Can you get away from these hands?
Sorry I don't have the exact hand history but I will try to explain the best I can...
This happened to me 3 times last night and this afternoon.
First time:
Blinds: 100/200 My table image would be TAG. Overall table is same or slightly looser. I get dealt pocket tens (ew!!). I raise to 450 and get one caller in the small blind. Flop comes 10 J K with 2 spades. SB leads out 800. ( his stack is around 3k). My stack is around 5k. I push thinking he has a hand like AK or any two spades. He insta calls and flip over AQo. Turn and river dont hit of course. Too loose of a play?
Second and third time:
Both were early on 9 player SnG's. Both times I had a hand like AQ or AJ and raised 2-3 times BB. Both times only one caller. Both times I hit top two pair. Both times I was in position and eventually went all in on the flop. Neither flop had a flush draw or even a possible straight draw. And of course both times they flipped over bottom set.
Is variance really that bad or am I playing that bad?
This happened to me 3 times last night and this afternoon.
First time:
Blinds: 100/200 My table image would be TAG. Overall table is same or slightly looser. I get dealt pocket tens (ew!!). I raise to 450 and get one caller in the small blind. Flop comes 10 J K with 2 spades. SB leads out 800. ( his stack is around 3k). My stack is around 5k. I push thinking he has a hand like AK or any two spades. He insta calls and flip over AQo. Turn and river dont hit of course. Too loose of a play?
Second and third time:
Both were early on 9 player SnG's. Both times I had a hand like AQ or AJ and raised 2-3 times BB. Both times only one caller. Both times I hit top two pair. Both times I was in position and eventually went all in on the flop. Neither flop had a flush draw or even a possible straight draw. And of course both times they flipped over bottom set.
Is variance really that bad or am I playing that bad?
Comments
I think youre a little antsy, but what level are you playing at?
in smaller buy in tourneys, im TAG like that, force the donks and fish that call your preflop raise to catch.
not much you can do to get away from those hands.
GTA/BBC Prediction - what you only raised to 2-3 times the BB??
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Been my run all week. That's why I am going to be taking a couple weeks off. Come back to it later. Helps that I have to leave for work too haha.
ya those are fine for me, ive had bad runs for a week only to hit 3 final tables in one day kinda thing.