theANMATOR
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Bronze Level
$3.30 1500gtd on ACR
We are ITM - and have made one money jump.
I have approximately 30bb, in the top 15 in chips with about 65 players remaining out of 350.
Sub 20bb stack opens from UTG+2 2bb.
HJ villain calls with a starting stack of 35bb.
I'm on the button holding pocket TTs and I call. TTs for me is not a 3bet in this spot. I'd rather play them cautiously as I'm more comfortable playing post flop than leaving fate up to the poker gods having to flip if jammed on pre. I call and the blinds fold.
Flop is 7TJ two clubs and I hold the Ten of clubs.
UTG+2 checks, HJ checks and I bet into a 7.5bb pot 3.3bb.
UTG+2 makes the call, and HJ jams.
Range of HJ? Any two clubs, including Ax & Kx. JJ, 77, T/7, J/T although unlikely, 8/9, 6/8?
I make the call - if I'm beat - so be it.
UTG+2 calls as well and turns over A/J spades.
HJ turns over 8/9 clubs and scoops when the board doesn't pair.
So - backfire on my passivity not to 3bet TTs. Yep. But - I can count 10x the number of hands I have either collected a mound of chips or been able to escape, by not 3betting TTs.
So - in this instance I should have 3bet - would have collected UTG+2's stack and most likely pushed out HJ preflop.
We are ITM - and have made one money jump.
I have approximately 30bb, in the top 15 in chips with about 65 players remaining out of 350.
Sub 20bb stack opens from UTG+2 2bb.
HJ villain calls with a starting stack of 35bb.
I'm on the button holding pocket TTs and I call. TTs for me is not a 3bet in this spot. I'd rather play them cautiously as I'm more comfortable playing post flop than leaving fate up to the poker gods having to flip if jammed on pre. I call and the blinds fold.
Flop is 7TJ two clubs and I hold the Ten of clubs.
UTG+2 checks, HJ checks and I bet into a 7.5bb pot 3.3bb.
UTG+2 makes the call, and HJ jams.
Range of HJ? Any two clubs, including Ax & Kx. JJ, 77, T/7, J/T although unlikely, 8/9, 6/8?
I make the call - if I'm beat - so be it.
UTG+2 calls as well and turns over A/J spades.
HJ turns over 8/9 clubs and scoops when the board doesn't pair.
So - backfire on my passivity not to 3bet TTs. Yep. But - I can count 10x the number of hands I have either collected a mound of chips or been able to escape, by not 3betting TTs.
So - in this instance I should have 3bet - would have collected UTG+2's stack and most likely pushed out HJ preflop.