tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31607646.post3449838418560318112..comments2024-01-08T05:50:02.933-08:00Comments on A Day Late & A Dollar Short: jeciimdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16545108553145081101noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31607646.post-49132333610972822802007-03-09T11:22:00.000-08:002007-03-09T11:22:00.000-08:00Jeciimd,Enjoyed heads up battle with you. It took...Jeciimd,<BR/><BR/>Enjoyed heads up battle with you. It took forever for either of us to get significantly away from other in chips. I still had plenty after your surrender that I could have won.<BR/><BR/>Your AJ nemesis Hoy has misrepresented two points of my play on pivotal hand of 1st match of tourney.bayne_shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14781778289281521788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31607646.post-17685676152635595762007-02-23T05:06:00.000-08:002007-02-23T05:06:00.000-08:00My reads based only on the information given are:P...My reads based only on the information given are:<BR/>Player A: 88 or 99<BR/>Player B: AA or KK (most likely AA)<BR/>Player C: AK offsuit or QQ<BR/><BR/>In a deep stack tourney early on I'm not looking for this kind of action with any hand pre-flop. I would most likely have folded anything beyond the second raise. There's just way too many pots to be picked up without so much pressure. Let the weaker players bust each other out a little in these situations, and sit back and see some cheaper flops where you can make a hand and know you are way ahead before committing your chips.surflexushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434085415933213542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31607646.post-70115704469863761922007-02-20T11:42:00.000-08:002007-02-20T11:42:00.000-08:00Oh hand ranges and level 2 thinking!!! Player B h...Oh hand ranges and level 2 thinking!!! <BR/><BR/>Player B has to have AK, JJ+. Player C has to have AK-AQs, 10's+ at this early stage. Of course this is an event where a lot of guys won a satellite to enter so maybe they are both donks.<BR/><BR/>If I was involved in the hand as player B I would push with QQ+. Smaller pairs (too often dominated) or AK (never hits when I need it to) just suck too often.<BR/><BR/>As player C I would only call with KK+. Calling large amounts with AK after only putting out less than 20% of my stack to get info is just silly. The reraise was to find out how big of a hand player B and A have and you got the answer so fold and move on to the next hand.Guinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06301473587794433934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31607646.post-42217919201415628132007-02-20T08:15:00.000-08:002007-02-20T08:15:00.000-08:00The problem with Level 1 is that people do crazy t...The problem with Level 1 is that people do crazy things to double or bust. Smells like AJs to me.Fuel55https://www.blogger.com/profile/12464384674517768637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31607646.post-41443807250182908892007-02-20T06:00:00.000-08:002007-02-20T06:00:00.000-08:00(1) Good question man. With UTG minraising, that ...(1) Good question man. With UTG minraising, that can mean a lot of things. He clearly doesn't have a trash hand to be raising UTG like that, but he could have almost any decent suited Ace, any offsuit Ace probably 5 or higher (some people play that hand this way), just about any decent suited connector or any pocket pair. Hard to narrow him down much beyond that to me.<BR/><BR/>Now, with UTG+1 reraising that first raise 4x, you have to put him on a strong starting hand. Probably AQ or AK, or a good pocket pair (maybe 99-AA).<BR/><BR/>With the sb re-reraising another 3.5x or so, he has got to have a very strong hand. Not AQ, so either AK, or probably JJ-AA.<BR/><BR/>Player B re-re-reraising allin I think puts him on the same hand range as Player C who re-reraised the two preflop raisers -- either AK or JJ-AA. I bet hes pushing there with pocket Jacks or better (though that's a terrible call in this spot).<BR/><BR/>(2) For me, I am getting the hike out of dodge with anything other than AK or AA or KK in this spot. With QQ or JJ I would be all but assured I am either behind, or ahead as a 51% favorite to AK (neither situations I should be considering putting myself into this early in a big tournament). In fact, with all that action ahead of me, I would almost surely dump AK as well.<BR/><BR/>That said, with AA I'm obviously pushing in this spot from any position, as with all the action I am assured of being called. And, with KK I too am pushing from this spot, knowing I could be up against Aces but there's just no way I'm folding there with a chance to double like this. My biggest concern is player C having Aces, because I don't think player B played his hand quite like Aces, at least not as much as player C.<BR/><BR/>Good question. Looking forward to the follow-up.<BR/><BR/><BR/>UTG player A min raises to 60<BR/>Player B, to UTG's immediate left, re-raises to 240<BR/>Pot is now 345, action is folded around to the small blind, player C<BR/>Player C re-raises to 810, making the pot now 1050<BR/>Big blind and player A both fold<BR/>Player B pushes ALL-IN<BR/><BR/>Assuming neither player has demonstrated any particular tendencies and this is the first time they are playing against each other, I would like you to consider the following:<BR/>(1) What range of hands do you put each player on given the action thus far?<BR/>(2) If you were involved in the hand how would u play:<BR/>AA? AK? KK? QQ-JJ? smaller pairs?<BR/>*for this one I'm interested in how you would play them from<BR/>either seat*Hammer Player a.k.a Hoyazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031535857121915911noreply@blogger.com