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Vancha1989
Rising Star
Bronze Level
I'm going to post a couple of hands which pretty much defined my result in a recent, small tournament. It was a 30euro freezout at my local poker club, the first time I've played there, so most of the player were unknowns. Anyways, into the action.
Starting stack size was 4,000 chips, and I had moved my way up to around 7,000 chips as a result of a nice hand where I slow played a made flush on the flop. I didn't have many reads on the table, and this first hand occured one hand after my flush.
I picked up AdJd in late middle position after it had been folded around to me. I raised the standard 4x the BB(SB 50 BB 100 at this point) and got 3 callers, not a great result. The LAG player on the button announced he was calling for value. bluff?
Flop: Js 5h 7c
I act first, and make a pot sized bet not wanting to scare anyone off. It's folded around to the LAG player, who announces after a long though that he is all in, for around 3,000 chips. My thought here was that he was not bluffing about the calling for value, and he saw weakness in my bet. The pot was reasonably large, around 1,500 chips, so significant compared to his stack. He seemed to me to be bluffing, so I snap called.
He turns over J5o for two pair, and I don't improve.
About 10 hands later, and I am sitting on around 4,000 chips, and pick up A9o in middle position. There were 4 limpers infront of me and still 5 or 6 to act behind me, so decided to play it safe a just call (perhaps a mistake in hindsight). Everyone else fold except the SB who calls and BB who checks (BB is LAG player who beat my top pair top kicked with two pair before)
Flop 5h 7c 9d
Checked around to me and I bet around 400 chips into a pot of about 600, hoping to take it down there with my top pair top kicker. Folded around to BB who calls. (At this point I had almost no read, he could have legitametly had anything having not had to pay to play the hand, not raising pre flop, perhaps middle pair)
Turn card: As
A good card for me obviously, but he comes out betting, betting 500. I re raise to 1500 and he puts me all in. I call, and he turns over 68o for the straight.
Not a good day at the tables but I don't feel I played the hands horrifically. I feel I should have perhaps raised with A9o in the second hand, but the first hand I don't see how I could have got away with. He was LAG and had bluffed many people off hands. Anyways just looking for some feedback to see how anyone else would have played the hands.
Cheers.
Starting stack size was 4,000 chips, and I had moved my way up to around 7,000 chips as a result of a nice hand where I slow played a made flush on the flop. I didn't have many reads on the table, and this first hand occured one hand after my flush.
I picked up AdJd in late middle position after it had been folded around to me. I raised the standard 4x the BB(SB 50 BB 100 at this point) and got 3 callers, not a great result. The LAG player on the button announced he was calling for value. bluff?
Flop: Js 5h 7c
I act first, and make a pot sized bet not wanting to scare anyone off. It's folded around to the LAG player, who announces after a long though that he is all in, for around 3,000 chips. My thought here was that he was not bluffing about the calling for value, and he saw weakness in my bet. The pot was reasonably large, around 1,500 chips, so significant compared to his stack. He seemed to me to be bluffing, so I snap called.
He turns over J5o for two pair, and I don't improve.
About 10 hands later, and I am sitting on around 4,000 chips, and pick up A9o in middle position. There were 4 limpers infront of me and still 5 or 6 to act behind me, so decided to play it safe a just call (perhaps a mistake in hindsight). Everyone else fold except the SB who calls and BB who checks (BB is LAG player who beat my top pair top kicked with two pair before)
Flop 5h 7c 9d
Checked around to me and I bet around 400 chips into a pot of about 600, hoping to take it down there with my top pair top kicker. Folded around to BB who calls. (At this point I had almost no read, he could have legitametly had anything having not had to pay to play the hand, not raising pre flop, perhaps middle pair)
Turn card: As
A good card for me obviously, but he comes out betting, betting 500. I re raise to 1500 and he puts me all in. I call, and he turns over 68o for the straight.
Not a good day at the tables but I don't feel I played the hands horrifically. I feel I should have perhaps raised with A9o in the second hand, but the first hand I don't see how I could have got away with. He was LAG and had bluffed many people off hands. Anyways just looking for some feedback to see how anyone else would have played the hands.
Cheers.