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DaveS
Rising Star
Silver Level
At a uni freeroll, I played for a while on a table of 6 people before I got knocked out ( 
). It was an extremely tight table with lots of blind stealing going on, not many flops being show and few chips being passed about. Everyone started out with 900 chips. This was an hour in, with the blinds jumping every 30 minutes (5/10,10/20,20/40,30/60 etc)
==Play One==
Chip stack: 1400 out of a possible 5400
Blinds 20/40
K♠ 10♠, in the small blind, I raise x3BB pre-flop, making it 160. Everyone folds, but I get a call from the guy to my right (whose actually a friend of mine). Anyway, flop comes:
K♣ 10♣ 4♣
Hitting two pair but with a potential flush on the board, I bet 150. My opponent calls. Pot is now 620 + 40 from the folded big blind. Turn comes:
A♣
Four clubs on the board, I wasnt sure how to act. (any advice on what to do here would be appriciated). So I checked to my oppenent, thinking that if he bets hes probably hit the flush and that would be my cue to exit. He checks right behind me. River comes
4♦
Making the board: A♣ 10♣ 4♣ K♣ 4♦
Here I bet 300, but he raises all in (around 1600).
So with a four card flush on the table I layed my hand down. He turned over a 10♥ 6♥ much to my utter dismay.
==Play Two==
Chip stack: 730
Blinds 30/60
Q♥ 5♥ dealt to me.
Player to my right (the same guy as above), raised x2BB making it 180, I called, everyone else folded. Flop comes
2♥ 2♠ 5♣
The guy bets 60, I raise to 150 - he calls. River comes
2♣
Opponents checks, I bet 200 (I think I should have moved all in here, but I was worried he had a bigger pair). He then asks the dealer which is bigger, four of a kind or a full house, which suprised me as he is a pretty decent player (compared to everyone else at the tournament). He raises 200, trying to push me all in.
Now I think this is where I made my biggest mistake, with a full house I think I should have called, but I was worried that he had a bigger pair or even the other 2 left in the deck. I threw my hand away and he turned over his J♠ 5♦
==Play Three==
Chip stack: 200
Blinds 30/60
I get K♠ 4♥ in the Big Blind. I get one call from the big fish on my left (folding when he should be checking, playing with poor unsuited cards etc).
Flop comes:
K♦ 7♥ 5♥
With top pair, short stacked and with long shot straight and flush outs I move all in for 140. The guy on my left calls immediately and flips over A♦ A♠.
River and turn come
5♠ 10♣
Damn.
Any advice on the plays above would be greatly appriciated. Im fairly new to the game (which should be evident from my plays above) so Id be grateful for any advice / ideas offered.
Personally I think I made big mistakes on play one by checking on the river, on play two I think I shouldnt have been playing with Q 6 suited anyway and I should have called the all-in, and on play three I think I just ran head first into trouble. The guy had not played a hand in a long time at that point, and I kind of thought to myself he must have something if he was willing to play. But I thought my kings would hold out, which they didnt.
Again, all opinions and advice are very much welcomed
Cheers :hello:
~Dave
). It was an extremely tight table with lots of blind stealing going on, not many flops being show and few chips being passed about. Everyone started out with 900 chips. This was an hour in, with the blinds jumping every 30 minutes (5/10,10/20,20/40,30/60 etc)==Play One==
Chip stack: 1400 out of a possible 5400
Blinds 20/40
K♠ 10♠, in the small blind, I raise x3BB pre-flop, making it 160. Everyone folds, but I get a call from the guy to my right (whose actually a friend of mine). Anyway, flop comes:
K♣ 10♣ 4♣
Hitting two pair but with a potential flush on the board, I bet 150. My opponent calls. Pot is now 620 + 40 from the folded big blind. Turn comes:
A♣
Four clubs on the board, I wasnt sure how to act. (any advice on what to do here would be appriciated). So I checked to my oppenent, thinking that if he bets hes probably hit the flush and that would be my cue to exit. He checks right behind me. River comes
4♦
Making the board: A♣ 10♣ 4♣ K♣ 4♦
Here I bet 300, but he raises all in (around 1600).
So with a four card flush on the table I layed my hand down. He turned over a 10♥ 6♥ much to my utter dismay.
==Play Two==
Chip stack: 730
Blinds 30/60
Q♥ 5♥ dealt to me.
Player to my right (the same guy as above), raised x2BB making it 180, I called, everyone else folded. Flop comes
2♥ 2♠ 5♣
The guy bets 60, I raise to 150 - he calls. River comes
2♣
Opponents checks, I bet 200 (I think I should have moved all in here, but I was worried he had a bigger pair). He then asks the dealer which is bigger, four of a kind or a full house, which suprised me as he is a pretty decent player (compared to everyone else at the tournament). He raises 200, trying to push me all in.
Now I think this is where I made my biggest mistake, with a full house I think I should have called, but I was worried that he had a bigger pair or even the other 2 left in the deck. I threw my hand away and he turned over his J♠ 5♦
==Play Three==
Chip stack: 200
Blinds 30/60
I get K♠ 4♥ in the Big Blind. I get one call from the big fish on my left (folding when he should be checking, playing with poor unsuited cards etc).
Flop comes:
K♦ 7♥ 5♥
With top pair, short stacked and with long shot straight and flush outs I move all in for 140. The guy on my left calls immediately and flips over A♦ A♠.
River and turn come
5♠ 10♣
Damn.
Any advice on the plays above would be greatly appriciated. Im fairly new to the game (which should be evident from my plays above
) so Id be grateful for any advice / ideas offered.Personally I think I made big mistakes on play one by checking on the river, on play two I think I shouldnt have been playing with Q 6 suited anyway and I should have called the all-in, and on play three I think I just ran head first into trouble. The guy had not played a hand in a long time at that point, and I kind of thought to myself he must have something if he was willing to play. But I thought my kings would hold out, which they didnt.
Again, all opinions and advice are very much welcomed
Cheers :hello:
~Dave
