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$2.20 NLHE MTT Deep Stacked Rebuy: Facing Max Aggression on River with Bottom Boat
2.20 buyin 2000gtd on ACR. This is one of the 5 hour late reg events on ACR that runs daily at the micros.
This tourney is pretty unique with respect to structure. Players start the tournament with 200bb at the start of the event. A reasonable player can late reg. This event within the first 2-3 hours of play.
At the end of the first hour we will be somewhere around 150bb.
At the end of the 2nd hour we will have somewhere around 75bb.
At the end of hour 3 - a player is looking at 35bb starting stack - and the average stack is probably between 70-85bb.
Anyone regging this event beyond hour 3 is pretty much gambling - or trying to play a short stack game, which is not a bad strategy if you are confident in your ability to do that.
The last reason this event is quite unique is because when nearing the very end of late registration - this event will OFTEN be very near ITM.
About 35% of the time this event will have ONLY 10-20 left to bust until hitting ITM when late reg closes, so those max late reg folk can at least min cash in this one by registering just before late registration closes with 4.5bb, if they can fold for about one orbit - and avoid the blinds.
Anyway - that has nothing to do with my hand - I just wanted to point that out for anyone looking to play this event as a shorty, nearing the end of late registration.
This hand takes place during the 3rd hour of play.
I had registered between hour 2-3 of play. My starting stack was 55bb and I had identified a perpetual limper who's range was - weak to say it kindly, any 2 suited cards from any position, all the way down to 8/2 s from UTG+1, and ANY ace from any position.
It took about one full orbit for me to identify this player and get a hand that I knew was crushing his limping range.
He limped from CO - I jammed my 50bb with A/Q suited, everyone else folded and he happily calls my shove with his 85bb stack with A/7 off, and I miraculously held.
Yay!
Now on to the hand in question.
I'm roughly in the top 15-20 in chips now and there is only one player on this table that has me covered.
Unknown recreational player opens UTG 2.2bb. (65bb)
Table chip leader (unknown player) calls in LJ 2.2bb. (115bb)
I call on the button with pocket 44s (109bb)
BB also calls 2.2bb (41bb)
Pot preflop 10.8bb.
Flop comes KJ4 - rainbow.
UTG rec min-cbets 1bb.
LJ calls the min-cbet
I raise to 5.5bb.
BB folds, UTG folds LJ calls.
Pot pre turn. 22.8bb.
Turn is kind of ugly - it's the T of hearts, and there are now 2 hearts on the board.
LJ villain donk leads slightly over half pot. 13.5bb.
I'm concerned here because A/Q has come in - and I could also see this player having TTs,
Do we think A/Q and TTs "should" be a 3bet in his position? I don't think so when facing a UTG opener, so he can definitely have those hands.
K/J, K/T J/T are also considerable hands.
I reluctantly make the call.
Pot heading into the river is 49.8bb
My remaining stack is 90bb.
River is pretty gross - it's the Jack of hearts.
Final board is
We have bottom boat, and a very wet board.
Reasonable hands we are losing to that villain might have K/J, TT, J/T.
Hands we are beating - a lot of flushes, and a couple straights - that would be very hesitant to bet this river.
Villain overbet jams the river.
A/Q hearts is the nuts. K/J is the reasonable 2nd nuts. J/T is the 3rd nuts, TT is the 4th nuts.
I'm discounting KKs and JJs because villain did not 3bet preflop.
Bluffs he could have A/Q of - not hearts, any 2 hearts, and K/T.
Would this unknown villain overbet jam bluff the river here?
Call or Fold ?
2.20 buyin 2000gtd on ACR. This is one of the 5 hour late reg events on ACR that runs daily at the micros.
This tourney is pretty unique with respect to structure. Players start the tournament with 200bb at the start of the event. A reasonable player can late reg. This event within the first 2-3 hours of play.
At the end of the first hour we will be somewhere around 150bb.
At the end of the 2nd hour we will have somewhere around 75bb.
At the end of hour 3 - a player is looking at 35bb starting stack - and the average stack is probably between 70-85bb.
Anyone regging this event beyond hour 3 is pretty much gambling - or trying to play a short stack game, which is not a bad strategy if you are confident in your ability to do that.
The last reason this event is quite unique is because when nearing the very end of late registration - this event will OFTEN be very near ITM.
About 35% of the time this event will have ONLY 10-20 left to bust until hitting ITM when late reg closes, so those max late reg folk can at least min cash in this one by registering just before late registration closes with 4.5bb, if they can fold for about one orbit - and avoid the blinds.
Anyway - that has nothing to do with my hand - I just wanted to point that out for anyone looking to play this event as a shorty, nearing the end of late registration.
This hand takes place during the 3rd hour of play.
I had registered between hour 2-3 of play. My starting stack was 55bb and I had identified a perpetual limper who's range was - weak to say it kindly, any 2 suited cards from any position, all the way down to 8/2 s from UTG+1, and ANY ace from any position.
It took about one full orbit for me to identify this player and get a hand that I knew was crushing his limping range.
He limped from CO - I jammed my 50bb with A/Q suited, everyone else folded and he happily calls my shove with his 85bb stack with A/7 off, and I miraculously held.
Yay!
Now on to the hand in question.
I'm roughly in the top 15-20 in chips now and there is only one player on this table that has me covered.
Unknown recreational player opens UTG 2.2bb. (65bb)
Table chip leader (unknown player) calls in LJ 2.2bb. (115bb)
I call on the button with pocket 44s (109bb)
BB also calls 2.2bb (41bb)
Pot preflop 10.8bb.
Flop comes KJ4 - rainbow.
UTG rec min-cbets 1bb.
LJ calls the min-cbet
I raise to 5.5bb.
BB folds, UTG folds LJ calls.
Pot pre turn. 22.8bb.
Turn is kind of ugly - it's the T of hearts, and there are now 2 hearts on the board.
LJ villain donk leads slightly over half pot. 13.5bb.
I'm concerned here because A/Q has come in - and I could also see this player having TTs,
Do we think A/Q and TTs "should" be a 3bet in his position? I don't think so when facing a UTG opener, so he can definitely have those hands.
K/J, K/T J/T are also considerable hands.
I reluctantly make the call.
Pot heading into the river is 49.8bb
My remaining stack is 90bb.
River is pretty gross - it's the Jack of hearts.
Final board is
We have bottom boat, and a very wet board.
Reasonable hands we are losing to that villain might have K/J, TT, J/T.
Hands we are beating - a lot of flushes, and a couple straights - that would be very hesitant to bet this river.
Villain overbet jams the river.
A/Q hearts is the nuts. K/J is the reasonable 2nd nuts. J/T is the 3rd nuts, TT is the 4th nuts.
I'm discounting KKs and JJs because villain did not 3bet preflop.
Bluffs he could have A/Q of - not hearts, any 2 hearts, and K/T.
Would this unknown villain overbet jam bluff the river here?
Call or Fold ?