***Momentus May Tournament Thread***

[only_bridge]

So what do you do when you pick up a premium hand? Are you just limping Aces and hoping to hit hard? If not, what's your raise size gonna be?

oh

Was out of context a bit
I havent had that much success with that format, so not the best suited to answer.
It depends a lot, but personaly would almost never limp with AA.
Probably raise 1/4 to 1/2 pot, or if pot is juicy enough, I just push.

 

[BlueNowhere]

Depends
I dont limp AA very often, I usually just do a standard raise. normally close to min-raise.

So when blinds/antes are 5/5/250 you advocate raising to 10?

My raise size will generally be like 3/4-1/2 of pot in these, pre flop sort of plays like post flop in terms of bet sizing due to all dead money bloating pot.So at the 5/5/250 level I'd raise to something like 1600. You have to be wary about raising too small, getting a few callers which gives people behind really good odds to call and post flop will suck so bad.

 

[only_bridge]

So when blinds/antes are 5/5/250 you advocate raising to 10?

My raise size will generally be like 3/4-1/2 of pot in these, pre flop sort of plays like post flop in terms of bet sizing due to all dead money bloating pot.So at the 5/5/250 level I'd raise to something like 1600. You have to be wary about raising too small, getting a few callers which gives people behind really good odds to call and post flop will suck so bad.

yeah pretty much out of context, I edited mine, now u edit yours

 

[BlueNowhere]

Haha I realised you didn't realise the context it was asked in. It's no good me editing mine since you've quoted it lol.

 

[only_bridge]

Yeah. You were too fast. I realized my misstake almost directly.

 

[Pascal-lf]

raise all your normal raising hands, and you can steal with really small raises too because people don't appreciate how much you're actually winning - the opening size will be completely table and villain dependent. regs will have a much better grip on their pot odds pre than a fish too.

however, you should basically never be folding - if blinds are 5/5/50 for example, at a 9 handed table it's nearly 100/1 to limp in which is good enough odds for any hand

 

[Aldito]

wow I've never even heard of ante up tournies before, sounds interesting.

 

[Pascal-lf]

there's daily small field tournaments if you want to practice, think party has them too

 

[only_bridge]

Quarterly freeroll today.

Cant wait for the blinds to go up so I can start outplaying all those cash game fish.

 

[Pascal-lf]

2nd in big $33 for 4.5k, weeee

 

[Aldito]

Nice one Pascal

 

[only_bridge]

2nd in big $33 for 4.5k, weeee

N1
Gratz.

 

[only_bridge]

Off to a great start in SCOOP....

pokerstars No-Limit Hold'em, 27 Tournament, 25/50 Blinds (6 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP (t5005)
CO (t9975)
Button (t15841)
SB (t9280)
Hero (BB) (t10000)
UTG (t9899)
Hero's M: 133.33
Preflop: Hero is BB with A

, A

UTG bets t125, 4 folds, Hero raises to t450, UTG calls t325
Flop: (t925) Q

, 2

, 10

(2 players)
Hero bets t600, UTG calls t600
Turn: (t2125) A

(2 players)
Hero bets t1100, UTG calls t1100
River: (t4325) 5

(2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets t2854, Hero folds
Total pot: t4325

 

[Aldito]

Yeah I'm a fukin d0nk, picked up AA, get a nice 3 bet in pre, pot it on 88x flop, get crai on Q turn ofc he got QQ. argh so obvious

 

[doomasiggy]

I'm playing, because I'm a stupid numpty. So hopefully I'll have good luck.

 

[duggs]

im in the low and mid event 2 and the bigger 55

 

[only_bridge]

I was in low 1, and I am in low 2.
Had 3 tickets, dont know what tourney to select for my last ticket.

 

[doomasiggy]

Only playing the Low. It was already about a fifth of my roll (had to lend to my brother) so playing today is a massively bad BRM.

 

[Pascal-lf]

if you tilt like that sounds like you aren't made for grinding, at least yet. why not decide whether your going to play for fun or play for money. if it's the first, don't tilt when you get bad beat - youre playing for entertainment. if it's the second, spend at least the same amount of time studying as you are playing, at least until you get to the stage where you are confident in your ability to beat the games you play. that should stop you tilting because you'll know that however many times you get bad beat in a session/week/month, in the long run you'll still win

 

[BlueNowhere]

Only playing the Low. It was already about a fifth of my roll (had to lend to my brother) so playing today is a massively bad BRM.

SCOOP is designed to encourage players to have bad BRM lol.

 

[doomasiggy]

SCOOP is designed to encourage players to have bad BRM lol.

lol, well, at least I'm glad that I'm helping stars stay alive.

 

[JohnBoyWWFC]

Jumped in just now. 10k stack and 150/300/20. Had a few drinks and me and the missus had an argument so anticipate tilt o clock.

 

[doomasiggy]

Jumped in just now. 10k stack and 150/300/20. Had a few drinks and me and the missus had an argument so anticipate tilt o clock.

looool. gl mate.

 

[doomasiggy]

Love having AA pre

poker stars $25+$2 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t100/t200 Blinds + t25 - 9 players - View hand 1755643
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

MP2: t5267 M = 10.03
CO: t5191 M = 9.89
BTN: t9145 M = 17.42
SB: t10991 M = 20.94
BB: t9393 M = 17.89
UTG: t20435 M = 38.92
UTG+1: t9921 M = 18.90
Hero (UTG+2): t14956 M = 28.49
MP1: t6877 M = 13.10

Pre Flop: (t525) Hero is UTG+2 with A

A

2 folds, Hero raises to t600, 1 fold, MP2 raises to t5242 all in, CO calls t5166 all in, 3 folds, Hero calls t4642

Flop: (t16175) 9

9

5

(3 players - 2 are all in)

Turn: (t16175) K

(3 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t16175) 4

(3 players - 2 are all in)

Spoiler

Hero showed and won (16175) with two pair, Aces and Nines

 

[BlueNowhere]

Railing jonny now gogogo