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The_Pup
Rock Star
Silver Level
The return from my favourite $3 STT seems to be suffering over the last 40 or so games. Apart from the odd dumb move and bad luck a recurring theme is being unable to steal a pot. I'd appreciate any words of wisdom.
Here's a situation from a game tonight that is fairly typical. We are down to 5 with 3 paying, big stack $4k small stack $1k my stack $2 and blinds at 100/200. I have been playing standard TAG for the first few levels then opened up a bit. I've got notes and stats on the other players, am feeling comfortable and have a plan on who is best to steal from. I have won a few pots here and there but opportunities have dried up a bit. I pick up A8s on the button and raise to 600; the SB raises all in with a stack a shade smaller than mine. What to do?
This player started tight but has also loosened up a bit, stealing a few pots on a tightish table. If I fold I am down to 7BB and have got little room for anything much, yet A8s isn't a hand I want my tournament to hinge on. Of course if I win I am one place nearer the money and as near as damn it chip leader.
In a nutshell, my problem is how to steal (which is basically what the play is) when a fair chunk of my stack has to go in and I'm not getting great hole cards. I have tried less obvious stealing positions but can find myself in a similar position with worse cards; I have tried bigger and smaller bet amounts and not stealing at all. But I keep either folding myself to a short stack or risking my life on KTo.
Any ideas, thanks - Viv.
Here's a situation from a game tonight that is fairly typical. We are down to 5 with 3 paying, big stack $4k small stack $1k my stack $2 and blinds at 100/200. I have been playing standard TAG for the first few levels then opened up a bit. I've got notes and stats on the other players, am feeling comfortable and have a plan on who is best to steal from. I have won a few pots here and there but opportunities have dried up a bit. I pick up A8s on the button and raise to 600; the SB raises all in with a stack a shade smaller than mine. What to do?
This player started tight but has also loosened up a bit, stealing a few pots on a tightish table. If I fold I am down to 7BB and have got little room for anything much, yet A8s isn't a hand I want my tournament to hinge on. Of course if I win I am one place nearer the money and as near as damn it chip leader.
In a nutshell, my problem is how to steal (which is basically what the play is) when a fair chunk of my stack has to go in and I'm not getting great hole cards. I have tried less obvious stealing positions but can find myself in a similar position with worse cards; I have tried bigger and smaller bet amounts and not stealing at all. But I keep either folding myself to a short stack or risking my life on KTo.
Any ideas, thanks - Viv.