theANMATOR
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Bronze Level
400gtd
Already in the money approximately 25-30 players remain.
I was on my second bullet in this event having had my KKs destroyed by A/T from a button shove.
I had chipped back up well and sat in the top 5 in chips after I'd called a preflop shove and a caller with AAs. Then I was blessed with a player on my direct right who subscribed to the commandment that EVERY late position he was required by law to play overly aggressive to steal the blinds. He lasted 4 orbits and I had his stack.
Currently ITM, and I have made my 2 buy-ins back. Up top is roughly $85.00, which is about 3x my current BR on this site.
Blinds are 3k/6k. Anti ?
My chip stack is approximately 250k.
A player I have identified as TAG 2.5x opens from CO.
CO chip stack is approximately 200k.
My read on this player - from playing with him in several events over the course of several months is he does not play many hands, but when he does, he plays very aggressive and maximizes every bet he makes. Seems like a solid TAG who maximizes ROI on every bet/street/hand played.
I make the call in BB with
Flop
I check - already planning to play for stacks. I checked because I'm confident CO player will bet out strong with any pair and I want to counter attack in this spot. I have two remaining streets to build the pot if CO chooses not to bet, but I suspect he will.
CO bets pot - which - in my mind is completely consistent with his tendencies I have noted. I delay my bet here - just to think about what hands could 'currently' have me beat. I'm thinking he either has a set - in which case I think he may have bet too small preflop. Or he may have two pair - which I'm happy to flip with, with my holding. Or possibly he has one pair with an Ace kicker. All these hands I'm willing to go against here - in this spot - right now.
At that point I decided to shove - because I knew this hand was going to showdown anyway - and I wanted to put pressure on CO player.
He SNAP calls. I was right - he had a pair with an Ace kicker.
He turns over :afraid:
Turn is
River is
I somehow managed to stay in the event and placed 7th or 8th. Not terrible, but not top 3 either.
I'm not sure there is much to analyze here - other than I wanted to share. All opinions welcome.
I believe my re-raise shove on the flop is a good decision - if maybe slightly reckless, however it comes with the added benefit of putting pressure on the opponent - not holding that EXACT hand or Ah/Xh. LOL
It's obvious I overvalued my hand, but I believe we would have been playing for stacks anyway if I had just called. Once the turn hit I was getting it in - and with his cards I'm certain he was too.
I had about 400 outs to any hand not Ah/Qs, once I saw his hand and the turn came I was begging for the 9 of hearts or any offsuit Ace or anything else actually LOL other than "his" flush to come in.
I think playing this in a check call fashion would have resulted in the same outcome.
What do you think?
Already in the money approximately 25-30 players remain.
I was on my second bullet in this event having had my KKs destroyed by A/T from a button shove.
I had chipped back up well and sat in the top 5 in chips after I'd called a preflop shove and a caller with AAs. Then I was blessed with a player on my direct right who subscribed to the commandment that EVERY late position he was required by law to play overly aggressive to steal the blinds. He lasted 4 orbits and I had his stack.
Currently ITM, and I have made my 2 buy-ins back. Up top is roughly $85.00, which is about 3x my current BR on this site.
Blinds are 3k/6k. Anti ?
My chip stack is approximately 250k.
A player I have identified as TAG 2.5x opens from CO.
CO chip stack is approximately 200k.
My read on this player - from playing with him in several events over the course of several months is he does not play many hands, but when he does, he plays very aggressive and maximizes every bet he makes. Seems like a solid TAG who maximizes ROI on every bet/street/hand played.
I make the call in BB with
Flop
I check - already planning to play for stacks. I checked because I'm confident CO player will bet out strong with any pair and I want to counter attack in this spot. I have two remaining streets to build the pot if CO chooses not to bet, but I suspect he will.
CO bets pot - which - in my mind is completely consistent with his tendencies I have noted. I delay my bet here - just to think about what hands could 'currently' have me beat. I'm thinking he either has a set - in which case I think he may have bet too small preflop. Or he may have two pair - which I'm happy to flip with, with my holding. Or possibly he has one pair with an Ace kicker. All these hands I'm willing to go against here - in this spot - right now.
At that point I decided to shove - because I knew this hand was going to showdown anyway - and I wanted to put pressure on CO player.
He SNAP calls. I was right - he had a pair with an Ace kicker.
He turns over :afraid:
Turn is
River is
I somehow managed to stay in the event and placed 7th or 8th. Not terrible, but not top 3 either.
I'm not sure there is much to analyze here - other than I wanted to share. All opinions welcome.
I believe my re-raise shove on the flop is a good decision - if maybe slightly reckless, however it comes with the added benefit of putting pressure on the opponent - not holding that EXACT hand or Ah/Xh. LOL
It's obvious I overvalued my hand, but I believe we would have been playing for stacks anyway if I had just called. Once the turn hit I was getting it in - and with his cards I'm certain he was too.
I had about 400 outs to any hand not Ah/Qs, once I saw his hand and the turn came I was begging for the 9 of hearts or any offsuit Ace or anything else actually LOL other than "his" flush to come in.
I think playing this in a check call fashion would have resulted in the same outcome.
What do you think?