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Criminal Bizzy
Rock Star
Silver Level
I am going to be starting a series of posts as I play online tournaments. The main purpose of my post is to discuss and analyze my play. If anyone ever has questions about the site that I am playing on, please feel free to leave a comment or PM me.
Today's tournament was on a new site that I have started to play on. They have something called Daily Big Event which has a guaranteed prize pool of 30,000 (~$540 U.S. Dollars) crypto tokens for today. There were a total of 135 registered players and the blind levels were 8 minutes long.
The first interesting hand of the tournament was literally the first hand dealt. Blinds started at 20/40 and I was sitting in the Lojack seat. I was dealt pocket Jacks and started to think about what I would do with this hand. UTG+1 raised to 100 and UTG+2 called. Action was now on me and I decided to 3-bet to 360. That seemed to have worked well because the action folded back around to UTG+2 who called my raise. (Pot 880)
The flop came
I didn't think this was a very good flop for me. Why? When I start to think about what my opponents range should include, there is always some combination of Kx in their range. Right away some alarms in my head started to go off and warn me to be careful. The thing that I wanted to be careful of is a bloated pot. My goal immediately became pot control. Villain checked! I checked back. (Pot 880)
The turn is a
I started to think about what I could do next. I think the possibility of Villain having a K in their hand is less likely but Kx is still within their range. I think Villain's range is more likely to have hands like Ax or Qx and pocket pairs. I still think I need to be careful getting to the river. Villain bets 2/3 pot for 586 on the turn and I call. (Pot 2,052)
River is a
I start to wonder about what Villains could have... the bet on the turn seemed to be pretty standard. Maybe a pocket pair? Villain checks and I wonder if I should put in a bet. Did they miss? Does Villain open to wide and my opening ranges for Villain are to small? I decide to check. I win the pot for 2,052!
The next interesting hand happens while I am on the button. The blinds are 60/120 with 12 ante. Action folds around to the cutoff who limps in. I decide to 3 bet to 480 with QJs. SB folds and BB shoves all in with a little over 7,000. The cutoff folds and I tank for a bit... I start to wonder about what Villain could have. I know there should be some hands within Villain's range that will dominate me. Did Villain catch a premium hand while in the BB? Is Villain bluffing to steal? Eventually I decide to call. Our hands get tabled and Villain has A9o. The board runs out:
I win the pot for 6,392! This hand sticks out to me because of what the BB shoved all in with. Is my call to loose or is BB playing to wide?
As the tournament progresses, I manage to win a few hands taking down some small pots. Once I get past the break the blinds and antes start to catch up to me. By the time the blinds are 1,000/2,000 with a 200 ante I finally bust out in 34th place.
Let me know how you think I played the hands. Is there something that I could have done differently?
If you are interested in checking out the tournament, let me know so I can send you a link. I am not able to post any URL yet.
Today's tournament was on a new site that I have started to play on. They have something called Daily Big Event which has a guaranteed prize pool of 30,000 (~$540 U.S. Dollars) crypto tokens for today. There were a total of 135 registered players and the blind levels were 8 minutes long.
The first interesting hand of the tournament was literally the first hand dealt. Blinds started at 20/40 and I was sitting in the Lojack seat. I was dealt pocket Jacks and started to think about what I would do with this hand. UTG+1 raised to 100 and UTG+2 called. Action was now on me and I decided to 3-bet to 360. That seemed to have worked well because the action folded back around to UTG+2 who called my raise. (Pot 880)
The flop came
I didn't think this was a very good flop for me. Why? When I start to think about what my opponents range should include, there is always some combination of Kx in their range. Right away some alarms in my head started to go off and warn me to be careful. The thing that I wanted to be careful of is a bloated pot. My goal immediately became pot control. Villain checked! I checked back. (Pot 880)
The turn is a
I started to think about what I could do next. I think the possibility of Villain having a K in their hand is less likely but Kx is still within their range. I think Villain's range is more likely to have hands like Ax or Qx and pocket pairs. I still think I need to be careful getting to the river. Villain bets 2/3 pot for 586 on the turn and I call. (Pot 2,052)
River is a
I start to wonder about what Villains could have... the bet on the turn seemed to be pretty standard. Maybe a pocket pair? Villain checks and I wonder if I should put in a bet. Did they miss? Does Villain open to wide and my opening ranges for Villain are to small? I decide to check. I win the pot for 2,052!
The next interesting hand happens while I am on the button. The blinds are 60/120 with 12 ante. Action folds around to the cutoff who limps in. I decide to 3 bet to 480 with QJs. SB folds and BB shoves all in with a little over 7,000. The cutoff folds and I tank for a bit... I start to wonder about what Villain could have. I know there should be some hands within Villain's range that will dominate me. Did Villain catch a premium hand while in the BB? Is Villain bluffing to steal? Eventually I decide to call. Our hands get tabled and Villain has A9o. The board runs out:
I win the pot for 6,392! This hand sticks out to me because of what the BB shoved all in with. Is my call to loose or is BB playing to wide?
As the tournament progresses, I manage to win a few hands taking down some small pots. Once I get past the break the blinds and antes start to catch up to me. By the time the blinds are 1,000/2,000 with a 200 ante I finally bust out in 34th place.
Let me know how you think I played the hands. Is there something that I could have done differently?
If you are interested in checking out the tournament, let me know so I can send you a link. I am not able to post any URL yet.