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 hand and tourney question, Pkrrookie, 29. May 2003 04:47 | ||
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| I'm a limit HE player who is trying to branch out into O/8 and NLHE. Anyway, I have two questions, one about playing AA and the other about rebuy tourneys. 1. Last night in a $10 1 table NLHE tourney, I pick up AA with 5 people left. I'm the chip leader by about 2:1 with about T4400. My closest opponent (and the other player in this hand) has T2100. Blinds are 30/60 and my opponent UTG raises to T325. Player between us folds and I make it T650 to go (this is the subject of my question). Everyone folds except initial raiser and flop comes 974 rainbow. Opponent checks and I slightly overbet the pot to set him in (1500). He ended up flopping a set and doubling through me. I know that AA should get all in against small pairs or AX before the flop, but how do you do that when the money is deep? Should I have been content with just picking up the blinds and the raiser's initial bet by moving all in? I'm not sure how to play here. I also think I played the flop badly, as there was no reason to bet as much as I did. There were no realistic draws, so I was facing either a smaller overpair, overcards, or a set. If I would have bet smaller I could have (theoretically) released my hand if he went all in. What are your thoughts? 2. Saturday I will be playing in a small NLHE tourney. The format is as follows: Each player starts with 300 in tourney chips and 25-25 blinds. Blinds increase every 15 minutes. Rebuys are allowed (500) for the first hour and an add on can be purchased at the end of that period. My question is: how should I play the first hour? I've played a limit tourney under this format and it doesn't seem like there's enough starting chips to wait very long. Should I just try to double through with the first decent hand I get? Any Input will be helpful. | ||
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| Re: hand and tourney question, Pkrrookie, 29. May 2003 05:49 | ||
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| This turney is the same format (if not the same tourney) that bigslick is talking about below. | ||
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| Re: hand and tourney question, Big_Slick, 29. May 2003 09:41 | ||
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| If this is the tourney at T-Stone, then it's the same. My problem with their tourneys is that are designed to eliminate people quickly and get them playing raked games. They benefit the casino more than the players (or at least serious players). | ||
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| Re: hand and tourney question, MozMan, 29. May 2003 12:50 | ||
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| 1- The thing to remember about AA is that, while they are a tremendous favorite before the flop, they actually only win at showdown about 30% of the time. This is why you want to get the value out of them early. Many here really like to slow-play them, and I do that sometimes too... but because your opponent has already raised, this is really the time to move in. For added psychologic benefit (because you are the chip leader), don't actually go all-in, instead re-raise exactly as many chips as the raiser still has to play. Then he must go all-in to call, and it sends a clear message that you are after HIS chips, and that he has LESS than you. Most likely, at this point he will fold, but that's really what you want. Without help, AA decreases in value with every card that hits the board. 2- I really can't say the best way to handle that tournament. One of the posts to Big_Slick's question sounded good, though: do anything necessary to chip-up before the re-buy/add-ons are gone. Then, when you get to the point where nobody can artificially chip-up anymore, you have a solid lead and a steady field. -Moz "There is no spoon." | ||
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| Re: hand and tourney question, Olly, 30. May 2003 10:05 | ||
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| AA is not 30% to win at the showdown when you are heads up. It is a favourite over any hand your lone opponent could have (apart from the other two aces) therefore it will win more than 50% of the time by definition. The best "defense " for your opponent against aces would be medium suited connectors (not your suits) like 67 suited which will win 23% of the time. You are at worst a 77% favourite! This hand is pretty much a no brainer, but you should raise more than you did preflop, either raise the size of the pot (and hope he moves in) or move in yourself. If he folds his small pair, so be it - you have won a tidy sum and are still smiling. Trying to entice him in with a small reraise is a strategy destined for tears. Best, Olly | ||
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| Re: hand and tourney question, MozMan, 30. May 2003 11:59 | ||
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| >>>AA is not 30% to win at the showdown when you are heads up.<<< Actually, I meant overall, not just heads-up... but the number was really more of a guess than anything else, so I'm not overconfident in it! =) In any case, you are absolutely right, it is a no-brainer overall... -Moz "There is no spoon." | ||
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