble and lose anyway), or is playing like I did positive EV?
We are just about ready to go on the second break and from UTG +2 I’m dealt AA. Prior to this I had pushed a couple of other hands as well, like QQ and 45 with on flopped open ender against the other blind – so I did think about just pushing and AA is the only hand I would consider not pushing. But, I raise to 4200 and everyone folds.
The next hand I’m dealt JJ and push all-in, everyone folds. We then go on break.
The first hand back from break I’m dealt AA from UTG and this time push them all-in in the hopes of seeming weak and possibly suicidal – again, no callers. WTF? My stack is now around 10M, but it’s just a consolation prize.
I need the action and without it I ended up shoving with a 5M stack and an Ah 3h about three levels later and losing – go figure! With my stack size I didn’t have a whole lot of room for other options, if I had been called even one time on one of those three hands it would have been enough to get me over that hump. I certainly was not playing like a rock, though I’m certain my table image wasn’t completely opposite of a rock’s image either. It was just one of those days where no matter what I did it didn’t work out! Do I adjust and start min-raising with no fold intent (I’ve learned my lesson there as a good way to get in trouble and lose anyway), or is playing like I did positive EV?