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whats your resteal range?
midway through a higher stake mtt. i'm seventh sitting around 22,000, blind are 400/800. I'm sb, everyone folds to cutoff who bets out 2400. hes sitting at about 15000. button folds, bb has 9500 chips. i have TT, and want to shove....? crazy?
raise has a piss poor rating on opr
raise has a piss poor rating on opr
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With your stack size I would rather take a flop. I don't like re-raising (or shoving) here because you will be most likely in a flip position or worse most times if villian calls.
If you just call you can do a stop and go on the flop and bet the majority of flops when AX doesn't hit and take it down instead of sweating through 5 cards.
You have a healthy chip stack and if you are in the midpoint of the tournament you really don't need to be gambling with 10s OOP.
I used to sng alot with med pairs but found myslef in alot of FML spots when any paint comes, especailly OOP.
Id rather ship and scoop the extra 20% stack here with 1010. If you happen to run into a hand / have to flip so be it.
If you have HUD stats that helps because obv. this is a standard line for me which changes vs. someone whos not opening. The fact that hes OPR bad means we get a little more equity because his calling range might actaully be wider to a push.
most of the time hes probably folding, worst case your probably flipping. doubtful hes got a bigger pair than you.
I wouldn't consider 10s as gambling. They are a top 10 hand in poker, and probably top 6 behind AA KK QQ JJ AK
I think you're playing to avoid losing more chips than you need to, as opposed to building your stack for the win. Taking down this pot will likely give you ~4200 chips (2400 Raise + 800 BB + 400 SB + ~600 Antes). That is a ~20% increase in your stack that you could get without showdown. This means you should be 3bet stealing even without good hands like TT.
imo, you should be reading up on 3 betting because I think it's a leak for you and you could be earning more money by fixing it up. I've included a link to a good Bonds18 article about it.
Things it took me a while to learn part 5, 3 betting/4 betting by - TwoRags.com
I read that article a while back when I was first trying to comprehend 3 betting. Now that I re-read it I understand how valuable it actually was.
Obviously 10s increase in value as the tournament progresses and I totally disagree that someone will be shipping off with 55-99 if you re-shove. You are more likely to get someone to stack off on a dry flop with those pairs then having someone re-ship for their tournament life against another giant stack.
right on, ten hands later there were 35 left, so i guess there are about 45 left maybe less, i don't think its matters so much, its a little later than i let on though now that i checked. he pulled pocket queens on me but i think that's fine, i'm pretty happy with the shove i think.
i guess i don't know the real definition, i just made it up...
didn't have any extra info other than his vpip which was between 10-20 can't remember but either way if hes loose or a standard player, his range is pretty wide imo. he certainly wasn't really really tight.
I think you play cash too much. Stop developing your postflop play and ship it in already.
when in doubt, ship it out!
Point taken!
Full Tilt Poker Game #17367321574: $24 + $2 Sit & Go (130468519), Table 2 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:54:53 ET - 2010/01/05
Seat 1: markedak (1,470)
Seat 2: FlowerScotland (1,515)
Seat 4: FiveYearWinter (1,530)
Seat 5: BonzoDude (3,015)
Seat 6: NasJones (1,455)
Seat 7: bjrdors (1,380)
Seat 8: ddkjj (1,605)
Seat 9: Wetts1012 (1,530)
markedak posts the small blind of 20
FlowerScotland posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Wetts1012 [Ah 9d]
FiveYearWinter folds
BonzoDude folds
NasJones folds
bjrdors folds
ddkjj folds
Wetts1012 raises to 120
markedak has 15 seconds left to act
markedak folds
FlowerScotland has 15 seconds left to act
FlowerScotland raises to 375
Wetts1012 raises to 1,530, and is all in
FlowerScotland has 15 seconds left to act
FlowerScotland has timed out
FlowerScotland folds
FlowerScotland is sitting out
Uncalled bet of 1,155 returned to Wetts1012
Wetts1012 mucks
Wetts1012 wins the pot (770)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 770 | Rake 0
Seat 1: markedak (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: FlowerScotland (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: FiveYearWinter didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: BonzoDude didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: NasJones didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: bjrdors didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: ddkjj didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Wetts1012 (button) collected (770), mucked
i can forge hand histories too, everyone know from your profits your a nit and would never do that. nor would i
anyways we are in agreement, i shoved and lost a large stack, but would no doubt be quite ahead in most situations. although i coulda just set mined and mucked the flop. i never argue with this kind of aggression though, if its a leak ill fix it later.
Thanks, I come back to my home forum every now and then. I got a lot of good and meh tips when I started out here, but you got to learn (and take criticism) somewhere.
I read all the Bonds articles back in the day and should probably re-read them again. That guy put a lot of information out there for the community.